Who here thinks that Bush is TOO stupid to HAVE an emotional breakdown?

[liberalitch]

That would indicate that he felt some sense of empathy.. or somethin'
You have to understand a situation to empathize.

[Pegleg Thd]

1. It would prove that

he had a conscience--which he doesn't!!!:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

[whistle]

2. He would medicate before that happens....drugs, alcohol

[gumby]

3. Good point /

[Ladyhawk]

4. No conscience is needed.

A breakdown could be caused by attacks against his precious personhood. He only cares about himself. He flies off the handle when he feels threatened. If he feels unsure of the only thing that matters to him--himself--he could have a breakdown.

[Auntie Bush]

5. You also have a heart and soul. Bush* has neither.

[XanaDUer]

6. I think he is too stupid to...

but who/what is saying he is having a breakdown? :shrug:

[tuvor]

7. If he has a breakdown

it'll be the kind those Harry Mudd androids had in Star Trek when Kirk explained their illogic. I think there was a similar episode with that floaty-robot named Nomad.

I am NOT a Star Trek nerd. I've only seen the original series a million times growing up.

[wickywom]

8. He isn't too stupid to have one

he's just too stupid to notice.

[gulliver]

9. He has breakdowns over and over again in press conferences.

He just brazens it out. He won't have a full fledged fit, but as he always does, he will show petty anger, impatience, fear, ignorance. The press has just excused it until recently. I think the honeymoon is over, however.

[Avalux]

10. Sociopath

No conscience, no thought or concern for consequences of actions. These people do not have breakdowns. The ability to be introspective does not exist. Check out my sig line....

[whalerider55]

12. i'm with you...

as gertie stein used to say, there's no "there" there.
check out scott peck's people of the lie. the premise is what if you could actually diagnose evil? the answer- you'd get a character disordered sociopath.

whalerider55

[kikiek]

11. I'd lean more towards too medicated.

[Lisa]

13. intelligence and emotions are in different parts of the brain?

This isn't my area of expertise, but the impression I had is that people can have nervous breakdowns whether they're geniuses or retarded.

[Mr_Spock]

14. That is true.

Since he has no human form, how can he have a breakdown?

[Gregorian]

15. That was my first thought.

But after thinking about it for a bit, I've realized that one who has no emotions cannot have an emotional breakdown. It's one of the benefits of being a republican.

[ismnotwasm]

16. stupid maybe but,

I think he has a narcissist personality disorder, I mean he just has to! Either that or he's an evil alien.

[w4rma]

17. He's too unethical to. (nt)

[pacalo]

18. He wasn't raised to have a conscience. Ask "Ma Barker" Bush.

[ComerPerro]

19. He is too drugged up to emote

[eridani]

20. NOT stupidity, dammit. Psychopathology

Plenty of perfectly intelligent people have zero empathy.

[TahitiNut]

29. I'd say they're "imperfectly" intelligent.

That's the pathology.

[tibbir]

21. I agree that he's a sociopath.

The only way I can see him breaking down would be if they pulled him off his 'medications' too fast.

[Sven77]

22. even if he did, it would not get any publicity

the vast majority of the media is owned by the corporate shills. they would never show on air bush falling apart.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

23. He would only breakdown if he thought he was going to lose....

THAT'S the only thing he cares about. He doesn't care what others think of him and he doesn't think about his actions.

[renoray]

24. Someone should tell him he is down in the "real polls"

If he has half a brain(he might), he probably already knows his handlers don't tell him everything and sugar coat what they do tell him. Someone should as him if he has seen the latest polls and then tell him that he dropped 15 points in the polls in the last week, and watch him stomp his feet and cry like a little kid who can't get the toy he wants at Wal-Mart.

[Cat Atomic]

25. Why should he be troubled? It's not like he's in charge or anything.

[robbedvoter]

26. Fallacy: breakdowns not for the smart only, W not quite so stupid

Ant time I hear the "stoopid" thingy I think about this:

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/09/16/tsurumi/in...

Students who challenged and embarrassed Bush in class would then become the subject of a whispering campaign by him, Tsurumi said. "In class, he couldn't challenge them. But after class, he sometimes came up to me in the hallway and started bad-mouthing those students who had challenged him. He would complain that someone was drinking too much. It was innuendo and lies. So that's how I knew, behind his smile and his smirk, that he was a very insecure, cunning and vengeful guy."

As for breakdown possibility - he can be overwhelmed by fear for his precious self as he has shown on 911. Fear is usually a good catalyst for nreakdowns.
His ego is very fragile - any whiff of lowering of adulation can be huge.
In 2001 after jeffords and bad press he was threatening his staff that he'll chuck it all and go to Crawford. Hence the long vacations....

[HEIL PRESIDENT GOD]

27. Yes, but not too stupid for a psychotic break! n/t

[Darth_Kitten]

28. So true...so true.....

you cannot break down if you have no conscience. :)

[kerry-is-my-prez]

30. The unintelligent will have short term "breakdowns" and then forget

what they're all about. They don't "dwell" on what made them "go off." Then they go back to their unbalanced "normal" state until another thing causes them to become frustrated.

The things that cause their breakdowns are more "simple and selfish" rather than a "complex" issue. That's what I noticed while working as a Psych. Social Worker.

It is definitely true that those who are very intelligent tend to often be quite unhappy and often somewhat neurotic. The happiest people I've ever been around are the mentally retarded - they do not know of the problems that we face. The saying "Ignorance is bliss" is very, very true.

[RobinA]

31. Frankly,

I think he's pretty indestructible. He's oblivious to anything that challenges his worldview and his idea of his place in it.

[knowbody0]

32. bush's NBD

i been watching the cspan debate with bush and gore. he's had that break for sure. he was much more focused and sure of himself in 2k
im thinking the short circuits have fried the grey matter above his neck for sure. back then he had oliver north eyes. now he looks like ted bundy just before he got juiced.

[peacetalksforall]

33. I don't think that people who are as insensitive and revengeful as

he is suffer nervous breakdowns. People who break treaties and snicker don't suffer nervous breakdowns. People who let people arrange their lives into lies don't suffer nervous breakdowns.

[SammyWinstonJack]

34. bush* would implode with any criticism of himself

stupid? Yes I think he is stupid as well as greedy self serving and self absorbed......... all repubs traits! I personally think bush* is a basket case waiting to breakdown. BRING IT ON!