Therapists and brain people know all about denial. They say we deny because we have to, that we’re forced into petty lies and cowardly evasions by genetics, by biological construction and the chemical flows of the head. Really, it’s true. And I did not have… sex with that woman, whoever she is, whatever they say. I swear!

Yet there are different kinds of deniers. Clinton and Gonzales are the same in this regard: they lie to cover up and save face, the poor wretches. Not George W Bush. Psych-authors Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson say the Dubbya is different and they wrote about how he’s different for us here.

Tags: denial, george w bush