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49% of US Presidents suffered mental illness in Duke study
The Chronicle ^
| February, 2006
| Haley Hoffman
Posted on 04/20/2006 10:05:20 PM PDT by Torie
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To: Torie
49%? That means that 21.07%
The real debate is which president was 0.07% mentally ill.
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posted on
04/20/2006 11:10:46 PM PDT
by
uglybiker
(Don't blame me. I didn't make you stupid.)
To: Torie
Psycho-history is lame. But it's sure a heck of a lot better than socio-cultural history.
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posted on
04/20/2006 11:20:15 PM PDT
by
Cyclopean Squid
(History is a work in progress)
To: Torie
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posted on
04/20/2006 11:29:51 PM PDT
by
M. Espinola
(Freedom is never free)
To: Old Professer
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posted on
04/21/2006 12:16:09 AM PDT
by
spyone
To: Sonny M
Thom Jefferson spent all his time thinking ... reading, writing, inventing, planning, creating ... who can do that with a bunch of people around wanting to party?
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posted on
04/21/2006 12:42:52 AM PDT
by
Rte66
To: Torie
49% of US Presidents suffered mental illness in Duke study100% of LIBERALS are nuts.
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posted on
04/21/2006 2:18:02 AM PDT
by
beyond the sea
(Oh, for the days when "disrespect" was just a noun.)
To: DemforBush
Does Clinton count twice for being a pathological liar AND a sexual deviant? ---
****
LOL
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posted on
04/21/2006 2:18:42 AM PDT
by
beyond the sea
(Oh, for the days when "disrespect" was just a noun.)
To: BostonianRightist
proving once again why psychiatry is a useless field of studyagreed
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posted on
04/21/2006 2:21:37 AM PDT
by
beyond the sea
(Oh, for the days when "disrespect" was just a noun.)
To: Torie
Elect Hillary and get an even 50%.
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posted on
04/21/2006 3:16:23 AM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(That new ring around Uranus is courtesy of the IRS)
To: Old Professer
Projection is the refuge of
the self-absorbed Liberals
There. I fixed it. But, very well put!
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posted on
04/21/2006 3:43:40 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
To: Torie
Just more verbal diarrhea from the "I hate America" crowd. Ignore them or shout them down, it doesn't matter, because they are not adults, hate their own lives, hate freedom, and want to die. I wish they'd just do it and leave the rest of us in peace.
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posted on
04/21/2006 3:43:46 AM PDT
by
Clock King
("How will it end?" - Emperor; "In Fire." - Kosh)
To: Torie
Yes. 49%. We all really just need to talk about our problems. It will help us become "adjusted".
Effing Liberals. I have one for all of you:
Liberalism is a mental illness. Therefore, 100% of all Liberals are mentally ill.
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posted on
04/21/2006 3:48:22 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
To: Torie
I think they are stretching a bit with the sleep apnea. That is more of a physical condition mostly due to being overweight. I can understand this in Taft.
I guess it is true what they say - you have to be crazy to want that job! I wonder how many of these presidents became depressed after becoming president. I just finished John Adams. The description of Jefferson is of a frigging nutcase.
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posted on
04/21/2006 3:51:26 AM PDT
by
7thson
(I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
To: singfreedom
We have a winner! Good one!
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posted on
04/21/2006 3:54:19 AM PDT
by
7thson
(I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
To: Torie
This article says far more about the silliness of modern definitions of mental illness than it does about our former presidents.
That said, Freud and William Bullitt wrote quite the fascinating psychoanalysis of Wilson: Thomas Woodrow Wilson which was distinctly unfavorable to Professor Wilson. Since I dislike Wilson intensely, I've always enjoyed it. Erik Ericson also did an interesting psychobiography of Luther: Young Man Luther that was very popular back in the '60s and '70s.
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posted on
04/21/2006 3:56:20 AM PDT
by
CatoRenasci
(Ceterum Censeo Arabiam Esse Delendam -- Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit)
To: Torie
My guess is the percentage of professors of psychiatry who qualify as mentally ill is much higher.
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posted on
04/21/2006 4:10:53 AM PDT
by
bkepley
To: Howlin
"Are they now going to say Bush is crazy?" That's probably where this is headed.
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posted on
04/21/2006 4:12:05 AM PDT
by
blam
To: Torie
The extensiveness of Richard Nixon's alcohol abuse was pretty remarkable and alarming, given the authority he had," Swartz said. Another reason to cast a suspicious eye at this "study". From the accounts of those who knew and observed Nixon privately, he a social drinker not the drunk that his haters like to portray him as.
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posted on
04/21/2006 4:22:13 AM PDT
by
Sir_Humphrey
(The mighty oak is just a nut who held it's ground)
To: Torie
I think this is kind of like asking what percentage of the American population is criminal. The answer is that most all of us are, because our stuped lawmakers have written so many laws that nobody can move without breaking one. Same thing with mental illness, academics will attribute so many types of behavior to it, that no one can move without being accused of mental illness. For instance, I note that shyness is now categorized as "social phobia."
That being said, I have always thought that the desire to be president indicated a certain degree of mental illness in itself. And if you told me that half the population was mentally ill, I wouldn't be surprised. How else to explain all those people who vote for Democrats?
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posted on
04/21/2006 4:38:17 AM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(Delicacy, precision, force)
To: Torie
Didn't read this, but let me guess the party of those they said were mentally ill.
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posted on
04/21/2006 4:52:54 AM PDT
by
jmaroneps37
(Everyday brings a new reason to distrust Hillary Clinton.)
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