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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnn Romney needs to explain further...
what she means when she talks about Mitt's mental or his emotional state. Is there something we need to know about his mental stability? We should not forget Thomas Eagleton in 1972.
She has brought this issue up a couple of times and it has not been pursued. I think she should explain further what she is talking about?
monmouth
(21,078 posts)Cheap_Trick
(3,918 posts)JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)I suppose if you had an abusive dad, you don't notice it, but if, like me, you did not have a weirdo father, it is scary.
I wouldn't vote for any man who gets that aggressive.
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)I thought she made that clear once already.
/terminate Queen Ann subroutine
PD Turk
(1,289 posts)I'm sure queen Ann doesn't think she has to explain anything to anybody
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)...but also because I want to take something away from this entitled family, something they seem to think is their due.
No, Mitt, we don't care if you're "from business". We don't want you, nor do we need you.
No, Ann, you don't get to be queen of all you survey. Sit down. Go away...don't sit down if that precludes going away.
No, Tagg, you may not physically assault the President of the United States, even if you want to really really bad. There are, however, lots of people ready to stand in for the President as soon as you're ready to take that swing. Until then, pipe down. Permission denied.
No, Josh, looks cannot actually kill people, no matter how cool the guys at the frat house say your 1000-yard stare is.
I guess Sprocket, Krunk, and Flick (the other Romneyspawn) haven't been in the news enough for me to ascertain their levels of entitled feelings, but the capital gains cut doesn't fall far from the lobbyist, so I'd imagine they're little shits too.
PD Turk
(1,289 posts)Their sense of entitlement is beyond arrogant. I'd love to see them knocked down a few pegs.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)Really!
If she and her son have to "stabilize" him ... hello! We have a problem.
Doodler71
(443 posts)Would you get on a plane if you knew the pilot was mentally unstable? Would you let a surgeon with a bad case of the nerves operate on you or a loved one?
No, of course not. Then why in the world would we allow someone who shows signs of instability to have the lives of billions of people in his hands? We should not. I propose the radical idea of requiring psychological, as well as, physical vetting of all candidates for public office... Before they are even allowed to put their name in the hat.
one4RealChange
(9 posts)Success isn't about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives.
Michelle Obama
It may look perfect, but that's one thing I have learned about life is that it isn't always what it looks.
Ann Romney
abbyjo2001
(7 posts)that Mittens was hospitalized when he was in France because she was back in the USA dating other boys. I think he has a very unhealthy relationship with her. He looks at her like he desparetly needs her approval. I don't know what they call that but it isn't normal
laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)closeupready
(29,503 posts)I just made that up, but it fits.
dmr
(28,349 posts)I wonder about that.
If he can't handle the rigors of the campaign trail, how the hell can he handle the stresses in the White House?
Well, on that last question, I think he'd be President in name only (PINO?), where the decisions will be made by those in the shadows - those that are promoting him now.
We People
(619 posts)GOP plan revealed: "Pick a Republican with enough working digits to handle a pen to become president of the United States. This is a change for Republicans: the House and Senate doing the work with the president signing bills. His job is to be captain of the team, to sign the legislation that has already been prepared." -Grover Norquist, 2012 CPAC speech
flamingdem
(39,316 posts)so he doesn't expect to do real work
napkinz
(17,199 posts)QED
(2,747 posts)because "this is hard."
napkinz
(17,199 posts)Is Mitt Romney Mentally Ill?
October 15th, 2012
by Rmuse
During an important election to decide the fate and direction of a country, a voter is likely to consider a candidates consistency of actions, values, methods, principles, and expectations, as well as outcomes from previous experience in political office before supporting a candidate. Many voters contemplate a candidates honesty and truthfulness, or accuracy of actions, before deciding to cast their vote, and few would choose a candidate renowned for lies and hypocrisy because it defines the candidate as morally deficient with anti-social tendencies. Americans are witnessing a morally deficient candidate for the presidency, and if it is not obvious by now that Willard Mitt Romney is a pathological liar, a hypocrite, and deceitful in words and deeds, it is about time his possible mental illness, Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASP), is exposed to the American people.
An individual suffering from ASP is calculating, manipulative, frequently charming and alluring, and fits the clinical portrait matching depictions of con artists and predators found in literature, and is masterful at using machinations of a criminal who fails to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors. Some criteria psychologists use to diagnose ASP are deceitfulness, as indicated by repeatedly lying, conning others for personal profit, and lacking remorse or rationalizing having caused harm. Besides persistent lying, Romney demonstrates an innate inability to care about harming others borne out of narcissism, elevated self-worth, and a sense of extreme entitlement and cannot tolerate authority figures. If these criteria seem suspiciously similar to convicted felons and life-criminals, it is because over one-third of the prison population suffers from different degrees of ASP and, like Romney, they have a childhood history of the disorder.
Over the course of the campaign, stories of Willards childhood bullying and disregard for people other than himself abound, and besides chasing and holding down a gay classmate and cutting his hair, there are other instances of his disregard for others. Romneys impersonating a police officer is not just a prank, and victims of Romneys faux law enforcement attention may have a different opinion of his behavior that contradicts the portrait of the squeaky-clean Mormon boy. Indeed, Romney carried his disregard for young Americans into college when he protested in favor of sending young men to fight and die in Viet Nam while his religious deferments allowed him to luxuriate in a French castle while he proselytized French people into his cult.
Willard carried his disregard for other people with him to Bain Capital where he repeatedly lied and conned unwitting companies and shareholders into believing that, under Bain management, their firms would flourish only to end up in bankruptcy as Romney and his partners pillaged their assets, shuttered businesses, and raided employees pensions all for personal profit. Romneys narcissism drives him to claim he saved the Salt Lake City Olympics, but he is remiss to give credit to the American taxpayer who funded his efforts to the tune of $1.5 billion, and then destroyed records to conceal malfeasance and cronyism related to his Mormon business associates. He continued covering tracks at the end of his failed term as Massachusetts governor when he charged taxpayers for wiping computers to conceal internal correspondence, and his bankruptcy gang repeated the cover-up practice by destroying books and records in the eToys bankruptcy between 1999 and 2001. Old habits die hard, but especially when they are borne of a cognitive disorder like ASP.
Read more: http://www.politicususa.com/mitt-romney-mentally-ill.html