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Post-election selection trauma

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Stephen

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Yahoo.com said:
MIAMI (AFP) - Shocked supporters of defeated US presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) are seeking help from psychologists, who refer to their condition as "post-election selection trauma."

The Boca Raton News reported Tuesday that Palm Beach, Florida trauma specialist Douglas Schooler alone has already treated 15 clients and friends with intense hypnotherapy since the Democratic candidate conceded on November 3.


"I had one friend tell me he's never been so depressed and angry in his life," Schooler said. "I observed patients threatening to leave the country or staring listlessly into space. They were emotionally paralyzed, shocked and devastated," he told the daily.


"We're calling it 'post-election selection trauma' and we're working to develop a counseling program for it," said Rob Gordon, the Boca Raton-based executive director of the American Health Association.


"It's like post-traumatic stress syndrome, but it's a short-term shock rather than a childhood trauma," he told the daily.
 

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I almost always vote 3rd party for President because I'm never satisfied with the choices from the two main parties. This year I went Libertarian and could not be happier with my vote.

I work in Boston and still see people upset that Kerry lost the election. It's rather sad.
 

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Boca Raton News said:
Psychologists blast Rush Limbaugh for mocking traumatized Kerry voters
Post Election Selection Trauma is a real problem, Florida clinicians say

Published Tuesday, November 16, 2004 at 1:00 am
by Sean Salai


Mental health officials in South Florida blasted Rush Limbaugh on Monday, saying the conservative talk show host’s offer of “free therapy” for traumatized John Kerry voters has made a mockery of a valid psychological problem.
“Rush Limbaugh has a way of back-handedly slamming people,” said Sheila Cooperman, a licensed clinician with the American Health Association (AHA) who listened Friday as Limbaugh offered to personally treat her patients. “He’s trying to ridicule the emotional state this presidential election produced in many of us here in Palm Beach County. Who is he to offer therapy?”
The Boca Raton News reported last week that more than 30 distraught Kerry supporters in South Florida contacted the non-profit AHA following their candidate’s Nov. 3 concession to President Bush. AHA officials have diagnosed the disorder as Post Election Selection Trauma (PEST) and have scheduled the first of several free group therapy sessions for just after Thanksgiving.
Cooperman, whose professional practice is based in Delray Beach, said the election-related symptoms she sees in the Kerry supporters more than quality PEST as “a legitimate syndrome or disorder within the trauma spectrum,” according to the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
“Rush Limbaugh has no clinical qualifications to counsel anyone,” Cooperman said. “He’s not only minimizing PEST, but he’s bastardizing the entire psychological field and our clinical expertise.”
Rob Gordon, AHA executive director, said Limbaugh’s radio musings caused the charity to receive hundreds of calls and letters from gloating Republicans. But he said he also received a small batch of letters and e-mails from people who said they understood why some Kerry voters would need therapy.
A man named Paul wrote to AHA, “I too was very depressed, and I knew a lot people who felt the same way. You have to understand that to many of us, this was the key election about the future of our country, and with a Bush win that future is pretty much destroyed. Naturally, there’s going to be some significant grief.”
“The people here in Palm Beach County now in therapy or support groups are the canaries in the mine shaft,” Gordon said. “There could be thousands of others, even Republicans, who need to be in therapy over this election.”
Gordon said the AHA on Monday also received its first out-of-state call – from a fixed-income woman in Texas who is “absolutely terrified of what Bush will do” – and scheduled a free telephone therapy session with her for today.
Douglas Schooler, the Boca Raton trauma specialist who treated 20 people with hypnotherapy following Kerry’s loss, said he believes many people suffering from election-related symptoms are still afraid to step forward.“The Republicans want Kerry voters to shut up and pretend they’re not feeling anything,” Schooler said. “But many people have serious emotional pain over this election and it’s unhealthy to stuff it down inside of you. Therapy is the best way.”
Although Schooler said he never listens to Limbaugh, he said he has been deluged by similar phone calls and attacked on South Florida’s radio talk shows.
“Most of the calls I’m getting are from Republicans making fun of the whole thing,” Schooler said. “One guy wrote me a letter saying I should tell people to vote Republican and save themselves the stress. Republicans want to minimize the whole story of election fraud and voter anger.”
Schooler said he did not expect the Republican gloating to stop anytime soon.
Limbaugh, a Palm Beach County resident who owns $26 million worth of property in the area, read the two Boca News exclusives on his nationally syndicated radio program last week.
“So if anybody on the left wants some serious therapy here and counseling, I’m more than willing to offer my assistance as well,” Limbaugh said on Nov. 9.
On Nov. 12, accused by Gordon of picking up the story to rub it in the faces of Democrats, Limbaugh said, “Now, my friends, I didn’t do that. I reached out. I offered a hand of friendship. I offered my own counseling services.”
AHA officials, listening to the taped broadcasts, described Limbaugh’s tone of voice as sarcastic.

http://www.bocaratonnews.com/index.php?src=news&category=Local News&prid=10210
 

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Here is our new Secretary of State's very own Chevron Oil tanker. Yes it was quietly renamed the Altair Voyager when Condoleezza Rice started working for president George W Bush as national security advisor in 2000. How is someone that had an Oil Tanker named after them going to negotiate with other countries as Secretary of State? Maybe we all need counseling to figure this one out.

