Posted on 04/21/2011 5:49:19 AM PDT by Scanian
If it is true, as Michelle Obama said in February, that her husband isn't smoking anymore, maybe he'd better start mellowing out with the cigs again before it costs him the presidency.
The Barack Obama we've been seeing lately is a different personality than the one that made a miracle run to the White House in 2008.
Obama.2008 was engaging, patient, open, optimistic and a self-identified conciliator.
Obama.2011 has been something elsetesty, petulant, impatient, arrogant and increasingly a divider.
Never forget: That historic 2008 victory came with 52.9% of the total vote and 52% of independent voters. David Axelrod recently noted "how small the margin for error is."
Presidential personality is well inside the margin of error for 2012, but the one on display recently has not been attractive. And it's happening a lot.
This Monday, after wrapping up a White House interview with a Dallas TV reporter, the station reported that Mr. Obama said: "Let me finish my answers the next time we do an interview, alright?"
This self-referencing, snappish tone tracks with the president's "open mic" comments last week at a Chicago fund-raiser. Dismissing the GOP as "nickel and diming" him on budget negotiations, he asked, "You think we're stupid?" White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said the president wasn't embarrassed. But he should be.
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One thing I find fascinating is.. for the VERY first time in his pampered life.. 0bama will have to defend his record. He’s never, ever been held to account for anything up until now.
the dust-up with the Dallas TV reporter was just a small sample of what is to come. Barry is overdue for a major crack-up once he gets out there and starts campaigning in earnest.
I’d say he’s overdue for a mid-life psychotic break.
We’ll never see it. It will be better concealed than his BC.
Sit back and watch him crack under the pressure.
She said the courtship was great, but his extremely bad breath in the morning, his compulsion to throw his soiled underwear all over the place and his petulent behavior made her come to the conclusion that she was trying to manage 3 children instead of just 2.
"People out there only see the public version of Barack, I get to see the real one when there aren't any cameras around"
He is pure reactionary and a kind of a big pu$$y. He'll say anything to throw out a little red meat to the core groups that are abandoning him. She on the other hand will either say nothing or tell you the truth-as she sees it.
It may already have arrived.
CBS Refuses to Release Full Audio of Obama's "Hot Mic Session"
That’s very interesting. Do you have a link for this—I’d love to read more.
No. Obama.2008 was a stone freaking LIAR.
Initially narcissists often appear charming, charismatic, intelligent, self-assured and cool. They give a good performance, especially when the audience responds favorably. When things don’t go the narcissist’s way it very quickly gets ugly. Narcissists are prone to wicked sarcasm, and bouts of rage, an other unpleasant behaviors. Barry is so boringly typical when it comes to narcissists, he’s positively yawn-inducing.
Yup, all that’s entirely consistent with my impression. Barry loves the glory, but the work to get it not so much.
“Narcissists are prone to wicked sarcasm, and bouts of rage, an other unpleasant behaviors.”
I heard a doctor describe early-onset Alzheimer’s patients that way yesterday.
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