Reply #38: I also ended up INTJ

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but just barely a thinker and only 33% judging. One of the famous INTJs was Donald Rumsfeld, but another one was Thomas Jefferson.
Kerry was not my first choice in the primaries and I was ABB in the general.
My first choice would be Kucinich, but pragmatically, that was impossible. I sure thought this hit the nail on the head:
"Personal relationships, particularly romantic ones, can be the INTJ's Achilles heel. While they are capable of caring deeply for others (usually a select few), and are willing to spend a great deal of time and effort on a relationship, the knowledge and self-confidence that make them so successful in other areas can suddenly abandon or mislead them in interpersonal situations.

This happens in part because many INTJs do not readily grasp the social rituals; for instance, they tend to have little patience and less understanding of such things as small talk and flirtation (which most types consider half the fun of a relationship). To complicate matters, INTJs are usually extremely private people, and can often be naturally impassive as well, which makes them easy to misread and misunderstand. Perhaps the most fundamental problem, however, is that INTJs really want people to make sense. :-) This sometimes results in a peculiar naivete', paralleling that of many Fs -- only instead of expecting inexhaustible affection and empathy from a romantic relationship, the INTJ will expect inexhaustible reasonability and directness."
"Them that don't know him won't like him, and them that do, sometimes won't know how to take him. He ain't wrong, he's just different, and his pride won't let him do things to make you think he's alright."