Oh-oh! Politicians share personality traits with serial killers: Study

I grew up in Ohio. People used to say there that Ohio has has more serial killers and presidents than any other state. I don't know how true that is or if it is just one of those things you often hear repeated. I do know that it looks like there may be a reason for this.

This L.A. Times article is just too wonderful for words. It really reaffirms so much of what I often say.

Oh-oh! Politicians share personality traits with serial killers: Study

Using his law enforcement experience and data drawn from the FBI's behavioral analysis unit, Jim Kouri has collected a series of personality traits common to a couple of professions.

Kouri, who's a vice president of the National Assn. of Chiefs of Police, has assembled traits such as superficial charm, an exaggerated sense of self-worth, glibness, lying, lack of remorse and manipulation of others.

These traits, Kouri points out in his analysis, are common to psychopathic serial killers.

But -- and here's the part that may spark some controversy and defensive discussion -- these traits are also common to American politicians. (Maybe you already suspected.)

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