Patrick Gaspard, former community organizer, ex-lobbyist for the Service Employees International Union and now director of Obama's Office of Political Affairs, is quoted in a 2008 New Yorker article describing what Obama said to him during his job interview: "I think that I'm a better speechwriter than my speechwriters. I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And I'll tell you right now that I'm gonna think I'm a better political director than my political director."
"And above all else, I'm a better singer than Carly Simon. Ok. Ok. Wait a minute now. Listen:
Nobody does it better
Makes me feel sad for the rest
Nobody does it half as good as me
Baby, I'm the best
You all weren't lookin' but somehow we found me
I'd never hide from our love light
But like soros above me
The press who loved me
Is keepin' all my secrets safe tonight.
And nobody does it better
Though sometimes I wish someone could
Nobody does it quite the way I do
Why'd I have to be so good?
I Won your election
With lack of affection
There's some kind of anger inside me
And your biggest fear now
I won't disappear now
How'd I learn to do the things I do?
Oh, and nobody does it better
Makes me feel sad for the rest
Nobody does it half as good as me
Baby, baby, darlin', I'm the best
Ok. Now, tell me, 'Thank you, Mr. President'."
Let's do another Carly song:
I'm so vain
I walked into the party
Like I walking walking onto a yacht
My hat strategically dipped below one eye
My scarf it was apricot
My had one eye in the mirror
As I watched myself gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be my partner
They'd be my partner, and
I'm so vain
You probably think this song is about me
I'm so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about me
I do! I do!
I had you several years ago
When you were still quite naive
Well, I said that we made such a pretty pair
And that I would never leave
But I gave away the things you loved
And one of them was life (liberty, and pursuit of happiness)
You had some dreams they were clouds in your coffee
Clouds in your coffee, and
I'm so vain
You probably think this song is about me
I'm so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about me
I do! I do!
You had some dreams they were clouds in your coffee
Clouds in your coffee, and
I'm so vain
You probably think this song is about me
I'm so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about me
I do! I do!
Well, I went up to Massachusetts
And my horse naturally won (oh, wait it lost, dammit!)
Then I flew Air Force One up to New York City
To see the total collapse of WTC 1
Well, I'm where I should be all the time
And when I'm not, I'm with
Some underworld spy or my wife's close friend
my wife's close friend, and
I'm so vain
You probably think this song is about me
I'm so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about me
I do! I do!