STATE OF MIND
IWND Exclusive: Gina Loudon urges a closer look at the president's decisions
It
is safe to say that most politicians these days could be diagnosed
with a range of mental conditions, and many would likely be labeled
sociopaths or psychopaths.
The
terms psychopath and sociopath are often used interchangeably, even
by mental health professionals. The symptoms are somewhat consistent
between the two: lack of conscience, no moral compass, manipulative,
low range of emotions, interpersonally insensitive. The psychopath is
deadly. He is well spoken, charismatic, fearless, controlling,
socially potent, a habitual liar, calm to a disturbing degree in the
face of chaos and cold hearted. He is a master at blaming others.
David
Freeman, in an Huffington Post science piece, quotes clinical
psychologist Dr. Stout, who points out that though the psychopath may
not feel “higher emotions” like love and guilt, they may not have
actual consciences, but they study those of us who do – and “simply
pretend.”
Psychologists
say early signs of psychopathy include compulsive lying, blaming
others for any failures or shortcomings and often torture of animals
for curiosity sake. Psychopaths tend to do things to study
consequences, without concern for long-term impact. I know, it sounds
like most politicians today. And it probably is, not to mention any
names.
As
Mr. Freeman points out in his article, psychopaths make a great first
impression. He points to other characteristics, too. He points to the
initial popularity of Pol Pot, Hitler, Ceausescu and others, but the
golden boy image quickly fades to one of a ruthless, inhumane
manipulator with very dark intentions.
No
one can make a mental diagnosis from afar, and I am certainly not
qualified to make that diagnosis. But it is interesting to consider
some characteristics when combined with actions of President Obama
since he took office. He certainly had the initial charisma and
likability. He had the perfect-looking family with the
perfect-looking face at the perfect time for America to fall for him.
No matter what his opponents pointed to, no one questioned him for
fear of being labeled racists.
Psychopaths
often act audaciously, without regard for those affected. They get
away with actions that others in their positions haven’t, because
of their ability to remain calm even when committing atrocities, and
their ability to manipulate whole groups of people.
Obama
has taken more luxury vacations than any other president, and he has
done so as the American economy was in collapse for his policies. He
has taken his entire family and spent tens of millions of dollars in
exotic, luxe locations like Hawaii, Vail, Europe and Africa. His
predecessors made Americans increasingly familiar with places like
Camp David and Martha’s Vineyard or their own vacation homes such
as the Bushes’ Kennebunkport, the Kennedys’ Cape Cod, the
Reagans’ Rancho Del Cielo in California or George W’s exotic
locale, Crawford, Texas. Other presidents were exceptionally
sensitive to the state of the American people, foregoing vacations
when the American people were mourning or hurting economically –
not the Obamas. When the economy was at its worst, gas prices were at
record highs, and Americans were going without vacations and other
needs, Obama extended his wife and daughters’ vacation in Spain.
But
luxe vacations are just the beginning. Obama has golfed more than any
other president. On days when America has been under attack, on days
when military heroes have died, on days when the nation is mourning –
still Obama finds time for a game of hoops with a hip-hop star or a
round of golf with a key contributor. His advisers had to pull him
off the golf course to talk him into taking out Osama bin Laden.
When
conservatives decry this point, the statist media scoff. Tone
deafness and personal excesses are only relevant when Republicans are
accused. Remember the ridicule over the fake issue over Bush 41′s
apparent introduction to the grocery store scanner? Such media
protection emboldens.
Nothing
has changed.
After
the second round of murders of government-guaranteed defenseless Fort
Hood soldiers last week, Obama mustered a tear or two for cameras
before slipping out the back door to head to a $32,000-per-plate
party for himself.
This
pattern of inauthenticity would be very difficult, even debilitating
for someone with an intact conscience, in my opinion.
But
audacity is a manifestation of psychopathy, and Obama is a master of
audacity. He has exacted more items into law by the capricious act of
executive order than any other president in such a short period of
time. Traditionally, this is only done in very rare instances,
because presidents know that the American people will not stand for
that sort of tyranny. In Obama’s case, it is explained away, if
mentioned by media at all, with whinings of “the other party’s
obstructionist acts” or “someone else forced the president to act
so cavalierly.”
That
brings us to another habit of the psychopath – blaming others.
First, Obama and his cronies blamed President Bush for just about
everything. They blame the tea party for any bad press, the Koch
brothers for any mishaps and Congress for Obama’s tyrannical
executive orders and the removal of the filibuster as a means of
defense against Obama’s imperial appointments.
The
truly skilled psychopath can make his own biases look like they are
the shortcoming of his opponent. When the New Black Panther thugs
with clubs were intimidating voters during the 2008 election, those
who voiced concern were called racist and alarmist for even bringing
up the issue. Once elected, Obama had his attorney general, Eric
Holder not only drop all charges but actually drop convictions!
President Obama accuses others of racial bias, when it is he who is
one of the worst.
One
of the psychopath’s favorite tactics is the pity party. In a recent
interview with New
Yorker Magazine,
the president continued to complain about those who hate him for his
race. The psychopath will use those who call them out for their
actions to gain sympathy and President Obama is adept at using anyone
who criticizes him to get the public to feel sorry for him. As
mentioned earlier, he is able to blame his tyrannical abuse of the
executive order power on those terrible obstructionist Republicans
who hate him because he is black.
Another
common trait of the psychopath is a mysterious and shady past. We
know very little about President Obama’s formative years and little
about his college years. Records are sealed or withheld, and requests
for them are dismissed as ridiculous requests from paranoid
detractors.
The
psychopath is great at connecting personally with people and
convinces everyone that he is just like them. President Obama is just
a normal guy who likes movies, basketball, golf and likes to play
video games. Experts call it mirroring.
Perhaps
the most frightening symptom of the psychopath is to kill while
keeping their own hands clean. Obama takes full credit for killing
Osama bin Laden to the point of both stealing the glory from our Navy
SEALs and at the same time betraying the existence of SEAL Team Six
and exposing them to unwarranted assassination risk – risk that
resulted in the worst catastrophic loss of life in the history of the
SEALs. Did Obama take responsibility for that? He certainly spent far
less time mourning their loss or taking responsibility for their
deaths than he did taking credit for being tough dealing with terror.
While
he did take credit for bin Laden, he has not taken any responsibility
for deaths resulting from Fast and Furious, the gun-running operation
that has put guns in the hands of Mexican drug cartels that have most
certainly cost American and other lives. He has not only never
expressed any sense of responsibility for that, he has shown no
remorse. And worse, he capitalizes on the situation by singing the
praises of gun control.
Perhaps
most flagrant act of this president, if we are looking at evidence of
psychopathy, is the lack of any substantive remorse, or
responsibility shown for what happened to two Navy SEALs, an American
ambassador and an information management officer, at the hands of
vicious terrorists in Benghazi. The American public has repeatedly
expressed outrage and fury for the lies and manipulations that cost
these precious American lives, but the administration has arrogantly
dismissed, excused and ignored any culpability or held anyone to
account.
No
one knew that Pol Pot, Hitler or Ceausescu were psychopaths until
they knew. Could America be more perceptive, more insightful, more
predictive of a psychopath in leadership before it is too late?
My
comments:
One thing should be absolutely clear to every Christian is that Obama
is anti-Christ. The anti-Christ can take on all the personality
traits of his father, Satan. Satan came to steal, kill and destroy;
he is a liar and a murderer. That is all we need to know about Obama.
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