(Obama) ... feels that he is above the law including, and especially, his own laws. --Shmuel [Sam] Yaknin, PhD

Shmuel [Sam] Vaknin, Ph.D.
8/13/2008
[America: what have we been doing since this was written and posted?]

Dr. Sam's opening salvo...

Barack Obama appears to be a narcissist. Granted, only a qualified mental health diagnostician (which I am not) 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. Narcissistic leaders are nefarious and their effects pernicious. They are subtle, refined, socially-adept, manipulative, possessed of thespian skills, and convincing. Both types equally lack empathy and are ruthless and relentless or driven. Perhaps it is time to require each candidate to high office in the USA to submit to a rigorous physical and mental checkup with the results made public. [I would vote that this! jfc]

Dr. Sam provides background information about Barry's early life and the general characteristics of narcissism. Then, this broadside!

Obama displays the following behaviors, which are among the hallmarks of pathological narcissism:

• Subtly misrepresents facts and expediently and opportunistically shifts positions, views, opinions, and "ideals" (e.g., about campaign finance, re-districting). These flip-flops do not cause him overt distress and are ego-syntonic (he feels justified in acting this way). Alternatively, reuses to commit to a standpoint and, in the process, evidences a lack of empathy. Ignores data that conflict with his fantasy world, or with his inflated and grandiose self-image. This has to do with magical thinking.

• Obama already sees himself as president because he is firmly convinced that his dreams, thoughts, and wishes affect reality. [Remember: this was written 8/13/2008. jfc]

• Additionally, he denies the gap between his fantasies and his modest or limited real-life achievements (for instance,

  in 12 years of academic career, he hasn't published a single scholarly paper or book

• (Obama) ...feels that he is above the law, including and especially his own laws.

• Talks about himself in the 3rd person singular or uses the regal "we" and craves to be the exclsuive center of attention, even adulation

• [Has] a messianic-cosmic vision of himself and his life and his "mission"

• Sets ever more complex rules in a convoluted world of grandiose fantasies with its own language (jargon)

• Displays false modesty and unctuous "folksiness" but unable to sustain these behaviors (the persona, or mask) for long. It slips and the true Obama is revealed: haughty, aloof, distant, and disdainful of simple folk and their lives.

• Sublimates aggression and holds grudges.

• Behaves as an eternal adolescent (e.g., his choice of language, youthful image he projects, demands indulgence and feels entitled to special treatment, even though his objective accomplishments do not justify it).

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