Is Palin Bi-Polar?

[Union Yes]

I'm guessing yes.

[gratuitous]

1. That's a dirty lie!

She's, like, totally straight!

[Union Yes]

3. Hilarious!

:rofl:

[rwheeler31]

2. She is greedy at both poles .

[debbierlus]

4. No. Narcisstic personality disorder of the highest order

Fits to a t.

Why on earth do you think she is bipolar?

[sendero]

7. Delusions of grandeur..

... pretty hard to distinguish from narcissism.

[debbierlus]

31. A bipolar person on a manic swing MAY experience delusions of grandeur

But, it isn't the central defining aspect of their personality or illness. These are fleeting thoughts that accompany a manic high.

Delusions of grandeur - superiority complexes - inability to have empathy for other people - entitlement - those are the qualities of a narcisstic personality disorder. It is the all encompassing and defining aspect of their lives.

Very big difference.

[sendero]

35. Yeah..

... but wild mood swings are a lot more like bipolar than NPD.

[depakid]

5. No. she's more likely a narcissist

individuals with bipolar disorders tend to be creative in some form or another- and often have considerable empathy.

Palin hasn't got a creative bone in her body- nor evinced one ounce of honest empathy.

[sendero]

6. She might be.

... she clearly has delusions of adequacy that are unsubstantiated by any accomplishment or ability that she might have.

[westerebus]

8. No. Both her boobs stare at my eyes.

[Bucky]

18. It's a contest. See if you can't stare them down.

You lose!

[kskiska]

30. Here's a new one

[Bigmack]

9. The actual medical term for her disorder is...

"Crazier Than a Shithouse Rat."

It's true... right out of the DSM-4

[Political_Junkie]

14. LOL, that about covers it.

:rofl:

[Forkboy]

10. I'm bipolar. I don't see it in her.

Narcissism to a huge degree. Bipolar disorder, no.

[Bucky]

22. Hmm, I don't think narcissism either.

Narcissists don't tend to be that successful and they certainly don't take direction from handlers. If she couldn't take handling by campaign professionals, we'd have seen a far bigger trainwreck by now. A true narcissist would not be able to handle the limelight for this long.

[GreenPartyVoter]

24. I suppose she might get keyed up a bit. Not sure that I would call it manic. But really, I can't

tell just from what I have seen of her on TV.

[debbierlus]

32. You are wrong. Narcissist actually can be highly successful professionally.

[tularetom]

11. Well she lives very close to the North Pole

so I'd say no, she's definitely unipolar.

[NRaleighLiberal]

12. No, just narcissistic, unqualified, and otherwise average (and boring as well)

[cliffordu]

13. Narcisstic sociopath.

[havocmom]

16. BINGO!

Vanna, tell cliffordu about the lovely prizes that correct response earned...

[Cleita]

19. Yep, I think so too. n/t

[NoodleyAppendage]

23. Worse yet, she's an ignorant and completely un-self aware narcissistic sociopath.

Most narcissistic sociopaths (Cluster B types) have some modicum of introspection abilities, which tends to hold some of their problems in check. I see no evidence of Palin possessing such skills. She is completely oblivious to her evil nature, which in my opinion makes her so much more dangerous and unpredictable.

J

[cliffordu]

25. Yep like the anti-christ.

I mean someone who really IS the antithesis of the Christ in the bible....

Who, according to the myth, was giving, humble, aware of what he was doing and how it affected others, and truly loving.

[Blue_In_AK]

33. Agree.

[ElboRuum]

15. Nah. She's hasn't been to either the North or South poles...

...although she claims to be able to see the former from her front porch.

[Blue Texas Voter]

17. Palin

The term Bipolar would need to be explained to her.:dunce:

[Bucky]

20. Don't they usually just dance around one pole?

I'm ashamed of myself for making that joke and ashamed of DU for nobody thinking of it ahead of me.

[bridgit]

21. Worse - hell hath no fury like a beauty pageant contestant scorned

They just keep talking till someone talks back

[spotbird]

26. Perfectly bipolar results! Proves it!

[GreenArrow]

27. Histrionic and narcissistic

co-morbidity.

[Juche]

28. She is delusional and narcissistic

She doesn't live in reality and has an unjustifiably high opinion of herself.

[Maru Kitteh]

29. What exactly do you think BiPolar means? Do you think it's something "bad" people have?

[Touchdown]

37. I'd like to know that too.

Millions of people have bi-polar of some degree or other. This seems like a broad brush put down.

[Motown_Johnny]

34. I think she sticks to the North Pole pretty exclusively

[anonymous171]

36. Clinical E-Psychologist here. I voted "yes."

[slackmaster]

38. No, she's just a woman

:sarcasm: