PrintNovember 1, 2010
On Tuesday, It's All about Us
When President Barack Obama insists that "it's not about me," you can be certain it's about nothing but him. Obama still prefers a referendum on who he is rather than what he has done. But he will lose on both counts. Obama is loath to acknowledge his rejected ideology and destructive politics combined with incompetence at governing. The only fault he is willing to confess -- far from a grievous one, and a red herring at that-- is a failure to communicate, and that rests with his handlers solely responsible for his depleted charisma. So he says.Two years ago, Obama represented the ascendancy of identity politics. He now represents its abrupt descent. In 2008, Obama successfully transposed his own narcissism into hero-worship and rapturous messianic anticipation by his followers. But now his once-presumed powers of absolution and healing have proven to be so much hollow stage craft and hubris. In the meantime, he has been the vessel in which the Democrats in Congress...(Read Full Article)
