What's wrong with smirky?

[senseandsensibility]

After today's TRULY deplorable, on every level, "press conference", what do you think is wrong with him?

[Kikosexy2]

1. No all..

of the above?

[AllyCat]

2. Alcoholic dementia n/t

[benburch]

4. Beat me to the punch! nt

[liberal N proud]

6. I have to go with the Alcohol thing!

[Cats Against Frist]

25. I voted "brain damage" for Alcoholic Dementia

Believe me. I can spot it when I see it.

[benburch]

3. Korsakov's Syndrome

Korsakov's syndrome
n : dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic
alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events
although long term memory is intact.

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. What's RIGHT with smirky?

[senseandsensibility]

8. LOL

I couldn't even think of any choices if I were try to do that poll.

[NMDemDist2]

7. Dry Drunk Syndrome...coupled with sociopathy

Dry Drunk syndrome
1. Grandiosity, put very simply, is an exaggeration of one's own importance. This can be demonstrated either in terms of one's strengths or weaknesses. In either case it is blatantly self- seeking or self-serving, putting oneself at the center of attention, from the "big me" who has ask the answers to the "poor me" whose cup of self-pity runneth over and wants all of our attention.

2. Judgmentalism is mutually related to grandiosity. It means that the alcoholic is prone to make value judgments - strikingly inappropriate evaluations - usually in terms of "goodness" or "badness".

3. Intolerance leaves no room for delaying the gratification of personal desires. This is accomplished by gross confusion of priorities with the result that a mere whim or passing fancy is mistakenly given more importance than genuine personal needs.

4. Impulsivity is the result of intolerance or the lack of ability to delay gratification of personal desires. Impulsivity describes behavior which is heedless of the ultimate consequence for self or others.

5. Indecisiveness is related to impulsitivity in the sense that while the latter takes no realistic account of the consequences of the actions, the former precludes effective action altogether. Indecisiveness stems from an unrealistic exaggeration of the negative possibilities of the action ; so one wavers between two or more possible courses of action, more times than not- nothing gets done.

http://www.lakeweb1.com/mrp/literature/drydrunk.htm

Sociopathy is chiefly characterized by something wrong with the person's conscience. They either don't have one, it's full of holes like Swiss cheese, or they are somehow able to completely neutralize or negate any sense of conscience or future time perspective. Sociopaths only care about fulfilling their own needs and desires - selfishness and egocentricity to the extreme. Everything and everybody else is mentally twisted around in their minds as objects to be used in fulfilling their own needs and desires. They often believe they are doing something good for society, or at least nothing that bad. The term "sociopath" is frequently used by psychologists and sociologists alike in referring to persons whose unsocialized character is due primarily to parental failures (usually fatherlessness) rather than an inherent feature of temperament. Lykken (1995), for example, clearly distinguishes between the sociopath (who is socialized into becoming a psychopath) and a "true" psychopath (who is born that way). However, this may only describe the "common sociopath", as there are at least four (4) different subtypes -- common, alienated, aggressive, and dyssocial. Commons are characterized mostly by their lack of conscience; the alienated by their inability to love or be loved; aggressives by a consistent sadistic streak; and dyssocials by an ability to abide by gang rules, as long as those rules are the wrong rules. Some common sociopathic traits include:

List of Common Sociopathic Traits
Egocentricity; Callousness; Impulsivity; Conscience defect; Exaggerated sexuality; Excessive boasting; Risk taking; Inability to resist temptation; Antagonistic, deprecating attitude toward the opposite sex; Lack of interest in bonding with a mate

http://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/428/428lect16.htm

[Steely_Dan]

16. Wow...

Thank you, doctor.

-P

[senseandsensibility]

17. Uncanny

and SCARY!!!:scared:

[ailsagirl]

29. Yes-- sociopathic

[mdhunter]

9. I voted extremely low IQ - reasons follow.

It just seems plausible to me that he, actually, is simply not bright.

Note his propensity to (not) read, his inability to perform simple mathematical calculations, his apparent lack of any historical analytics, his difficulty speaking extemporaneously...

