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OBAMA AND McCAIN (Reinhard)
The Oregonian ^ | June 12, 2008 | David Reinhard

Posted on 06/12/2008 12:05:42 PM PDT by jazusamo

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And he engages in a bit of narcissistic self-pity worthy of a teenager.

"Narcissistic self-pity worthy of a teenager" sums up the essence of American liberalism today. Saying that Obama, the Democratic nominee for the presidency, engages in such behavior is like saying the sky engages in being the behavior of being blue.
21 posted on 06/12/2008 1:11:15 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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“Narcissistic self-pity worthy of a teenager” sums up the essence of American liberalism today.”

From The Patriot Post.

Leftists politicos tend to be chronic overachievers because they have suffered significant loss — often the result of the disconnect with their earthly fathers. They subscribe to rigid doctrines and “nanny state” regimes to satiate their persistent insecurity, the result of low self-esteem and arrested emotional development associated, predominantly, with fatherless households or critically dysfunctional families in which they were not adequately affirmed.

Obama manifests all of these characteristics, and clinically speaking, there is a diagnosis. Leftists are pathological case studies of Narcissistic Personality Disorder, as outlined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders — the standard reference used for psychiatric evaluation.

Of course, there are many conservatives who were raised by a single parent or in critically dysfunctional or impoverished homes. However, somewhere along the way, they were lifted out of their misery by the grace of God — often in the form of a significant mentor who modeled individual responsibility and character. As a result, they have the courage to internalize their locus of responsibility.

Leftists, on the other hand, externalize responsibility for problems and solutions by holding others to blame for their ills, and by bestowing upon the state the duty for arbitrating proper conduct — even proper thought.

A footnote: It’s no coincidence that conservative political bases tend to be suburban or rural, while liberal political bases tend to be urban. The social, cultural and economic blight in many urban settings are Leftist breeding grounds for legions of the disenfranchised, those who are largely dependent on the state for all manner of their welfare, protection and sustenance.

These legions identify with Barack Obama. That is the substance, the essence of Obama.


22 posted on 06/12/2008 1:24:28 PM PDT by 1035rep
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Clever stickers and posters...

But if you are not voting third party this election....you will be voting socialist.


23 posted on 06/12/2008 2:32:25 PM PDT by UCFRoadWarrior (John McCain's three favorite words: Made In China)
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