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I have been unlucky enough to have had a close extended contact not to long ago with a sociopath. He fled once I exposed his mass deception and was ruthless and cruel in how he left. Yet the most difficult part was trying to converse to semi close colleagues that were still under his sway and thus deceptions.

An example of this was the sociopath was a self professed Satan worshipper (to me) and I discovered several on-line writings of his to confirm this believe. He was also very proud to have tested as a sociopath and tested as having no empathy toward others which he laughed at with great joy.

Yet when I mentioned to a close, colleague (who is also a devout Christian and was exposing this man consistently to his family), he angrily laughed, "he is not a Satan worshipper." As if I was crazy. I told him to go on-line and read it for himself. He never would and continued a very long term 'friendship' with this man all along exposing his charismatic BS to his children.

Showed me the power of the sociopath over his followers and their ability to dispense of even their basic values to keep these people around.

Could Obama be a sociopath? Likely. If not he is surely malignant narcissist.

He never would and continued a very long term 'friendship' with this man all along exposing his charismatic BS to his children.

Your friend suffers from cognitive dissonance. The pain of knowing he was wrong hurts more to his ego than saving his family. He's not evil, just weak. But he's doing (or did?) untold damage to his children, which he will never face, but he will answer for.

re obastard? It's not a question of narcissist versus sociopath. They're compatible.

Narcissists and sociopaths share traits such as a lack of empathy, but the difference is in impulse control.

True sociopaths, like serial killers, cannot stop themselves from murdering.

Narcissists, on the other hand, tend to stay just above the law. They screw people over in every way imaginable, but just not far enough to get busted.

Bernie Madoff would possibly be an example of someone who crossed this line.

My sister ran into a narcissist at her church, which was already on the way to changing into one of those “mega-churches”. She was so upset by the woman that she started reading books about narcissistic personalities. They say that almost every church encounters one at some time. Narcissists love organizations that they can control and impress with their superior knowledge and skills, like churches and PTOs.

My sister ended up leaving her church because no one would listen to her criticism of the woman. She lost a lot of friends over it, because what the narcissist was doing was also covering for the inadequacies and failings of the minister.