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noreaster said:
A Chevron spokeswoman said yesterday that the oil giant has no intention of renaming the Condoleezza Rice and noted that board member Carla Hills also had a Chevron tanker named in her honor before she was appointed former President George Bush's trade secretary -- and the vessel has kept the name.

"It's part of a long-standing practice of naming (tankers) after members of the board of directors," a company spokeswoman said, citing other big ships named George Shultz, David Packard and Kenneth T. Derr.

Rice's office did not return repeated phone calls yesterday, but she told Fox TV last year that she has no regrets regarding her Chevron ties.

"I'm very proud of my association with Chevron, and I think we should be very proud of the job American oil companies are doing in exploration abroad, in exploration at home, and in making certain we have a safe energy supply," she said.

Lewis notes that both Rice and the White House have promised that she will recuse herself from any decisions directly involving Chevron.

Guess what... most of the people in government have ties elsewhere. I'm more interested in a Secretary of State from an international compoany than one who has no background in world affairs.

By the way, don't you think having a MILITARY sec of state would be offensive?!

Finally, let me ask you this in a liberal style: how dare you criticize the first balck woman to be Sec of State. Which are you, racist or misoginistic? :)

-Stephen
 
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Oil companies are the businesses that keep this country rolling, if the people who suffer PEST (God, make me stop laughing) can't cope with Kerry's loss could they possibly cope with the electricty going off, their cable dead forever, a country run off AA batteries, and their cars gone. I thought democrats were for domestic issues, oil companies provide jobs for American workers. Thats not really it, is it you little pathetic parrots; its that JR was the head of an oil company and he was evil so Bush from Texas is bad too. No, well try this on... you defend France who really were doing it for oil and at the expense of the Iraqi people; stealing oil and billions of dollars, you don't understand do you... go back to your TV.
 

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Here's a question to ponder:

Would we even be discussing something called "Post-election selection trauma" had John Kerry won?
 

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good question greg.

as a so called liberal, i think kerry supporters need to get over it and start worrying about picking a better candidate for 2008. clearly the majority of people that voted in this country did not approve of kerry despite the fact that polls indicated a majority disagreed with how bush was running the country and think we're not on the right track.
 

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Greg said:
Here's a question to ponder:

Would we even be discussing something called "Post-election selection trauma" had John Kerry won?

Is this really a national phenomenon or is it something that's limited to the "Blue" states? Since the only newspaper I get a chance to read is the Boston Globe, I'm sure I don't get a balanced view of politics. 8)

Personally, I have a real problem with Bush and his administration because I think that they've been dishonest with the American people in a lot of important areas...but the people have spoken, so I'd say it's time to get on with life (and hope for cold weather and/or SNOW!).
 

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riverc0il said:
i think kerry supporters need to get over it and start worrying about picking a better candidate for 2008.
Agreed on your first point, but c'mon, Steve. You and I both konw the Dems already have one. HRC.
 

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i am doubtful of HRC being a frontrunner candidate. i don't think this nation is ready to vote for a woman first lady, unfortuantely. i think having a woman running for pres would be great. but i think men, and even most woman, would take the ingrained position that a man should be leading the country, especially in the areas in which the dems need to increase support - i.e. the south and mid-west that have very "traditional" view points. to be quite frank, i'd like nothing more than to see another clinton in the office. but i am not convinced it's the best choice for the dems if they want to win in 08. then again, maybe they figure it's time for drastic measures, i'm not sure.
 

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Female presidential candidate

There will be a female candidate for President in 2008 and her name is Condoleeza Rice. It's possible Hillary will run also but I don't think she can win the primaries.
 

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Re: Female presidential candidate

jjmcgo said:
There will be a female candidate for President in 2008 and her name is Condoleeza Rice. It's possible Hillary will run also but I don't think she can win the primaries.


You're almost right - in 2008 there will be a black candidate and his name will be Colin Powell. I'm not advocating his candidacy or anyone else's (with the possible exception of John McCain), but I think he will run.

HRC will never be allowed to run for President. Even the Dems, with their recent history of lousy candidates (except Bill) can see they would get further behind the Republicans if they try to push her forward.
 

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Re: Female presidential candidate

ChileMass said:
You're almost right - in 2008 there will be a black candidate and his name will be Colin Powell.

Unfortunately, it'll never happen. Powell's wife is deathly afraid he will be assassinated if he tries to run and she's probably right. On top of that, I think Powell is disgusted with the whole political process; he feels he was left hanging by Bush regarding the whole WMG game, and he was. Some will play any game to get ahead, but I don't think Powell is one of them.
 

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too bad colin powell got involved with the bush administration. he used to be one of the most respected politicians around. i am as previously mentioned of the liberal pursation and disagree with some of his views, but he probably would have had my vote if he ran in 2000. after his involvement with the last administration he has lost a lot of respect from a lot of people, myself included.

i'd be surprised to see rice step up to a white house bid. more likely i'd expect her to push for a VP slot, that would be the strongest ticket and get her more experience. come to think of it, HRC would make for a solid VP ticket as well.
 

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re:....

noreaster said:
Here is our new Secretary of State's very own Chevron Oil tanker.
oiltank.jpg
Thanks for the post noreaster, it reminds me of what my second flatwater canoe handled like.... I'm glad the ex-Beef Industry lobbyist is no longer a Secretary of ?????(Whatever that post was named....that looks after our beef).
There'll be no excuses for Republicans in 4 years, Bush's tactics will be implemented.... :roll: :lol:
 
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