2012 US General Election Discussions: Start to Finish

[Gráinne]

I hope this goes viral everywhere. Post it on your political sites:

Mitt Romney: "I'm not concerned about the very poor"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1246557.html

Talk about giving the opposition soundbites from here until the election!

[AtLast]

Anyone else catch the exchange with Rev Al and Gingrich's SuperPac head after FL results? About racial "coding?"

Thoughts?

[Sassy]

Originally Posted by AtLast

Anyone else catch the exchange with Rev Al and Gingrich's SuperPac head after FL results? About racial "coding?"

Thoughts?

I missed that last night... caught it on huffingtonpost this evening....

Thanks for bringing it to attention.

[MsMerrick]

Originally Posted by Sassy

I missed that last night... caught it on huffingtonpost this evening....

Thanks for bringing it to attention.

I love Al Sharpton.. I do....~ Ok Rachel too but AL truly brought it to this idiot !

[AtLast]

Originally Posted by MsMerrick

I love Al Sharpton.. I do....~ Ok Rachel too but AL truly brought it to this idiot !

Yup, Al Sharpton stood his ground and brought it home!

Whoops- want to add something.

I know that a big part of this comes from my past professional life, but, I am really having a hard time with the fact that Newt Gingrich has displayed textbook bi-polar behavior as well as a whole lot of traits that fit into Narcissistic Personality Disorer- and this just gets glossed overby the media. His grandiosity is delutional in nature, but, because he is bright and has been able to make "normalcy approximations" & social adaptations in life to "hide" the actual pathology he has, it is never really called out.

There is evidence that bi-polar disorder is genetically linked and his mother suffered from this mental disorder. His marriage history from marrying his high school math teacher at the age of 19 and his mother saying that his first wife continued "mothering" him so he could grow up is just so chracterological!

Why the hell isn't this getting the attention it should? many people with bi-polar disorders do really well in life when they are treated, but the office of the presidency would be one stressful situation for someone with this disorder to function effectively. Add the personality disorder stuff and this is not a good combination for someone that has the power to use nuclear weapons within a few seconds.

I'm getting tired of Gingrich's behavior getting passed off as simply erractic. I think that voters do have a right to know about a presidential candidate's mental health history. The real history. This is saying alot because I believe strongly in confidentiality about these matters. But he is running for president and questions about his mental and emotional stability have been floating around for 3 decades. Frankly, in stead of his ex-wives being questioned about fidelity, I'd like to see them interviewed about any psychiatric history and medications he may have taken or is taking. Psychiatric records are not contained in regular medical records, so even if he presented medical records, this information would not be present.

[Corkey]

Originally Posted by AtLast

Yup, Al Sharpton stood his ground and brought it home!

Whoops- want to add something.

I know that a big part of this comes from my past professional life, but, I am really having a hard time with the fact that Newt Gingrich has displayed textbook bi-polar behavior as well as a whole lot of traits that fit into Narcissistic Personality Disorer- and this just gets glossed overby the media. His grandiosity is delutional in nature, but, because he is bright and has been able to make "normalcy approximations" & social adaptations in life to "hide" the actual pathology he has, it is never really called out.

There is evidence that bi-polar disorder is genetically linked and his mother suffered from this mental disorder. His marriage history from marrying his high school math teacher at the age of 19 and his mother saying that his first wife continued "mothering" him so he could grow up is just so chracterological!

Why the hell isn't this getting the attention it should? many people with bi-polar disorders do really well in life when they are treated, but the office of the presidency would be one stressful situation for someone with this disorder to function effectively. Add the personality disorder stuff and this is not a good combination for someone that has the power to use nuclear weapons within a few seconds.

I'm getting tired of Gingrich's behavior getting passed off as simply erractic. I think that voters do have a right to know about a presidential candidate's mental health history. The real history. This is saying alot because I believe strongly in confidentiality about these matters. But he is running for president and questions about his mental and emotional stability have been floating around for 3 decades. Frankly, in stead of his ex-wives being questioned about fidelity, I'd like to see them interviewed about any psychiatric history and medications he may have taken or is taking. Psychiatric records are not contained in regular medical records, so even if he presented medical records, this information would not be present.

Spiro Agnew sound familiar?

[Kobi]

Originally Posted by AtLast

Yup, Al Sharpton stood his ground and brought it home!

Whoops- want to add something.

I know that a big part of this comes from my past professional life, but, I am really having a hard time with the fact that Newt Gingrich has displayed textbook bi-polar behavior as well as a whole lot of traits that fit into Narcissistic Personality Disorer- and this just gets glossed overby the media. His grandiosity is delutional in nature, but, because he is bright and has been able to make "normalcy approximations" & social adaptations in life to "hide" the actual pathology he has, it is never really called out.

There is evidence that bi-polar disorder is genetically linked and his mother suffered from this mental disorder. His marriage history from marrying his high school math teacher at the age of 19 and his mother saying that his first wife continued "mothering" him so he could grow up is just so chracterological!

Why the hell isn't this getting the attention it should? many people with bi-polar disorders do really well in life when they are treated, but the office of the presidency would be one stressful situation for someone with this disorder to function effectively. Add the personality disorder stuff and this is not a good combination for someone that has the power to use nuclear weapons within a few seconds.

I'm getting tired of Gingrich's behavior getting passed off as simply erractic. I think that voters do have a right to know about a presidential candidate's mental health history. The real history. This is saying alot because I believe strongly in confidentiality about these matters. But he is running for president and questions about his mental and emotional stability have been floating around for 3 decades. Frankly, in stead of his ex-wives being questioned about fidelity, I'd like to see them interviewed about any psychiatric history and medications he may have taken or is taking. Psychiatric records are not contained in regular medical records, so even if he presented medical records, this information would not be present.

In my jaded cynicism, I just presume anyone who thinks they should be President has a wee bit of mental dereangement going on.

[Cin]

Originally Posted by Kobi

In my jaded cynicism, I just presume anyone who thinks they should be President has a wee bit of mental dereangement going on.

Well at the very least a more than ample dose of grandiosity if not out right megalomania. With maybe a side order of narcissism.