[lbo-talk] cruise update: the Ralph angle

[Chuck]

Robert Wrubel wrote:
> I think you're on to something Chuck, about famous
> people.  However, I dont think it's always true that
> "under the surface they're just like you and me". 
> Performers (of whom I've known some) and politicians
> tend to have high amounts of narcissism, which means
> they constantly have to defend their boundaries either
> with aggression (like Bush's put-down nicknames), or
> by being on stage.  In both cases, they can't allow
> themselves to recognize that you are a real person,
> because that might set off the old inner panic that
> they are a nobody.

Becoming famous does strange things to you, so people react to this 
development in different ways.

Doug also made the excellent point about politicians having big egos.

It's been pointed out before that you have to be an egomaniacal bastard 
to want to be President of the United States.

In the case of Nader, we don't know how much of his presidential run 
involved his ego and how much involved an honest interest to raise 
issues using the forum of presidential campaigns. I tend to think that 
Nader was mostly interested in raising issues.

Chuck