On Behalf of the Narcissist in Chief

By Rob Janicki
Okay, I missed this telling tidbit and I would be remiss if I did not post this video, even though it happened three weeks ago.  This video once again illustrates the narcissism of Barack Obama in a short capsulized moment that he probably never gave a second thought to, prior to delivering the line in the video.

The comment was made in the context of gays in the military now being able to come out of the closet and acknowledge their homosexuality.  Obama's comment supporting gay marriage in the broader context was the direct and proximate result of Vice President Biden publicly stating that President Obama, after a long process of evolution, now supported gay marriage.  Pundits and political insiders pontificated on whether Obama would really have come out for gay marriage at this time, had it not been due to Biden's premature statement.  That aside, the 22 second video is what this post is all about, because it captures the essence of the personality of Barack Obama.  Obama's comments are first, last and always intended to put him in the best possible light, no what has to be said to do so.

The overall evolution of Barack Obama is a study in political manipulation of language and the Alice in Wonderland memory hole where so many political statements go to die, unless they need to be resurrected at some later date.

This timeline comes from the Weekly Standard on Obama's "evolving" position on gay marriage and is instructive of how Obama has conveniently rearranged that timeline to fit this last "coming out" if you will, of his final position on gay marriage.  I say final, knowing that it could change in a heart beat, if Obama thought for a second that a new position could gain him greater political advantage.

[...]  In fact, Obama has not “evolved”—he has changed his position whenever his political fortunes required him to do so. Running for the Illinois state senate from a trendy area of Chicago in 1996, he was for gay marriage. “I favor legalizing same-sex marriages,” he wrote in answer to a questionnaire back then. In 2004, he was running for the U.S. Senate and needed to appeal to voters statewide. So he evolved, and favored civil unions but opposed homosexual “marriage.” In 2008, running for president, he said, “I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage.” Now in 2012, facing a tough reelection campaign where he needs energized supporters of gay “marriage” and has disappointed them with his refusal to give them his support, he is for it. To paraphrase John Kerry, he was for it before he was against it before he was for it again.  [...]

Here's the full text of Obama's comments with the telling comment highlighted.

[...]  “I have to tell you that over the course of several years as I talked to friends and family and neighbors, when I think about members of my own staff who are in incredibly committed monogamous relationships, same-sex relationships, who are raising kids together; when I think about those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf and yet feel constrained, even now that ‘don't ask, don't tell’ is gone, because they are not able to commit themselves in a marriage, at a certain point I've just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married.”  [...]
I am quite certain that most Americans are operating on the belief that the men and women of our armed forces are actually operating on behalf of all Americans and not just the Narcissist in Chief.

See the video segment and notice how easily Obama's telling statement comes out.  Obama's comments always include "I", "my" and/or "me".  These are the hallmarks of a narcissist.