Daily Kos: Bush a 'Classic Psychopath,' Republicans in General Even Worse

lgf ^ | 5/7/08 | lgf

[LJayne]

The Kos Kids are doing that lovable armchair analysis thing again, demonstrating with relentless logic that George Bush Fits Clinical Profile of a Psychopath to a Tee.

The research of Dr. Hervey Cleckley and Dr. Robert Hare exploring the personality and character traits of psychopaths, when applied to George Bush, shows that he fits exactly the profile they developed for a classic psychopath. It's uncanny.

The study also showed that "Republicanism" as political and social ideology... is even worse than psychopathy.

It's almost cute how they periodically try to convince each other that Republicans aren't just wrong, they're hideous psychotic murdering beasts. Or worse.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

more mental diarreha from the kossacks.

[divine_moment_of_facts]

“The Marxist Left defames, degrades and accuses others of what they do themselves. They make what is right seem wrong.. They instill guilt in the weak-minded. The weak-minded then convert to the leftist way of thinking in order to alleviate their guilt.. Their guilt is never alleviated.. They become the UN-dead like to rest of the left-wing.”

[chris_bdba]

Has anyone ever pointed out to the Kos Kids that they might in fact be the ones with the problems? Seriously, few Conservatives I know need mood altering drugs to get through the day.

[Dr. Thorne]

Uh huh. Well I just read a study by the world famous duo Dr. Pepper and Professor Irwin Corey that shows beyond a shadow of a doubt that all Democrats are closeted pedophiles. In the case of the Democrats, the men only assault male children and the women only assault female children, a trait described by Prof. Corey as "homolesbopedophilia".

The only known therapy for this lamentable condition is to immerse the sufferer in a vat of fish guts and then drop them into the shark-infested waters off the Great Barrier Reef.

But, even that might not help those severely afflicted... like posters on the Daily Kos.

[chris_bdba]

“It’s almost cute how they periodically try to convince each other that Republicans aren’t just wrong, they’re hideous psychotic murdering beasts. Or worse.”

Can’t you just see them hiding in their beds with the covers pulled to their necks when they realize we are all armed too? hehehe!

[L98Fiero]

“Bill Clinton, however, is a classic sociopath in every respect.”

No he isn’t. There is no need to mirror Kos behavior here, even though that seems to be the trend of late.

[Question_Assumptions]

Bill Clinton is actually a good fit, though not that they really cared so long as he was their psychopath.

[Question_Assumptions]

No he isn’t. There is no need to mirror Kos behavior here, even though that seems to be the trend of late.

It depends on what you believe about Bill Clinton. I was starting to think that Bill Clinton was probably just a narcissist but lying and then claiming you didn't lie with a straight face is a pretty classic psychopath thing to do. Of course it wouldn't surprise me if there were a large number of psychopaths and narcissists in politics for both parties. It also wouldn't surprise me if Bush had some issues but I don't think he's a psychopath.

[Question_Assumptions]

For reference, here are the 20 traits that Robert Hare's checklist for psychopaths looks for. Who does this list remind you of, Clinton or Bush (either, both, or neither)?

• glib and superficial charm
• grandiose (exaggeratedly high) estimation of self
• need for stimulation
• pathological lying
• cunning and manipulativeness
• lack of remorse or guilt
• shallow affect (superficial emotional responsiveness)
• callousness and lack of empathy
• parasitic lifestyle
• poor behavioral controls
• sexual promiscuity
• early behavior problems
• lack of realistic long-term goals
• impulsivity
• irresponsibility
• failure to accept responsibility for own actions
• many short-term marital relationships
• juvenile delinquency
• revocation of conditional release
• criminal versatility

[Question_Assumptions]

I notice that the Daily Kos carefully edited their list to make it fit Bush but not Clinton.

[allmendream]

“Keep your friends close. Keep your enemies closer” is attributed to Sun Tzu, but he only wrote one book that I know of and nobody can seem to find it in “The Art of War”.

I first heard it in the Godfather movies from Don Corleone.

A more Sun Tzu’ish quote (IMHO) would be “Keep your friends happy, and try to convince your enemies to be your friend, and if you cannot- defeat them in a way with minimum danger to yourself and minimum resources wasted”.