Obama's Character
Narcissist
The narcissistic personality is entirely focussed on self. They have an inflated sense of their own importance. They need others to admire them. Their actions are actions of self glorification.
The narcissist:
- Is Self-centered
- Is Self-referential
- Is Self-involved
- Is Boastful
- Demands excessive and exceptional admiration
- Displays Arrogant, disdainful, and haughty behavior
- Has Grandiose sense of self importance
- Seeks constant attention and admiration
- Considers himself to be better than others
- Exaggerates his talents and achievements
- Expects others to automatically go along with his positions
- Believes that he is entitled to special treatment
- Is abnormally defensive to criticism and opposition
- Is easily hurt but might not show it
- Is Exploitive and ruthless: Takes advantage of others to achieve his goals
- Lacks empathy: cannot identify with other people's emotions and feelings
The narcissist recognizes only his immediate needs.
Everything else subordinates itself to those needs. The narcissist, therefore, at any given moment, will convince himself that the facts surrounding him, and the history backing him, are completely congruent with his need right now. He is his own moral compass, he is the truth, the way and the light.
Obama is the first president to declare himself the fourth best president in American history
Obama uses the I word more than all the previous presidents put together
Obama is the first president to blame everything he did wrong on the previous president of three years prior
From the beginning of his administration, Obama would repeatedly admonish his staff, members of Congress and the public about what they could learn from him. Obama projected an arrogant "I'm right, you're wrong" demeanor that in fact alienated many potential allies.
Obama concentrated power within the White House often leaving Cabinet members with no other option but to dutifully carry out policies with which they had limited input in crafting and might very well disagree. This was especially true in the environmental, resources, housing and employment areas.
One former Obama staffer said that it was clear to him that although Obama did not mind giving speeches, he really avoided personal contact with members of Congress and folks outside the Beltway. Obama does not seem to derive energy from spending time with regular people. He rallies to give speeches for the big crowds, but avoids individual contact. This "arms-length" attitude extends to the top advisors in his administration.
New York City mayor Bloomberg once played an afternoon golf with Obama. Bloomberg later exclaimed
"I never met in my life such an arrogant man."Rupert Murdoch, the owner of conservative media outlets says that "Obama might make great speeches but he does not get things done and he does not listen to anybody."
Obama Self Glorification
As reported by The Heritage Foundation's Rory Cooper, self serving narcissist Obama has added bullet points bragging about his own positions to the official biographical sketches of every single U.S. president since Calvin Coolidge (except for Gerald Ford). The Obama self glorification additions can be found under a bullet section entitled Did you know?. These biographies can be found at www.whitehouse.gov.
Here are a few examples taken from the whitehouse web pages.
See http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/calvincoolidge for the following Obama self glorification in the biography of Coolidge.
On Feb. 22, 1924 Calvin Coolidge became the first president to make a public radio address to the American people. President Coolidge later helped create the Federal Radio Commission, which has now evolved to become the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). President Obama became the first president to hold virtual gatherings and town halls using Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, etc.
See http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/franklindroosevelt for the following Obama self glorification in the biography of Roosevelt.
On August 14, 1935, President Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act. Today the Obama administration continues to protect seniors and ensure Social Security will be there for future generations.
See http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/ronaldreagan for the following Obama self glorification of Reagan.
In a June 28, 1985 speech Reagan called for a fairer tax code, one where a multi-millionaire did not have a lower tax rate than his secretary. Today, President Obama is calling for the same with the Buffett Rule.
See http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/lyndonbjohnson for the following Obama self glorification of Johnson.
President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare signed into law in 1965 - providing millions of elderly healthcare stability. President Obama's historic health care reform law, the Affordable Care Act, strengthens Medicare, offers eligible seniors a range of preventive services with no cost-sharing, and provides discounts on drugs when in the coverage gap known as the "donut hole."