Obama's empathy gap

American Thinker ^ | September 14, 2010 | Thomas Lifson

[ilovesarah2012]

It has finally dawned on Barack Obama and his advisors that his cool, imperious, arrogant style, however effective it may have been when he was taking potshots at George W. Bush during the campaign, is a turn-off for the citizenry he is leading as president. It doesn't help that he and Michelle are so fond of living large while real unemployment is at 15 or 16 percent, and that his economic policies are making matters worse. But the fundamental problem is that his elitism, and the associated disdain for ordinary people, shows whenever he is off the carefully scripted teleprompter.

Sam Youngman of The Hill has penned a dryly hilarious piece about Obama's quest to find his "inner Clinton" and connect to voters with some degree of empathy:

President Obama told a small crowd in Fairfax, Va., on Monday that he would stand in the hot sun with them and "feel their pain." [snip]

Unlike former President Clinton, who famously felt the pain of voters during a recession, Obama has not connected emotionally with voters over their worries and fears.

[Steely Tom]

Where have you gone
Willy Cli-in-ton
Obama turns his lonely eyes to you
Boo hoo hoo.

[bareford101]

the obamination bubble is about to be pricked and deflated in November. He is incapable of feeling what real Americans feel... (he is not a real American) but at least we can deflate the one he loves...”itself”

[FrankR]

What do you get when you take a mack-daddy, pot-smoking, punk, and put a suit on him?


You get a punk in a suit.

[OneWingedShark]

>Obama’s empathy gap

What a nice way of referring to the space between his ears....

[Jim Scott]

Obama's natural disdain for the people his upbringing, education and lifelong associations (BIll Ayres, Jeremiah Wright, et al) have convinced him are 'oppressors' and not 'worthy' of their comfortable lifestyle (by Obama's reckoning, 'stolen' from the poor) is not hard to understand. Most of the folks that voted for him didn't have a clue - and didn't want to. The media hype for Obama was all they needed. Now, comes the reality of what they have done and they are, in turn, guilty, frightened, and very angry. Obama's last two years as president are not going to be pretty, to put it politely.

[jazminerose]

Lack of capacity for empathy is a symptom of narcissism.

http://joytiz.com/2010/americas-crash-course-in-narcissim-101/

[BenLurkin]

[Frantzie]

TV is 100% behind Obama and Islam. Until the American public realizes and cancels TV then we will be serfs. The Saudis pretty much own 5 out of the 6 TV networks through shareholder investments, joint ventures and other deals.