All those things are rough indicators of intelligence - and he seems pretty lacking. Simple minds will be satisfied with naive plans. From that principle flows our current troubles.

[senseandsensibility]

11. Very clearly stated

That is my personal belief as well. I've always thought he was just stupid.

[renegade000]

10. elements of All of the Above

though I voted for delusions of grandeur...

he seemed irritated over the radio, like, "why are you asking me all these cynical questions! TRUST ME!!! I'm RIGHT!"

[senseandsensibility]

15. He has seemed insufferably

cocky since his inauguration. Even his voice when he took the oath sounded like some inebriated bar brawlwr looking for a fight.

[fooj]

18. me, too!

It's like...you DARE question my motives? He's a piece of work, isn't he?

[kcass1954]

19. Same here

Everytime someone (usually a man in power) has ever said "Trust me" and I did, one way or another, either literally or figurative, I got fucked!

[AntiCoup2K4]

12. All of the above

It's too bad that FAUX can't be forced to air this display of complete mental incompetence for their entire audience tonight. (I'm assuming they aren't all unemployed)

[me b zola]

13. It's the micro chip implanted in his brain

ala Manchurian Candidate. KKKarl gets a kick out of ordering to speak and act in a bizzar manner.:crazy:

[mtnsnake]

14. I think he's a robot. No human could possibly be that stupid

or uncaring.

[stanwyck]

20. Lazy

and over-indulged by his parents. George, Sr. and Barbara gave him his sense of entitlement. He doesn't know geography. He doesn't know history. And he's proud of not knowing. He's smug. Yet he's the president of the United States. We're a huge country. Having a president with just the minimum qualifications of knowing that Newfoundland is part of Canada and people in Mexico speak Spanish should not be asking too much. He lacks an inquisitive mind. He doesn't know the answers and has no incentive to learn. Mostly, he's lazy.

[Flying Dream Blues]

36. Gawd, I missed the part where he didn't know people in Mexico

speak Spanish? Are you sure you aren't talking about Quayle, who on a visit to Central America, famously said it made him wish he'd studied Latin "so he could talk to these people." But *, seriously? I mean, he was governor of Texas, however that happened, but I wouldn't put it past him to brain fart that information. Too funny.

[stanwyck]

37. He though they spoke

Mexican. Yep, that's what he said: "Mexican". And, you're right, he was governor of Texas. You'd think he'd know something that basic.
We all deserve so much better.

[Bluebear]

21. Emboldened sociopathic post-alcoholic + delusions of grandeur

Quite a brew.

[Disturbed]

22. Silverspoon Sociopath

with brain damage.

[Radio_Lady]

23. "Absolute power corrupts absolutely"

... and we haven't even discussed how this works! (See Richard Nixon, former president.)

[Stinky The Clown]

24. I agree with the diverse answers, above, and want to add

that I seriously think the boy has had a stroke. Even watching clips of today's press conference the left side of his face droops noticeably. All the "distress" pictures we see of him have the same droop on the left side. Younger pictures of him do not display this.

Apart from this, I also think he is a mama's boy who is lazy, oafish, self absorbed, self involved, self loathing, self abusing .... and a bedwetter.

[Bluebear]

26. and a bedwetter LMAO!!!!!!

:yourock:

[senseandsensibility]

27. hee hee

You have a sense of humor, I see. My hubby is a fellow DUer with one of those too. Tell Sparkly she has great taste.:)

[AllyCat]

28. Oh yeah...he definitely looks like he's had a stroke

And the bedwetter thing...classic!

[BurtWorm]

30. His delusions of granduer have probably overtaken all his other ills.

He thinks he's god's gift to the universe.

[senseandsensibility]

33. Yes

I think he literally thinks that.:-(

[American Tragedy]

31. Might I suggest All Of The Above?

[Skittles]

32. he is just a stupid f***ing ASSHOLE

pathetic

[NicRic]

34. All listed ,plus much more N/T

.

[wakemewhenitsover]

35. Now that Rice made Sec. of State, she broke up with him