| FRiends, you can't make this stuff up. This story is straight from that noted psychiatrist, Wikipedia. Also eager to get my last Cruz images finished before Rafael Mendacii exits the race :- ) Just in fun. |
Essentially - 'high functioning sociopath' ... but frankly this refines the sociopath/narcissism/disconnected spectrum perfectly.
It's worth noting that in this context - i.e. in studying pathological psychology - this is not a sort of wink and nod to Cruz's 'clever ways' -> in the context of psychology and what this article is talking about, Cruz is sick, an antisocial personality disorder who's high enough functioning enough to realize that if one is going to do things for his own good at the expense of his fellows whenever convenient, he best be good at hiding and lying. Most anti-socials don't have enough foresight to be successful at being ... antisocial.
Since Cruz has the dimension of not being connected though, I think he's amazed (or really, doesn't yet know it) that the bulk of Republican voters see through him - he would himself not pick up on such cue's. He's like a blind man disguising himself in bright orange neoprene ... the neoprene should deaden the sound he makes scurrying about ... so ... wondering why everyone detects him. He doesn't know what he doesn't know -> that his missing the 'social cue' part.
And ... Welcome to the east coast. Thanks for posting/pinging. Sweet picture.