Depressed Republican Pollster Hides In His Mansion

[DeSwiss]

The Young Turks ·Published on Jan 6, 2014

"According to a new profile piece in The Atlantic, GOP pollster and frequent Fox News contributor Frank Luntz sunk into a depression following the 2012 election in which President Obama won re-election over Republican candidate Mitt Romney.

Luntz described himself as "less healthy now than [he has] ever been in [his] life," sleeping two or three hours at a time and fretting over the future of his career in political consulting...".* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

- I must say I'm surprised. I thought Republicans only got depressed about money and birf certificates.....

[CAG]

1. Another little whiny repuke "victim"

I have no use for him. He of all people dares to say that Obama is responsible for the toxic atmosphere in DC????

[TwilightGardener]

2. IF he is truly suffering from depression, my heart goes out to him.

No matter how big a douche he usually is.

[rwsanders]

4. I understand what you're getting at, but

I don't think this is medical. It is the consequence of a deflating ego. A megolomaniac who is faced with the fact that he couldn't be the ultimate puppet master.

[zeemike]

6. Bingo.

His game was manipulating people, and it stopped working for him.
That is the kind of depression I like to see more of...I have the no sympathy for manipulating and controlling people...at least when it is but hurt because they failed.

[freshwest]

7. From which he will benefit in the long run. I hope he's good and warm in his mansion... n/t

[Titonwan]

8. I don't.

I want the power company to shut it down and let him use that fireplace(s) for real heat and not ambiance. "Let me you a story about a man named Jed..."

[freshwest]

10. i was being sarcastic about the latter. But I won't indulge myself in revenge fantasies. He doesn't

deserve my time. It's sufficient that his scheming has failed this time, no?

[kenfrequed]

12. Hell No!

Because there is a damned difference between clinical depression caused by a chemical imbalance or condition and someone feeling sad because something bad happened to them.

When a relationship went south for me I felt sad and despondent. When I have lost loved ones I have occasionally isolated myself and felt empty and a bit depressed.

He found out he couldn't lie to people anymore and trick poor people into operating on themselves with chainsaws.

I do not feel even a spark of empathy for him.

As someone who has spent most of his life in the ranks of the working poor I would say Schadenfreude is all I feel. May Frank Lundtz rot in his damnable mansion.

[kenfrequed]

13. And let us not forget...

He has condemned hundreds of millions to suffering by helping to succesfully spin "climate change" into being not such a big deal. Yeah, my sympathy will be for those that are displaced, starving, sick, tired, and desperate.

[cantbeserious]

3. Kick And Recommend

eom

[Skittles]

5. "Cenk Uygur breaks it down."

OMG let me pop some corn before I click.

[Gothmog]

9. This story makes me smile

Lantz has been fooling people into voting for policies that hurt voters for a long time

[Katashi_itto]

11. Awesome story!

[hatrack]

14. Here's the meat: " . . . fretting over the future of his career in political consulting."

It's not "How could I be so wrong!?!?!"

It's "Why isn't David Gregory returning my phone calls!?!?!"

Luntz just realized that his sell-by date has come and gone. Maybe he realizes the scale of the damage he has helped to inflict, but I doubt he really cares. Sociopaths only "care" in mid-grift.

Fuck Frank Luntz.