Posted on 09/06/2004 7:50:46 AM PDT by crushkerry
I would probably have a panic attack too...my first time out in space...'till somebody calmed me down and my emotions were settled enough to feel in control again...I can forgive a press who smoothes the rough edges of that reality for my adoring fans!
So who told you Canadians it was fixed and.... who is going to win...you see I might place a bet or two and some foreknowledge would come in handy...;)
"One major reason that Kerry will lose is that the Main Scream Media no longer controls the flow of information."
Hillary is working on that.
Here's a long answer to some excellent questions:
It is useful to bear in mind that personality disorders have a strong element of self-deception as well as instrumental deception of others. RE: Kerry's contemporaneous lying in his own letters and journals and I would add, his "home movies", he was essentially accomplishing two things; he was establishing a record to which he could point (and has) years later. People implicitly assume that records from the time somehow have greater legitimacy than say, recollections later on. The ulterior motive was evident--normal people don't do these things.
The other thing he was doing, which in fact was more fundamental, was to rehearse for himself a gratifying self-image which fit with the way he needs to be seen by others. It is irrational and sort of magical--"If I think big I will BE big. (And others will think so too.)
So yes, a high functioning narcissist like Kerry is perfectly capable of deliberately creating a false identity of sorts, to serve his neurotic needs and ambitions.
I hadn't heard about his letters--I guess he's not the first guy to lie to his girlfriend to make himself look good, but in the context, it must have been as effortless for him as telling the truth is for healthy people.
The narcissist is similar to an insecure teenager--his worst fear is to be exposed as being inadequate. The adolescent often entertains fantasies of heroism, valor, supremacy in sports, or love, or what-not, but is petrified of a zit on Saturday night.
For Kerry, these stories, like the "Christmas in Cambodia" story--or the "Wounded Hero" version of himself fishing Rassman out of the drink--they have the quality of adolescent fantasies. Although they were recorded for future political use, they were really "all about him."
Kerry continues to be vulnerable on his postwar record with VVAW and in the Senate, but he feels good about what he did there, and so doesn't have the anxiety of being unmasked and found wanting.
But this is a key:
He does NOT feel good about his Vietnam service.
If he were humble enough to simply live with his record as it actually was, he would be farther ahead; judging from the Swiftees accounts, he in fact had a pretty ordinary four months--but to a narcissist, being seen as "Ordinary" is like a vampire being exposed to the morning sun.
The narcissist cannot tolerate being ordinary. He has to be "special" in some way. Thus, Kerry had to concoct a grandiose and distorted story, so he could deceive himself into believing he is special. But now he has to live with it as it falls apart. The thing he feared the most--"exposure"-- has become his fate.
"The chickens haven't hatched yet."
Exactly.
Look for Bush to "lose momentum" in the coming weeks.
I am shocked at how an awful lot of Freepers are letting themselves get set up by the MSM by gloating about Bush's bounce, the supposed "depression" of the left and how we are going to win 49 states.
The nation is still divided and the MSM is still the loudest cheerleader; and they are not on our side.
Look at Zogby and Rasmussen. Whether you beleive the real numbers or not, they are consistent in what they are doing and the change is not as signficant as Newsweek would have you beleive (its amazing how quickly some Freepers suddenly became Newsweek fans too).
But, alas now we get to see Kerry come "roaring back" like the "comeback kid" he was in 1996. Because the country "is just not sure" about George Bush. The press has already written the story. I give it 10 20 days assuming he lowers his profile. It might take longer if he talks too much.
The only way we are going to win is on the ground. Stay focused.
"Paul Krugman(9/3) : The title of his column "Feel The Hate" pretty much sums this up. He also claims that Republicans hate America and are attacking John Kerry's patriotism because they know that President Bush, "never in his life took a risk or made a sacrifice for his country". The reason people would vote for Bush is that he has unfairly made them fear John Kerry."
Took a risk? Dayem, Kerry wouldn't even risk his Senate seat for a run at the Presidency. How is that for hedging Krugman?
My, my, they're so upset about Zell and the girly-men! LOLOLOLOL!
The wusses on the left have this fairy tale that Cleland lost 3 limbs in heroic action in VN. He lost his limbs after triggering one of his own grenades while on his way to get a beer and has no Purple Heart as a result. He's about as heroic as J F'n K!
Preciate it. too bad Molly Ivins piece wasn't out yet, she does the same thing in her latest.
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