Maggie's Farm

That sounds pretty bad. To understand these things, one really needs to understand in detail how a person relates to others and what they mean to him. You can't do that by watching somebody on TV.

You can if you know what to look for. As the daughter of a clinical narcissist, I've learned to recognize the signs that both indicate and rule out narcissism.

Obama's upbringing--having been rejected by two fathers and even a mother who deliberately pawned him off on her parents--provides the appropriate setting in which narcissism might develop. Absent this rejection, the narcissism doesn't happen.

Obama's reliance on grandiose settings and grandiose-sounding speeches--without realizing how absurd and vapid they are, is another clue.

Obama's two autobiographies, which preceded any meaningful achievements, is another clue.

Obama's expectation of admiration and praise without concomitant accomplishments is another clue.

Obama's mere figurehead status at the Harvard Law Review, wherein he basked in the glory without lifting a finger (as recounted by classmate Carol Platt Liebau), is another clue.

Obama's overuse of first-person singular pronouns is a clue.

Obama's belief in his Messianic image is a clue.

Obama's ability to hypnotize those who are reverse narcissists--those who yearn for an Ideal Other to worship--is a clue (only narcissists fill the bill this well).

Obama's inability to graciously ignore criticism--his compulsive lashing-out at everyone from SCOTUS judges to Boston cops--is another clue.

Obama's inability to adapt to changing circumstances--such as giving a grandiose speech every time his poll numbers drop, even though his speeches CAUSE the numbers to drop--is a clue.

Obama's behind-the-scenes haughtiness (reported by insiders), which also expresses itself in his public body language, is a clue.

I suspected him of being a malignant narcissist from the beginning, and everything he has done has served to confirm my suspicions. Pundits have generated a lot of pixelage wondering WTF when he does this or that, but if you combine narcissism with leftism, it all adds up perfectly.

He has done NOTHING to rule out narcissism, e.g., compromise on or rethink a position, admit to a mistake without backhandedly blaming someone else for it, graciously respond to or ignore criticism, exhibit genuine class or humility.

True, I don't know how he relates to his family, but that's not necessary for me to conclude that he's got a personality disorder.

My narcissist father is not a danger to society (narcissists fall on a continuum, from mild to extreme), and his sadism consists not in physical torture but in laughing at or lashing out at people who are in distress instead of feeling empathy. If you knew him, you'd never know he was a narcissist.

If you accept that Obama is a radical leftist with Narcissistic Personality Disorder, his actions will confirm it every every day, and you will be able to predict with amazing accuracy how he will react to new situations.

Here's a recent Obama quote provided by Kristol (h/t Hot Air): "At his November 12 press conference in Seoul, President Obama was asked the following question by CBS’s Chip Reid: ‘What was the number-one complaint, concern, or piece of advice that you got from foreign leaders about the U.S. economy and your stewardship of the economy?’

“Whereupon the president began his response with a complaint: ‘What about compliments?’ he asked. ‘You didn’t put that in the list.’”

Only a narcissist--someone with a distorted understanding of how other people think--would say that with a straight face.

Endless are the examples, including observations that Obama seems to think that the U.S. presidency just isn't big enough for someone as awesome as he is.

Look at what BFF Valerie Jarret says, also without a whit of insight into what she's revealing:

"I think Barack knew that he had God-given talents that were extraordinary. He knows exactly how smart he is. … He knows how perceptive he is. He knows what a good reader of people he is. And he knows that he has the ability — the extraordinary, uncanny ability — to take a thousand different perspectives, digest them and make sense out of them, and I think that he has never really been challenged intellectually. … So, what I sensed in him was not just a restless spirit but somebody with such extraordinary talents that had to be really taxed in order for him to be happy. … He’s been bored to death his whole life. He’s just too talented to do what ordinary people do."

A belief that you're so damn special that you have exactly nothing in common with the rest of humanity--and therefore should never be burdened by anything ordinary or mundane--is one of the most blatant red flags for clinical narcissism that you can find.

I realize that it's hazardous to diagnose someone remotely, but damn if this man isn't a textbook case.