October 4, 2012
Obama in Love
By Clifton Chadwick

Much has been said of Obama's compulsive lying. There is considerable evidence that he lies freely and without guilt, enough so that many people notice it. But his psychological problems go beyond that. What is particularly worrisome is his overall syndrome. In this short space it is not possible to cover all the symptoms so I will concentrate on those most important to my point. We start with a brief, succinct description of the psychopath.

Superficially charming, psychopaths tend to make a good first impression on others and often strike observers as remarkably normal. Yet they are self-centered, dishonest, and undependable, and at times they engage in irresponsible behavior for no apparent reason other than the sheer fun of it. Largely devoid of guilt, empathy and love, they have casual and callous interpersonal and romantic relationships. Psychopaths routinely offer excuses for their reckless and often outrageous actions, placing blame on others instead. They rarely learn from their mistakes or benefit from negative feedback, and they have difficulty inhibiting their impulses[ii].

One symptom that many writers and pundits have noticed and highlighted is the obsession with himself, the need for admiration, the grandiosity, the fantasies of unlimited success, power and brilliance (I'm LeBron!), including the feeling that he is unique, a very special person entitled to favorable treatment and automatic compliance with his wishes and expectations[iii]. As part of this symptom, he can react to criticism with anger (how dare they?!) and become jealous quite easily (e.g., if others threaten his superiority). This aspect is amply obvious after four years of Obama in the presidency.

A second aspect, which is also obvious, is his ability to lie and to blame others. Part of this is a strong effort to avoid blame and responsibility (it was George Bush's fault!), and a related aspect is a major lack of empathy and a disregard for the feelings of others. The lying in moderate practice is shrewd, crafty, calculating, sly, and wily. In the more extreme form, it has been deceptive, deceitful, unscrupulous, and manipulative. The lying becomes necessary because of a refusal to accept responsibility for his actions or lack thereof. Since his lying has been extensively studied I will say little else about it.

The next symptom is lack of guilt. The psychopath rarely feels guilt and even when he expresses guilt it is a sham or a distraction to achieve other ends. To feel guilt requires a conscience. Without one there are no feelings of shame or remorse no matter what you do. The lack of guilt stems from not having feelings or concern for the losses, pain, and suffering of victims (e.g., flying off to Vegas on the same day an Ambassador was killed). Obama likes to promote the image of himself as "cool." Well he is because he is unconcerned, dispassionate, cold-hearted, and cannot relate to the feelings of others. This item is often demonstrated by a disdain for one's victims (e.g., throwing Rev. Wright, Van Jones, and the State Israel under the bus). He shows the typical symptom of interpersonal coldness in spite of signs of open gregariousness. His openness creates his "likeability," and many people do not see the coldness that lies behind.

The combination of these three major symptoms is the essence of the syndrome and leads to the conditions of relations to people close to him. If he is extremely self-centered, then others simply play "supporting" roles and are not perceived as real people. The characteristic of coolness, lack of passion, heartlessness generalizes to almost everyone around him. His wife and daughters are trinkets in his game. Malia and Sasha probably haven't figured that out yet. But they will and it will be a sad day. The occasional look on Michelle's face makes me suspect that she has figured it out.

The situation goes even further: despite the apparent exaggerated need for admiration, Obama does not love himself (if he did, he would not need all that admiration). It would seem obvious that under these circumstances, he also does not have any empathy with the American people, except to the extent that they can forgive his lies and insensitivity and help him continue his grandiose ego trip. This person is what we have for a president and who wants another four years!

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/10/obama_in_love.html#ixzz28NxG71YU

and I thought it was from all those years of smoking pot and snortin coke.

opinions are like A$$ holes

and I could write a similar column about how to spot A$$ holes that might sound eerily like just about ANY politician I want it to,,,

Oh,my.

About the author....Clifton Chadwick

http://ae.linkedin.com/in/cliftonchadwick

http://learn.linkedin.com/what-is-linkedin/

Alleoops,
You kill me!!

Impressive credentials but it doesn't take a genius to see through Obama's deceit and grandiose behaviors. But Obama is the perfect example of "you can fool some of the people all of the time". To see the biggest fools you just have to see the one's who support him one hundred percent of the time, even in face of glaring errors in judgement, lies, and incompetence.

the irony

impressive credentials trying to discredit someone elses credentials

what is 'grandiose' to some is 'impressive' to others

funny how that works huh?

impressive credentials that are written up by oneself,, dont really impress me all that much

but hey, Im just one of those 'fools' who support obama,,,,

Yessir!

Clifton Chadwick dude is one smart mo-fo,no?

possibly

but opinions say little about intelligence

opinions are even had by embeciles,,,

Like this one?

was there an arrow pointing to the left of your question?

dont be so hard on yourself

I dont see any embeciles here

msharmony, anyone that reads your posts regularly knows gosh darn well that you are not a fool, nor are you foolish. you have strong opinions, like many regular posters on the political and religious forums do

i would say that support is great, but there comes a time when support is the only thing holding. is an old person on life support really living? a vehicle with a blown transmission being towed by another vehicle is still rolling, but it's not road worthy on it's own

imho a leader should lead. not just his supporters, but everyone he is elected to lead over. of course his supporters are happy to follow, but even those not supporting him should be willing to follow. obama has good ideas, good intentions, but he has the country divided. i don't know where anyone else elected will lead this country, but i do know where obama has led. i don't want another four years of blaming bush

ty, of anything I have been accused of, fool is not something that has been heard much in my life at all

I dont think political SUPPORTERS ever follow the person they dont support,,,

and I do remember, quite well, before Obama really had the chance to do much at all, several in congress making clear their goal to ruin HIM, as opposed to working with him

so, yes, I have seen the divisiveness too, but I have a different perception of the source of that divisiveness

in a second term, there is not the same motivation to 'fight' him and ruin him from another term, although the motivation may still be there to disrupt any historical credit he may receive,,,,

That is definitely not the best photoshop I've ever seen.

Why should I accept this guy's alleged psychological evaluation of President Obama? Is he a license clinical psychologist?

Quite frankly, all that I see in the OP is partisan nonsense, and I'm not even a political supporter of President Obama.

It's called a forum

Yes, it's a forum, but trying to tear down President Obama with the OP is like a proctologist trying to diagnose a heart problem. Sure, a proctologist is a physician, but she/he isn't qualified to perform the work of a cardiologist.

Lots of his Body-Language and Facial Expression comes straight out of Mussolini's Playbook!