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When Mitt finally, after all this crap, realizes that hey, NO ONE LIKES HIM (Original Post) Bake Feb 2012 OP
Humans (i.e. rich Mormons) like him just fine. Jackpine Radical Feb 2012 #1
He'll slink back to the country club LiberalEsto Feb 2012 #2
I can't stand a flip flopper however, if this guy makes it through with all the hate people have for southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #3
lots of people like him renate Feb 2012 #4
Ba-BAM! Bake Feb 2012 #5
He'll never understand that nobody likes him WI_DEM Feb 2012 #6
More significantly what are Mormons in general going to feel about the Republican Party grantcart Feb 2012 #7
It's possible. sofa king Feb 2012 #8

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
1. Humans (i.e. rich Mormons) like him just fine.
Mon Feb 20, 2012, 12:47 PM
Feb 2012

It's only the 99% who despise him. I imagine he could care less what subhumans like us think of him.

 

southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)
3. I can't stand a flip flopper however, if this guy makes it through with all the hate people have for
Mon Feb 20, 2012, 12:56 PM
Feb 2012

him then maybe he should represent the losers in the general election. I think it doesn't matter in the end who is running. American people are going to come to their senses and are going to vote for Obama. They at least know he isn't going to push that nuke button as easily as republicans want to. They want a president who is a thinking calm person.

WI_DEM

(33,497 posts)
6. He'll never understand that nobody likes him
Tue Feb 21, 2012, 01:00 PM
Feb 2012

he'll just think that the media took him down. That is how he will justify it. That is if he isn't nominated. He could still be.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
7. More significantly what are Mormons in general going to feel about the Republican Party
Tue Feb 21, 2012, 01:15 PM
Feb 2012

when they realize that the party will take their money and their votes but not their candidates?

The highest ranking Mormon outside of Nevada is a Democrat.

sofa king

(10,857 posts)
8. It's possible.
Tue Feb 21, 2012, 01:28 PM
Feb 2012

I have Mitt pegged with Narcissistic Personality Disorder, the same as Shrub.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder

People with NPD have big problems with self esteem. They only like themselves when they live inside of the delusion that they are competent and successful.

When that delusion wears out, the subject nose-dives into depression. Remember the approximately three years of vacation George W. Bush took while in office? I think those were the times when Bush realized what a terrible person he really was, and I fully expect it to emerge in the coming decades that Bush spent his "vacations" with a team of psychiatrists and psychologists who worked overtime to keep that asshole acting like an asshole, instead of curling up in a ball and leaving our national defenses totally compromised. (Either that, or he was consulting with Dr. Evan Williams--equally possible.)

NPD is almost impossible to treat because as soon as the subject believes the delusion again, he ditches treatment. Unlike sociopaths, narcissists do feel empathy, shame, and regret for what they have done--but only when their self-esteem has collapsed.

I think my hypothesis can be partially bolstered by watching what happens next week. If Mitt's boys can't steal Michigan from Santorum, I suspect we'll see Romney effectively disappear for a few days until his handlers can feed him enough bullshit to get him going again.

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