Our welfare programs were all enacted under Hillary Clinton?
Salon Explains Hillary can't win... she is the soul of soulessness
- Thread starter jem
- Start date
Let me guess, the article's author got their data from Nate Silver. "President Trump"...words to start getting used to.
fan27
I have mentioned this before. There is strong evidence in his behavior that Trump harbors a serious personality disorder. Or possibly even something organically wrong. I mentioned that he exhibits characteristic symptoms of someone with low self-esteem. Perhaps he was often criticized and belittled by his parents in his formative years. We know he had difficulties at school.
Ya, cause Trump is a such a failure in life and can't handle high-stress, high-consequence situations.....?????
You're grasping at straws. When was the last snow white politician who ran for office. Please tell us.
Pretty sure that's just you putting words into that posters mouth.
But either way (not sure if this is accurate but):
http://rare.us/story/81-of-people-r...nd-thats-just-the-tip-of-the-handout-iceberg/
1. you have not spent time with showbiz people. With the limited amount of ones I have met I have noticed many display sort of a self promoting super narcissism. A fair percentage of athletes share the same disorder.
I think hollywood and the press select on those behaviors.
An actor needs to get a twitter following, get publicity, and tell how great he an his or her movies or music or products are... quickly and all the time. Some of them never seem turn it off in public.
When I worked for a mid tier record company who had few hits and signed a really big act... I met the "star" at dinner. He was constantly on. Telling rehearsed stories... He was already signed so he could have turned it off. His agent, the record company owner myself and my girlfriend were there. He could have been real. Yet he was promoting his ass off the whole time. Never once asked us about us. Followed none of the normal etiquitte. Yet others told me in his private life... he liked to sit at home and just get stoned. Completely different guy in private and smart.
I worked for a tennis player who was number 1 in the world. I met him a few times. Same thing in a different way. I got the same polite talking points for 3 to 10 minutes each time I met him. I also worked with his best friend at the time. His friend told in private he was very different. I have seen and heard the same thing from many people in the industry. There is something about publicity going to the people who blow their own horns.
Trump is an act. He might have a personality disorder as many polticians and hollywood types do... but he is probably no different than Obama or Clinton or Sanders in the sanity department.
2. Note... on personality disorders and making it to the top.
this author was a psychologist and tennis coach at pepperdine.
I read one of his books about the mental game.
He said he got 95 out of the 100 guys in the top 100 in tennis to do a personality assessment. he said all but one had an inferiority complex.
He said we should not be surprised. Because what else would drive them to do what it takes to get to the top of the game. He theorized almost all well adjusted people would never do what they had to do in terms of practice and persistence and desire to constantly win under all circumstances.
(I am not sure this is the exact book I read years ago... but this is the author.
I think hollywood and the press select on those behaviors.
An actor needs to get a twitter following, get publicity, and tell how great he an his or her movies or music or products are... quickly and all the time. Some of them never seem turn it off in public.
When I worked for a mid tier record company who had few hits and signed a really big act... I met the "star" at dinner. He was constantly on. Telling rehearsed stories... He was already signed so he could have turned it off. His agent, the record company owner myself and my girlfriend were there. He could have been real. Yet he was promoting his ass off the whole time. Never once asked us about us. Followed none of the normal etiquitte. Yet others told me in his private life... he liked to sit at home and just get stoned. Completely different guy in private and smart.
I worked for a tennis player who was number 1 in the world. I met him a few times. Same thing in a different way. I got the same polite talking points for 3 to 10 minutes each time I met him. I also worked with his best friend at the time. His friend told in private he was very different. I have seen and heard the same thing from many people in the industry. There is something about publicity going to the people who blow their own horns.
Trump is an act. He might have a personality disorder as many polticians and hollywood types do... but he is probably no different than Obama or Clinton or Sanders in the sanity department.
2. Note... on personality disorders and making it to the top.
this author was a psychologist and tennis coach at pepperdine.
I read one of his books about the mental game.
He said he got 95 out of the 100 guys in the top 100 in tennis to do a personality assessment. he said all but one had an inferiority complex.
He said we should not be surprised. Because what else would drive them to do what it takes to get to the top of the game. He theorized almost all well adjusted people would never do what they had to do in terms of practice and persistence and desire to constantly win under all circumstances.
(I am not sure this is the exact book I read years ago... but this is the author.
Last edited:
He is a failure. Isn't that rather obvious.
Very interesting comments. Thank you. However we must not make the mistake of assuming that all people who have major accomplishments to their credit lie at the fringes of personality distribution. With Trump it is so obvious that one can't pretend there is not an underlying personality disorder. But there are others who through inspired intellect and/or tremendous physical effort have achieved recognition despite never having actively sought it. I have wondered if our attitude toward bragging is not linked our being a eusocial species.
Last edited:
I'll tell you what is insane, and that is the federal government. It was put together by men who considered themselves sane. 80,000 pages IRS code, 25k Obamacare, who knows epa? And you want another one of those sane men in office? If you are anti Trump you are pro clothed emperor.