13 May 2006

The wackos are in charge

More research from the department of the bleeding obvious. The Scotsman reports:
"Now, researchers writing in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease have concluded that half the presidents in US history suffered from mental illness.
Three professors of psychiatry at the prestigious Duke University in North Carolina analysed presidential biographies and other historical records before concluding that 18 of the 37 presidents who served between 1776 and 1974 suffered from psychiatric disorders.
Of those 18, at least ten suffered psychiatric problems while in office which, more often than not, may have affected their performance in the job."

Look at our own leaders. Would anyone seriously argue that Mr Blair (or Mr Brown) was psychologically normal? Or Mrs Thatcher? The ego required to get to the top suggests an obvious imbalance. Little surprise, therefore, that such people tread a fine line next to losing it completely.

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