Arrogant, Ignorant and Stupid

Unintelligent, no. Stupid, yes.

   The evidence for mental instability, lack of competence and inability to do the job is piling up, and there are increasing calls for either the Cabinet or Congress to invoke the 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and evict the current occupant of the Oval Office.
   The latest example of his arrogance, ignorance and stupidity is his attack on Sen. John McCain, warning the Arizona Republican that "At some point I fight back, and it won't be pretty." This after some criticism from McCain as he was awarded the Liberty Medal for his lifetime of service. The medal was presented by former Vice President Joe Biden.
   As if this will have any effect on a man who survived five years of torture as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, turned down an offer of early release because it would not have been his turn and was based largely on the idea that his father was an admiral -- which to McCain was not relevant -- and who is currently battling brain cancer.
   So a verbal threat from a man who has never done any military service, who now holds his first and only political office, is not likely to have any effect.
   Meanwhile, the so-called Goldwater Rule is being abandoned, leaving mental health professionals free to document and illustrate the evidence that the New Guy is, in fact, incompetent and unfit to be president of the United States of America.
   The rule was set at the time Sen. Barry Goldwater was running for president, and was criticized by some psychiatrists and psychologists as being unstable and unfit for the office.
   After a challenge, based on the idea that the critics were diagnosing a person whom they had not personally met and interviewed, the American Psychiatric Association issued a rule that their members should not issue such comments or diagnoses.
   Times have changed. It's becoming increasingly clear that the person referred to is, in fact, unbalanced and unfit to hold office.
   The Goldwater Rule was set by the American Psychiatric Association after the 1964 presidential campaign, and has generally been followed since 1973. The 25th Amendment was approved in February, 1967.
   A separate group, the American Psychoanalytic Association, now says it's okay to make such comments.