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Alarming evidence of widespread mental illness among Republican US Senators

"Four prominent neurologists say they cannot see how Sen. Pete Domenici can continue his work as a U.S. senator given his diagnosis with frontotemporal lobar degeneration, a type of dementia. The disease attacks the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, which control judgment, complex decision-making, communication, mood and behavior."

"They would be prone to have poor judgment and make mistakes," Knopman said. "I would encourage them to leave their employment."

"One of the problems with this disorder is they often lack insight so they themselves don't perceive the problems,"

-- Experts: Senator's form of dementia usually forces people off jobs

Ominously for US citizens, experts cannot find any significant difference between how Domenici acts now and how he did in previous years-- or, for that matter, any difference between Domenici's behavior now, and how the majority of Republican Senators have acted for at least the past seven years. Look at this quote from Domenici's colleagues from the same report cited above:

"Those of us who work with him have not seen much deterioration."

Holy shit!

Alarming evidence of widespread mental illness among Republican US Senators

My wild side features: wild things blog: 10-9-07: PERMALINK