Dallek added: ‘That’s his idea of sacrifice, to give up golf?’”

(from WaPo)

You know you’re a schmuck when even a Dalek is getting on your case about faux-sympathy.

Huh? You sure they’re not related?

MMPI 66: WordPress sees things or animals or people around it that others do not see.

That’s how it works in South Florida. Hmmm…

What was that line from “Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels”? Something like, “Never trust a man who keeps pigs” followed by a lengthy description of how quickly a pig can make a corpse disappear?

noen said,

True sociopaths do not feel any emotional connection to others at all. So if Bush really were one he would never feel the slightest twinge of guilt. It would be utterly beyond his ability. Personally I think Bush has Narcissistic Personality disorder, Cheney is the true sociopath I believe.

I’m not sure that sociopathy and narcissism are exclusive of each other. I am pretty sure that a true sociopath, while incapable of feeling emotional connection is nevertheless aware that he is supposed to appear as if he does. They get to be consummate fakers of empathy. They’re constantly aware, in other words, of what signals they’re sending.

Mikey, that’s beautiful and powerful as always. And I agree with the fond desire to see this man suffer for the evil he’s done, as any decent and sane man would. But I don’t think he is either. He’ll tell himself for the rest of his days that he was right, or it wasn’t his fault, and he’ll believe it.

Oh, and WordPress sings funny songs about bombing Iran.

It’s about time. Your consumption of les petits choux was almost callous, dude. Some panicky wingnut’s mom was getting wrong signals.

Iris was raised by a pack of wordpresses.

In an effort to be charitable, I wish on Bush… self awareness.

I think he is truly as clueless as he seems to be on television. A true sociopath would be much more attuned to what other people think, and they effortlessly project the “right” image whenever it pleases them to do so.

There are cases of sociopaths doing this for years in prison; getting religion, saying the right things in therapy, even saving people from prison riots or other imminent dangers. Then they get out, and go right back to pillaging again. Because it’s all an act. Everything they do is an act. There’s no there there.

Bush, then, I don’t think is a sociopath, because then he’d be better at it.

How then, to explain him?

He’s an inadequate personality. This is a terrible pain that doesn’t go away, but has to be papered over with sadistic power fantasies, vain attempts at communication (like groping heads of state) and complete avoidance of the truth. Living in this way has its own psychic pain (which I feel is the main reason behind drug use of all kinds.)

He gave up drinking for running, then for bicycling. It’s all a frantic attempt to stay ahead of the reality lurking around his consciousness. Typically, when one is young and strong, it’s easier. Then crutches appear. Then, when ill health or poverty removes the crutches, it gets really ugly.

So I feel confident that karma will catch up with him. We often don’t realize that such people are already in their own hells. It’s why they drag other people into them; so at least they won’t be alone there.

Bush will have plenty of that sort of company, I’m sure.

Thanks for the hilarious Onion thread George. It almost makes up for the case of encephalitis I’ve contracted from reading most of this interminable thread. Now, excuse me while I kneel and say my (thrice daily) prayers to our Great and Beneficent OverLords™ to beg and besiege them for healing of this now grave affliction.

Back when I was a practising Catholic and not a godless atheist I used to always give up something I wouldn’t miss for Lent, like B-sprouts. I guess I wasn’t getting into the whole sacrificial spirit of the thing.

I’m in kind of a hurry and only gave the comments above a quick scan so someone else may have mentioned this but:

NARAL has endorsed Obama and so has John Edwards.

…so I’ll be spending time on my ranch clearing scrub, just like military familes do when they’ve become too prominent to hire Mexicans.

It was a tough decision, but I slept on it, and am confident it is the right thing to do.

Check out the link above.

Bush is actually more craven than we already think he is.

Is that even possible?