Noting that “There’s nothing new about narcissism in politics,” Charles Krauthammer has a few questions about Barack Obama:
Obama is a three-year senator without a single important legislative achievement to his name, a former Illinois state senator who voted “present” nearly 130 times. As president of the Harvard Law Review, as law professor and as legislator, has he ever produced a single notable piece of scholarship? Written a single memorable article? His most memorable work is a biography of his favorite subject: himself.
It is a subject upon which he can dilate effortlessly. In his victory speech upon winning the nomination, Obama declared it a great turning point in history — “generations from now we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment” — when, among other wonders, “the rise of the oceans began to slow.” As economist Irwin Stelzer noted in his London Daily Telegraph column, “Moses made the waters recede, but he had help.” Obama apparently works alone.
Obama’s bombastic rhetoric and delusional ideas about himself are endlessly amusing to me. The idea of making his own presidential seal before he even became president, along with similar shenanigans, are shades of Charles Foster Kane. This whole campaign is like Redford’s The Candidate meets Citizen Kane.
Thank you Mr. Krauthammer. This point has not been hammered home enough. To vote “Present” is to not vote. My Grandmother, taught me that if you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything. Obama doesn’t stand for anything. This is the scariest election I have ever witnessed. The only thing good is that it has taken sooooo very long that Obama’s narcissim is finally showing and hopefully the electorate will see him for what he is (an empty suit)before they vote.
Barak Obama looks like a man totally wrapped up in himself.I really don’t understand what he stands for. His trip to Germany was probably a gigantic ego turn-on. I wonder why he has gained so much ‘support’. Moreover he’s an enigma about a lot of things.
Your post (along with the 3 previous commenter’s post) are………?? Retroactively, I don’t see how any of them were relevant to this past campaign. I mean, all four post/comments are commenting on the individual candidate. It’s like Barack said, “it’s not about me”. His election was significant for SO many reasons that had little to do with him as an individual. So many… So just let it go, and try to enjoy whatever it is you enjoy doing…preferably something healthy.