Barack Obama is a narcissist. Dr. Sam Vaknin, the author

[mcdan]

Ali Sina

I must confess, I was not impressed by Sen. 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 put off soon, not just because of his shallowness but also
because there was an air of haughtiness in his demeanor
that was unsettling. His posture and his body language were louder than his
empty words. Obama's speeches are un;like any political speech we have heard
in American history.
Never a politician in this land had such a quasi "religious" impact on so
many people. The fact that Obama is a total incognito with zero
accomplishment makes this inexplicable infatuation alarming. Obama is not an
ordinary man. He is not a genius. In fact, he is quite ignorant on most
important subjects. Barack Obama is a narcissist. Dr. Sam Vaknin, the author
of "Malignant Self Love," also believes, "Barack Obama appears to be a
narcissist."

Vaknin is a world authority on narcissism. He understands it and describes
the inner mind of a narcissist like no other person. When he talks about
narcissism everyone listens. Vaknin says that Obama's language, posture and
demeanor, and the testimonies of his closest, nearest and dearest suggest
that the Senator is either a narcissist or he may have
narcissistic personality disorder (NPD).


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 also a narcissist. Charles Manson, Joseph Koni, Shoko Asahara,
Joe Stalin, Saddam, Mao Zedong, Kim Jong IL, and Adolph
Hitler are a few examples of narcissists of our time. All these men had a
tremendous influence over their fanciers and followers. They created a
personality cult around themselves, and with their blazing speeches elevated
their admirer's souls, filled their hearts with enthusiasm and instilled in
their minds a new zest for life. Those men gave their followers hope! They
promised them the moon, but alas, they invariably brought them to their
doom. When you are a victim of a cult of personality, you don't know it
until it is too late.

One determining factor in the development of NPD is childhood abuse.
"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. His mother re-married and Obama had to relocate to
Indonesia, a foreign land with a radically foreign culture, to be raised by
a stepfather. He was raised as an only child, full of himself and no others.
He never had to share the spotlight with any siblings. 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."

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 to be at
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 hel7 them to reach their
personal objectives. 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 beneath
them and does not deserve their attention. If an issue raised in the Senate
does not help Obama in one way or another, he has no interest in it. The
"Present" vote is a safe vote; he used the "Present" all the time as a
member of the Illinois legislature. No one can criticize him if things go
wrong. Why should he implicate himself in issues that may become
controversial when they don't help him personally?
Those issues are unworthy by their very nature because they are not about
him.

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. The
University of Chicago Law School provided him with a fellowship and an
office to work on his book. The book took him a lot longer than expected and
at the end it devolved into., guess what? His own autobiography! Instead of
writing a scholarly paper focusing on race relations, for which he had been
paid, Obama could not resist writing about his most sublime self. He
entitled the book "Dreams from My Father."

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 and genius writing about
insignificant things when he can write about such an august being 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 who lives on only one dollar per month. A man who lives in luxury,
who takes a private jet to vacation in Hawaii, and who has raised nearly a
half billion dollars for his campaign (something unprecedented in history)
has no interest in the plight of his own brother. Why? His brother cannot be
used for his ascent to power. A narcissist cares for no one but himself.

This election is like no other election in the history of America. The
issues are insignificant compared to what is at stake. What can be more
dangerous than having a man bereft of a conscience, a serial liar, and one
who cannot distinguish his fantasies from reality as the
leader of the free world?

I hate to sound alarmist, but one must be a fool if one is not alarmed. Many
politicians are narcissists. They pose no threat to others. They are simply
self-serving and selfish. [Witness Al Gore's Income Tax; it reveals that he
gave away NO MONEY to charities, not even to a church!] Obama evinces
symptoms of pathological narcissism, which is different from the
run-of-the-mill narcissism of a Richard Nixon or 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 treacherous. [Look up the
word 'treachery.']


Today the Democrats have placed all their hopes in Obama. But this man could
put an end to their party [and to this great nation]. The great majority of
blacks have also decided to vote for Obama. Only a fool does not know that
their support for him is racially driven.

This is racism, pure and
simple. The truth is that, while everyone carries a misconceived collective
guilt towards blacks for wrongs done centuries ago by a bygone people to a
bygone people, the blacks carry a collective rancor, enmity or vendetta
towards non-blacks, and to this day want to "stand up" to the white man.
They seem to be stuck in 19th century [encouraged by race baiters like Al
Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and others].

The downside of this is, that if Obama turns out to be the disaster I
predict, he will cause widespread resentment among the whites. The blacks
are 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. The white supremacists will take advantage of the discontent and
they will receive widespread support. I predict that in less than four
years, racial tensions will increase to levels not seen since the turbulent
1960s. Obama will set the clock back decades. Americais the bastion of
freedom. 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 Maoist
Castroists, the Hezbollah, the Hamas, the lawyers of the Guantanamo
terrorists, and virtually all sworn enemies of America are
so thrilled by the prospect of "their man" in the White House. America is on
the verge of
destruction. There is no insanity greater than electing a pathological
narcissist as president.



