{"id":4135,"date":"2009-07-02T19:23:54","date_gmt":"2009-07-02T23:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=4135"},"modified":"2012-12-26T16:14:54","modified_gmt":"2012-12-26T21:14:54","slug":"sarah-palin-is-but-a-vessel-for-gods-retarded-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/quote-of-the-day\/07\/02\/sarah-palin-is-but-a-vessel-for-gods-retarded-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Palin Is But A Vessel For God’s Retarded Children"},"content":{"rendered":"

“More than once in my travels in Alaska, people brought up, without prompting, the question of Palin\u2019s extravagant self-regard. Several told me, independently of one another, that they had consulted the definition of \u201cnarcissistic personality disorder\u201d in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders\u2014\u201ca pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy\u201d\u2014and thought it fit her perfectly. When Trig was born, Palin wrote an e-mail letter to friends and relatives, describing the belated news of her pregnancy and detailing Trig\u2019s condition; she wrote the e-mail not in her own name but in God\u2019s, and signed it \u201cTrig\u2019s Creator, Your Heavenly Father.\u201d<\/p>\n

— Todd Purdum in his Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin, It Came from Wasilla<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

See Also:<\/strong> A Party Of One<\/a>, An Answer For Doug MacKinnon<\/a>, Governor Sarah Palin – Flag Etiquette Training Required?<\/a>, Why Do Liberals Hate Sarah Palin?<\/a>, Those bitchy Republicans<\/a>, Sarah Palin Hates America!<\/a>, Palin E-Mails Suggest Tension With McCain Staffers<\/a>, and McCain Campaign Manager Wanted Sarah Palin Muzzled<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[tags]sarah palin, vanity fair, todd purdum, sarah palen, narcissistic personality disorder[\/tags]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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