Narcissistic Rage in the White House

“So I think it would be hard for him to “haunt” US politics on his own because he’s simply not up to it.”
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I sometimes suspect that it might be hard for him to get dressed on his own. All this vaunted brilliance, wisdom and ability he is supposed to possess seems entirely fictional.

.."bastard” in those days had more meaning than illigitimacy or even a rotten s.o.b. It meant a usurper, a troublemaker, somebody who was always scheming

The characterization is accurate, in all senses understood during that period. But I think the understanding of troublemaker, schemer, defrauder etc. arises from the association of those traits with those subject to that condition.

Maybe I should say "illegitimate," since that's really the sense I meant, rejected by the father. I doubt anything could be more damaging, deeply wounding to the psyche-- perfect ground for bitter resentment against anything one might associate with the father. Since this society is basically patriarchial, it's not a stretch to expect it would be implicated as well.

Shakespeare's Edmund captures both the rage and its origin.It's also plain that his condition arises from no fault of his own, but from the actions of the father. The father planted the seed not only of his own downfall, but of those around him.

Assuming we could fix this, how would we? What do you do with people like this who are themselves blameless and nominally sane, but at the same time unstable, resentful and possibly destructive?

This needs consideration especially now, since it is now rampant.

I doubt anything could be more damaging, deeply wounding to the psyche-- perfect ground for bitter resentment against anything one might associate with the father.

And that's why it's a bad thing to be a bastard. It's not that your parents don't have a little piece of paper - it's that you're so damaged by growing up knowing that your dad rejected you. And in past times, people knew that and interacted with the known-to-be-damaged person accordingly. In these kinder-but-stupider times, people treat the KTBD person just as if they weren't damaged at all, because it's Not Their Fault.

I don't have a solution.

White House officials say that Fox has continued to stir the pot against Obama in a regular pattern -- raising a criticism, having Republican congressional leaders comment on it, and then using those comments to keep the criticism alive.

More proof that President Squarepants spent his whole life on drugs.

Wonder what he'd do if he had to put up with what the media did to President Bush?

You make wild unsubstantiated claims which does no one any good.

LOL! I see you didn't read the article or my post in it's entirety. Those are the words of the author of the article.To recieve an answer to your many questions, I suggest you contact:

editor@americanthinker.com

Perhaps the Editor will forward your questions along to James Lewis, the article's author.

Good Luck!

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