Now, now, now, David Plouffe.
Let’s not venture where we do not belong.
Not long ago, I — among others out here in the peanut gallery — got all over Katrina Pierson, a spokeswoman for Donald J. Trump, for issuing what amounted to a medical diagnosis of Hillary Clinton.
Pierson said the Democratic presidential nominee suffers from “dysphasia,” a neurological disorder.
“Ugghh!” we all thought. Knock it off, Ms. Pierson, we said.
Now it’s Plouffe weighing in, declaring that Trump — the Republican nominee — is a “psychopath” and that he “meets the clinical definition” of psychopathic behavior.
To his credit, “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd called Plouffe down for issuing his own diagnosis, pointing out that he doesn’t have a medical degree or a degree “in psychology.”
Plouffe kind of shrugged and admitted he isn’t trained as a shrink.
David Plouffe is a brilliant political strategist, having engineered Barack Obama’s winning presidential campaign in 2008 and later serving as a senior political adviser in the White House.
He’s no doctor. So, let’s cease the medical diagnoses.
As Todd told Plouffe, “This is what gets voters so frustrated.”