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    TRUMP MAY BE ILL

    Trump at lectern before backdrop with elements of logo "TRUMP DonaldJTrump.com"

    Years ago I wrote a blog about a female presidential candidate and folks were unsettled with regard to my hypotheses through their comments.

    Lately on shows like Lawrence O'Donnell we are presented with experts who feel that donald is a narcissacist or manic depressive or whatever.

    http://movealongpeople.com/2016/08/03/msnbc039s-lawrence-o039donnell-trump-is-039mentally-ill039/


    Years ago I recall citing the list of characteristics that might apply to a sociopath or a psychopath.


    In the end, these diagnoses do not work because of the qualitative nature of those characteristics as defined.
    I mean that I would ascribe all the characteristics of a psychopath to all the repubs I hate.


    I would, of course, list parts of their speeches or their interviews or their legislation or....
    But this type of analysis gets us nowhere.

    As far as I am concerned Jindl and Bachman and Palin and Cruz and Rubio and Gulliani and a host of other GOP kingmen are all nuts.


    So I came across this post at Salon that is more than 90 days old.


    http://www.salon.com/2016/04/25/maybe_donald_trump_has_really_lost_his_mind_what_if_the_gop_frontrunner_isnt_crazy_but_simply_not_well/

    This post got to me.


    Evidently, Trump's Old Man suffered from Alzheimer's Disease?


    We have become so accustomed to these sorts of ramblings that we don’t really register them as anything more than standard nonsensical Trump-speak—a pattern of speech we have seen crop up across the GOP in recent years, most notably in Palin’s gibberish.  But I urge you to re-read the exchange above and register the range of nonsense—the lack of basic grammar, the odd syntax, the abrupt shift in topic, the disconnect from reality, the paranoia, and the seeming inability to even grasp the question.
    .........
    This shrink goes on to note the only piece of medical records concerning Trump involve one 'opinion' by his treating physician.


    The next real warning sign was the doctor letter Trump trotted out to show that he was in fine shape.  The Daily Beast jokingly said that the letter was more insane than Trump’s campaign.  But, at the time, no one expected him to still be the frontrunner today.  I urge you to take a look and re-read the letter now.
    Basically, the medical doctor who wrote this strange 'opinion' just relayed his opinion that Trump was the healthiest man in America today?

    ..................
    Last October, Death and Taxes ran a piece wondering if Trump had dementia.  They pointed to the fact that Trump’s father, Fred, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s six years prior to his death.  They also highlighted Trump’s aggressive late-night tweets, his childish behavior, his name-calling and mood swings.  They explained that it would be really easy for Trump take some tests and prove that he is mentally fit. “Because if Trump can prove he’s not suffering from a degenerative neurological disorder that has left him with a damaged mind devoid of all shame or self-awareness, he might just be an asshole.”


    I will tell you that the thing that got to me was the response given by Trump to a question involving David Duke where Donald denied that he ever heard of David Duke.

    http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/28/david-duke-i-think-trump-knows-who-i-am.html


    I am reversing my opinion about that denial. I think that Trump may not have been lying at all; he just had no idea at the time who David Duke actually was.


    And I refer you to statements concerning Brexit.

    http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/06/01/3783685/trump-didnt-know-about-brexit/


    At the time that Trump was confronted with the David Duke shit, I really believe that Donald had no idea who David Duke was. Anymore than Trump knew what Brexit was.


    The man has been ranting for years.


    The latest 'situation' involved something I saw on Mornin Joke this morning.

    This General told us that Trump was briefed by military men (chosen by the GOP of course) and at least three times, Trump wondered why we never use nuclear weapons?

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/scarborough-trump-nukes_us_57a1e47ae4b0693164c347d0

    I will come back, I am having PC issues here.

    Hopefully I filled in some of the links.

    I do not think that Donald Trump is in his right mind.

    And I do not think this satirically.

     

    But my conclusion is that Trump is really mentally ill.

