So, are you a Bolshevik, or a Menshevik?

[Hortensis]

32. Hifiguy, my own best guess is that he is a sociopath, perhaps that

"dark triad" of personality disorders I don't really understand? In giving that another try, I ran across this: "A Narcissist, a Psychopath and a Machiavellian Walk into a Bar. The bartender asks, ‘who has the darkest personality out of you three?’ The Narcissist says ‘me’, the Psychopath says, ‘I don’t care’ and the Mach says ‘it’s whoever I want it to be’."

Psychopathy used to be classed as "antisocial personality disorder," and I've found a lot of what would be scary stuff in a high-level politician searching that term. In any case, these guys are also very good liars. But not schizophrenic. They're completely sane.

Then, along the Social Dominance line of research, there's the "double high authoritarian" definition of very ruthless people who seek power and make really nasty political operators.

Cruz caught my attention because, with the right behaving the way it has been, I've been watching for a really dangerous leader to appear. Now I'm wondering about that nice-faced Rubio too. My guess is that Trump's probably a clinical narcissist who wants attention -- and to be liked -- a lot more than he wants presidential power. And who and what is Ben Carson really? Just a guy who wanted to sell books and finds himself off on Mr. Carson's Wild Ride? ??

Whatever. Like your Texas Christian guy at Harvard, the far right seems to provide an abundance of...interesting personalities.