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To: tcrlaf; Dog Gone; Dark Wing; Shermy; ElkGroveDan; Gophack
Governor Blanco has not declared martial law in the areas subject to long-term evacuation, or made THE formal request for federal military assistance.

Those require decisions. She's been in full passive-aggressive mode at least since the weekend, and possibly last Saturday and Sunday.

http://www.ptypes.com/passive-aggpd.html

"Here is a hypothetical profile, in terms of the five-factor model of personality, for Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder (speculatively constructed from McCrae, 1994, pg. 306):

High Neuroticism

Chronic negative affects, including anxiety, fearfulness, tension, irritability, anger, dejection, hopelessness, guilt, shame; difficulty in inhibiting impulses: for example, to eat, drink, or spend money; irrational beliefs: for example, unrealistic expectations, perfectionistic demands on self, unwarranted pessimism; unfounded somatic concerns; helplessness and dependence on others for emotional support and decision making.

High Extraversion

Excessive talking, leading to inappropriate self-disclosure and social friction; inability to spend time alone; attention seeking and overly dramatic expression of emotions; reckless excitement seeking; inappropriate attempts to dominate and control others.

Low Openness

Difficulty adapting to social or personal change; low tolerance or understanding of different points of view or lifestyles; emotional blandness and inability to understand and verbalize own feelings; alexythymia; constricted range of interests; insensitivity to art and beauty; excessive conformity to authority.

Low Agreeableness

Cynicism and paranoid thinking; inability to trust even friends or family; quarrelsomeness; too ready to pick fights; exploitive and manipulative; lying; rude and inconsiderate manner alienates friends, limits social support; lack of respect for social conventions can lead to troubles with the law; inflated and grandiose sense of self; arrogance.

High Conscientiousness

Overachievement: workaholic absorption in job or cause to the exclusion of family, social, and personal interests; compulsiveness, including excessive cleanliness, tidiness, and attention to detail; rigid self-discipline and an inability to set tasks aside and relax; lack of spontaneity; overscrupulousness in moral behavior.

Character Weaknesses and Vices*

procrastination
argumentativeness
dilatoriness at work
querulousness
obstructionistic behavior
scornful of authority
resentful of suggestions
"forgets" obligations
unaware of being incompetent"

IMO Blanco is the last female governor Louisiana will have for a long time - perhaps the rest of this century.

And, when her conduct in this crisis is analyzed, there is a reasonable possibility that this will result in no female governors being elected unless they have first demonstrated "macho" executive abilities. Most likely taht will take the form of military service, i.e., which pretty much limits the field to female Republican veterans.

406 posted on 08/31/2005 5:44:02 PM PDT by Thud
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To: Thud

I don't think her ineptness has anything to do with her gender; rather her overall ineptness as a decision maker.


413 posted on 08/31/2005 5:45:24 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: Thud

She has been truly horrible. At best, she's acted like a victim herself. If people are rescued, it will be no thanks to her.


461 posted on 08/31/2005 5:52:01 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Thud

I have to think that Condi Rice would definitely be up to the task if she was in this situation as a governor.


496 posted on 08/31/2005 5:59:17 PM PDT by Cedar
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