Armchair Psychologists: What does it say about someone

[Laura PourMeADrink]

who has absolutely zero reaction --completely reaction-less -- when
someone blatantly accuses them of something bad?

Watching HRC on MTP - Tim repeatedly accused her of of mismanagementof
the health care initiative and that she could have been the cause of stagnation
in this effort since the early nineties. Because of her, more and more people
have not been covered. Very accusatory question.

It did not faze her one iota. Wouldn't a normal person show some hint of
defensiveness to those remarks. Sure, she responded (in a much too lengthy
manner, IMHO) but no ruffled feathers.

Maybe she is just too cool for school - but for a moment there she scared me.
Like a Bush with different colors. He doesn't react to criticism either.

[rug]

1. Sociopath.

http://www.hss.caltech.edu/~mcafee/Bin/sb.html

[Laura PourMeADrink]

4. that's it! "Does not perceive that anything is wrong with them" nt

[H2O Man]

7. No. It's not.

I say this without taking any position on Senator Clinton as a candidate. She is not a sociopath, and to suggest that she is, is a rather tortured mis-use of the word.

[H2O Man]

6. That does not apply

to Senator Clinton. Context is everything.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. Context? How does that apply. I don't think it has

anything to do with the subject - it was just her reaction to being accused of something.

[REP]

10. Context, as in Professional Politician on the Campaign Trail Giving Interviews

Really, you won't see any of them - not even sweet little Dennis - looking taken aback when asked about a boo-boo in their past.

[H2O Man]

12. How?

It applies because politicians are trained to not react in those situations. That is absolutely distinct from a sociopath.

[Apollo11]

2. It says that Hillary can keep her cool

I am not an expert about what went down in 1994, but from what I have read it looks like the Republican majority in Congress had decided to sink Hillary's proposals before they even read them.

They wanted to make the Clinton-Gore administration look ineffective as part of their grand plan to win back the Whitehouse in 1996.

The only problem with this plan was that they couldn't find a more dynamic candidate than Bob Dole.

I don't think Hillary feels responsible for how Congress reacted to her proposals.

But I do think she has learned from it and grown as a person and as a politician since 1994.

[Apollo11]

5. PS - I have an honors degree in Psychology

And a Masters Degree in Political Science.

Just in case you were wondering ... :eyes:

[REP]

8. And Obviously Have Better Sense than to Make Frist-Like Diagnoses!

[wildhorses]

15. i concur.

i graduated from harvard on the highway. does that count? :bounce:

[H2O Man]

16. I got a 98

on my 7th grade social studies mid-term.

[REP]

3. That She's Had a Lot of Practice Sessions with those Questions

I usually don't watch MTP, but I did catch part of that interview (along with some others she's done recently) and it simply struck me as someone who has practiced answering the question the way she wanted to - just like any other politician. Russert couldn't get her to condemn MoveOn outright either; she mentioned McClellan and Kerry everytime the loaded question was asked of her.

Note: She's not my candidate - currently don't have one - but I don't loathe the air she breathes, either.

[babylonsister]

11. What you said; she expected the question and was prepared. nt

[Demit]

13. Normal people are supposed to cry at funerals, too. And if they don't there's something wrong

them, right?

I'd be careful in drawing that conclusion, about what 'normal' people do. Especially about the reactions of a public person who has been repeatedly vilified over the course of years—from her hairdo to how she dealt with her husband's infidelity—and in every public way imaginable. I imagine people build up a pretty thick skin after that. No, I don't gauge someone else's reaction by how I myself or how I suppose other people who I arbitrarily deem 'normal' would react.

[PDenton]

14. it means the question was not unexpected.

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