In honor of the opening of the new Harry Potter movie and the current outrage over the TSA... I thought it might be poignant to start a thread discussing the striking similarities between Janet Napolitano and Delores Umbridge..... Might as well start with the visual similarities......

Delores Umbridge



Janet Napolitano

I actually think this is sort of a fun idea and could be really insightful. The notion that there are certain personality 'archetypes' is one that I find interesting.

If you think about it, there do seem to be some common characteristics between those two. In general, they both seem to be bitter, lonely women who obviously derive a perverse satisfaction from not only controlling others but humiliating them as well. There is a bit of sadism in both of them. Some sort of repressed sexual issues are apparent in all this, I believe.

I know this thread is playing armchair psychiatrist, but I think it may at least get people to think about the psyche of the people who now control our lives. So far, it's worrisome.