Dino is trying to understand what makes Obama tick, and he rightly wonders what would cause a 33 year-old to write an autobiography. Dino is looking for clues to the man's underlying personality structure.
He is especially puzzled by this recent O quote:
Many of you have been taught to chase after the usual brass rings: being on this �who�s who� list or that top 100 list; how much money you make and how big your corner office is; whether you have a fancy enough title or a nice enough car�such an approach won�t get you where you want to go; that in fact, the elevation of appearance over substance, celebrity over character, short-term gain over lasting achievement is precisely what your generation needs to help end.
Puzzles me too. It does sound like transparent preaching of the "Do what I say, not what I do" variety. Anyway, I have no interest in trying to analyze the guy's character nor am I qualified to try. I just wonder two things: 1) Where does he smoke in the WH? and 2) How is he going to try to screw me next?