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I believe I saw the author on The Daily Show. lalalu Nov 2012 #1
Yep, I see this particularly in politicians and religious leaders, they often RKP5637 Nov 2012 #2
Well said lalalu Nov 2012 #5
So PATRICK Nov 2012 #3
I've always felt politicians seeking high office should go through, somehow, a RKP5637 Nov 2012 #6
That happens in clergy PATRICK Nov 2012 #25
Yes, I think that is a common thread endemic to the human psyche ... that RKP5637 Nov 2012 #28
"looked up to with a gut emotional warmth sickeningly misplaced" marions ghost Nov 2012 #9
Yep, I think a lot has happen since about 2000 to wake up the national awareness that there RKP5637 Nov 2012 #23
#1 should be GOP politician ;) (nt) The Straight Story Nov 2012 #4
Where's banker? rucky Nov 2012 #7
My thought too! It seems some on Wall Street and the banking/financial sectors would RKP5637 Nov 2012 #11
I know a few doctors (medical) who fit better in the first list. kelliekat44 Nov 2012 #8
It was interesting to see surgeons on the list. When I was in the RKP5637 Nov 2012 #10
Although it is kind of a broad brush, this is very interesting. MindPilot Nov 2012 #12
In my younger years I was pretty naive, I guess. In my corporate life I thought most people RKP5637 Nov 2012 #13
Yes, it took me a long time after I entered the workforce to realize that wasn't true. MindPilot Nov 2012 #14
Yep, I guess maybe/hopefully there is some kind of karma in life that RKP5637 Nov 2012 #18
This just looks largely like bullshit to me. cali Nov 2012 #15
Cali, I don't think it's about the college student folding jeans at the GAP. MindPilot Nov 2012 #17
MindPilot is correct: Don't think of Buffy hawking clothes at The GAP. baldguy Nov 2012 #26
Doctors are sometimes psychopaths. Also, accountants? Romulox Nov 2012 #16
They were the least likely on the list. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2012 #20
I would say once an accountant becomes an "auditor" MindPilot Nov 2012 #21
The big accounting firms are a huge ponzi scheme/scam. They work their accountants Romulox Nov 2012 #24
R#6 & K for, yip they left off politicians. & the "clergy" is dead-ON. UTUSN Nov 2012 #19
Yep, god works in mysterious ways so they say. They always have a line of RKP5637 Nov 2012 #22
Not at all surprised by lawyers jberryhill Nov 2012 #27
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