horse of george

New book on Obama stating that his dislike for Romney is fueling his drive for reelection - reporters seem to want to dwell on the dislike for Romney as a curiosity of interest - for me interesting part is suggestion Obama was not motivated to begin with - would something like this support my long held contention that the most important thing to Obama is Obama - that although he may be something of a leftist ideologue in the end the most important part of that agenda is how it serves to promote him? Dunno. And what is it about Romney that he finds so distasteful that he would consider it an insult to lose to him? Would he be offended as a lefty ideologue losing to a rich, white businessman? Or would the wounded sense of rejection be more personal, as in, given a choice how could people fail to see how superior he is to that man? Dunno. Does seem to be revealing - although the glimpse behind the curtain may come as a surprise to some, but not me - I've always considered his public persona to be a charade - I've long referred to him as a snake-oil salesman peddling a product that one could either view as a danger to the republic or an abuse of the seriousness of the office. I mean think about it: the suggestion in the book is that during one of the most troubling times in the history of the nation, with threats both domestic and foreign looming with fearsome aspect against us, Obama was bored with the job until managing to conjure up a hate for Romney. That sounds like disturbing news to me.