Thanks, dan, for taking the time. As with your earlier comment, alot of food for thought, and much, if not all, true.
My particular distaste for Obama came when I discovered he lacked empathy – was a “user” of people – a hallmark of the narcissist. First evidenced in his state senate years – getting Emil Jones to put his name on legislation that others had worked on for years. Repeated again in the US Senate when he took to the microphones to take credit for an immigration bill (he hadn’t even attended any of its formulative meetings). This lead one US Senator to remark, “There are work horses in the senate, and there are show horses.”
Uglier still are the examples of putting his own children in Wright’s pews and throwing granny under the bus. Now he divorces Wright. It’ll be interesting to see how this one sits with the Rev. There’s a guy who has some power – and a very loud voice. Not so with his own flesh and blood.
I just don’t know if he is the one motivated to achieve all this – and in such a short span of time – or if someone or something much larger is behind it all.
He is without accomplishment (beyond education, which may have been achieved without much work on his part anyway – he’s certainly bright enough). And I read his year as Editor, Law Review was the least productive ever. Maybe we can be comforted with the thought that he might not achieve anything should he actually be elected. But his absolute blindness to evil is no comfort whatsover.
What I can’t figure out is if this is just a tale of an uncaring (except for “self”), marginally harmless narcissist, or something far more destructive yet to be realized.
