Obama: the Anti-American Narcissistic President
In his latest column for the Washington Post, conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer takes President Obama to task for, well, being a tad bit narcissistic and anti-American. He writes:
It began with the almost comical self-inflation of his presidential campaign, from the still inexplicable mass rally in Berlin in front of a Prussian victory column to the Greek columns framing him at the Democratic convention. And it carried into his presidency, from his posture of philosopher-king adjudicating between America’s sins and the world’s to his speeches marked by a spectacularly promiscuous use of the word “I.”
Notice, too, how Obama habitually refers to Cabinet members and other high government officials as “my” — “my secretary of homeland security,” “my national security team,” “my ambassador.” The more normal — and respectful — usage is to say “the,” as in “the secretary of state.” These are, after all, public officials sworn to serve the nation and the Constitution — not just the man who appointed them. …
He goes on to explain that although most other presidents also had “a large streak of narcissism,” Obama is the first such president who fails to combine it with a tremendous dose of patriotism. America has had its narcissistic presidents, but their self love was always tempered by just as big a love for their country.
Not so with Obama. No, all this president thinks highly of is himself. Everybody and everything else comes in a distant second, including the nation he’s supposed to serve and represent. Instead, he speaks highly of himself and apologizes for every single thing his country ever did.
Welcome to ObamaWorld: Everybody and especially the United States sucks, but luckily its president rocks. I hope you’ll enjoy your stay.
h/t Ed Morrissey at Hot Air.
