[Obama's] enchanted with the pomp, the title, the fact of being in the position itself. This whole business with him creating his own candidate seal, and “the office of President Elect”, for example. What it all reminds me of is Richard Nixon, who also was enchanted with the fact of holding the office, with the pomp.
It used to be a bit creepy listening to Nixon talking and using “the President” to refer to himself rather than “I” or “me”. I fully expect that Obama will start talking that way, too, probably within the first six months of taking office.
Oh, I think we’ve all noticed that Obama’s a bit obsessed with the trappings of office, but I don’t recall anyone making the connection to Nixon before. And yeah, that’s pretty creepy.
But here’s the thing: I don’t remember Nixon allowing any of that to show during the campaign.
For Obama, that was most of the cards in his deck. Obama is all about pomp and circumstance, charisma and style. Obama was elected, not in spite of his royal leanings, but because of them.
I can’t imagine anything scarier than a man carried in to the Oval Office on the shoulders of disciples who believe in his royalty as much as he does.
Gods, Richard Nixon with charisma and a constituency of True Believers.
And without even Nixon’s honesty and integrity.
Oh, yeah, can’t remember where I saw this, but here’s my new name for Obama: “The Magic Negro”.