Sam Sewell is fu@ked in the head....

[...]Some voters still embrace their personal freedom and the responsibility that comes along with it. They study the issues and they vote on the issues. But sadly, they are a distinct minority. Don't expect the American people to vote on issues. They almost never do. My guess is that more people will vote on how the candidate looks than what the candidate thinks. They vote for whoever meets their personal psychological needs. Thus someone like John McCain can lead the Republican Party even though the "party's issues" run contrary to his thinking.

Most people don't like Hillary and can't imagine her as a parent figure, unless it is the ‘Mommy Dearest' type.

Obama isn't old enough to inspire parental psychological needs and the religious mass movement that is driving his campaign will probably falter because of weak faith.

McCain is a hero parent who will protect us from danger, and most people like him. Most Republican voters will overlook his policy positions, just like they overlooked strong and protective Rudy Giuliani's liberalness. Unless McCain screws up and shows signs of being a bad Dad, McCain will probably win.

Rev. Sam Sewell is an ordained Christian clergyman, a psychotherapist, a member of Mensa, a U.S. Navy Veteran, and a Member of the Association For Intelligence Officers.

[...]To date the most pathological group I have yet discovered is a web site called Democratic Underground.

I see modern liberals as far more influenced by “true believer” type pathologies than traditional Democrats and conservatives.

Now on to the pathology of some liberals.

There is much discussion by political sages of the Right about the roots of liberalism being entwined with human weakness and pathology.

Some of the issues being raised are:

1. Guilt and self-loathing are woven into liberal philosophy and policy.

2. Dependant personality types are drawn to liberalism.

3. Marginalized groups and dysfunctional individuals are drawn to liberalism.

4. Histrionic personality types are drawn to liberalism.

5. Liberal values discourage people from acting in their own self-interest.

6. Liberals think of themselves as intellectually and ethically superior to conservatives.

These are just a few of the indicators of “character disorders” seen in liberal thinking, feeling, and behaving. It is fascinating to me to look at “collective personality traits” and then diagnose them as if they were individuals. Buy yourself a DSM-IV (Diagnostic Service Manual) and have some fun. Another excellent book on pathological personality traits is New Personality Self-Portrait by John Oldham, M.D., who wrote the Personality Disorder section of the DSM-IV.

Personality disorders are different from other mental health problems. Personality disorders are extreme examples of traits we all have. For instance, if I carefully planned every detail of a trip I was taking and packed my suitcase in an orderly and through manner, I would just be a conscientious person. If I took so much time planning and packing that I missed my plane, I would be diagnosed as having obsessive/compulsive disorder.

Those drawn to definable political philosophies might also exhibit personality traits that become so extreme they could be called pathologies

In general the Liberals would represent the “weak” disorders. Liberals may be dependant, self-defeating, avoidant or passive-aggressive.

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One of the significant indicators of pathology of personality is an inability to act in one’s own self-interest. This also has to do with self-loathing. You can see this manifested in liberal “hate.” A good example is the Left’s attitude toward President Bush. It seems to me that if one hates with that much venom one must have self-hatred first. I may not be fond of the likes of Michael Moore or John Kerry, but I sure can't be bothered working up the energy to hate them like liberals hate “W.”

Many liberals seem to be unable to act in a clear path of self-interest, even the interest of their own country. Guilt contains some of the main elements of the "liberal" self-loathing. I have had many clients raised in an atmosphere heavy on guilt; they had tremendous amounts of fear (fear of failing, fear of being found wanting, etc.), always a sort of low-level, non-specific sense of guilt. These are the perfect specimens to become card-carrying "liberals." I should feel guilty because there are others in need, I should feel guilty because my country is so much more prosperous than anyone else's, I should feel guilty because my army can beat up their army, etc. (The CIA sucks, we are stupid, we are evil, we are greedy.)

The liberals are a good example of insular thinking. They reinforce each other constantly, and instantly crush any idea competing with their “party line.” All “movements” do this, including the extreme right wing. This is another symptom of the “True Believers” pathology. This is one of the things that make political groups so dangerous. “All movements go too far.” (Bertrand Russell) There are none so blind as those who refuse to see.[...]

