[FormerACLUmember]

Kerry meets ALL the criteria. He needs only five of ther nine criteria. The USA does not need this VERY sick guy, this severely character disordered ambulatory mentally ill individual in ANY position of responsibility, much less Commander in Chief.

[Dems_R_Losers]

I read an article recently that also said narcissism is probably the most difficult psychological disorder to treat or cure -- there are no drug therapies for it, and narcissists of course tend to believe there is nothing wrong with them!

[mnehring]

I wonder what diagnosis one would add if you include the symptom of complete amnesia of the past 25 years and obsession with 2 months 25 years ago. It almost sounds like shell shock symptoms some vets have where they keep reliving events, completely oblivious to what is going on around them.

[gorebegone]

There is a cure for this disorder you know....

[Jewels1091]

I think clintoon fits this bill too!

[GoforBroke]

There is another term that could be used for kerry's condition.

Paramnesia

[jamaly]

Sounds like a perfect description of John Fraud Kerry and both Clintons. These people are not good for our country.

[ladyinred]

Kerry and Bill Clinton to a "T".

[Only1choice____Freedom]

So I see you've met my mother-in-law!!!!

[RippleFire]

bump

[Uncle Vlad]

Liberalism is a mental disorder. It should be covered under the DSM4 and DSM5 under mental disorders that make one "dangerous to one's self or to others."

[Paul_B]

Take a look at Kerry's face as Edwards introduced him at the midnight rally the other day. Edwards was really pouring the praise on thick, and Kerry relished and agreed with every syllable of it.

[mass55th]

I've always thought he meets the symptoms of a sociopath:

"Antisocial Personality Disorder results in what is commonly known as a Sociopath. This disorder is defined by an ongoing disregard for the rights of others, since the age of 15 years. Some examples of this disregard are reckless disregard for the safety of themselves or others, failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors, deceitfulness such as repeated lying or deceit for personal profit or pleasure, and lack of remorse for actions that hurt other people in any way."

[christie]

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Fits Kerry to a tee.

Check out my John F. Kerry Timeline.
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[Chode]

kerry is a walking encyclopedia of psychosis

[Wild Irish Rogue]

" (2) is preoccupied with fantasies ...."

Anyone who reads Unfit for Command can come to no other conclusion.
Kerry has NPD and I bet we are not the first to recognize this.
Which is why he refuses to release his military and medical records.

John Kerry is one sick dude and I am mad as hell that the Democrats think so little of our country and our national security-that they would have this sicko at the top of the ticket.

[savagesusie]

I think I heard something once about Kerry always having to watch in a mirror while he was intimate with someone.......is that true? I don't remember where I heard it but I was apalled all the same. He is sooooooo creepy.

[F16Fighter]

"Kerry meets ALL the criteria."

So does John McCain.

[finnigan2]

If Karl Rove is smart, he will use this diagnosis as the means to fashion a strategy for the debates. In other words, what behavior could Bush display or what hot button words could Bush used that might trigger Kerry's predisposition of resentment toward someone who appears to be questioning their entitlement or superiority. This might provoke Kerry into rash comments or obvious displays of anger that could hurt his standing with viewers.

[Pharlap]

An example of Kerry's Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Washington Post columnist David Broder (in an Aug. 28, 2004 column, washington post.com, at p. 17) quotes Kerry as saying "I fought in Vietnam and I also fought against the Vietnam War." Broder observed that Kerry apparantly did not recognize that "some would see far too much political calculation in such a bifurcated record." Now compare Broder's observation to two incidents Kerry claims to have experienced (neither of which probably ever happened). First, his 1968 Christmas Eve in Cambodia, which resulted in his "seared-in me" memory that, by now we are all familiar with. Second, a less known Cambodian "adventure": his secret CIA mission. (See, Laura Blumenfeld's article "Hunter, Dreamer, Realist", washingtonpost.com, June 1, 2003, at p. A01; also on the Kerry/Edwards web site at www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/news/news_2003_0601.html.) Kerry cavalierly described this mission. To emphasize his participation, Kerry put on a camouflage hat he kept in a "secret compartment" in his attache case. He called it his "good luck hat" and said it was "given to me by a CIA guy as we went in for a secret mission in Cambodia."

Note that these two "adventures" produceed opposite reactions in Kerry. The first is a completely negative one that supposedly changed his life and resulted in, among other things, his very vocal protesting of the Vietnam War. The second is a totally positive reaction, with souvenir and all, that is quite macho in import, presumably to show his dash and valorr.

In the context of Kerry's statement to David Broder, these opposing "recollections" become clear. They tell us a great deal about the psyche and character of John kerry, the man who would be President and Commander-in-Chief, and who may well suffer from Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Together, they show not only how calculating, and even pethological, is Kerry's need to self-promote; but, more importantly, they provide graphic, first-person evidence of how willfully Kerry has manipulated "his Cambodian adventures" to advance his political ambitions.

[Mamzelle]

One thing I seldom see mentioned--Kerry's laziness. This guy expects things to be handed to him. He campaigns half-heartedly. Remember how energetically Clinton campaigned?

Looks to me as if once he gets in office and collects his pretty job title, it's off to play with the toys TerAYza bought him...