Active/negative evaluate themselves "with respect to virtue." They view their actions (if not the world) as being good or bad. Their "perfectionistic conscience" provides no room for growth through experience, for they expect themselves to be good at all they undertake. Their ethics result in "denial of self-gratification," for these men see themselves as self-sacrificing rather than self-rewarding. They are "concerned with controlling [their] aggression … reining in [their] anger." They are also uniquely stubborn men, who become more rigid and inflexible as they proceed, for they become caught up in their own self-righteousness. And as Barber says, they mask their decisions not to budge, their rigidity, in whatever rhetoric is necessary, so that they can ride the tiger to the end. They also are our most secretive presidents. Failure by these presidents is predictable because their flawed perceptions are often risky, they are gamblers, and their rigidity can easily plunge the nation into a tragedy. With such presidents there is always "the potential for grievous harm," Barber warns, observing that while the nation has survived several such presidents, this is "cold comfort to those individuals and families who suffered for what these Presidents did." Barber admonishes that when we find ourselves with an active/negative president, we have a situation that cannot be ignored -- for all such presidents are potentially dangerous.

"One by one, Marines in dress uniforms stepped forward yesterday to give a final, formal, white-gloved salute to Lance Cpl. Chase Johnson Comley.......But on Friday, Comley's grandmother, 80-year-old Geraldine Comley of Versailles, described herself in an interview as a former Republican stalwart who is "on a rampage" against the president and the war.

Chase Comley'aunt wrote an editorial in the Lexington Herald. "He is number 1,828, 1,829 or 1,830. We don't know for sure, because so many died last week...."

"But," he added, "I think it's also important for me to go on with my life, to keep a balanced life."

Shrub is a strong contender for being the most selfish and self-centered jerk that's ever lived.

"You get America out of Iraq and Israel out of Palestine and you'll stop the terrorism," Sheehan declares. Sheehan, who is asking for a second meeting with President Bush, says defiantly: "My son was killed in 2004. I am not paying my taxes for 2004. You killed my son, George Bush, and I don't owe you a penny...you give my son back and I'll pay my taxes. Come after me (for back taxes) and we'll put this war on trial."

she’s becoming toxic.

couldn't defend himself because she has wrapped herself in a shield provided by her dead son.

“I sat through an entire hour in the CNN studio in DC hearing not one person say that the invasion was a mistake and if it was a mistake, then our troops should be brought home immediately. Even the "Democratic" Senators (Kerry and Bayh) on the program just gave their recipes for "success" in Iraq, which did not include any exit strategies.”

“Of course, he fell in lockstep behind his Führer [President Bush]…”

you know the answer,

"See, this is how it works; I say Sheehan is becoming toxic, you disagree presumably offering some evidence...."

“You despise Kerry and the Democrats because you think they are for the war, then you turn around and say the Democrats can't bash Bush on the war or it will hurt their election chances. Do you see a contradiction here?”

“Look at the Hackett race, he called Bush every name in the book and he did quite well in a very rightwing area.”

“No, pigw - this is how it works. You say 'Sheehan is becoming toxic.' Then, YOU offer evidence”

“PW- Why would you reveal that two wingnut blogs banned you? The rhetorical value of that works against you here, given your posts.”