Posted on 04/10/2010 1:20:25 PM PDT by libh8er
A recent analysis by Roger Simon of PJTV Media maintains that Obama is showing signs of mental illness. A wide variety of commentators have observed that Obama displays severe narcissism. Obama is conceited, and he is demonstrating a serious disassociation from reality.
A recent case in point was Obama's bizarre and meandering 17-minute, 2,500-word answer to the simple question about how he could justify raising taxes for ObamaCare during a recession when citizens are already overtaxed. Obama's wildly inappropriate answer left the audience stunned and led commentator Charles Krauthammer to mockingly say, "I don't know why you are so surprised. It’s only nine times the length of the Gettysburg address, and after all Lincoln was answering an easier question, the higher purpose of the union and the soldiers who fell in battle."
This lapse of delusion occurred in front of a friendly audience. Overall, Barack Obama seems to be slipping into a slightly more delusional state these days.
On Monday, following his embarrassing answer on Saturday, Obama stopped by the Washington Nationals home opener to loft an effeminate toss toward home plate constituting the ceremonial first pitch. After this display, Obama was mucking it up in the press booth talking about his love of the Chicago White Sox. The announcers asked Obama which players he supported growing up a White Sox fan. After hemming and hawing for about 30 seconds, Obama responded that he grew up in Hawaii and was actually an A's fan. Again, he avoided mentioning any players by name. Obama seems to believe that he can say whatever he wants, and not reap the consequences or be forced to defend his empty assertions. Obama behaves in a manner so disconnected from reality that he is shocked when someone has the audacity to question him. Obama acts like his word is infallible.
In March of last year Obama was on “60 Minutes” with Steve Kroft. Throughout the interview as Kroft questioned about the economic downturn and people losing their life savings, Obama just kept laughing. A one point CBS’s Kroft stopped him and asked, “Are you punch drunk?" How will the American people react to seeing their president laugh off their predicament? Obama’s inappropriate laughter clearly demonstrated he has lost touch with the pain that people are feeling.
Obama portrays himself as the larger-than-life figure towering above the political fray. At the summit when Obama was pushing his health care package through Congress, he attempted to act as if he were the chief arbiter of truth. With petty insults, he slapped down what the Republicans proposed and audaciously claimed his was a “bipartisan bill.” Obama distorts the truth with such frequency that one must start to question if Obama even realizes he is lying or is so disassociated from the truth that he believes what he says.
A further example of Obama’s delusions of grandeur occurred when he gave himself a “good solid B plus.” Believing that his presidency was an above average success when America is hurting is absurd. Obama went so far as to claim that he would give himself an “A” once health care was passed. Obama is not living in the same reality as the rest of us.
As Charles Krauthammer wrote, “Not that Obama considers himself divine. (He sees himself as merely messianic, or, at worst, apostolic.) But he does position himself as hovering above mere mortals, mere country, to gaze benignly upon the darkling plain beneath him where ignorant armies clash by night, blind to the common humanity that only he can see."
Obama sees himself as the greatest man to be president in all time. He truly believes it when he said "we are the ones we have been waiting for," and "this is the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and the planet began to heal." He believes that he can do anything he pleases and the people will love him for it. Obama plans to radically transform this country and go down in history as, in his mind, the greatest ever. Obama is clearly disconnected from reality.
Obama is, according to Newt Gingrich, “potentially the most dangerous (president), because he so completely misunderstands reality.” Gingrich was referring to Obama’s inept and weak stance on missile defense amongst other things. Even Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that Obama is an amateur; so much for wowing the world. Obama lives in an alternate universe where he treats our friends poorly and expects our enemies to change and become our friends. Here’s hoping that the voters help to connect this president back to reality in November.
BTTT for an excellent summation of psychopaths.
Liberals believe that what they say is the Truth because they say it. And if they say something contradictory the next day they believe that, too, because Truth can change. Truth is a mental construct and can be altered at will to suit the goals of the Liberal speaker. This is part of the philosophy they learn in the Ivy League.
This thread is full of excellent observations.
naw they will be told the party of no is screwing up the healthcare reform because they are racist and hate obama.
I believe pride rules him as a slave, just like his real father (guess). He now openly mocks us with nonsensical policies that issue not from core “beliefs”, but from a sinful need to push us in order to affirm his pride.
ping4l8r
Your description of a “psychopath narcissist” is as good as any, but such descriptions do us no good when “sane” people have relinquished their grip on reality and allowed such a person to grab the reigns of power. Whatever a “psychopath narcissist” is, this one is of the satanic, cunning variety and a real busy bee to boot. He and his laugh at our quaint diagnoses.
For my own sanity I just go with the Bible’s definition of the wicked and focus on their guaranteed destruction at my Lord’s hands!
Satan.
The man is so much like Hitler it’s frightening.
Obama didn't lose touch. He never was in touch with the average American.
Obama is a sociopath (think of all the unkind things he has said and done in the last year) who spent 4 formative years in Indonesia with a mother who didn't even want to associate with Americans.
It certainly looks like Obama learned a lot about being a dictatorial president (like Suharto) while he was in Indonesia.
In the free world, we've always been "Guido" the crazy guy who will take you out if you cross us. If we are not the baddest dudes on the block, who needs us? We over-consume and leave a big mess behind, but it should our friends who own the streets when we're done. If we can't do that, we've got nothing to offer.
We've been pushing back against absolute rulers for over two centuries. We're not the nicest people all the time, but we stand up to those who run around beheading or cutting off the hands of people who don't conform to their indigenous culture. It's our place in the world.
BTTT
You may have a point there. If conservatives take office iin 2012 and repeal this abomination, they'll blame us for taking away their "entitlement." Oh well, too bad for them. There's enough existing democrat bonanzas for them without zerocare being needed at all. Absolutely there is fraud in the system and many things need to be tweaked out or in, but nothing of the magnitude this administration has corruptly done.
Female and very Midwestern.
In the instance of a lame duck bammy, it would be lost votes becoming Executive Orders and Secret Directives to FBI and IRS agents.
With three YEARS to go and considering his apparent current mental state I am not so sure he is going to make it all the way through. We may wake up one morning to a locked down DC and little bammy shooting hoops out on the street.
Next time I see the movie Seven Days in May I’ll be rooting for Burt Lancaster’s character.
Wonderful Article.
I sent this to everyone.
Funny thing. Obama wants to go down into History, but he hasn’t even made it into Spell-Check yet!
I STILL get the wavy red line under his name! LOL!
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