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John Bolton and his discontents: What does psychobabble have to do with it?
JWR ^ | 5-13-05 | Suzanne Fields

Posted on 05/13/2005 9:50:08 AM PDT by FlyLow

The most irresponsible argument in the debate over John Bolton as the U.S. representative to the United Nations — and there are many— was the op-ed essay in The New York Times suggesting that his brisk management style demonstrates a criminal pathology and a psychopathic personality.

The piece, by a clinical psychologist who identifies herself as a consultant on "organizational psychology," was couched in the psychobabble of psychological expertise, based on one small, flabby survey, anecdotes and case studies built on innuendo drawn from "research" that illustrates what Shakespeare meant when he wrote about "the sound and the fury signifying nothing." Nevertheless, this psychobabbling received dramatic accompaniment in a bold cartoon of a man's head filled with "columny."

After reciting a string of unpleasant adjectives uttered by John Bolton's political opponents characterizing him as "dogmatic, abusive to his subordinates and a bully," Belinda Board, a British professor, embraces the all-inclusive theory that "these are the same characteristics that make someone successful in business or government." Not satisfied with tarring successful businessmen and government executives, she breathlessly leaps to link such men to criminal behavior.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bolton; suzannefields

1 posted on 05/13/2005 9:50:10 AM PDT by FlyLow
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To: FlyLow
demonstrates a criminal pathology and a psychopathic personality

Thank Thank you very much


2 posted on 05/13/2005 9:55:26 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
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To: FlyLow

Good article. Thanks.


3 posted on 05/13/2005 9:56:50 AM PDT by trisham ("Live Free or Die," General John Stark, July 31, 1809)
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To: FlyLow

It's the NYSlimes, not a reliable or credible source.


4 posted on 05/13/2005 9:57:35 AM PDT by OldFriend (MAJOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH.....INSPIRATIONAL)
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To: FlyLow

The NYT thinks this is major stuff and worth the ink and the space. This is the same paper that could not find the ink or the space to review Unfit For Command. The book was sitting at the top of their very own bestsellers list, but the NYT didn't have the ink or the space to acknowledge it's existence.


5 posted on 05/13/2005 10:04:36 AM PDT by whereasandsoforth (Stamp out liberals with the big boot of truth)
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