[StBernard] Obama's Personality Pendulum

[Westley Annis]

See this.  I think it's Obama to a T.

http://smallwhispers.com/?p=610



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	Obama's Personality Pendulum 
	by Chuck Norris
	Posted 10/21/2008 ET
	Updated 10/21/2008 ET
	
	
	Obama will not lose his bid for the presidency because of his
connections to
	Ayers, ACORN or socialist politics. In fact, he won't lose it
because of
	his
	stand on any issue. The coup de grace for Obama's presidential
election
	downfall will come only through convincing the American public of
his lack
	of decisive leadership under pressure. I'm not just talking about
facing
	rogue nations or terrorist thugs. I'm referring to making major
choices in
	conflict. Indecisiveness is his
	 greatest weakness, and it's one this
	country
	cannot afford at this time in its history.
	
	Interestingly, a while back, the Unit for the Study of Personality
in
	Politics, at St. John's University and the College of St. Benedict,
did a
	professional personality profile "for anticipating Obama's likely
	leadership
	style as chief executive, thereby providing a basis for inferring
the
	character and tenor of a prospective Obama presidency." The study
	concluded:
	
	"The combination of Ambitious, Accommodating, and Outgoing patterns
in
	Obama's profile suggests a confident conciliator personality
composite.
	Leaders with this personality prototype, though self-assured and
ambitious,
	are characteristically gracious, considerate, and benevolent. They
are
	energetic, charming, and agreeable, with a special knack for
settling
	differences, favoring mediation and compromise over force or
coercion as a
	strategy for
	 resolving conflict. They are driven primarily by a need for
	achievement and also have strong affiliation needs, but a low need
for
	power."
	
	While most might laud Obama's personality as a needed polar opposite
to
	George W. Bush's, I pose to you that Obama's
	"accommodating-conciliator-favoring-compromise" personality pendulum
	swing
	is way too far to the other side. Even Obama's voting record proves
that.
	His own Democratic colleagues have a difficult time understanding
why, when
	he was an Illinois state senator, he voted "present" (instead of
	"yes" or
	"no") 129 times, including a number of noncommittal tallies on
issues
	such
	as gun rights and abortion.
	
	You also have heard that Obama doesn't have any executive
experience,
	whether it be running a government or a business. I would pose to
you the
	reason is simply that he's not comfortable making executive
decisions. An
	"executive conciliator" overly
	 depends upon others, at times
	compromising
	judgment and needed action in order to appease the masses. Proof of
that was
	seen in how Obama handled his and our "emergency" economic
decisions.
	
	A few months ago, Obama did not turn to Warren Buffett for counsel
on the
	housing crisis. As The Washington Post reported July 16, he turned
to
	Franklin Raines, the former Fannie Mae chief executive officer and
six-year
	money manipulator. The Post said Raines took "calls from Barack
	Obama's
	presidential campaign seeking his advice on mortgage and housing
policy
	matters."
	
	And consider Obama's handling of the "emergency" bailout crisis.
	During the
	first go-round of the bailout, while McCain was certain of his
stand, Obama
	wouldn't say where he stood because he was afraid it would be a
wrong or
	unpopular stand. Only after most of his political cronies were
bribed in
	favor of the bailout did Obama give it his stamp
	 of approval. If he cannot
	take decisive action as a senator in the greatest nation on earth,
how in
	the world is he going to make critical and emergency decisions as
the
	president?
	
	Obama's inability to draw and hold hard lines is the primary reason
he
	repeatedly struggles with -- and caves and morphs into -- the polls
or
	people in front of him. More than any other politician in history,
he has
	flip-flopped on a host of critical issues: Iraq, Iran, gay rights,
NAFTA,
	abortion, race, religion, gun control, etc. It's one thing to be
political,
	but it's quite another to be a chronic people pleaser under
pressure.
	Swaying based on political expediency is not a leadership quality we
need in
	tough times. Sooner or later, that character flaw will bite Obama
big-time
	-- and us if we elect him president.
	
	I'm not saying Obama has no continued future in politics. He just
needs
	more
	experience in life to weed out
	 those character deficiencies. That's why
	I'm
	asking Americans to look afresh at these questions: Is Obama
	crisis-leadership qualified? Will he truly be ready Jan. 20 to
assume the
	helm of our country?
	
	Actually, those leadership questions have been answered already by
three
	leading Democrats (before they could taste the perks from their
alignment
	with the Democratic presidential nominee). Obama's own running mate,
Sen.
	Joe Biden, replied only months ago about whether Obama is ready for
the
	presidency: "Right now I don't believe he is. The presidency is not
	something that lends itself to on-the-job training." Then he later
told
	George Stephanopoulos, "I stand by the statement." Biden was right.
	
	Before Obama was her party's choice, Hillary Clinton repeatedly
proved him
	to be an indecisive waffler who couldn't or wouldn't be pinned down
on
	any
	issues. Hillary was right.
	
	Even former President Bill
	 Clinton dodged having to give an affirmative
	answer to an ABC correspondent when asked whether Obama is ready to
be
	president by saying, "You can argue that no one is ready to be
	president."
	Another smooth answer, Bill. The fact is he totally understands that
Obama
	is not ready.
	
	America is in one of its toughest hours -- a market meltdown, the
worst
	fiscal environment since the Great Depression -- an economic 9/11,
if you
	will. Do we really believe we can be delivered by an indecisive
people
	pleaser as our country's CEO?