Posted on 03/03/2009 5:52:27 AM PST by DBCJR
I must confess I was impressed by Sen.Barack Obama from the first time I saw him. At first I was excited to see a black candidate. He looked youthful, spoke well, appeared to be confident - a wholesome presidential package. I was put off soon, not just because of his shallowness but also because there was an air of haughtiness in his demeanor that was unsettling. His posture and his body language were louder than his empty words. Obama's speeches are unlike any political speech we have heard in American history. Never a politician in this land had such quasi "religious" impact on so many people. The fact that Obama is a total incognito with zero accomplishments, makes this inexplicable infatuation alarming. Obama is not an ordinary man. He is not a genius. In fact he is quite ignorant on most important subjects. Barack Obama is a narcissist.
Dr. Sam Vaknin, the author of the Malignant Self Love believes, "Barack Obama appears to be a narcissist." Vaknin is a world authority on narcissism. He understands narcissism and describes the inner mind of a narcissist like no other person. When he talks about narcissism everyone listens. Vaknin says that Obama's language, posture and demeanor, and the testimonies of his closest, dearest and nearest suggest that the Senator is either a narcissist or he may have narcissistic personality disorder (NPD).
Narcissists project a grandiose but false image of themselves. Jim Jones, the charismatic leader of People's Temple, the man who led over 900 of his followers to cheerfully commit mass suicide and even murder their own children was also a narcissist. David Koresh, Charles Manson, Joseph Koni, Shoko Asahara, Stalin, Saddam, Mao, Kim Jong Ill and Adolph Hitler are a few examples of narcissists of our time. All these men had a tremendous influence over their fanciers. They created a personality cult around themselves and with their blazing speeches elevated their admirers, filled their hearts with enthusiasm and instilled in their minds a new zest for life. They gave them hope! They promised them the moon, but alas, invariably they brought them to their doom.
When you are a victim of a cult of personality, you don't know it until it is too late. One determining factor in the development of NPD is childhood abuse. Obama's early life was decidedly chaotic and replete with traumatic and mentally bruising dislocations, says Vaknin. Mixed-race marriages were even less common then. His parents went through a divorce when he was an infant (two years old). Obama saw his father only once again, before he died in a car accident. Then his mother re-married and Obama had to relocate to Indonesia , a foreign land with a radically foreign culture, to be raised by a step-father. At the age of ten, he was whisked off to live with his maternal (white) grandparents. He saw his mother only intermittently in the following few years and then she vanished from his life in 1979. She died of cancer in 1995.
One must never underestimate the manipulative genius of pathological narcissists. They project such an imposing personality that it overwhelms those around them. Charmed by the charisma of the narcissist, people become like clay in his hands. They cheerfully do his bidding and delight to be at his service. The narcissist shapes the world around himself and reduces others in his own inverted image. He creates a cult of personality. His admirers become his co-dependents.
Narcissists have no interest in things that do not help them to reach their personal objective. They are focused on one thing alone and that is power. All other issues are meaningless to them and they do not want to waste their precious time on trivialities. Anything that does not help them is beneath them and do not deserve their attention.
If an issue raised in the Senate does not help Obama in one way or another, he has no interest in it. The "present" vote is a safe vote. No one can criticize him if things go wrong. Those issues are unworthy by their very nature because they are not about him. Obama's election as the first black president of the Harvard Law Review led to a contract and advance to write a book about race relations. The University of Chicago Law School provided him a lot longer than expected and at the end it evolved into, guess what? His own autobiography! Instead of writing a scholarly paper focusing on race relations, for which he had been paid, Obama could not resist writing about his most sublime self. He entitled the book Dreams from My Father. Not surprisingly, Adolph Hitler also wrote his own autobiography when he was still nobody. So did Stalin. For a narcissist no subject is as important as his own self. Why would he waste his precious time and genius writing about insignificant things when he can write about such an august being as himself?
Narcissists are often callous and even ruthless. As the norm, they lack conscience. This is evident from Obama's lack of interest in his own brother who lives on only one dollar per month. A man who lives in luxury, who takes a private jet to vacation in Hawaii, and who has raised nearly half a billion dollars for his campaign (something unprecedented in history) has not interest in the plight of his own brother. Why? Because, his brother cannot be used for his ascent to power. A narcissist cares for no one but himself. This election is like no other in the history of America. The issues are insignificant compared to what is at stake. What can be more dangerous than having a man bereft of conscience, a serial liar, and one who cannot distinguish his fantasies from reality as the leader of the free world? I hate to sound alarmist, but one is a fool if one is not alarmed.
Many politicians are narcissists. They pose no threat to others...They are simply self serving and selfish. Obama evidences symptoms of pathological narcissism, which is different from the run-of-the-mill narcissism of a Richard Nixon or a Bill Clinton for example. To him reality and fantasy are intertwined. This is a mental health issue, not just a character flaw. Pathological narcissists are dangerous because they look normal and even intelligent. It is this disguise that makes them treacherous.
