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Misdiagnosis
The American Thinker ^ | Nov. 19, 2004 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 11/19/2004 5:09:33 PM PST by Kitten Festival

The extended post-election public despair of disappointed Democrats has been nearly as remarkable as the Republican victory, its supposed proximate cause. Therapists, anxious to keep their couches warm, have rushed in to make up a self-serving syndrome for their clients to overcome, “Post Election Selection Trauma.”

A nice bit of marketing, that. Most important is the acronym PEST. Turn the electoral mandate of George W. Bush into a public affliction, with overtones of vermin as the root cause. Throw in a hot button word like “selection” to get to the right four letters, dredging up memories of the 2000 Florida recount and Supreme Court ruling, even at the cost of a silly redundancy like “election selection.”

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; depression; diagnosis; funk; kerry; kerrydefeat; losers; loss; misdiagnosis; pathetic; pest
Some excellent diagnosis about why Democrats, in their post-election funk, are acting the way they are acting. Losers.
1 posted on 11/19/2004 5:09:34 PM PST by Kitten Festival
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To: Kitten Festival
I'm always ready to off a little help.
2 posted on 11/19/2004 5:16:37 PM PST by sionnsar (NYT/Cbs: "It's fake but true!" | Iran Azadi | Traditional Anglicans: trad-anglican.faithweb.com)
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To: Kitten Festival
I'm always ready to offER a little help.
3 posted on 11/19/2004 5:17:26 PM PST by sionnsar (NYT/Cbs: "It's fake but true!" | Iran Azadi | Traditional Anglicans: trad-anglican.faithweb.com)
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PEST was just the word for their new syndrome. It sums up their whole existence as well. Only Democrats are such poor losers that they have to concoct a syndrome to excuse their behavior.


4 posted on 11/19/2004 5:18:34 PM PST by buddyholly (We flushed the Johns!!!)
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To: sionnsar

Heh, heh, heh


5 posted on 11/19/2004 5:19:35 PM PST by buddyholly (We flushed the Johns!!!)
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To: sionnsar

Have heard that New Zealand has done an about face on it's political policies. That they have actually turned away from socialism, reduced the size of government, and actually cut taxes.


6 posted on 11/19/2004 5:20:43 PM PST by SouthTexas
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Have heard that New Zealand has done an about face on it's political policies. That they have actually turned away from socialism, reduced the size of government, and actually cut taxes.

Again? That Nationals did that in the mid-latter 90s, then the electorate turned them out of office.

7 posted on 11/19/2004 5:23:27 PM PST by sionnsar (NYT/Cbs: "It's fake but true!" | Iran Azadi | Traditional Anglicans: trad-anglican.faithweb.com)
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To: buddyholly; Kitten Festival

> PEST was just the word for their new syndrome.

Clinical name:

electile disfunction


8 posted on 11/19/2004 5:36:48 PM PST by Boundless
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At least they're trying. Sure is a pretty country to waste on socialism.


9 posted on 11/19/2004 5:42:39 PM PST by SouthTexas
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To: Kitten Festival

We had the same problem in the '90's. Rush Limbaugh was my treatment.


10 posted on 11/19/2004 6:50:39 PM PST by eccentric (aka baldwidow)
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