You can Google Dr. Sam Vaknin and get the same information.

[BILLYG]

Mcdan, this is one of the best, if not frightening, articles that I've read regarding BarryO's character.... This can only end badly for America I fear...

[DC]

cant be a politician and not be a narcissist.

[orfannkyl]

who didn't know this?

[mcdan]

BILLYG I agree with your post.

Tonight on H&C on Foxs TOTO the builder sure did a good job on his take. Hannty did a peice on Ayers book Prairie Fire which was dedicated to the political prisoner by name and one of the names was Syrran Syrran. The guy that kill Senator Robert Kennedy.

[JUSTAGIRL]

MY DADDY says just put two and two together, and it appears that America's future is full of VIOLENCE AND DECAY if this little NARCISSIST makes it to the WHITE HOUSE -JMDO - JAG

[TerryTate]

Originally Posted by DCdrmwthme

cant be a politician and not be a narcissist.

Well, at least you admit he is a narcissist, but you besmirch other politicians who aren't.

Good try at deflection though.

[JUSTAGIRL]

Originally Posted by TerryTate

Well, at least you admit he is a narcissist, but you besmirch other politicians who aren't.

Good try at deflection though.

Good call, TT. Here in sunny So. Cal., we are surrounded by selfish little NARCISSISTS. The last person(s) you would ever want to be involved with or worse yet, have to answer to. not surprising that we have one running for Pres. right now(notice, i didn't say two). The choice is really simple. - JMDO - JAG

[Macafeek]

Yes, this would be terrifying if, in the original article Dr. Vaknin didn't say, "Granted, only a qualified mental health diagnostician can determine whether someone suffers from Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and this, following lengthy tests and personal interviews. But, in the absence of access to Barack Obama, one has to rely on his overt performance and on testimonies by his closest, nearest and dearest."

This post, and emails reiterating it, consistently omit these qualifying paragraphs. They also say that Dr. Vaknin is the foremost in Narcissism. The reality is that he is not a medical professional. His Doctorate is in Philosophy, and his background is in Business and Human Resources. Dr. Vaknin has authored one book on narcissism. One wonders what his motivations are for pointing out our president's "obvious" psychological flaws.

While his treatise into the explanation of NPD is all very, VERY fascinating, the original article by Dr. Vaknin does NOTHING to link President Obama to NPD except in the most cursory of ways, and that is by secondhand information and impressions from watching him on Television. The rest assumes that you believe that Obama is suffering from NPD based on this.

[acrtech]

I learned a new word today! I don't think I like it. For those of us old enough to remember Jim Jones, we remember a terrible tragedy for those people who followed him. Those poor children had no choice and were doomed by their parents decisions. I can still remember those news reports on tv. It was so sad. Hopefully most of the U.S. citizens do not follow the same path!

[Not_So_Gullible]

The author cited below is "Dr." Sam Vaknin. Truth be told, he's apparently no more a credentialed Ph.D. than the bottom of my shoe. His credentials come from a well known diploma mill in the United States.

Google Sam Vaknin’s name and take a look at a few top results. According to what is purported to be Vaknin’s own website, http://samvak.tripod.com/cv.html, his only degree is a "Ph.D. in Philosophy (major: Philosophy of Physics)" from "Pacific Western University."

Vaknin’s glorious Ph.D. degree, his curious “major” notwithstanding, turns out to be from a world-class diploma mill that was one of several investigated by the nonpartisan US Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in 2004.

See: "Diploma Mills Are Easily Created and Some Have Issued Bogus Degrees to Federal Employees at Government Expense." Here’s the link to download the report:

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d041096t.pdf.

Pacific Western University apparently changed its name after the CBO investigation. Even Wikipedia has a special entry about it. The new name, if your are interested, is “California Miramar University.” So well known is this diploma mill that the state of Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has Vaknin’s school listed on a webpage titled "Institutions Whose Degrees Are Illegal To Use In Texas" for example.

Don’t believe it, here’s the link:

http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/AAR/PrivateInstitutions/NoTX.cfm

[lynnb]

Vaknin was arrested for fraud and is, or was, sitting in an Israeli jail. It is really disheartening that so many (typically the sheep who follow Fox Noise) in this country jump at something like this without researching the source. If the source is not credible, one cannot take seriously what he/she is says. Further, Vaknin himself was diagnosed with NPD and has had a chaotic life, with a broken marriage and financial problems. I didn't know about his "degree" coming out of a diploma mill - very interesting indeed. I have an M.S. in mental health counseling, and I can assure you that no ethical professional would EVER try to diagnose, or guess, someone's illness or condition without a thorough examination/interview. Rest assured, though, Obama displays none of the symptoms as he has successful, close relationships, a happy marriage and very happy little children. His trajectory has been very focused, and I think we can all feel at ease that we have a very calm, intelligent, and caring president at the helm.