Laser-like self-focus! Did Obama make Nelson Mandela, South Africa speech all about him?

Twitchy ^ | 6/30/13 | staff

[Nachum]

Lara (LAIR-A) @LHayes67

So Obama is about to speak in Cape Town. Will he equate himself with Mandela? It is always all about him, ya know.

That Twitter user didn’t have long to wait to receive an answer to his question.

Chuck Todd ✔ @chucktodd

POTUS' speech at U of Cape Town about to begin.

President Obama spoke in Cape Town, South Africa Sunday afternoon. Lo and behold, guess who he managed to make the speech all about:

AJELive ✔ @AJELive

US President #Obama: I took my first step into political life because of Nelson #Mandela | http://aje.me/live

OLAASM @OLAASM

This f****** guy RT @AJELive: President #Obama: I took my first step into political life because of Nelson #Mandela | http://aje.me/live

[tumblindice]

If he’s channeling Lincoln again, he’ll mention Gettysburg.
But I doubt it.
He’s in a Mandingo/Mau Mau frame of mind now.

[Sarah Barracuda]

With Obama, its ALWAYS about him..he thinks he’s God..the media made him that way, built him up as a God like figure so of course he has a God like complex, he thinks the world stops when he enters a room

[null and void]

If he’s channeling Lincoln again, he’ll mention Gettysburg.

Some day our children's children's children may read about Obama's Ghettosburg address...

[layman]

I took my first step into political life because of Nelson Mandela

GAG ! This man is so full of shit ... no wonder flies keep landing on him.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Who else would he make it about?

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[eddie willers]

I laughed at this reply:

“Obama on Nelson Mandela: If I had a father he would look like him”.

[BenLurkin]

Hussein’s narcissism is pathological — he is mentally ill.

[Conserev1]

Obama be selfserving No way!

[ncfool]

.saw it on TV and it sounded like he is running the dictator of the world and he was going to give the people in sub-sahara Africa all the riches of the US promising them billions of our dollars and telling them about bringing electricity in clean energy to them in the future. This is a very despicable thing from this loser president.

[txrefugee]

Well, BO grew up hanging around Communists, his parents, grandparents, Frank Marshall Davis, and his college associates, so adding another to the list of “People Who Made Me So Great” isn’t a surprise.

[omega4412]

If Obama tweeted it would be “IMG”

[Bigg Red]

Clever.

[novemberslady]

he is mentally ill.

yep

[21twelve]

“I took my first step into political life because of Nelson Mandela.”

I bet Obama loves the necklaces.

[haroldeveryman]

How about Obama showing his modest side: “If Mandela had a grandson he would look like Trayvon.”

[cashless]

He had to make the speech about himself. After all, “Father” and his family, thoroughly pissed him and his political entourage off by not getting well enough to have that one photo op with him shaking hands with Obamalamadingdong. Imagine being snubbed by a more important political figure than yourself and not having his stamp of approval! And where was Michelle? She sure as hell made a beeline to Boston to visit the Saudi terrorist in the hospital but couldn't make the effort to visit Mandela. Something is not good with the First Couple. Wonder if she found out he dipped his Presidential pen in some non First Couple ink?0

[Nachum]

Another ‘power’ couple. Bleh.

[Chickensoup]

He is a classic narcissist. All topics begin and end with him.

It is embarrassing.