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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:55 AM Original message |
Poll question: Should Presidential Candidates and their VP's Have To Pass a Psych Screening? |
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Avalon6 (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. Are we going to ask them to take a lie detector test also? |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That's what amendments are for |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Jefferson didn't write the constitution |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. oops |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Your getting warmer |
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guidod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 09:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. So electing someone with Alzheimers |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
3. The people's power to vote for whomever they choose is one of the few near-absolute powers... |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. So... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:19 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Of course not. The people have the power to vote for all sorts of non-okay folks.... |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
6. No! it would be fraught with misuse and is subjective |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. frank psychosis |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. Isn't he the boyking now? ooops. Maybe we should screen? n/t |
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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
7. In order to be in the running, Repubs have to *fail* a Psych test. |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
8. Just how would that work? |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. How do they |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
9. Who is doing the screening? A "screening" only as good as the objectivity & standards of appliers |
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weezy2736 (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
10. No love for the first other? Shame... |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
11. speaking realistically, though, any doctor can be bought/intimidated. |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. You sound like |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. ? |
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BklynChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
13. I think it's a reasonable expectation that a psych evaluation is part of your overall health |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
16. Take one yes, passing is subjective. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
18. Those Evaluations Can Be Gamed By A Reasonably Intelligent Person |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. So that |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
21. No - consider how it could be manipulated |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I think I am |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
25. Man those photos are creepy. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
26. No, gives too much power to the tester (n/t) |
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seasat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
27. You have to be a little psychotic to subject yourself to what they go through. |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
29. Their star chart should be studied first. n/t |
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demokatgurrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
30. No, I don't want to go down that slippery slope... |
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