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I find it hilarious that the main liberal arguments against Bachman and Perry boil down to: they're crazy. Well, I mean, okay. JFK was a warmongering brinksman who suffered from acute satyriasis; LBJ was a megalomaniac who killed two million Asians for no reason whatsoever; Nixon was a legit paranoid schizophrenic; Carter was an actual revivalist religious primitive; Reagan had Alzheimers. I mean, of course they're fucking crazy; but what's really crazy is the idea that their craziness is unique.

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MichaelRyerson said...: If this is the best ya got, ya shoulda stayed gone.; 9:57 AM
Anonymous said...: "Life long " equals a rigid fragile mind as evidenced in the comment above.; 10:32 AM
Anonymous said...: whoops, blogger didn't like [anything] after "long" above.; 10:33 AM
daniel said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 12:23 PM
Anonymous said...: can't wait for dsm v!; 12:24 PM
ergo said...: This is my favorite. I love seeing Donklebots try to reconcile the homicidal impulse of cruise missile liberals in the White House with some ever-increasingly perverse notion of sanity.; 1:13 PM
Blinky the very nice dog said...: Sanity: that which is within the frame of reference of conventional thought.

- Erich Fromm; 1:59 PM
High Arka said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 2:35 PM
High Arka said...: (my kingdom for an edit button?)

What helps them call Bachman uniquely crazy is her expressions. Unlike Obama, who has approximately three expressions for all occasions (including victory, setbacks, Senate teleconferences, children's birthday parties, carpet bombing, nice to meet you), Bachman has an expressive face, so it's easy (no photoshop required!) to get a snapshot of her looking fervent. And actually believing something, or appearing to believe something, is the craziest thing of all, because actual believers, as opposed to willing deceivers, can occasionally be encouraged by their beliefs to take antisystem actions.; 2:40 PM
Anonymous said...: this is like the scene in altman's popeye where people lose their shirts betting on a hand cranked toy horse race.

political infotainment!; 2:44 PM
Professor Coldheart said...: Obama, who has approximately three expressions for all occasions (including victory, setbacks, Senate teleconferences, children's birthday parties, carpet bombing, nice to meet you)

I L'd OL.; 3:06 PM
Jay said...: The problem isn't that she's as crazy as a soup sandwich. The problem is that she's too obvious; the president's job is to _look_ sane and competent.; 4:42 PM
Cüneyt said...: Acute, Monsieur, or chronic?; 7:26 PM
merkin said...: Hello, Dmitri, I can't hear too well, do you suppose you could turn down the music just a little?; 12:10 AM
Gridlock said...: Clinton wasn't insane, he just had priapism. I'd imagine that must be a major issue when your wife has a bigger dick than you.; 5:34 AM
ergo said...: I dunno, presiding over a sanctions regime that killed hundreds of thousands of children, bombing an aspirin plant in the Sudan, periodic bombing of Iraq and Bosnia, directly overseeing the execution of a brain-damaged man in order to shore up support for his presidential election. The only reason nobody calls that insanity, well I give you Ovid's quote about treason.; 1:14 PM
Nathan Wright said...: The Rs are INSANE ... and the Ds are indistinguishable from them in every way. Vote D!; 2:13 PM
Gridlock said...: Paul/Cheney 2012!; 6:57 PM
Enron said...: In an age of madness, the pursuit of sanity is a form of madness too; 9:18 PM
spike said...: I was with you til Carter. As the religious go, he was really pretty tame.; 6:04 AM
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