The Limits of Egomania

Commentarymagazine ^ | October 2, 2009 | Jennifer Rubin

[libstripper]

Obama received a nasty rebuff and a stern reminder that the rest of the world doesn’t necessarily care what he thinks. Chicago is out of the Olympics bidding process–in the first round. Why did Obama invest so much personal capital and time for this? Well, he simply can’t help himself. It’s the same force of ego that drives him on to those TV talk shows again and again and that imagines that a grand speech with no content and no appeal outside his base will be a game changer on health-care reform.

[libstripper]

Many of us have previously commented on what a narcissist the Illegal Alien is. Up until now some might have argued he was just putting on a pose or trying to do the destructive things he actually was doing. This fiascoe shows he genuinely is a pathological narciscist. No president in his right mind would pursue an objective like this is a way that put a giant "kick me" sign on his back and his wife's back. Indeed, his whole Olympic pursuit was extraordinary from the lack of simple political intelligence, in the sense of the information gathering political operative usually do, which allowed him to believe he could prevail, to the incredible, hubristic stupidity that sent him and Michelle to Copenhagen on an exposed mission that was almost sure to fail. The Obamas' elevators don't go all the way to the top.

[the anti-liberal]

"The Obamas' elevators don't go all the way to the top."

Never did.

And coming in last in the vote? They didn't grease enough palms, couldn't get any dead people to vote?

Will he blame his epic fail on a vast-right-wing-conspiracy against the First Wookie and himself?

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[PetroniusMaximus]

“Why did Obama invest so much personal capital and time for this? “

The Chicago bag men told him to.

[Clay Moore]

I think he just needed another vacation. After all he has been working so hard for the past 2 or 3 days since the last vacation. And, it’s not like he has to pay for it or even be held accountable.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Barry failed. No ACORN to tidy up the voting this time...

[riri]

Because he is a narcissist, it never occurred to him they wouldn’t win it. He thought the world was going to do it simply to send the message that they are so relieved he’s not Bush. Problem is, as much as they dislike Bush they respected and feared him. They have no respect and even less fear from the wimp.

[exPBRrat]

HUH? It seems without the interference format of ACORN agents votes DO count for something.

[rbbeachkid]

Why did Obama invest so much personal capital and time for this?

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My guess: He was going to get huge kickbacks from those benefitting financially from the Olympics being in Chicago, even if the citizens had to pay for it for years to come.

[Graybeard58]

The Obamas' elevators don't go all the way to the top.

They are a more than a few french fries short of a happy meal.

[missnry]

0 prah x 0 bama x 0 bama = ZERO but somehow cost the taxpayers millions!

[Hildy]

And the Obama Supporters keep smoking the “hopium.”

[StAntKnee]

Be a heckuva thing if some of the boneheads in DC were to wake up and see that the guy is far from invulnerable. Maybe health care and cap and tax aren’t such good ideas after all. Especially because . . .

Most of the American people hate both those ideas.

[crazydad]

Did I miss something? Did Obama pay for this trip with his own dime? I mean the only capital he spent was American Tax dollars to go on a trip to Denmark for the Olympics? I didn’t want to Olympics in the USA. Why should my tax dollars pay for him and his Posse to try and pimp the IOC?
He spent Americans money not his own capital.

[Pilsner]

And coming in last in the vote? They didn't grease enough palms, couldn't get any dead people to vote?

The IOC is notoriously corrupt. And Obama and his minions couldn't figure out who to bribe?

[TexasFreeper2009]

It must be hard to keep your inflated ego afloat when not everyone will go along with that whole affirmative action thing.

He REALLY believes he has earned everything he has in life, when in actuality it was all just given to him out of pity for the color of his skin.

[ransomnote]

He thought he would ‘win’ the Olympic bid the same way he won the presidency, just by showing up. He had groveled to all the nations he visited - believing himself to be superior but showing his ‘greatness’ by humbling himself before his lessers. So, what could go wrong? He imagined returning to the US feted and fawned over with his minions simpering “Is there ANYTHING he CAN’T do?!”

[Nick Danger]

The Obamas' elevators don't go all the way to the top.

They are a more than a few french fries short of a happy meal.

They are not the fastest bunnies in the forest.

OK, now you tell one

[Just another Joe]

I mean the only capital he spent was American Tax dollars to go on a trip to Denmark for the Olympics?

And we all know why he actually went to Denmark.

[GraceG]

How soon until we invade Europe?

[Right Wing Assault]

t the very least, he may want to consider finding some advisers who will tell him to stop doing such silly things.

What, and have their head chopped off?