Posted on 11/14/2009 4:44:19 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Obama’s swelling ego
By Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist | November 14, 2009
PRESIDENT OBAMA was too busy to attend the celebrations in Germany this week marking the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago. But he did appear by video, delivering a few brief and bloodless remarks about how the wall was “a painful barrier between family and friends’’ that symbolized “a system that denied people the freedoms that should be the right of every human being.’’ He referred to “tyranny,’’ but never identified the tyrants - he never uttered the words “Soviet Union’’ or “communism,’’ for example. He said nothing about the men and women who died trying to cross the wall. Nor did he mention Harry Truman or Ronald Reagan - or even Mikhail Gorbachev.
He did, however, talk about Barack Obama.
“Few would have foreseen,’’ declared the president, “that a united Germany would be led by a woman from [the former East German state of] Brandenburg or that their American ally would be led by a man of African descent. But human destiny is what human beings make of it.’’
As presidential rhetoric goes, this was hardly a match for “Ich bin ein Berliner,’’ still less another “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.’’ But as a specimen of presidential narcissism, it is hard to beat. Obama couldn’t be troubled to visit Berlin to commemorate a momentous milestone in the history of human liberty. But he was glad to explain to those who were there why reflections on that milestone should inspire appreciation for the self-made “destiny’’ of his own rise to power.
Was there ever a president as deeply enamored of himself as Barack Obama?
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Once again, it's all about him.
Narcissism run amok.
How pathetic.
According to evolutionists, we are all descended from ape-like creatures in Africa, so we are all of African origin.
A post better left unposted. Fodder for our enemies, maroon.
A post better left unposted. Fodder for our enemies, maroon.
A post better left unposted. Fodder for our enemies, maroon.
Wow, a triple spastic finger post. Admin please remove 2.
How utterly disgusting. How does someone like that get elected to anything?
From his speech in Japan:
Calling himself “America’s first Pacific President” during a 40-minute address, Mr Obama said: “I want every American to know that we have a stake in the future of this region, because what happens here has a direct effect on our lives at home.
He’s just the first of everything. Mr. Ego.
God does not think he is Zer0.
pride commeth before the fall.
FWIW, John McCain lived longer in Asia that Obama did.
FWIW, John McCain lived longer in Asia that Obama did.
At least he didn’t talk about his swelling wife.
“Few would have foreseen,’’ declared the president, “that a united Germany would be led by a woman from [the former East German state of] Brandenburg or that their American ally would be led by a man of African descent.
Man, he’s too good to be true in some ways. I never thought he would be THIS full of himself as he has been since taking office. Makes him look like such an a**. I don’t think even his supporters will be able to take him in the long run. He pretty much thinks America began in 2009.
Obama has interesting affects on people. He makes Chris Matthews’ inner thighs tingle. He makes my skin crawl.
I hope we see many more public volleys of disrespect launched towards him. I think that’s what really gets an egomaniac like this; having people like Sarah and Rush and Krauthammer call him out. His skin is by far the thinnest of any modern president.
Have you ever seen a person more enamored of himself?
The only thing ‘’painful’’ about the Berlin Wall to Obama is that it came down.
They say a picture speaks a thousand words. That picture on the bottom contains volumes.
If by "led" he means "led off a cliff," then I agree.
Obama probably thinks the wall was built to keep Western Germans out of East Germany.
No, take your rifle in hand and, no matter how abhorrent, start from the bottom and work to the top.
You won’t get anywhere close, of course, but your comrades might, and so, perhaps, the nation will survive.
Other than that, we’re third world before he can legally be “retired”.
Then too, we’d have to listen to Carter and Obama at the same time, which’d provide an insanity defense to any rational person...
Was there ever a president as deeply enamored of himself as Barack Obama?
Possibly BJ Clinton but I doubt it.
Ouch indeed. Boston Globe is part of the New York Times.
The “I’s” have it.
“First Pacific President” indeed.
Mightn’t that be FDR for having actually led the liberation of the entire area with much USA treasure and blood.
