Posted by
Mike Silverman on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:57:25 AM
I have been studying the case of Governor Blagojevich, and after some careful consideration I believe I have discovered a new psychological disorder. I call it Blagojevism; a form of political corruption that causes the victim to believe that by denying what everyone knows to be true you can make a scandal disappear. First known case on a national level, President William Jefferson Clinton denying sexual relations with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. The strength of the Blagojevistic approach is in it's use of political capital. Typically, Democrats with strong political capital in media circles are able to employ Blagojevism in a successful deflection of criticism. This heavily relies upon a secondary form of Blagojevism called Hyper-Ratherosis. This is a deeply rooted psychological ailment which typically appears after obtaining credentials with agenda driven news media networks such as CBS CNN, MSNBC and NBC. Psychiatrists have been studying this abnormality for years. The desire to achieve a political agenda at any cost appears to form a cranial depression in the frontal lobe that manifests itself in the form of ridiculous analysis and skewed world views. Some psychiatrists believe this has it's roots in a strange condition called Colin-Powellitis; A syndrome marked by the need to be respected for having no core principles while in fact having a core belief in liberal dogma. The mental dilemma this poses to the victim eventually causes the victim to be engulfed in a delusional state of grandeur believing that anything that the individual says is beyond reproach. People with Colin-Powellitis often display fits of anger when criticized and can only be calmed through an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria.
- Mike Silverman