MSNBC's Martin Bashir, Guest: Tea Party Like 'Psychotic' Drug Addicts, Norway Killer

Just when you thought the bias couldn't get any more egregious over at MSNBC, Martin Bashir topped himself yet again when he encouraged one of his recent guests to psychologically analyze Tea Party members.  And Stanton Peele, the psychologist and addiction "expert" being interviewed, certainly didn't disappoint Bashir, delivering his rather patronizing "professional" opinion in a segment affectionately titled the "Mind of the Tea Party."

The diagnosis? It's pretty grim. Tea Party members are apparently suffering "psychosis." What's more, according to the good psychologist, they are also the equivalent of drug addicts seeking a euphoric high, who will stop at nothing to achieve that high, and who will lash out like Anders Breivik did in Norway if they fail to attain that high.  Peele follows up his grave prognostication with the assertion that what the Tea Party wants is unattainable, hence, they will (you guessed it) lash out like the killer did in Norway.

"It reminds us of addiction because addicts are seeking something that they can't have," Peele said. "They [Tea Party members] want a state of happiness or nirvana that can't be achieved except through an artificial substance and reminds us of the Norway situation, when people are thwarted at obtaining something they can't, have they often strike out and Norway is one kind of example to one kind of reaction to that kind of a frustration."

Relishing the moment, Bashir then asked, "so you're saying that they are delusional about the past and adamant about the future?"

"They are adamant about achieving something that's unachievable, which reminds us of a couple of things. It reminds us of delusion and psychosis," Peele stated rather self-assuredly.

Below is the mind-boggling psychoanalysis: