Monday, September 13, 2004

Sleep Walk

A famous song by Santo and Johnny. (Hmmmmm. Johnny? Hmmmm.) well enough of inuendo.

The question is when Kerry walks in his sleep is it a sign of deeper trouble. It is covered here:

Having Trouble Sleeping?

which refers to this newspaper clipping:

Mrs. THK and John - what an interesting couple

This is the money quote:

Part of Heinz's charm is that she has no patience for this. When Kerry is asked about the nightmares that haunted his sleep for years after he returned from Vietnam, he shrugs. "I don't think I've had a nightmare in a long time," he says. But then Heinz begins to mimic Kerry having a Vietnam nightmare.

"Down! Down, down!" she yells, patting her hands down on her auburn hair.

"I haven't gotten slapped yet," she says. "But there were times when I thought I might get throttled."

Kerry quivers his right foot and steers the discussion to the counseling programs he has supported for Vietnam veterans. Asked if he has been in therapy himself, he non-answers. "It doesn't bother me anymore, I just go back to sleep."

Heinz presses him. "Not therapy for the dreams, therapy for the angst," she says, and looks quizzically at him, awaiting an answer. Kerry shakes his head "No." This is not your father's political couple, though you wonder, at this moment, if Kerry wishes it were.

The stuff described are symptoms of parasomnia. The American Thinker has a bit on this:

Kerry brain disorder?

Perhaps this is why John won't sign Form 180 and release ALL the records

2 comments:

D.X. said...

abraham lincoln spent his war-torn presidency riddled with psychological disease, from manic depression to mild paranoid schizophrenia. and he was perhaps the greatest president of all time.

M. Simon said...

If only Kerry was like Lincoln I'd feel a lot better trusting my country to him.

Lincoln looked for generals who wanted to fight.

On top of that it was the Democrats in those days who wanted to give up. And the Republicans (Lincoln) who wanted to fight on.

Looks like a reversion to form to me. Except that Bush may have a clearer head than Lincoln.