Paging Dr. Freud

Via Buckeye State Blog, Deborah Pryce is giving the classic, predictable Republican response to Mary Jo Kilroy's demand that all legal votes be counted.

"Democrats are simply running their Florida playbook again and trying to steal the election," said George Rasley, spokesman for the Pryce campaign.

Funny coincidence here--I just finished covering defense mechanisms in the Introduction to Psychology classes I teach...

Projection is a defense mechanism that involves taking our own unacceptable qualities or feelings and ascribing them to other people. For example, if you have a strong dislike for someone, you might instead believe that he or she does not like you. Projection functions to allow the expression of the desire or impulse, but in a way that the ego cannot recognize, therefore reducing anxiety.

Or, and here's just a totally random, off-the-top-of-my-head example--if you yourself are trying to steal an election, you might instead accuse the other person of trying to steal the election.

Zees ees veeery interesting Ms. Pryce. Tell me about your mother....

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