The difference between Bush and the other psychotic Presidents--

[Arkham House]

--is that Bush was psychotic when he *entered* office. The others were more-or-less sane when they became President, or as sane as any man is who pursues power. There have, I think, been three Presidents who were clearly unhinged at the end--Wilson, LBJ, and Nixon. The unbearable pressures of the job destroyed them. But Little Boots was crazy *already*. I think he is clearly unbalanced, and always has been. He was the type who pulled the wings off flies when he was a kid...this delight in inflicting pain, the bullying, the narcissism, the classic sociopathic behavior was all there from the start. And this is new in our history, and unprecedented... Will the political class, and the media, ever acknowledge this? That they helped put a man such as this into the White House? Don't hold your breath...

[rzemanfl]

1. Of the three, Wilson was sick, LBJ was not nuts (he had the good

sense to know he'd failed and not run for re-election.) Nixon, however, was as crazy as a shithouse rat.

* was a disaster waiting to happen from day one.

[calico1]

2. Nixon was paranoid.

He always thought someone was out to get him, even early in his career.

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. ** is a spoiled rotten frat boy who never grew up, who was never

made to accept any responsibility for his actions and who is so deluded, that he doesn't know which end is up. He's a shit head from a very evil family, the worst this World has to offer. I'd hate to spend anytime in his head. It has to be a very scary place. I bet his dreams are all nightmares. :evilgrin:

[rzemanfl]

5. Paranoid and "crazy as a shit-house rat" are not mutually

exclusive in the uninformed psychiatry I practice. That will be $100 for the professional opinion, PM me for payment address.

[theanarch]

3. you're forgetting Reagan...

...who was showing signs of senile dementia in his last years as governor.

[rhiannon55]

6. It's a classic case of Narcissistic Personality Disorder

"Individuals with Narcissistic Personality Disorder may show little real ability outside of their fantasies. They can become self-destructive because their grandiosity and self-preoccupation impair their judgment and perspective.

“They can experience such inappropriate rage in response to someone diminishing their sense of superiority that they attack and attempt to destroy the source of criticism. These individuals have a particularly difficult time with the limitations inherent in ageing; NPD has been associated with deterioration in midlife with the realization of mortality and loss of physical vitality…

“Individuals with NPD have a grandiose sense of self-importance. They routinely overestimate their abilities, inflate their accomplishments, and appear boastful, arrogant, and pretentious. This belief in personal superiority is the “bedrock” of their self-image."

http://badattitudes.com/MT/archives/001357.html


I was in a relationship with a person with NPD and the similarities are scary. My ex was much smarter than *, but who isn't? And the fact that * is both pathologically arrogant and incredibly stupid scares the hell out of me.

Who knew that when we finally got a dictator, he'd be a moron? :evilgrin: :dunce: