Is Barak Obama a Narcissist?
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>>>> Dr.  Sahmuel Vaknin has written extensively
about  narcissism.
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>>>> Dr. Vaknin
begins, “I must confess I was  impressed by (then)
>>>>
Senator Barack Obama from the first time I  saw him.  At first I

>>>> was excited to see a black candidate.  He looked
youthful, spoke
>>>> well, appeared to  be confident – a
wholesome presidential package.

>>>> I was  soon put
off, not just because there was an air of
>>>> haughtiness
in his demeanor that was unsettling.  His posture and
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his  body language were louder than his empty words. Obama’s

>>>> speeches are unlike any political speech we have heard
in  American

>>>> history.  Never has a politician
in this  land had such quasi
>>>> “religious” impact on so
many people.  The fact that Obama was a
>>>> total
incognito with  zero accomplishments made this inexplicable

>>>> infatuation  alarming. Obama is not an ordinary
man.  He is not a
>>>> genius.  But he does have
charisma.”
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Dr. Sam Vaknin,  the author of  “Malignant Self Love” believes

>>>> Barack Obama to be a narcissist.  Vaknin is a world
authority on
>>>> narcissism.  He understands
narcissism and describes the  inner
>>>> mind of a
narcissist like no other
>>>> person.   Vaknin
says that Obama’s language, posture,  demeanor,
and
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the
>>>> testimonies of his closest and  nearest
acquaintances suggest that
>>>> the Senator is either a
narcissist or else has a narcissistic
>>>> personality
disorder (NPD). The following are Dr. Vaknin’s
>>>>
thoughts:
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Narcissists project a grandiose but false image  of themselves.

>>>> Jim Jones, the charismatic leader of  People’s Temple,
the man who
>>>> led over 900 of his followers to
cheerfully commit mass suicide
>>>> and even murder their own
children, was a narcissist.  David
>>>> Koresh,
Charles  Manson, Joseph Koni, Shoko Asahara, Stalin,
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Saddam, Mao and  Kim Jong Ill are a few examples of narcissists of

>>>> our time.  All these men had a tremendous
influence over their
>>>> fanciers. They created a
personality cult around themselves, and
>>>> with their blazing
speeches elevated their admirers, filled their
>>>> hearts
with  enthusiasm, and instilled in their minds a new zest

>>>> for  life.  They gave them
hope.
>>>> They promised
>>>> them the  moon,
but alas, invariably they brought them to their
doom.
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When you
>>>> are a victim of a cult of personality,  you
don’t know it until
>>>> it’s too late.  One
determining  factor in the development of NPD
>>>> is
childhood
abuse.
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Obama’s early life was  decidedly chaotic and replete with

>>>> traumatic and mentally  bruising dislocations,” says
Vaknin.
>>>> “Mixed-race  marriages were even less
common then.  His parents
>>>> went  through a divorce
when he was an infant
>>>> (two years  old).
Obama saw his father only once again, before
he
>>>> died in
a
>>>> car accident.   Then his mother  re-married
and Obama had to
relocate
>>>> to
>>>>
Indonesia, a foreign  land with a radically foreign culture, to be

>>>> raised by a step-father.  At the age of ten, he was
whisked off to

>>>> live with his
maternal
>>>> white grandparents.   He saw  his
mother only intermittently in the

>>>> following
few
>>>> years, and  then she vanished from his life in
1979.  She died of
>>>> cancer in
1995.”
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>>>> One must never underestimate
the  manipulative genius of
>>>> pathological
narcissists.  They  project such an imposing
>>>>
personality that it overwhelms those around them.  Charmed by the

>>>> charisma of the narcissist,  people become
like
>>>> clay in his hands.   They  cheerfully do
his bidding and delight at

>>>> being in
his
>>>> service.   The narcissist shapes the world
around  him, and reduces

>>>> others
in
>>>> his own inverted image.  He  creates a cult of
personality.  His
>>>> admirers become his
co-dependents.  Narcissists have no interest
>>>> in things
that do not help them to reach their personal objective.

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They are focused on one thing
>>>> alone and that is
power.   All other issues are meaningless to
them,

>>>> and they
>>>> do not want to waste their
precious time on  trivialities.
>>>> Anything that
does not help them is not  worthy of their attention
>>>>
and does not deserve their attention. Obama’s election as the
first

>>>> black president  of the Harvard Law Review
led to a contract and an

>>>> advance to  write a book
about race relations.
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>>>> The University
of  Chicago Law School provided him with the
>>>>
opportunity to write  a book.  Instead of writing a scholarly
paper

>>>> focusing on  race relations, for which he had
been paid, Obama
>>>> could not  resist writing about
himself.
>>>> He entitled the book  “Dreams from My
Father.”
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>>>> Not surprisingly, Adolph
Hitler also wrote his own autobiography
>>>> when he was
still  nobody.  So did Stalin.  For a narcissist, no

>>>> subject is as important as his own self.  Why would
he  waste his
>>>> precious time writing about
insignificant things,  when he can
>>>> write about such an
august person as himself?
>>>> Narcissists are often callous and
even  ruthless.   As the norm,
they
>>>>
lack
>>>> conscience.   This is evident from Obama’s
lack of interest in his
own
>>>>
brother.
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>>>> It’s interesting that a man who
takes a  private jet to vacation in

>>>> Hawaii, and who
has raised nearly  half a billion dollars for his
>>>>
campaign (something unprecedented in history) has no interest in

>>>> the plight of his  own brother.
>>>>
Why?  Because, his brother is of no  use in his ascent to
power.
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>>>> A narcissist cares for no
one but himself.  Our recent election
>>>> was like no
other  in the history of America. The issues were
>>>>
insignificant compared to what is at stake.  What can be more

>>>> dangerous  than having a man bereft of conscience, who
cannot
>>>> distinguish  his fantasies from reality as the
leader of the free
>>>> world?  I hate to sound
alarmist, but one has been fooled  if one
>>>>
is
>>>> not alarmed. Many politicians are
narcissists.   They pose no
threat to
>>>>
others…They are simply self serving  and
selfish.
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>>>> Obama evidences symptoms of
pathological  narcissism, which is
>>>> different from the
run-of-the-mill  narcissism of a Richard Nixon
>>>> or a
Bill Clinton for example.  To him reality and fantasy are

>>>> intertwined.  This is a mental health issue, not just
a  character
>>>> flaw.  Pathological narcissists are
dangerous because they look
>>>> normal and even
intelligent.  It is  this disguise that makes them

>>>> dangerous.
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>>>> Today
the  Democrats have placed all their hopes in Obama.
But
this
>>>> man
>>>> could put an end to
their party.    Naturally, the great majority
of

>>>> blacks have
>>>> decided to vote  for
Obama.   Only an idiot does not know that
their

>>>> support
>>>> for him is racially
driven.  This is blatant  racism, pure and
simple.

>>>> The
>>>> downside of this is that if
Obama  turns out to be the disaster, he

>>>> will cause
widespread  discontent and resentment among the
whites.
>>>>
>>>> The blacks  are highly
unlikely to give up their support of their
man.
>>>> Cultic
mentality is pernicious and  unrelenting.  They will dig

>>>> their heads deeper in the  sand and blame Obama’s
detractors of
>>>> racism. This will cause a backlash among the
whites.
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, the white
supremacists will take advantage of this
>>>> discontent.
I  predict that in less than four years, racial
>>>>
tensions will increase to levels never before seen since the

>>>> turbulent
1960′s.
>>>>
>>>> Obama will set the clock back
decades. The  peace of the world
>>>> depends on the
strength of America, and its  weakness translates
>>>> into
the triumph of terrorism and victory  of rogue
nations.
>>>>
>>>> It is no wonder that
Ahmadinejad,  Hugo Chavez, the Castrists, the
>>>>
Hezbollah, the Hamas, the  lawyers of the Guantanamo terrorists
and

>>>> virtually all sworn enemies of America are so
thrilled about  this
>>>> man being  in the White
House.
>>>> America is on the verge of  destruction.
There is no  insanity
>>>> greater than electing a
pathological narcissist as  president.