Rangel: Cheney has a personality disorder, Bush most pleasant person but doesn't know what's going o

[Herman Munster]

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=20460

Rep. Charles Rangel, the normally courtly House Ways and Means Committee chairman, in an interview in the current edition of Vibe magazine said, "I think" that Vice President Dick Cheney "has a personality disorder."

As quoted by the black entertainment magazine, Rangel continued: "There's no question about it. There are some people that have an unpleasant demeanor, and they always have a scowl. I don't know this guy that well. But I can't see him telling a joke unless it's a dirty joke."

In the same interview, Rangel said of George W. Bush: "The president is one of the most pleasant slap-on-the-back, fun people you want to talk with . . . but you always leave not knowing whether he knows what's going on."

[pepperbear]

1. hmmmm to paraphrase a "west wing" line

gee, I don't think they let you be VP if you have a personality disorder.


edited to add;

isn't chuck a relatively moderate sort of republican?


hmmmm makes one wonder why it's called a "rant" by human events.

[deadmessengers]

5. Rangel's one of ours.

He's a Democrat, and a fairly progressive one at that.

[pepperbear]

13. doh!!!!!!1 hagel...rangel....long day....you know...

[MonkeyFunk]

7. Not at all

Charlie Rangel is a very progressive member, representing Harlem. He's a member of the Progressive Caucus.

[pepperbear]

14. thanks....case of mistake identity n/t

[Sanity Claws]

9. Are you thinking of Chuck Hagel?

Charley Rangel is a Progressive Democrat who has been representing a district in Harlem for a very long time.

[pepperbear]

12. doh!!!!!!!!!1 i am dufus supreme....it's been a long day...

thanks...hagel is who I was thinking of...sorry GUYS.

[Mend]

2. the president, a fun person? except if you happen to be a frog and

there is a firecracker around.

[Jackpine Radical]

3. Fun, yup.

Like a used car salesman. Many psychopaths are really good at making people like them, making a good first impression. It isn't 'til you get the car off the lot and it starts smoking that you you get this sudden realization that you been had.

[Old and In the Way]

4. Like some socially dysfunctional couples I know.

Mutually co-enabling; destructive to all those around them. Not a good relationship when you're the couple running the country.

[Ilsa]

6. I bet he can be a real joker, but I bet that half the time, it is at the

expense of an innocent bystander. Or maybe at the expense of someone he considers a friend, but it is someone who works for him, and since he has power over them, they are truly victimized since they cannot rebuke him except at a high price to themselves.

IOW, he is a load of fun but only by being an asshole. (who-da-thunk-it?)

[rwenos]

10. Difference between Used Car Salesman and Computer Salesman

There's an old joke we used to tell in a computer store where I worked:

Q: "What's the difference between a computer salesman and a used car salesman?"

A: "The used car salesman KNOWS when he's lying to you."

The point: there are many salesmen in the world (and Georgie is nothing if not a salesman) who can look the customer in the eye, say "Yes, this IBM computer can run Apple software. It's a slam dunk." And they really believe it.

Bush is like most of those sales guys I knew: He has lied to himself for so long about who he is, he can no longer tell the difference between the lies and the truth.

This is the definition of a pathological liar, isn't it? He lies so well because he no longer realizes he is lying.

[JerseygirlCT]

17. Yeah, I'm pretty sure there were a few frat boys at college

who were just like him, and well-liked by some.

Those types were never my cuppa, though.

[illinoisprogressive]

8. he's right. Cheney is paranoid and Bush is clueless

[Elwood P Dowd]

11. Mayor Cheney gave Barney some bullets, and then Barney invaded Mt Pilot

Andy will come back from vacation in 2008, take Barney's gun and bullets away, and maybe things will get back to normal.

[Poiuyt]

15. Bush has a personality disorder too

Narcissistic Personality Disorder:

1. a grandiose sense of self-importance
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. believes that he or she is "special" and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
4. requires excessive admiration
5. has a sense of entitlement, ie unreasonable expectations of especially favourable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
6. is interpersonally exploitative, ie takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
7. lacks empathy and is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
8. is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes


(Ans be sure to read Bush on the Couch)

[TahitiNut]

16. Absolutely correct, Poiuyt.

I just can't see how there's any question about it.

[DemGa]

18. Bush has the charm of a sociopath nt