    I tend to cite dylan too many times in order to end a disorderly post: ha

    Comments

    Trump and his supporters are the new GOP - and could be simply described as fearful, seethingly angry, narcissistic, bullying, unrepentant dumbasses, xenophobic, homophobic, sexist, misogynistic, racist, bigoted, aggresssively insecure white supremacists.

    Trump makes Sarah Palin look like Eleanor Roosevelt.


    I am not in the mood for editing anymore NCD. hahahaha

    But I certainly feel that Trump has been a prick his entire life.

    And this man never had any focus whatsoever.

    I already wrote about THE ART OF THE DEAL and how the ghostwriter wrote the whole goddamn thing. hahahah

    Five years ago? Trump would have known damn well who David Duke is.

    And I think donald is actually losing it. And this is offal to say, but I hope this degeneration in his neuron situation continues because I detest the somebitch. hahahahah

     


    Donald is falling apart. The scarier thing about this scenario is that it makes us trust the MSM even less. Trump was the media darling. He gave telephone interviews and never faced hard questions.We know that the media hid Reagan's senility from the public. Now they have provided free press to Donald Trump despite that fact that he was bigoted and ignorant.

    We should not expect honor from the Republican leadership. We know they place power above country. We do expect MSM to provide us with facts. The unfolding Donald Trump story shows us that we (the public) are on our own. Joy Reid pointed out the problem in an article at the Daily Beast today.

    http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/03/all-right-gop-it-s-time...

     


    I think that the power brokers are losing to the Roger Stone and Alex Jones folks (there is a poem in there somewhere).

    Stones and Jones are bringing this prick into the conspiracy crap. You know, if we lose we know that everything is fixed!

    And yes rmrd, 'we' are on our own.

    So we must take all measures necessary to get out the damn vote.

    LET US PRAY.

    Aex Jones thinks the crying baby was a plant. hahahah

    http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/08/03/alex-jones-suggests-crying-baby-trump-rally-was-probably-plant/212160

    Here is Roger Stone claiming that Paul Ryan is working for the dems. hahahaha

    http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/08/03/trump-ally-roger-stone-accused-paul-ryan-secretly-working-hillary-clinton/212162

    Oh that is enough of that. hahahah

     

     


    In America, everybody has a story, a theory, their worthless controversy engendering  delusions/opinions, hate, ignorance or fears to sell.  TV and the internet are the primary medium.

    Objective facts appear mostly in print, in books, long news articles or research reports by journalists or investigators out in the real world. TV is the absolute worst source for unfiltered, propaganda free facts.


    Dagbloggers!  Tell me I'm wrong!!

    This rings true.  This person  makes a case for Alzheimer's as the cause of his irrationality, poor grammar, etc. http://www.salon.com/2016/04/25/maybe_donald_trump_has_really_lost_his_m...

    Just in case we all needed something else to worry about, this is my latest fear:

    Donald has a breakdown, or quits when he realizes he is losing.

    They bring in Ryan, or even Mitt, (anyone really, except Cruz) and that person will seem so relatively sane and brilliant that all the GOPers who have jumped ship will come back.  Even some Dems who were voting HRC just to keep Trump away from the White House may vote GOP.

    Our only hope is the the GOP base will stay home in protest.

    I think this could really happen, and it scares the dickens out of me.  I think the debates could be his undoing.  He would be such a loser.

    So my only hope it that he hangs on until November 7th.

     


    Yeah Cville, I probably went overboard.

    Just let me underline that in his best days, my opinion is that T-Rump never gave one goddamn about anyone but T-Rump.

    It is just that lately (and thank the Good Lord it is lately) this man has problems attempting to figure out what the hell he is talking about.

    Sure, Donald has never had any social redeeming qualities. Ever. hahahaha

    The only thing I was pointing out is that at this point in his life, he does not even understand how fucked up he really is.

    hahahahaha

    We have a long road as far as this election.

    And I promise, I shall attack this prick as hard as I can.

