David Plouffe isn't a doctor but he plays one on Sunday morning television, as viewers of NBC's Meet the Press saw today.
Plouffe, a former senior advisor to President Obama and his campaign manager in 2008, was so harsh in his vilification of Donald Trump that even MTP host and closet ideological ally Chuck Todd felt compelled to defend the GOP nominee.
Here's the exchange leading to Plouffe's over-the-top armchair diagnosis of Trump and Todd pushing back against it --
TODD: I want to ask about the race in general. The last time you were on you expressed concern that Hillary Clinton couldn't do well in places like Virginia and Colorado. Well, it's the first two states that essentially the campaign has pulled out of 'cause they think they've put the campaign away. How did you miss that? I mean, why did you misread those two states in particular? I'm just curious.
PLOUFFE: Well, those are two tough states. I think they were uniquely suited to Barack Obama and I think what, so when we had that conversation I think the assessment was that Donald Trump would try to do some things to appeal to the middle of the electorate, to appeal to suburban college-educated women. He's not. I mean, basically we have a psychopath running for president. I mean, he meets the clinical definition, OK? ...
TODD (interrupting): Wait a minute, let me ask you, wait a minute -- do you really think you -- diagnosing people on air and I assume you don't have a degree in psychology, is that fair? I mean, we're jumping, we're jumping to conclusions here. I think this is what gets voters a little frustrated with this campaign.
PLOUFFE: Well, you know, listen, he -- grandiose notion of self-worth, pathological lying, lack of empathy and remorse ...
But enough about Hillary Clinton, let's get back to the Republican nominee, shall we ...?
Yet another example of a liberal opining and labeling it science.
Incidentally, Todd earlier described Plouffe as currently an "advisor" for Uber, which got me wondering if this was code for "lobbyist"" when it's a professional Democrat engaged in the practice. Turns out Plouffe's lobbying gig with the ride-sharing service was a bit bumpy and "after less than a year," according to The Hill, he was" relegated" to the role of advisor.
