On Jan 26, 2009, at 12:31 AM, Michael Smith wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:21:25 -0500
> Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
>> Don't you think there's at least a touch of narcissistic grandiosity
>> in CC's formulation?
>
> I didn't think so. Narcissistic? Grandiose? Neither
> of those things, to my ear.
>
> That's the hard part, about Obama. Considered
> as an individual -- as far as one can judge these
> things from seeing a guy on TV -- he seems to be
> thoughtful, likable, intelligent. And yet he's
> applied for, and obtained, a post whose job description
> is pretty much what CC said. Isn't it?
Hey, I said just the other day that BHO's office makes him the world's chief terrorist. But there's something about the extremity of the way CC put it that makes it sound like the U.S. is the driving force behind everything bad in the world. There are plenty of other bad guys around.
Doug