State of the Union

[Dill]

(01-29-2018, 07:43 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Folks need not get it twisted: Obama was as narcissistic as Trump, he was just more PC about it. 

Oh absolutely.

He constantly talked about defeating McCain and Romney, comparing them to himself long after each election. 

I think we all tired of hearing "the Best" and "the most" and "the biggest" and "the first" peppering Obama speeches.  Remember the "bigger" nuclear button he kept on his desk?  The times he compared himself to Lincoln?

The constant anger directed at "losers" and "second raters" was another symptom of narcissism--though Obama admittedly kept his so well under control only one news organization could consistently discern it. He often hid his anger at critics by praising the free press as a necessary condition of democracy, even when it criticized him.

Remember how he bragged governing was "easy" and talked endlessly about his IQ and genius. I can't think of any specific examples at the moment but I remember commentators on one special news channel talking about all the elite self-importance they could see in Obama even if he wasn't exactly showing it.

Obama may not have said he knows more about ISIS than the generals, but he certainly acted like it with that "hey I'm a Constitutional Law Professor and you're not" smile that you could see if you looked really close. 

Then there is that other narcissistic trait--lack of empathy. Maybe Obama never publicly insulted women's looks or mocked a disabled reporter or suggested McCabe ask his wife how it felt to be a loser, denigrated his own DOJ appointess, but you can bet he thought those things. Just hiding them to look PC.  In fact I would go so far as to say his hiding these traits is absolute proof they were there.

Pretty easy to imagine Obama saying "Part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich" or "It's very hard for them to attack me on looks, because I'm so good-looking."  He felt it even if he did not say it, confidently joking with reporters while discussing the fine points of his own policy like a know-it-all.  "Hey, look at me everyone. I know how government works and can explain my own policies!"


So now the news may be full of Trump's own narcissistic comments, but that should not let us forget eight years of Obama looking narcissistic and hiding his disorder so well only one major news outlet could really expose him week after week.