Today the Democrats have placed all their hopes in Obama. But this man could put an end to their party. The great majority of blacks have also decided to vote for Obama. Only a fool does not know that their support for him is racially driven. This is racism, pure and simple. The downside of this is that if Obama turns out to be the disaster I predict, he will cause widespread resentment among the whites. The blacks are unlikely to give up their support of their man. Cultic mentality is pernicious and unrelenting. They will dig their heads deeper in the sand and blame Obama's detractors of racism. This will cause a backlash among the whites. The white supremacists will take advantage of the discontent and they will receive widespread support. I predict that in less than four years, racial tensions will increase to levels never seen since the turbulent 1960's. Obama will set the clock back decades... America is the bastion of freedom.
The peace of the world depends on the strength of America , and its weakness translates into the triumph of terrorism and victory of rogue nations. It is no wonder that Ahmadinejad, Hugo Chavez, the Castrists, the Hezbollah, the Hamas, the lawyers of the Guantanamo terrorists and virtually all sworn enemies of America are so thrilled by the prospect of their man in the White House. America is on the verge of destruction. There is no insanity greater than electing a pathological narcissist as president.
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(p.s. every thing you read from here on is NOT my own)
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—You are now leaving the funk zone. For recreation, google this guy’s whacky site. He has a disclaimer, “Not a Mental Health Professional.” I think the right has gone from desperate to regrettable.
Man, the libtards are certainly getting some ‘buyers remorse’ pretty fast. They were too stupid to listen to us when we told them this is EXACTLY what we knew he was goig to do.
And the solution to dumping Obama will be (drum roll please) a CLINTON. Aren't these all (Salon included) Clinton supporters?
"Not a Mental Health Professional." I think the right has gone from desperate to regrettable.
desperate to REGRETTABLE? What an odd, and ominous, choice of words.
The One is a pathological liar.
Obama is going to be radioactive by his six month in office.
Well found; a significant aspect of the psycho-ops that is going on behind the front, Barack Obama.
We are NOT dealing here with just Barack Obama (who obviously is not smart enough to construct the sinister agenda).
The depressing thing is how clueless even relatively concerned people are.
[This is in Salon?]
Ditto on that question. Unbelievable, and having known som pathological narcissists, I recognize the traits as well. Wait till the spinning head, pea soup spitting tirades begin when all does not go well and fingers are pointed at the true culprit.
[I know all about narcissists. I work with one, and its insufferable. These are some sick f^%$s!!]
I have two in my life. When you are around one and finally figure out it is an incurable sickness, it is a real eye opener. Obambi has most of the traits, the need to always be perfect and above everyone else. But when the eggshell cracks, look out.
It's very blahblahblahGINGER!blahblahblahGINGER!, isn't it? Verbal Remedy February 17, 2009 05:57 PM"
It is actually from a Hallmark greeting card.
“Barack Obama appears to be a narcissist”
Obamachev - Hugo Chavez.
The more opposition he perceives the more authoritarian he will become. Let’s pile it on
Puuleeeze. He is nothing but a puppet in a suit who can read a teleprompter.
Does he?
How can we know?
Many child abusers make a great show of be great parents in public and then are negelcetful or abusive when at home alone with the kids.
From what I have read Bing Crosby was this type of parent. Always loving in public but always angry and abusive in private. His children were terrified of him.
Of course you are right - we never *really* know what these media creations are really like. We form inferences that seem based on observations but our “observations” are what pass through the media filter. JFK was a devoted husband in his day. Many folks didn’t know that FDR was wheelchair bound.
OJ was an all around good guy.
So who really knows?
I guess maybe what I’m saying is that 0’s body language around is wife is one thing - very distant, very cold - but the body language that I’ve *seen* around his kids seems to me very different.
But as you say I could be completely wrong.
Why, on earth, did you not post the beginning and ending portions? This is NOT the article on Salon. Salon is ripping this guy’s words, not supporting them.
You have done Free Republic a disservice.
You are correct. Very misleading.
Just as people need to read before commenting, they also need to read before starting a thread.
Should be pulled.
Unfortunately, what really impacts us is what the narcissist thinks he himself is. It is my feeling that Obama really believes that he is the “Alpha dog” and doesn't see himself as the puppet that he is.
Don't know if you've seen a pathological narcissist in action when they've been thwarted. It is spectacular in a horrifying way.
His “puppeteers” should be very careful to maintain their subservient posturing because if Obama ever thinks that someone is “manipulating” him and shatters his illusions - they are in deep doody. (medical term) :)
Not exactly. The original article by Dr. Sam Vaknin was on his website, but was pulled. Google still shows the listing as does Snopes. I was able to find the article on Salon as posted.
I never said that Salon was supporting this guy’s words.
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