    Please do not misunderstand my thoughts as sympathy.

    There can be no sympathy for the devil.

    Trump is a prick. hahaha


    Hard to believe but FWIW a friend who knows him claims the Trump's campaign persona is fake. He discovered it worked in the early primaries so he continued and exaggerated it. 

    It's different but perhaps related that one of the NPR personalities (forget whom-maybe Terry ?) carried an interview yesterday with a biographer of Trump's who described Trump's introduction to the New York scene. Knowing that he needed  help Trump joined a club whose membership included Roy Cohn who befriended him. 

    At the time Trump was being sued by the Nixon Justice Department for discrimination.  Cohn advised him to respond by personally attacking the Justice attorneys and this helped to negotiate a favorable settlement. 

    Sort of off the point , but later Cohn represented Trump in negotiating his "prenup" with Ivana and arranged (perhaps selected her attorney?) for its terms to be against her interests.  

    Maybe he (Trump) is  crazy like a fox?

     

     


    Hi Flavius. hahahah

    There is that scintilla of evidence that T-Rump knows what he is doing.

    But my belief is that this homo-erectus is crazy and foxed up, so to speak. hahahahah

    Evil incarnate. Except the devil has lost a few steps, as it were. hahahah

    In the end, the final question that had any effect upon T-Rump for decades is/was:

    HOW CAN I MAKE MORE MONEY?

    HAHAHAHAH

    Roy would have been a hell of a mentor or advisor for a sociopath. hahahah

    Roy had good experience in this quest.

    Lies can help one in all endeavors.

     

     

     


    Maybe he was crazy like a fox but he doesn't seem to be able to learn from failures. What worked for him during the primaries is clearly not working for him during the general.  If it's all fake he should be able to choose a different path now that the previous fake one is hurting him.


    Well Ocean, let us pray you are correct. hAHAhH

    Donald got rid of some the real enemies of America in the primary process. 

    AND THANK THE GOOD LORD.

    In this new standard election model, Trump keeps screwing up. and Praise the Lord, I hope he keeps it up.

    He has no paths.

    Because his neuro-paths are shot. hahaha


    Trump is insane. He lucked into a political party that rejects knowledge and is xenophobic. More rational candidates in the GOP were rejected. Trump was the last man standing. Paul Ryan criticizes Trump's racism and his criticism of the Khans, but Ryan is still voting for Trump. Trump called war hero McCain a loser. Trump suggests bringing back torture. McCain rejects the use of torture. McCain is voting for Trump. Trump is insane. The GOP is under a mass psychosis. 

    Consider a group of ethnic minorities acting like the GOP. We would be discussing a terrorist group.A group of Gays or women who were as looney tunes as the GOP would be considered equally out of step. Donald Trump is crazy. Foxes are wise enough to want any tie to Trump severed.


    Well put rmrd.

    Ryan at one time sourced Ayn Rand as his hero?

    Well, he got so much flack he threw the ghost of Ayn under the bus. hahahaha

    Ryan never gave one goddamn about minorites. In his entire life for chrissakes.

    Ryan is a happy prick. 

    Oh, rmrd, there is a new film coming out.

    Jon Voight is playing Clive Bundy for chrissakes.

    It is advertised every hour, at least.

    hahahahah

    Clive Bundy is a traitor to the Constitution and the United States of America.

    Oh well, I am gobbling again.

    Can you imagine that T-Rump is going to be given secured info?

    And can you imagine that T-Rump will keep these secrets to himself?

    Yeah, I am wandering and wondering for that matter.


    They live in an alternate reality. Tax-dodger Bundy pointed guns at federal agents is labeled a hero. Black Lives Matter protests homicides of citizens by the police and is labeled a terrorist group. 

