Opposing Bush: A Form of Mental Illness? Is this for real?

[Emillereid]

January 07, 2005

Opposing Bush: A Form of Mental Illness?



It’s not the stolen election or the war crimes committed in my name. It’s not the fact Bush is a liar and a criminal. It’s not the Strausscons in the White House and the Pentagon, plotting multiple wars in the Middle East and elsewhere. It’s not Congress, sold out to neolibs, multinational corporations, and Wall Street loan sharks.


It’s me.


I’m suffering from “political paranoia” and need Paxil, a prescription drug for the treatment of anxiety and depression. It’s not the 100,000 dead killed by my government in Iraq. It’s not torture or loose talk of nuking enemies. It is a serotonin imbalance in my brain. I suffer from any number of possible maladies—depression, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (thus writing this blog every day), and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. I suffer from mental illness and need help.


Congress may come to the rescue—and soon.


“When the 109th Congress convenes in Washington in January, Senator Bill Frist, the first practicing physician elected to the Senate since 1928, plans to file a bill that would define ‘political paranoia’ as a mental disorder, paving the way for individuals who suffer from paranoid delusions regarding voter fraud, political persecution and FBI surveillance to receive Medicare reimbursement for any psychiatric treatment they receive,” writes Hermione Slatkin, Medical Correspondent for the Swift Report. “Rick Smith, a spokesman for Senator Frist, says that the measure has a good chance of passing—something that can only help a portion of the population that is suffering significant distress.”


“If you’re still convinced that President Bush won the election because Republicans figured out a way to hack into electronic voting machines, you’ve obviously got a problem,” says Smith. “If we can figure out a way to ease your suffering by getting you into therapy and onto medication, that’s something that we hope the entire 109th Congress will support.”....

http://kurtnimmo.com/blog/index.php?p=485

Anybody hear anything about this initiative? Is it a joke? Gotta be a joke, right? Even the repukes wouldn't be this obvious would they?

[Liberal Veteran]

1. I hear Dino Rossi and Washington Repubs are suffering from paranoia...

....regarding voting fraud.

Better get them on the program quickly.

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. These people are frightening. All they have to do is revisit their

paranoia of the 90s. 70 million dollars chasing lawsuits, only to have to resort to a perjury trap. If they now try to force drugs on good solid Americans who are following the footsteps of their rebellious forefathers, that only tells me that they are desparate beyond words. Republicans will become a threat to the world if they persist in their demented thought-control programs.

[whistle]

3. People who opposed Adolf Hitler were said to be insane...

...as were opponents of communism who ended up in re-conditioning camps. Failure to adhere to the beliefs of fascism and communism resulted in concentration camp and gulag detentions if not outright assassination for those considered hopeless.

[thoughtanarchist]

4. I prescribe

medicinal marijuana.

:smoke:

[Pharaoh]

6. THESE PEOPLE ARE OBVIOUSLY

Psychotic..........

But that does not suprise me :dunce:

[thoughtanarchist]

7. what else but psychosis could describe

the inane opposition to the fearless leader who has carried our nation to such greatness and prosperity in only 4 short years? </sarcasm>


:crazy:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. I'd contact Frist's office for confirmation

Hint: pretend you're a RW nutjob and RECORD THE CONVERSATION.

[enough]

8. Sounds like a joke, but

nobody was laughing about it in the Soviet Union.

[yorkiemommie1]

9. well my freeper husband says i'm crazy

and should check into an institution because i'm 'full of hate' and have swallowed all the lies. All because I asked why the freepers aren't enlisting and he is not able to even halfway provide an plausible reason. He says he'll enlist when i check in...I would almost do that just to make him enlist!

[The Backlash Cometh]

10. So, how did you manage to actually marry a freeper?

(Sounds like a straight line.)

[thoughtanarchist]

11. at the

barrel of a shotgun!

ba dump bump!

:party:

[bryant69]

12. It was originally written as a piece of satire which people are

taking too seriously.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[dweller]

13. i think this went through here this morning

and the op attributed it to The Onion. online.

not suprised tho that it could be true. ?

dp