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Obama has shed his vanity. Just ask him
Boston Globe Opinions ^ | 9-27-2016 | Jeff Jacoby

Posted on 09/28/2016 8:51:29 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot

Nothing oozes hubris like Barack Obama putting on a humble act.

“There’s a point where the vanity burns away and you’ve had your fill of your name in the papers, or big adoring crowds, or the exercise of power,” the president tells historian Doris Kearns Goodwin in an “exit interview” published by Vanity Fair. “And for me that happened fairly quickly.” Since he no longer revels in his own grandeur, he explains, he won’t fall into the trap of making decisions out of ambition or “thirsty” attachment to the prerogatives of high office.

Do tell.

Five years ago, Obama claimed that his accomplishments compared favorably to those of any president with the “possible exceptions” of Lyndon Johnson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Now he says that if he’d been blessed with “the genius of an Abraham Lincoln or the charm of an FDR or the . . . legislative acumen of LBJ,” his terrific record might have been even more terrific.

So when Obama says that the “vanity burns away,” what he apparently means is: Nothing changes.

(Excerpt) Read more at bostonglobe.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Politics
KEYWORDS: obama; obamainterview; obamalegacy; obamanarcissist; obamavanity
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Obama will certainly leave behind a mountain of legacy for his eight year reign.

What exactly is his single most talked about accomplishment? Obamacare. Look at the history of how it came to be, look at the havoc it unleashed upon this nation.

Historians will have a lot to say about Obama Legacy, besides just this one monstrous thing. Republicans and especially the so-called leaders in this period will also reflect BADLY.

1 posted on 09/28/2016 8:51:29 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot
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To: Sir Napsalot

Nobody is humbler than him.

Just ask him, he’ll tell you.


2 posted on 09/28/2016 8:52:58 AM PDT by Fido969
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To: Sir Napsalot

What, he had a narcissistectomy?


3 posted on 09/28/2016 8:53:06 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger)
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To: Sir Napsalot

Read Washington’s farewell address


4 posted on 09/28/2016 8:53:28 AM PDT by stocksthatgoup (when the MSM wants your opinion, they will give it to you Leary is this)
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To: Sir Napsalot

Ah, the ravings of a true narcissist.


5 posted on 09/28/2016 8:53:51 AM PDT by jazminerose (oective)
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To: Sir Napsalot

The truth of the Kenyanesian Usurpation would fill many volumes.

But it will never see the light of day because BOTH parties wanted the natural born citizen clause rendered moot.


6 posted on 09/28/2016 8:54:49 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: Sir Napsalot

I would (choke) almost believe this IF he would eschew his endless stock of personal pronouns! Add to that his expression of sympathy for Arnold Palmer’s passing? A picture of Himself putting, with Arnold in the background!


7 posted on 09/28/2016 8:55:44 AM PDT by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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To: Fido969

His accomplishment - worst president and biggest O-hole in history of United States.


8 posted on 09/28/2016 8:57:05 AM PDT by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: Sir Napsalot

Doris Kearns Goodwin-did that old pinko need help getting up off of her knees after the interview?


9 posted on 09/28/2016 8:57:58 AM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (Higgs-Boson 2016! Black Matter Lives!!!)
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To: SES1066

Didn’t he also say he would never again take off his shoes to fly commercial?


10 posted on 09/28/2016 8:58:09 AM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: SES1066

D@mn! I didn’t know that, but totally believable.


11 posted on 09/28/2016 9:02:04 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = USSR; Journ0List + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey)
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To: Sir Napsalot


12 posted on 09/28/2016 9:05:14 AM PDT by ETL (God PLEASE help America...Never Hillary!)
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To: Sir Napsalot; All

When answering ‘what mistakes did you make’, Obama will deflect the question, instead answering ‘what REGRETS he made’ as in not impose complete gun control.

You betcha!


13 posted on 09/28/2016 9:06:53 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = USSR; Journ0List + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey)
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14 posted on 09/28/2016 9:09:24 AM PDT by ETL (God PLEASE help America...Never Hillary!)
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Hmm, didn’t he just tweet another “memorial” tweet to a dead celebrity featuring a photo of himself?

Methinks the man doesn’t actually understand the definition of vanity.


15 posted on 09/28/2016 9:20:00 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: jazminerose

“I have purged myself of vanity. Now sit there while I tell you a story all about how I did such an awesome thing...”


16 posted on 09/28/2016 9:26:42 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Sir Napsalot

He’s very proud of how humble he’s become.


17 posted on 09/28/2016 9:30:52 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (ui)
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To: Sir Napsalot

Narcissistic idiot!


18 posted on 09/28/2016 9:37:12 AM PDT by rejoicing
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To: Sir Napsalot

Mountain of something he will leave behind. I doubt it will smell anything like legacy.


19 posted on 09/28/2016 9:59:24 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: Boogieman

But enough of what I think about me. What do you think about me.


20 posted on 09/28/2016 10:01:06 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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