I haven't endorsed anything. I am just saying that all, and I mean all, politicians have to be narcissistic in order to subject themselves to the rigors of applying for a public office.
Then, repeating myself, they enrich themselves at the public's expense, they dress in fine clothes, eat the best of foods, travel at the public's expense, etc. And, all the while telling the public how much they are doing for them.
I repeat, this is at all levels of government. This is what politicians do, no exceptions.
I didn’t guess or imply anything. I said I hoped a certain thing. If even that gets your prickly, then it’s impossible to have a calm, rational discussion w you.
To suggest that all politicians are equally narcissistic is to render the word meaningless. Just as Obama saying all countries consider themselves exceptional nullified the concept of American exceptionalism, ‘all of them’ being narcissists means that narcissism is meaningless. Either it is a clinically defined Personality Disorder or it isn’t. It happens to be. Some politicians are afflicted w it and others aren’t.
Newt has compared himself to Reagan and Thatcher. He has displayed a stunning lack of empathy, even toward his children’s mother. And how about this:
‘Newt’s supersize ego led him astray. Course notes extolled the then-GOP whip’s role in creating an “American movement” with a GOP majority as an “advocate of civilization,” a “definer of civilization,” a “teacher of the rules of civilization” and — prepare to feel a thrill up your leg — an “arouser of those who form civilization.”’
He is a clinical narcissist. He is that in ways most pols aren’t. Disagree if you want, but please stop telling me they’re all equally narcissistic. It’s insulting. You believe it if that’s what you want to believe. Just stop trying to convince me of it, because it’s uninformed at best.