The empty suit

On NewsFlavor there's an alleged interview with an anonymous White House "insider" that is worth a read.  I dislike anonymous sources unless some justification is given for the anonymity (i.e. they'll be killed if identified), but even if this isn't a bone fide account, it is certainly an assessment of Mr Barack Hussein Obama that is very close to what I think is the truth (I particularly like his depiction of Mr Obama's fear of Mrs Hilary Clinton).  In fact, I don't think the "insider" goes far enough.

It's amazing that the Americans elected someone to the post of Most Powerful Man on Earth whom they knew nothing about.  I've been puzzled myself by this walking enigma, but after two years, I think I can finally nail him down.  Mr Obama is essentially an empty suit.  He's a man of only moderate intelligence and very poor education who isn't at all well read.  In fact, his ignorance of his own country is nothing less than astounding.  He is a man who has enjoyed a lifetime of grooming and patronage and has never had to work hard for anything in his life.  He is thin skinned, timid, and (like many timid men) a thug.  He is also lazy and a textbook narcissist who cannot abide any criticism.

Mr Obama is not, however, a Manchurian candidate, an anti-colonialist (aside from disdain for his own country and a pathological hatred of Great Britain), nor a firebrand radical.  He is a left-wing politician who was weaned on Marxist propaganda since he was in diapers and has grown into a man who is a borderline Communist–at least, he would be if he understood anything about his ideology.  He wants things very passionately and his desire to "transform America" is sincere, but he hasn't a clue as to exactly what it is he wants, what he wants to transform America into, nor how to achieve it.

To be blunt, he never matured beyond being a second-year university student and his mindset never left the common room.  Some of his critics have described him as professorial.  That would be a compliment.  He's a professional undergraduate with an unlimited grant.

Great.  The Free World is led by Rik from the Young Ones.