Emotional Baloney

Two blogs ago I wrote about the overwhelming movement in America, following Europe, to emotionalize every relationship, and to make victims of everyone in sight. This is psychological baloney. Now we can see the dreadful end of such immature and inappropriate psychologizing.

The following article shows how far down the ladder of evolution our political leaders have fallen. It comes from a great blog, OpinionJournal put out by the Wall Street Journal free online. OpinionJournal@wsj.com

Wisconsin Democrats Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold joined Vermont's Pat Leahy and all 10 Judiciary Committee Republicans in voting for Judge John Roberts's confirmation as chief justice, sending Roberts's nomination to the Senate floor on a 13-5 vote.

Sens. Ted Kennedy, Joe Biden, Dianne Feinstein, Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin voted "no," mostly, it seems, because Roberts didn't talk enough about his feelings. Here's Feinstein from the transcript:

I attempted to get a sense of his temperament and values. And I asked him about the end-of-life decisions: clearly, decisions that are gut-wrenching, difficult and extremely personal. Rather than talking to me as a son, a husband, a father--which I specifically requested he do--he gave a very detached response.

Does this show the inanity and ignorance of just one Senator or is it just one more example of how emotionally unstable our leaders are? A Supreme Court Justice is not supposed to share his opinions while wallowing in the unfulfilled emotions of the past. A Justice must weigh the law impartially and intellectually. Those who interpret laws by emotion rather than cognition are said by therapist such as myself as engaging in "PROJECTION: The unconscious imposition of inner feelings and ideas onto other people or situations."

No wonder San Francisco and much of California are in such a mess. They are electing emotionally unstable people to the United States Senate. And, no wonder we have Justices who think they should make laws according to European and Asian values.