Posted on 06/01/2004 7:41:40 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
“It is now clear that Al Gore is insane," John Podhoretz wrote in his New York Post column last week, after Gore's recent anti-Bush administration tirades. "I don't mean that his policy ideas are insane, though many of them are. I mean that based on his behavior, conduct, mien and tone over the past two days, there is every reason to believe that Albert Gore Jr., desperately needs help. I think he needs medication, and I think that if he is already on medication, his doctors need to adjust it or change it entirely."
John is not a physician, but he's half right. Al Gore appears to suffer from Narcissistic Personality Disorder, which is not treatable with medications.
Consider the diagnostic criteria for this malady:
"A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts," as indicated by the following:
"a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)." Gore demonstrated his grandiosity repeatedly. Who can forget his notorious claim that he had been responsible for creating the Internet?
Gore's delusions also ran riot on issues of technology and environmentalism, such as his repeated endorsement of anti-technology tracts and criticism of technological advances, while a congressman, senator and vice president. His writings generally placed science and technology at odds with "the natural world" and by inference, with the well-being and progress of mankind.
"is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love; believes that he or she is 'special' and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)." These sorts of fantasies run riot in Gore's Earth in the Balance, in which it is clear that he assumes that he, alone, has the solutions to the world's problems, bold and dramatic measures that await the education and enlightenment of the public. And as vice president, Gore and his staff purged the federal government of any dissension or challenge to his view of policy, in a way reminiscent of the worst paranoid excesses of the Nixon administration. Vexed by people who weren't sufficiently "special," Gore simply got rid of them.
"requires excessive admiration." A politician for virtually his entire adult life — need I say more?
"lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others...shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes." While a senator, Gore was notorious for his rudeness and insolence during hearings. A favorite trick was to pose a question and as the witness began to answer, Gore would begin a whispered conversation with another committee member or a staffer. If the witness paused in order that the senator not miss the response, Gore would instruct him to continue, then resume his private conversation, leaving no ambiguity: Not only is your testimony unimportant, I won't even pay you the courtesy of pretending to listen to it.
Gore once accused his political enemies of possessing "an extra chromosome," a remark that infuriated the families of persons with Down Syndrome, which is caused by the presence of an extra chromosome.
Gore's patronizing, apocalyptic, and overwrought Earth in the Balance manifests many of the diagnostic criteria listed above, offering disturbing insights into its disturbed author. In it, Gore trashed the empirical nature of science for disconnecting man from nature. "But for the separation of science and religion," he lamented, "we might not be pumping so much gaseous chemical waste into the atmosphere and threatening the destruction of the earth's climate balance." He ignored that but for the separation of science and religion, we would still be burdened with the notion that the sun and the planets revolve around the Earth. (Recall that historians call the last epoch when religion dominated science the Dark Ages.)
It gets worse. Throughout the book, Gore employed the metaphor that those who believe in technological advances are as sinister, and polluters are as evil, as the perpetrators of the World War II Holocaust. He accused Americans of being dysfunctional because we've developed "an apparent obsession with inauthentic substitutes for direct experience with real life," such as "Astroturf, air conditioning and fluorescent lights.... Walkman and Watchman, entertainment cocoons, frozen food for the microwave oven," and so on. Makes you wonder why he bothered to create the Internet.
Gore's Narcissistic Personality Disorder is one good reason that I wouldn't want him to be president — or to live next door to me.
ALGOR is an o-hole, as in ozone hole between the ears.
I am sure the Clintons are plotting his demise and if he is a good boy; they will make sure he is properly paid.
I have heard but not able to confirm that OwlGore takes at least 5 showers /day. I assume where there is smaoke there is fire. Any confirmations.
I hate to muddy your hint, but Algore was not from Tennessee either. You could tell by his accent (as well as his politics) that he was a Washington boy, who just came here for vacations. That is why we rejected him.... he was a pretender. The line to thank us begins on the right.
Another good thread on liberals who are also crazy in the head:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1145520/posts
Only because he's a pretty good actor. Personally, I think Clinton is a better example of pathological narcissism.
What was that book all about Al & Tipper? Love Story was it? Didn't we all learn from there that narcissism (love of self) means you never have to say you're sorry. ;~))
Yes--thank you Tennessee for denying this maniac his "homestate" in the last election. We all owe you a debt of gratitude.
Good article rendered less effective by the inclusion of this little bit of anti-historical nonsense.
Thanks for the ping; I'd have missed that article since I was out this morning for a bit.
It's no wonder Tipper Gore was so interested in mental health issues!
You see, George Will has a son who has Down's Syndrome. Will wrote one of the most touching and loving articles about his son--how he is a wonderful kid who memorizes baseball averages, helps his mom, looks out for his sister, etc.
I too, had a son with Down Syndrome, named Maximilian Theodore (most excellent gift of God) who lived to be only 2 1/2 years old. He was the finest person I have ever known.
As if anything else were needed, Gore's comments about this disability alone would convince any right-thinking person that Gore was reprobate evil personified.
Cordially,
Sounds like the friggin Taliban.
I think it is much more likely that he has asperger's which is an autistic spectrum disorder. His stiffness is a symptom. During the 2000 election he often sounded like he was speaking at people instead of to them. People with asperger's can be rude because they have trouble putting themselves in other peoples shoes. Neurologically normal people have trouble with this when they are very small children but it is expected from them so people don't look so harshly on them. People with asperger's also have intense interests that they study. In America people didn't start diagnosing people with the disorder untill recently so alot of adults have it without knowing they have it.
Geeeeee .. what a great description of JOHN F'ing KERRY!!
Thank you for sharing that story--and about your son.
I find it the height of arrogance that people like Al Gore and other Liberals believe they are "enlightened" more than the rest of us vermin. They are blind to the hate in their own souls.
If I can find the story George Will wrote about his son, I'll post it here.
My father is friends with several current and former Secret Service agents, and he told me the same thing during the 2000 election. Also, while campaigning, Gore had towels brought along because he wouldn't use hotel linens, and soap had to be thrown away after one use.
Anyone remember the interview with one of his lifelong friends that was done during '00, in which the guy claimed to have smoked opiated Thai stick (marijuana with opium laced throughout) for decades with Gore, up until he became VP? I would think that 20+ years of opiated pot would cause some sort of mental malfunctions!
I just looked up the book "The Dysfunctional President" on Amazon (its by Dr. Paul M. Fick). One of the reviews says that the book (written before the Lewinsky scandal) predicted a scandal of that type and how the Clintons would deal with it.
Abby Normal?
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