Field Guide to the Hypomanic: Hothead of State (Rahm Emanuel)

PsychologyToday.com ^ | July, 2009 | John Gartner

[GOPJ]

There have been a flurry of articles recently in the national media.

That takes a good PR firm to pull off - I wonder why he wants his name out there? I suspect Obama wants to dump him and he knows it.

[avenir]

"He's like a shark that always has to keep moving or he dies..."

"There is no rest," says my God, "for the wicked."--Isaiah 48:22

[GOPJ]

Some love darkness more than light.

Then there's that...

[madinmadtown]

No, he is the kind of sorry pathetic doe-eyed boy that the boys of ultimate honor defended because they understood that it was their duty. Afterwards, he made fun of them and reported them to the principal or the teacher behind their backs. He always thought he was better and smarter than everyone else. He was just meaner and without conscience or moral character. He should be food for pigs in the Deadwood tradition...and that would probably be too good for him.

[khnyny]

I’m sorry, but that doesn’t make any sense. Why would someone hire a PR firm to make sure that the media publishes unflattering articles about them?

My feeling is this is definitely coming from elsewhere. Kind of a 100th monkey syndrome kind of thing.

Unless, of course, Rahm is such an egomaniac that he just wants to see his name in print as often as possible - there’s always that.:)

[bioqubit]

some say “hypomaniac”, I say coke freak.

[Ev Reeman]

Remember when Donald Duck would go on a !@#$%^&*! rampage using fowl language (couldn’t resist the pun) and said things like (expletive deleted). Rahm on a tear reminds me of that.

[paul51]

The fact that someone hasn’t bitch slapped this punk just goes to show you how many cowards reside on capital hill

[jonrick46]

Rahm: "I can hardly wait to get outta these tights and crack some heads. Where's my steak knife (inside joke)?"

[Outlaw Woman]

he was always such a ‘nice jewish boy’...

[redhead]

"Remember when Donald Duck would go on a !@#$%^&*! rampage using fowl language (couldn’t resist the pun) and said things like (expletive deleted). Rahm on a tear reminds me of that."

Wouldn't you love to see a video of Rahm pitching a fit, and a voiceover of Donald Duck in one of his tantrums? LOLOL!

[Errant]

"Kind of a 100th monkey syndrome kind of thing." - Prophetic

[khnyny]

"Don't f this up"(Rahm to Tony Blair)

[shield]

An extremely VILE man.

[Jimmy Valentine]

An excellent post.

A condign warning to Rhamm and Exekiel; "And they that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon them."

These clowns are going to catch a lot of their own medecine come a day. Won't taste too good either.

[bitt]

mark

[snuffy smiff]

I don’t need a shrink to tell me these guys are a bunch of scumbags.

[Polybius]

. If donors didn't agree to quintuple their normal contributions, Emanuel scolded them for their stinginess and hung up the phone.

Two things are absolutely clear about Rahm Emanuel. He is effective and he is extreme.

When dealing with the world of corrupt Chicago politics, such tactics are very effective.

When dealing with the American people, such tactics are very ineffective.

[elcid1970]

Not to play Grammar Police, but “hypo” means under, and “hyper” means over.

Rahm Emmanuel is “hypermanic”, or is a “hypermaniac”.

Either way, the ranting Donald Duck is an accurate description of the POTUS’ advisor.

[Jacquerie]

Chapter X of Hayek's famous little book is, Why the Worst Get on Top.

He says, "The unscrupulous and uninhibited are likely to be more successful in a society tending toward totalitarianism. The (soon to be) totalitarian dictator would soon have to choose between disregard of ordinary morals and failure. They (socialists) set themselves a task which only the ruthless ready to disregard the barriers of accepted morality can execute."

Human nature is a constant. Hayek also predicts the rise of private civilian armies, inversion of the accepted meaning of common words, regulations made outside the normal legislative process, a demand to "get things done" immediately, the need to silence opponents, and ultimately when central planning fails, a rapid descent into open tyranny.