It is for this reason that I have been screaming that when we nominate individuals for high political positions they should undergo a battery of serious personality tests first. Tests such as people have to take for management positions in many industries. Those tests reveal a person's ability to work with others, inclinations for lying, ability to complete tasks, etc. If it is important to industry...why not to our country...to make sure our high elected officers are devoid of emotional faults that render them ineffective and incapable of being a worthwhile leader??? It is time we are more careful about who we place at the head of our country than just worrying if they seem charismatic or can give a good speech, as so many Americans are so gullible to want and as the media promotes as being important, more important than Eperience.
Falling prey to the charm of a narcissistic person, or one with narcissistic traits is easy. Just like Obama, the first tell tale signs of this problem are the unusual calmness in the face of an emergency...people mistake this for strength and they are fooled into believing that the "calm" person they see will help them. It is not strength, it is an inability to know what to do, and the afflicted person feels helpless, so they pretend to be calm. Others think that should be admired, when the reality is, the afflicted person just wishes no one would get upset and the problem would go away and everyone would shut up so he/she can go on with their life.
The other early sign is the blaming everyone else for everything they have no clue about how to fix, what to do, or even care about...but just do not want to accept the blame for. This ties in with the "thin skinned" syndrome. Obama, like those with similar personality disorders, simply cannot accept criticism, even objective, constructive direction. People like Barack..well, they think they are better than everyone, and know it all. If criticized, they retaliate. They must have constant adoration and thought of as the most intelligent, most handsome, most thoughtful, most helpful, etc. in all situations. And...that is why he was so susceptible as a "tool" for those anti-Americans who have used him. They fed his ego. Their adoration was his drug and he continually needs to feast on that drug.
The third important sign is a gift for speaking, and a glib manner. Narcissists and those with strong narcissistic traits can charm people so easily. That is because they are really professional actors. They have made a lifetime of working to say the right thing to the right crowd at the right time. It has been their only salvation for covering up their low self esteem problem. If they can please someone with words, that person will like them. They feel they "fit in." Heaven knows Obama must have had to develop this trait to fit in with his family, his friends, his surroundings. Being a bi racial child, in a community where he was so different, and being thrust back on his grandparents by two parents who abandoned him at different times...well, that had to make him want to try to get people to accept him. Thus his narcissistic abilities worked overtime and became his fantasy personality. The real Obama is so deep down inside him, I doubt if he knows himself who he is.
Yes, I have also long predicted he will have some sort of emotional break down as things turn against him and he can no longer control the news, the naysayers, or the public turning against him. The people pulling Obama's strings will slowly fade as they continually realize he is of no use and has no ability to fool anyone anymore. All it will take is more people like the author of the article to start writing what we have all been seeing. But, so many who supported this sick man are still too embarrassed to admit their mistake. So, because of another fault in human nature, shared by millions, mostly the media, we suffer and have to endure a leader who is emotionally dysfunctional at the least and less than qualified to run this country...let alone a lemonade stand.
Great post. Well done.
More than a little reasonable in this day and age.
. . . though . . . given many professional colleagues . . . I’d sure want THEM picked carefully!
I agree with you.
At some point, probably very soon, events that he cannot handle will become overwhelming, and he will “crack”.
We are all just watching a slow motion train wreck.
I agree with you.
At some point, probably very soon, events that he cannot handle will become overwhelming, and he will “crack”.
We are all just watching a slow motion train wreck.
Good post.
And these broken, desperately needy people are PERFECT for others to manipulate into high office, because they are so desperate for adulation.
We should NEVER, NEVER, NEVER elect emotionally needy people to high office. Period. No Bill Clintons. No Newt Gingriches. NO BARACK OBAMAS!
You want people, as humanly flawed as anyone may be, who are not socially, financially, or emotionally desperate. You want people who have had some success, and who had great, satisfying childhoods, with loving parents, or at least publicly have overcome their rough beginnings and are open about the lessons they have learned along the way.
You want a Ronald Reagan, even a George W. Bush. People who are satisfied within their own skin. They may have flaws, but they aren’t going to destroy the country. And they do not truly need, and sometimes don’t even WANT, the job of President. They just don’t see anyone else decent stepping up to the plate.
Anyone desperately wanting to be President is wrong for the job. Beware the needy!