I have been reading Daily Kos since around the 2004 election. I just created my first account one week ago. So here it goes.....
After the 2008 election, and the fiasco that was the McCain/Palin campaign. Actually, for the sake of this argument let's go back to the Clinton administation. From then to now, I have just been fascinated with how the Republican Party operates, strategically. How they are motivated, how they persuade, manipulate, scare and bully voters and opponents into/or against their agenda. How they have been able to stay relevant to millions of Americans.
Now, I am not a Sociologist or Psychiatrist, although I have taken both classes in College and have found them both very interesting. Ever since then, I have always been very interested in what makes people tick. I have always mused to myself that a Sociopath must have designed the Republican Playbook. Now I'm not saying all Republicans are Sociopaths, but I do find their tactics to be disturbingly similar to sociopathic behavior. Well, let's find out together. What I have decided to do is to look up a classic Profile of a Sociopath and have readers compare and conclude similarties to Republican tactical behavior, then and now.
I hope you find this entertaining and very disturbing at the same time.
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