Study of Bush's psyche touches a nerve

* Julian Borger in Washington
* The Guardian, Wednesday 13 August 2003 02.33 BST


A study funded by the US government has concluded that conservatism can be explained psychologically as a set of neuroses rooted in "fear and aggression, dogmatism and the intolerance of ambiguity".

As if that was not enough to get Republican blood boiling, the report's four authors linked Hitler, Mussolini, Ronald Reagan and the rightwing talkshow host, Rush Limbaugh, arguing they all suffered from the same affliction.

All of them "preached a return to an idealised past and condoned inequality".

Republicans are demanding to know why the psychologists behind the report, Political Conservatism as Motivated Social Cognition, received $1.2m in public funds for their research from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.

The authors also peer into the psyche of President George Bush, who turns out to be a textbook case. The telltale signs are his preference for moral certainty and frequently expressed dislike of nuance.

"This intolerance of ambiguity can lead people to cling to the familiar, to arrive at premature conclusions, and to impose simplistic cliches and stereotypes," the authors argue in the Psychological Bulletin.

One of the psychologists behind the study, Jack Glaser, said the aversion to shades of grey and the need for "closure" could explain the fact that the Bush administration ignored intelligence that contradicted its beliefs about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.

The authors, presumably aware of the outrage they were likely to trigger, added a disclaimer that their study "does not mean that conservatism is pathological or that conservative beliefs are necessarily false".

Another author, Arie Kruglanski, of the University of Maryland, said he had received hate mail since the article was published, but he insisted that the study "is not critical of conservatives at all". "The variables we talk about are general human dimensions," he said. "These are the same dimensions that contribute to loyalty and commitment to the group. Liberals might be less intolerant of ambiguity, but they may be less decisive, less committed, less loyal."

But what drives the psychologists? George Will, a Washington Post columnist who has long suffered from ingrained conservatism, noted, tartly: "The professors have ideas; the rest of us have emanations of our psychological needs and neuroses."

I guess Hun-the-Bun missed this.

To date the most [highlight]pathological group I have yet discovered is a web site called Democratic Underground Oely Taitz, Esq

This is a deadly serious attempt to realize the vision of the 1960s and to fundamentally transform the United States of America. This is the fusion of Communist dogma, high ideals, gangster tactics, and a stunning amount of self-loathing. For the first time in history, the patrician class is deliberately selling its own country down the river just to prove a point: that, yes, we can! This country stinks and we won’t be happy until we’ve forced you to admit it.

Aristotle the Hun says:
Thus sayeth the Prophet Samuel

As Nebuchadnezzar II did to Israel Obama does to America

God had plans for Obama. Obama is how God is punishing America for her sins. Obama is sabotaging the county with God's blessing because it is time for America to repent of:
1) Abortion
2) Homosexuality
3) Immorality
4) Forcing God out of our public places
5) Abandoning Israel--

When America repents the curse called Obama will be lifted and once again our freedom, prosperity, and righteous will be restored.

Thus sayeth the Prophet Samuel
July 11, 1:30 PM

When America repents the curse called Obama will be lifted and once again our freedom, prosperity, and righteous will be restored.

I think Sam is having a delusional day:


http://www.examiner.com/x-5738-St-Louis ... ne-crashed

The Antichrist will arise from the sea, and to no surprise that Obama was born right in the middle of the BIGGEST sea on earth... on Oahu, right in the middle of the Pacific. He will also have authority to Rule as King for 42 months (US presidency!).
Also his Zip code in his Home Governing State (Illinois) was... 60606... where as the 0's have no numerical value.. it makes sense with all this other 666 coincidences such as..

This prophet nails it, direct from God. The Hun has copied again.

What disgusts me is the joy with which these True Believers greet the impending doom of their country or their world and their eagerness to exploit great human tragedies for their demented ends. At least this one is not a Birther. He says the Antichrist was born in Hawaii!

According to LDS, the Garden of Eden was situated in Missouri, and Christ will return to that site. They have purchased a plot of land in Missouri for the event. Invest in a confetti company.

And look busy.

Wish I would have thought of this!

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/ksc/725674463.html

OMG. I am going to start a business for that in my area. I must admit though, living in one of the most unchurched states in the Union may impact my earning potential.