HA! Even Millard Fillmore holds much better claim having sent Commodore Perry to open Japan in the 1850’s.
BHO, you are a flaming narcissist who is FOS.
AND YOU, BARRY SOTOERO ... I KNEW MILLARD FILLMORE. MILLARD FILLMORE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE. YOU ARE NO MILLARD FILLMORE.
Didn’t JFK log some “in Pacific” time? Doesn’t that count?
The way that this VAIN Megalomaniac is so full of himself that if he was locked up in a room with just a bed & chair and surrounded with mirrors, he'd be so happy & contented with himself.
For entertainment he'd be happy with listening & watching endless re-runs of speeches he's made and documentaries about him.
Was there ever a president as deeply enamored of himself as Obama? Hmmmmmm......no presidents come to mind.
But IMHO, Ohaha is begining to act and sound a lot like the Rev Jim Jones.
We'd best recheck that healthcare reform bill-----to see if Ohaha added anything about tubs of toxic Kool Aid......besides jailtime......if we don't go along with this trillion dollar tax-and-slush-fund (disguised as reform).
God, I hope no lawmakers get between him and his ego----look what happened to Congressman Leo Ryan.
It’s time for a “fact check”. America is not led by a man of “African descent”. America is led by an “African” native from Kenya.
Oh, the Globe went beyond sanity years ago, but Jeff Jaoby is their token conservative. (Though they did suspend him on some trumped-up charge or other in the run-up to the 2004 (2000 maybe? Not sure.) election, presumably lest their moonbat readership get too contaminated to vote properly.)
You're right, Liz.
C&P's from JJ's piece:
"But as the literary theorist Stanley Fish points out, 'By the time of the address to the Congress on Feb. 24, the royal we [had] flowered into the naked ‘I’: ‘As soon as I took office, I asked this Congress.’ ‘I called for action.’ ‘I pushed for quick action.’ ‘I have told each of my Cabinet.’ ‘I’ve appointed a proven and aggressive inspector general.’ ’I refuse to let that happen.’ ’’ In his speech on the federal takeover of General Motors, Obama likewise found it necessary to use the first-person singular pronoun 34 times. ('Congress' he mentioned just once.)"
~eh?
Jim Jones-eque, indeed.
Looks like C&T's off the table, at least for the moment.
Let us see what becomes of the health care scandal, then fear for what will be next.
It is a safe bet Obama never had problems with “self-esteem” in school.
“But IMHO, Ohaha is begining to act and sound a lot like the Rev Jim Jones. “
I’ll bethe carries a wallet picture of himself ....not with his wife and kids, just him ;-)
“Let us see what becomes of the health care scandal, then fear for what will be next. “
Amnesty with chain migration 50 or 60 million illiterate slobs all voting for the De (handout) ticket. BIG war about to start .
Mybad, you're right my friend.
Thanks for the reminder.
Wouldn't have wanted to be late for the next battle, y'know? LOL
There's the unfathomable blind faith of Jones' followers........and there's the sap-happy airheads who bought into Ohaha. They ask no questions. They hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil. They are in "paradise."
As the Jim Jones story unfolds in TV documentaries, one sits there, awestruck, that so many people could have followed this madman to the uncharted jungles of Guyana.
Before being shot, Cong Ryan is seen on film saying people told him being there was the best thing that happened to them. Ryan was completely oblivious to Jones' paranoia, and that the Jonestown charade was being staged for his benefit.
One word comes to mind---stupidity.
One Jones follower brought his wife, kids, and mother----but when he got there and saw armed guards at the perimeter of "paradise", he said he knew he'd made the biggest mistake of his life. His desire to leave with Cong Ryan precipitated the mass sucide.
When Jones told his followers to "die with dignity," 900 people drank the Kool Aid.....and fed it to their children.
"I won."
Bill Clinton is a narcissist, but compared to ObaMugabe he is a piker. ObaMugabe has no serious rivals when it comes to narcissism.
If only SNL had the nuts to use Obamas ego for their skits...that would be hilarious.
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