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September 13, 2008 - 4:02 pm - by Richard Fernandez
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2008-09-13 18:33:09

Greetings:

Back in my Psychology studying days, I had a professor who used to say that our personality is what we are not. His point, in an Ego, Id, Superego way, was that the Ego was the way the three parts resolved themselves.

What most disturbs me about Senator Obama is what we factually know; that he was abandoned by his Kenyan father at an early age and then, years later on, sent away by his American mother.

These are significant traumas to be experienced by any child. And yet, we hear nothing from the Senator about how he resolved these twin traumas. My concern is that he is vying for one of the most pressure-filled jobs in the world and his kettle has to be, at the least, on a low boil. The Presidency of the United States, in this day and age, is no place to try to work out your personal psychology.