[Gay State Conservative]

The man is a very sick cookie when you look at him as a whole. He is truly mentally ill.

Gotta disagree with ya there.He's not *clinically* "sick".He's amoral.There's a difference.

[GOP Poet]

Not always. With some the two go hand in hand. Letterman is a good example of that issue and I am sure as time goes on we will find out even more. Delusion is a 'clinical' diagnostic sickness in both my opinion as well as a diagnostic feature within a larger mental illness in the DSM IV.

We may be just debating degrees. Delusion can start out small and snow ball and we may be seeing some of that here. But then again I see the Bush Derangement Syndrome and now the Sarah Derangement Syndrome as possible diagnostically delusional so go figure.

I am sure we are each right in our own viewing and assessment just separated by, as I said, degrees and possible listing in the DSM IV, in which I am sure they do not yet have a picture of Letterman nor Garofolo pictures under delusion. Time however may change this.

[GOP Poet]

Where I think you are absolutely correct is if Letterman where to ‘straighten out’ morally the end of the delusions and ‘right and socially acceptable action’ may begin. On this I absolutely agree.