We're almost beginning to suspect this is a put-on, but the Boca Raton (Fla.) News has yet another follow-up on the story of Kerry supporters suffering from "post-election selection trauma," or PEST.
Mental health officials in South Florida blasted Rush Limbaugh on Monday, saying the conservative talk show host's offer of "free therapy" for traumatized John Kerry voters has made a mockery of a valid psychological problem.
"Rush Limbaugh has a way of back-handedly slamming people," said Sheila Cooperman, a licensed clinician with the American Health Association (AHA) who listened Friday as Limbaugh offered to personally treat her patients. "He's trying to ridicule the emotional state this presidential election produced in many of us here in Palm Beach County. Who is he to offer therapy?" . . .
"Rush Limbaugh has no clinical qualifications to counsel anyone," Cooperman said. "He's not only minimizing PEST, but he's bastardizing the entire psychological field and our clinical expertise." . . .
"So if anybody on the left wants some serious therapy here and counseling, I'm more than willing to offer my assistance as well," Limbaugh said on Nov. 9.
On Nov. 12, accused by Gordon of picking up the story to rub it in the faces of Democrats, Limbaugh said, "Now, my friends, I didn't do that. I reached out. I offered a hand of friendship. I offered my own counseling services."
AHA officials, listening to the taped broadcasts, described Limbaugh's tone of voice as sarcastic.
It's wonderfully refreshing to read something like this, given that the Onion has lapsed into dreary, didactic leftism. And if the Boca piece is true, it is quite possibly the most hilarious thing ever. |
