Dumb, Deceitful or Just Plain Crazy?

Arianna Huffington looks at the Bush flip-flops and wonders if his lies and consistent refusal to admit guilt are classic signs of a pathological mind?

"In September 2001, Bush said capturing bin Laden was 'our number one priority.' By March 2002, he was claiming, 'I don't know where he is. I have no idea and I really don't care. It's not that important.'

In October 2001, he was dead-set against the need for a Department of Homeland Security. Seven months later, he thought it was a great idea.

In May 2002, he opposed the creation of the 9/11 Commission. Four months later, he supported it.

During the 2000 campaign, he said that gay marriage was a states' rights issue: 'The states can do what they want to do.' During the 2004 campaign, he called for a constitutional ban on gay marriage.

Bush supported CO2 caps, then opposed them. He opposed trade tariffs, then he didn't. Then he did again. He was against nation building, then he was OK with it. We'd found WMD, then we hadn't. Saddam was linked to Osama, then he wasn't. Then he was ... sorta. Chalabi was in, then he was out. Way out.

In fact, Bush's entire Iraq misadventure has been one big costly, deadly flip-flop:

We didn't need more troops, then we did. We didn't need more money, then we did. Preemption was a great idea - on to Syria, Iran and North Korea! Then it wasn't - hello, diplomacy! Baathists were the bad guys, then Baathists were our buds. We didn't need the U.N., then we did."