That's why Santorum won last time out. Or was it Huckabee? At any rate the evangelcal here are all captivated w Carson this time out.

got more votes than Poppy Bush (sitting Vice President and presumptive nominee) in 1988.

Carson's success in Iowa couldn't surprise me any less, given my 28 years of residency in this state.

I think it is safe to say that the Iowa Republican Caucus isn't very predictive about who the nominee will be. Cuz they are crazy!

Charlie Manson's thinking was and is not as severely disordered and disconnected from reality as the average fundy's. And I am NOT being snarky.

of the First Couple for the last 7 years are really going to walk into a voting booth and vote for a black president since that's what set them off in the first place.

But yes, I agree. Repugs are fundamentally racist, so Carson doesn't stand a chance.

I think he may do well in the polling, but I suspect he will tank in the privacy of the voting booth.

Go back to Hitler if you want.. to explain it or any part of history you want.

But I see some deep psychological problems with the American psyche that gives us American idol, hero worship , exceptionable of the Americana identity that damages the very soul of all of us. Dr. Carson shows that.

American idol.......think about that for second...........american idol.

I think Americans can be the most generous,humble, friendly, progressive people on earth.......

But the US has been the frog in the pot on the stove since 2001
and now torture is fine,illegal wars according international understanding, drone killings, police brutality, and economic injustice
is fine among other psychopathic injustices that we all agreed was wrong back then

Why does this shit have such following or even Carson?

Well that's it for now......... I got to catch up on
the TV show 24........ I'm on episode 6 first season.
Then watch Zero Dark Thirty.

often lead to people identifying with the "man on the white horse" who will solve all their problems. The source of which, of course, is people who are not like them. Once a critical mass of these zombies is reached, such a movement can branch out into the mainstream by using dog whistles and coy, camouflaged language. This sucks in nominally sensible people while still reinforcing the message with the batshit true believers, who understand the code.

Worked in Germany - the most educated and intellectually advanced company in Europe between the wars - it can easily work here where fundy religion, the limitless natural reserves of screeching nativist paranoia and the long, long history of ferocious anti-intellectualism and xenophobia give it all the fertilizer it needs to grow like Creeping Charlie.

I think the things he said about muslims and how he comes off as soft spoken appeals to them.

The same was true with santorum although he came off more as friendly nice guy while holding the same views.

First of all, I doubt if the vast majority of America agrees with that judgement.

I am not agreeing with it myself. I cannot really follow whatever case you are making to establish it. You are saying that most surgeons are psychopaths? Or just more likely than average to be one?

What do you think makes a psychopath? Or should I ask the vast majority of Americans that believe in dumb shit?

So did you look at my link and get into the links I gave there?

I guess I would think they are more like - Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, the theater shooter - people like that.

Now, if you had a more clever psychopath, like say the fictional Senator McComb from the movie Time Cop, well unless you are tailing them or somehow catching them in the act - how is anybody going to know? You might strongly suspect, or you, yourself might have some kind of 'pschyodar' that is proven accurate, but that sorta leaves the rest of us in the dark.

Admittedly too, I am not paying all that much attention to Carson. Nor did I follow the link. I expected you to make a better case here, rather than requiring me to get a bachelor's degree in psychology or something.

''Nor did I follow the link.''

yeah............ while\ I guess that works for your opinion and thinking process.

your education not what your old school thought was
on serial killers and psychopaths.

in order to see if it meant what I remembered. It does. Carson isn't. He's just a guy nobody likes who has different opinions.

Psychopath? No. Odd duck? Yes.

Fristian-style diagnoses aren't really my thing... particularly the ones predicated on editorials and commentary. It far too Fox-News for my taste.

But I have no doubt that many people place great faith in their lay abilities.

is a right wing analysis

unless you watch fox.............. interesting you came up with that piece of shit thought.

... he's too stupid.

Cheney was the sociopath behind the curtain, the puppetmaster.

Bush had a history and confession of torturing animals.

But most lose the meaning what a psychopath is
and compare it to a serial killer who kills with his own hands......... vs a mass murder that kills thousands by his power yet paints pictures like hitler
in his bath

I don't like him. He has an abysmal record on many critical issues like LGBT rights, but please stop abusing real psychology to score political points.

It is little better than name calling.

Dr. Ben Carson might actually be a psychopath. If you look at the Hare Psychopathy Checklist it can be argued that he meets many of the criteria for being a psychopath.

http://www.wikihow.com/Identify-a-Psychopath

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2015/02/12/differences-between-a-psychopath-vs-sociopath/

with the person.

These sorts of statements are ridiculous whenever I see them.

I did not say with certainty that Dr. Ben Carson is a psychopath. I said he might be a psychopath. If you look at his life and his action you can see that he meets many of the criteria for being a psychopath. Maybe he is just a regular guy who makes mistakes and says some stupid things. Maybe the things he does are just like the things others do, but based on his actions someone can say he might be a psychopath.

Both you and I know very little about what he is actually like.

I wish shows like Dexter never came out and created a bunch of "experts" in identifying psychopaths. Everyone who does bad stuff or you disagree with is not a psychopath.

I have never watched an episode of Dexter. What I wrote had nothing to do with Dexter, or with the fact that Dr. Ben Carson disagree with me on many issues. There are many people who disagree with me on many issues; I do not think they are psychopaths. As I said before, I looked up the definition of psychopath and found a list characteristics associated psychopaths. Carson had a number of the characteristics. As a result, I said it would not be out of bounds for someone to say Dr. Carson was a psychopath.

..mean most flavors. Their so-called charm is phony as hell.

But..I could be wrong but that's my 2 cents.

Like his promise to get rid of Medicare.

They're just looking at the surface, and the surface looks appealing: he's a good looking brain surgeon with a nice, quiet voice and a calm demeanor.

We underestimate him at our peril.

Psychopathy is a neurologically impaired (lack of) conscience. This is visible on MRI. Even though most people aren't taught the signs to look for: How to Spot a Prosocial Psychopath: http://www.wikihow.com/Spot-a-Pro-Social-Psychopath - There needs to be MRI testing for politicians and policymakers.

Psychopaths are 4 percent of the population, meaning at least 12 million in the US alone. People are oblivious. I have dedicated myself to spread psychopath awareness through

My petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/545/530/296/lets-stop-voting-for-psychopaths-but-how/
My Blog: https://nopsychos.wordpress.com/about/
My PSA ads: https://www.gofundme.com/psychopath

It's an uphill battle that may take decades, until psychopathy starts being identified in early childhood.