Chuck wrote:
> 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
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