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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 12:35 PM
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21. A high degree of confidence might be necessary to run for major public office,
Narcissism might end up being a pathological off-shoot of the attention, power, and confidence that comes with getting into office.

Maybe they all are assholes to some degree after serving for awhile.
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  -Is every Congressperson a narcissistic asshole rufus dog  Mar-24-09 11:37 AM   #0 
  - Not every one  BeyondGeography   Mar-24-09 11:38 AM   #1 
  - It does seem to be a job requirement n/t  TechBear_Seattle   Mar-24-09 11:39 AM   #2 
  - yes - it is a prereq - 35 yo, US-born, nacissistic a-hole  DrDan   Mar-24-09 11:41 AM   #3 
  - And some of the rambling questions don't make any sense.  Connie_Corleone   Mar-24-09 11:42 AM   #4 
  - sometimes I wish the questionee would reply to the questioner  RaleighNCDUer   Mar-24-09 11:46 AM   #8 
     - One of them (Bernanke or Geithner) practically did.  Connie_Corleone   Mar-24-09 11:48 AM   #9 
  - It's not a requirement -  RaleighNCDUer   Mar-24-09 11:44 AM   #5 
  - Yes.  TexasObserver   Mar-24-09 11:45 AM   #6 
  - Is this a rhetorical question?  hugo_from_TN   Mar-24-09 11:46 AM   #7 
  - Do you want me to answer that?  jberryhill   Mar-24-09 12:41 PM   #23 
  - They Are Invoking Their Inner Bill O'Reilly  Median Democrat   Mar-24-09 11:50 AM   #10 
  - pretty much  Fresh_Start   Mar-24-09 11:51 AM   #11 
  - I'm reminded of the Woody Allen movie line,"Does sex always have to be dirty?  predfan   Mar-24-09 11:54 AM   #12 
  - Ya think  Peacetrain   Mar-24-09 11:54 AM   #13 
  - I was just thinking this. Rep Sherman, a pretty good guy all around was even acting like an ass  Jennicut   Mar-24-09 11:57 AM   #14 
  - He has been the worst I've seen  rufus dog   Mar-24-09 12:00 PM   #15 
     - Its kind of sad. I think they want to display all the "appropriate anger" for  Jennicut   Mar-24-09 12:05 PM   #16 
  - i think sometimes it takes a certain type of personality to run for congress and the senate.  ejpoeta   Mar-24-09 12:06 PM   #17 
  - They want to be on the nightly news.  Nicholas D Wolfwood   Mar-24-09 12:09 PM   #18 
  - I guess they think it makes them look good  Uzybone   Mar-24-09 12:13 PM   #19 
  - The questioning is bad  LittleBlue   Mar-24-09 12:22 PM   #20 
  - A high degree of confidence might be necessary to run for major public office,  Ilsa   Mar-24-09 12:35 PM   #21 
  - No. But all senators are. nt  Captain Hilts   Mar-24-09 12:40 PM   #22 
  - some of them don't understand what has been going on  Rosa Luxemburg   Mar-24-09 01:17 PM   #24 
  - I've often thought that if subpoenaed by Congress,  Igel   Mar-24-09 02:06 PM   #25 
 

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