    I was talking to two Republicans today. You could tell that both knew Trump stunk to high heaven, but they diverted to the DNC emails. The claim was that in the leaked emails, the DNC referred to Latinos as "Taco Bell experiments". I did a quick search on my cell phone and found that the DNC responded to a Cinco de Mayo tweet by Donald Trump praising tacos by producing a video that ridiculed the tweet. That was the "Taco Bell experiment". Republicans, in general, are gullible. When I heard the statement, I went looking to verify the accuracy. No such effort was made by the two Republicans. To be honest, they would have run into obstacles in finding the truth because many right wing websites carried the phase snippet without putting it in context. There was no racist slam of Latinos by the DNC.

    https://mediamatters.org/video/2016/07/27/fox-new-s-macdonald-falsely-cl...

    I don't know how we can break Republicans out of the wingnut bubble.


    AS LONG AS WE WIN.

    Repubs will see their bubble explode.

    And we may end up with two or more parties after the bubble explodes.


    It's an ideological bubble. I note Governor Scott (R) of Florida is now, for the first time since zika was found spreading in Miami last week, pleading that he needs federal funds ASAP. 

    Of course Obama got good advice from CDC, anticipated this event, and asked Scott's Republican soul mates in Congress for funds for zika in February and they have allocated not a dime.

    Hate to use the Nazi analogy, but it literally took the shock of thousands of 152mm Russian artillery shells falling on them and their homes for the more true believing, gullible Germans to realize they were being lied to by the propaganda/ideology of the master race, ultimate victory.....etc see Red Storm on the Reich.


    Oh NCD I just came across this at Mediamatters. Ben Carson thinks Peggy Noonan is a progressive.

    Talk about ideological bubbles. hahahah

    http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/08/05/trump-surrogate-ben-carson-claims-reagan-speechwriter-peggy-noonan-progressive/212217


    Speaking of mental illness.

    The big thing over the last week was that Trump promised Kasich that Kasich would run the government as VP.

    http://www.dailymail.co.u

    k/news/article-3699436/Donald-Trump-Jr-offered-John-Kasich-vice-presidency-said-VP-run-government.html

    There are scores of other links. But when asked what Trump would do a spokesperson said:

    Well he will save America. 

    hahahahah

    DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT WISH TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

    In my humble opinion.


    An alien xenopsychologist monitoring this election extravaganza might diagnose many of the commenters here and bloviators in the MSM as being quite nuts verging on hysterical. Of course those affected by mental problems are likely to be the last to recognize their affliction.

    If Trump does win the sales of Prozac and other happy pills will probably skyrocket with Clintonites lining up for their daily dose of reality inhibitors.


    Again peter, all this post is is insults directed at the posters here and Hillary supporters in general. Do you know anything about this election? Do you read anything at all? Can you bring anything to dag except insults? Why would you waste your time coming here just to insult us? It's a complete mystery to me.


    I've never studied psychology but i think you are displaying the symptoms of a persecution complex. I do confront strange visions of reality and cult like behavior and I may be a bit too gonzo in my comments but it has produced some revealing responses which the many lurkers at this site should see.

    I don't harbor any illusions about reaching the Clintonite collective in any meaningful way but some of the BS printed here cries out for a response.


    Hey Peter, we do not really have lurkers; but we do have lookers. hahahahah

    Clintonite collective? hahahahahah

    Read Eric W sometime. hahahaha

    Lighten up Peter.

    My point was that The Donald is either suffering from dementia or he is just a rotten stinking capitalistic racist misogynistic lying bastard.

    Actually, by my count, T-Rump is all of these things at once.

    Take care.

    None of us are armed here.

    hahahahhah

    WHO CAN IT BE?

     

    You have to be able to take as good as you give in this rough and tumble political game, RD and while you seem to be tough enough some people here have very thin skins. Your opinion about Trump's mental state is just an opinion as is mine about the mental state of Clintonites although the Clintonites display their aberrant behavior proudly and often.

