Somebody posted a link to this essay yesterday, & it’s so good I had to post a quote:

But Enough About Me …

Who cares? Who cares about Barack Obama’s father, his mother, or his “own American journey”? Is his journey so noteworthy that it needs to be intruded into a presidential speech on weighty matters of constitutional law and public policy, of civil liberties and national security?

…Even by the standard of political types, he seems strikingly self-preoccupied and self-referential.

Doesn’t Obama’s self-regard sometimes seem greater than his regard for the position he occupies? Does he understand that the office of the presidency is bigger—much bigger—than he is? Or does Obama think of the presidency primarily as a vessel through which to exercise his political gifts and pursue his personal achievements?

It’s the narcissism, stupid.