Obama may be compared to Robespierre, who was a true believer in the teachings of Rousseau (as he understood them). Obama is a true believer in the teachings of Frantz Fanon, Saul Alinsky, and other 20th-century Marxists.
Robespierre was truly an horrendous monster who derived sadistic thrills sending people to the guillotine. Then he received a well deserved taste of his own medicine.
BHO is more like Francois Mitterand—determined to impose socialism, nationalize industries, and increase the power of the central government and redistribute wealth.