    I see Trump as weary from a long and draining campaign but he still seems on top of his game and while not scripted his rhetoric is targeted for maximum effect among his supporters, possible supporters and the Clintonites who spin nutty memes such as 'the Russians are coming' from his clever lure about 'if'  the Russians have Clinton's 30,000 shredded emails he'd like to see them, hahahahah.  Trump certainly fits in the capitalist pig category while Clinton is a political parasite feeding off the capitalist pigs and championing their agendas. Why support a parasite who is dependent and serving when a real capitalist unencumbered by these ties and needs is available?

    Clinton's aberrant behavior is well documented although she and her minions work very hard to groom her public image, her display of almost sexual appearing pleasure when she viewed the anal rape and murder of Gadaffi was chilling and can't be erased or explained away as a normal human reaction. Her Libya conquest was supposed to be her crowning achievement as SOS and bragging point during the election but they had to remove that chapter from her book when things went to hell there as anyone with half a brain could have foreseen. .

     


    The Supreme Court choices would be different.


    Thanks for contributing Peter.

    My numbers have been terrible here this year, as opposed to '14 & '15. hahahah

    You help my numbers today. hahahahah

    I am just some lost soul after all.

    Emails are the least of my worries anyway.

    And so I decline to get into the argument; Secretary Clinton is a fine patriot and grandma and politician in my humble opinion.

    As far as T-Rump?

    I already said all I have on this subject in this post.

    Will America disintegrate following the election of Hillary? NO

    So when Hillary wins? Just remember this:


    I dispute your argument with a powerful rebuttal that I'm sure you will appreciate for it's rationality and logical consistency. It's the type of post that lurkers need to see. I'm sure you won't think it's insulting at all.

    An alien xenopsychologist might diagnose your post as being quite nuts verging on hysterical. Of course people who post such comments are affected by mental problems and are likely to be the last to recognize their affliction.

    Your post is likely caused by over use of Prozac and other happy pills. People in your collective are lining up for their daily dose of reality inhibitors.


    Peter, Libya has taken up arms to throw off 'the capitalist pigs', the 'parasites', and have escaped imminent cultural and economic oppression by fawning liberals led by ' the Borg Queen.'  

    Libyans refused to relinquish their freedoms to a corrupt UN backed 'nanny state' system and a rigged 2012 election.  Libyans for once enjoy full 2nd Amendment rights in the form of about 1,700 militias.  Free access and possession of guns are the First Freedom, and the most important.

    If Hillary made any misjudgment there it was that Libyans saw her, and what she represented, exactly as you have so often and eloquently described here.

    The result of that ideology, your ideology, could never be described as 'hell'.

    I must say I am shocked, shocked that you would say so.


    You think saying that, " many of the commenters here ... being quite nuts verging on hysterical" isn't an insult and that lurkers should see that? I've never studied psychology but i think you are displaying the symptoms of denial. In what way do you think calling us "nuts verging on hysterical" is a rational response to what you consider BS? I don't even have any idea what you consider BS since you don't mention it or challenge it. You just insult people.

    Was there a single rational argument in your post for us to debate? I see only two points. Dagbloggers are nuts verging on hysterical. Hillary supporters will take daily doses of Prozac if Trump wns and sales will skyrocket. Try to face the reality of who you are at dagblog. You are just the Don Rickles of dagblog. Except that some people think Rickles is funny. Are you capable of being more than that? Is that who you are in real life? Do you spend your time insulting everybody you meet?  Frankly if I was on the masthead I'd delete 90% of your comments as a TOS violation. They are nothing but personal insulting attacks on other dagbloggers.


    Peter

    It was embarrassing  in freshman year  when a paper came back with the question "do you really mean this? ".

    Because I didn't.

    Enough talking about me. Let's talk about  Peter. Don't leave.

    Seriously.  If voting for Romney,McCain and your local Republican Senator and dog catcher fires you with  enthusiasm  to go insult a few liberals, be my guest. If every one else just pushes the X button I'll be the designated Peter reader.

    One condition: be sure you really mean it.

    I'll read it anyway. But it it'll be more interesting that way.

