Obama's Legacy in His Own Mind Is All That Matters

Robert Samuelson (economist) writing in the Washington Post, Monday December 21, 2009 comments: "Barack Obama's quest for historic health-care legislation has turned into a parody of leadership. We usually associate presidential leadership with the pursuit of goals that, though initially unpopular, serve America's long-term interests. Obama has reversed this. He's championing increasingly unpopular legislation that threatens the country's long-term interests. "This isn't about me," he (Obama) likes to say, 'I have great health insurance.' But of course, it is about him: about the legacy he covets as the president who achieved "universal" health insurance."

WHY SHOULD ANYONE BE SURPRISED?
1. Obama's entire career has always been about himself; he defines "narcissist".
2. Obama warned everyone about his SOCIALIST BELIEFS (the polite term is now "progressive") in the two books he supposedly authored. But too few voters paid attention. They were enamored with his teleprompter speeches and slogans.
3. Obama's history in the U.S. Senate and in the Illinois legislature, where he studiously avoided commitments to anything controversial, showed that it was all about his attaining the next level. Too few voters paid attention to his record.
4. Obama's socialist activities as a Community Organizer and the left-wing radicals he surrounded himself with in college, law school and in Chicago showed his ingrained philosophy. Too few voters paid attention to this and passed it off as "politics".
5. Obama's "Chicago Way" politics of smearing opponents in getting the nominations and elected at every step in his career showed the tactics we could expect. Too few voters paid attention and thought he was just charming.

The image of an American Idol was bought and now we pay for who Obama really is. The tip of the iceberg in unemployment rate, foreign policy weakness, excessive deficits and steps to destroy the free-market economy are just surfacing. It's only eleven months; the full disaster is yet to come.

WHY SHOULD THIS A SURPRISE TO ANYONE?