Pain from logical consequences are the addict's best friend. It's a libertarian cure.

I was a little different. I knew 5 years into a 10 year run that I was an alchoholic, but got caught up in the denial and "I can do it" model. It took a policeman and handcuffs to crash and burn.

Her story is likely that of most alcoholics: she triggered her alcoholism during her first drinking episode (average age 13) and then she asked, "What profession can I get into that will allow me to inflate my big fat alcoholic ego?" Law and politics works well for this.

As for "bottom," often this is death. The problem is most alcoholics go through life hardly ever being identified as such (especially in the early stages). Hence, there are few if any interventions designed to get and keep addicts clean and sober.

You should take a look at my books and my free addiction report. I think you'd find my work of great interest.

Thats is a good summation, I wonder what her story is. Maybe we will find out someday. However, there is also a point of where they hit bottom, and it will come. It always does. Even the great addicts of our time, powerful though they were, hit a bottom and self destructed. Indeed, that may be part of the plan.

Agreed. However, egomania continues for as long as the ego is successfully inflated--meaning she successfully wields power over others. It's the substance addiction that causes all, not the other way around. Using dashes as arrows (leads to): substance addiction--egomania--a need to wield power over others--abusing others, along with over-achievement--successfully doing so--wields more power (it feeds on itself).

Yes, but she is anything but early stage. She is very late, late stage, and I am willing to bet she IS addicted to several substances, as well as power and money. Meaning, she may get in, but she will not last long, I am willing to bet she doesn't last 6 months and is either impeached or dies. I do not think she is part of the plan, but someone wants her in awfully bad, dragging her VP, who may well be the real one.

There's a lot more to lying than getting the next fix. It's about inflating the ego, which is the reason the 12-step program works as well as it does: every step works to deflate the massive alcoholic ego.

Early-stage alcoholism causes egomania which, in turn, impels the addict to have a need to wield power over others. They do so by abusing them (also by becoming over-achievers--accounting for the Mel Gibson's and Ted Turners of the world). They always abuse some (not all) others psychologically, emotionally and verbally; sometimes physically and sometimes financially.

A highly efficient way to wield power is by lying. Think about it my friend.

Yes. To a T.

Well, it is the scary thing that I have warned of, the framework of lies, the destruction of a fact and science based education system replaced with a social/emotional "hot button" response system that encourages no standards, just "feelings". That is how you control people, facts and figures have no impact, but "feelings" do.

yes, sir, I got that, I was implying that even as a liar, Trump talking to Putin may be a just thing, after all. The Beast would probably never see him until he ponied up the audience fee, which he will never do.

UH, Doug, as a 15 year alcoholic, and 25 year sober person, it is a wee bit more complicated. The lying is just to facilitate your next fix, and to cover up your damage. Many times you get "I wasn't drinking" despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. The addicted (and this goes across all addictions) build their own reality to support that addiciton. The Beast is probably addicted to many things, power and money seem the 2 most likely. So, like any good addict, she will do whatever she need s to to facilitate her next fix, and screw everyone else. An addict is the ultimate selfish individual, and thus cannot be trusted, as they sell you out in a heartbeat. The Beast meets all that criteria, as well as Billy Boy, but it is also a very crowded bus. That is why we see so much dirt on politicians, most are addicted to something.

Notice in Atlas Shrugged, AR did not waste any time on politics, other than how it interfaces with society and the damage it does. That was because she realized there is NO difference between the 2 parties, they both pander to a specific group, sell everyone else out for that group, and hope their group is bigger than the other to keep them in. Failing that, they then rig elections, buy votes and manipulate and lie. Describes our politics today, and the Obamanation administration no?

Because she genuinely believes, and has witnessed, that the American people ARE just that stupid. Its a D plank.

LOL! It's a "Death by Darwin" political affiliation.

How do you when an alcoholic lies? She opens her mouth.

I've researched behavioral indications of alcoholics. Pathological, serial lying is a terrific indication of alcoholism because it's an efficient way by which to inflate their egos (which early-middle stage alcoholics MUST do at the expense of others). Now watch her "I should be ahead by 50 points!" video. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vide...

The premise of the article is wrong, so in effect it is part of the propaganda that flows from DC as news and commentary. The Clintons are lousy liars and so is Obama. All of us who are aware of the world know that the entire establishment kakistocracy does nothing but lie. It is not that they get away with lying. It is that the whole process is rigged. Hillary could shoot Trump on center stage and would walk free. Even when the propaganda machine cannot hide the truth, it still provides sufficient cover to prevent justice from working. When all else has failed to hide the guilty, they talk it to death as this article does.

This works for an even simpler reason. The people have become as corrupt and the elite that leads them.

I meant it as a negative asset, The author says Clinton would be better as president. Only in the realm of lying.

A major portion of the success of both of the Clintoins lying efforts is that the 5th estate is in bed with them and will never pound on them the way they will with a Republican. Additionally, no Democrat will ever rat out another Democrat....Republicans will. Remember Nixon. He was threatened with impeachment and left because he knew Republicans would vote to convict,......Democrats jus won't hurt another Democrat..no matter what they do. No Democrat voted to convict bill Clinton.

HRC is just as dangerous if not more so than Trump. Can you imagine her addressing the nation on major media television. She will never tell the truth about her real plans or what's going on in her administration. She will keep everyone in the dark.

I just cannot believe our country has sunk this low that the only two people in the world that will run for the most powerful position in the world is a murdering, lying, dispicible person like Hillary and a blowhard, immature ego maniac like Trump. But truth be told, it will sink even lower before it gets better. Hold on to your seats fellow Gulchers. It is going to be a bumpy ride.

Right on target, it is such a sham to use the magic words, and call people names, and then turn around and use the same things. It is part of the whole insincerity and total debasement of all of it to make it meaningless.

This morning a woman came into my office with a "Madam President - Get Used To It" button on her sweater. Clearly nothing I would say would change her mind but given the female symbol on her shirt I am tempted to ask her if she is voting of Hillary because she is a woman. Of course she will say that is one of the reasons and my response will be "so you are a sexist, right?" Same as voting for Obama because he is black. I fear for the future for my daughter..

And that's an assett? Only when talking to another liar....

How do you get that? I am unaware of Trump using his personal email for classified information, selling half the uranium in the US to a dude in Kazakhstan or any of the other couple thousand weasley things she has done.

They are both liars, but her lies have graver consequences than his. He may be a bumbler, but she is pure unadulterated Evil.