     

     


    Flav. the blinders and ear-cotton you are required to wear in the Clintonite Collective leaves you unable to distinguish between a right wing attack and a very far left wing critique of your position in the Extreme Center. I've only voted once for a republican and that was to unseat an extremely corrupt and arrogant democrat sheriff. That vote and my vote for Nader in 2000 are the only votes i am proud of and  i'd like to believe they made a difference.

    BTW Hillary has returned to her pathological lying again this time claiming the FBI verified she didn't tell any lies about the email scandal, Director Comey tells a different story and says she did lie in her public statements but not in her FBI interview which her five lawyers probably made possible.


    Naturally I accept your statement.

    I hope you'll decide that what you consider  Hillary's pathological behavior is at the end of the day  preferable to however one can categorize  Trump's behavior.

    And keep posting. 


    yes


    BTW Comey gave $2500 to McCain's campaign and $5000 to Romney's


    Please distnguish between what Comey said and what "the FBI" said and how other parts of government view our security apparatus and regulations. Comey gave a political, not factual, speech. Hillary responds with her own political speech but not necessarily counterfactual. Life in bureaucracy-land goes on. If it were up to the FBI, we'd all have trackers on and be given lie detector tests every day. The NSA doesn't need this as they have probes up our butts and all our data sniffed anyway. The FBI has snuck around so many court-ordered limits on their authority and overreach, from the scandalous times of J. Edgar Hoover through the dark post-9/11 years that it's very strange to see liberals find them their law and order friend just because they don't like a... fairly liberal ally. With friends like these, we all deserve Trumps.


    Peter ... Just another personal insult?

    "I've never studied psychology but i think you are displaying the symptoms of a persecution complex."

    At the risk of being dressed down by Wolraich... Here's one for you...

     

    ~OGD~

     


    Hi Ducky, I missed this. hahahah

    He's wearing his hat on top of his head, but the stupidity coming out of his mouth, gave him away.

    For 8/6 I hereby render unto Ducky the Cartoon? of the Day Award for this here Dagblog Site, given to all of him from all of me.

    hahahahah

    Oh and Wolrich never sent me the 20 bucks.

    hahahahah


    Hi Peter. It has been a while. hahahah

    WE ARE ALL MENTALLY ILL FOR CHRISSAKES.

    Just give me the right expert and I will demonstrate this.

    But in my humble opinion, Trump is nuts.

    And Trump is forgetful.

    And Trump is no longer able to be as effective as he could be for those on the DARK SIDE. 

    HAHAHAHAHAH

    But sometimes we must have some sympathy for the devil.

    And so you have shown such sympathy. hahaha


    The psychopathology of the Trump supporter was on full display on "Real Time" tonight. Rick Santorum appeared along side Tara Setmayer, an African-American Conservative. Santorum was not swayed by Mahrer pointing out the lies that Trump told during his speeches. Santorum did not show any empathy when Setmayer, a veteran of 20 years of Republican activism mentioned that she had never experienced the level of racism in the GOP as she experienced at Trump rallies. Despite being a Republican, she received death threats. It was clear that Santorum did not care. What became clear was that Santorum was focused on the fact that he wanted the Conservative Supreme Court justices that Trump would select. Racism was not an issue for Santorum. This is the modern GOP.


    They made the full jump to "ends justifies the means" 2-3 decades ago. Ok, Nixon was a bit "if the prez says it, it's legal" but he was still largely obeying the traffic lights and following process. Donald's just following the standard "it's rigged, we're under attack" mantra of the right since Limbaugh became ascendant - find a button and keep pushing it. By now, Santorum's just another Children of the Korn.


    I have to add this tidbit.

    I am watching this old Simpson episode from 2005.

    Simpson's wife castigates Homer for acting like Mussolini whilst the family is in Italy.

    I thought that I  was only acting like Trump.

    hahhhahahah

    That episode is 11 years old for chrissakes.

    the end

     

     


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