"Bush - - - does not have a need to be liked and admired"
Bush is all ego, it's all about him. He has demonstrated over and over in many ways he cares not a whit for laws, the Constitution, the American people or anyone in the ROW. He sees people as objects, without feelings, more like white mice than humans. For him it's all about power, a sign of a very weak, but large, ego.
His constituency is the wealthy and powerful, and he needs above all else to have them care for him, fawn over him, defer to him. And he craves the approval of women, setting up surrogate mothers all around him.
Narcissistic as can be, a typical non-recovering alcoholic.
Arf
