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Maybe It Would Make More Sense To Call Romney "The Mentally Ill" Candidate .... (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Sep 2012 OP
That is an insult to the mentally ill. Besides, I don't think pnwmom Sep 2012 #1
how about the Antisocial Personality Disorder candidate? NightWatcher Sep 2012 #2
Your Take On Romney Is More Correct. TheMastersNemesis Sep 2012 #5
Or we could just call him the Testicular Cancer candidate! cbayer Sep 2012 #3
Romney Would Make Bush Look Like A Saint. TheMastersNemesis Sep 2012 #4
I do not think it is right to cindyperry2010 Sep 2012 #6
Thank you! GreenPartyVoter Sep 2012 #8
I don't know if he deserves that excuse aint_no_life_nowhere Sep 2012 #7
I've been thinking asbergers, actually. lindysalsagal Sep 2012 #9
I prefer to see him as he is; a rich, spoiled asshole. graywarrior Sep 2012 #10

pnwmom

(108,977 posts)
1. That is an insult to the mentally ill. Besides, I don't think
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 02:23 PM
Sep 2012

he's got a mental illness.

He seems to have a personality disorder, predominantly narcissism.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
2. how about the Antisocial Personality Disorder candidate?
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 02:25 PM
Sep 2012

"Mentally Ill" makes it sounds like he has no control over it and it makes others with legit illness sound bad

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
3. Or we could just call him the Testicular Cancer candidate!
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 02:27 PM
Sep 2012

Or the Muscular Dystrophy Candidate!

Or the AIDS Candidate!

cindyperry2010

(846 posts)
6. I do not think it is right to
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 02:35 PM
Sep 2012

disparage those that suffer from illness by equating mitthead rmoney with them. he is just not prepared and the worst of candidates he isn't sick he just sucks

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
7. I don't know if he deserves that excuse
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 02:42 PM
Sep 2012

Last edited Sun Sep 16, 2012, 03:53 PM - Edit history (1)

as his lack of empathy seems more intentional to me, over which he has control. However, I think we should be allowed to see his full record of medical treatment in light of his extremely bizarre behavior and his life's history of bizarre behavior. An armchair diagnosis as to whether he's truly mentally ill or just selfish, narcissistic, and weird is not going to cut it. There's no way we can really know one way or the other without further medical proof. And then there's the possibility he could be both mentally unstable and sociopathic.

lindysalsagal

(20,679 posts)
9. I've been thinking asbergers, actually.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 11:11 PM
Sep 2012

It's a milder form of ambulatory autism (my made-up term. I teach autistic kids).

He's alot like the kids who have memorized a list of responses, and chooses the most likely response. Works some of the time.

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