Did President Obama Just Compare Himself to Nelson Mandela and Gandhi?
- Posted on March 2, 2012 at 11:05pm by
Mytheos Holt
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In a speech to donors in New York Friday, President Obama tried to make the case for reelecting him using an unusual spin on his typical “change takes time riff.” Specifically, the President drew historical comparisons between what he’s trying to accomplish and the accomplishments of…Nelson Mandela and Gandhi? The President’s quote:
The civil rights movement was hard. Winning the vote for women was hard. Making sure that workers had some basic protections was hard.
Around the world — Gandhi, Nelson Mandela — what they did was hard. It takes time. It takes more than a single term, it takes more than a single president, it takes more than a single individual.
What it takes is ordinary citizens who keep believing, who are committed to fighting and pushing and inching this country closer and closer to our highest ideals. And I said in 2008, that I am not a perfect man and I will not be a perfect president. But I promised you back then that I would always tell you what I believe. I would always tell you where I stood.
The President’s remarks were also caught on video:
The President’s remarks can be interpreted as more than simply a comparison of his ambitions with those of the titans he mentions. He does explicitly mention that winning major political battles takes “more than one individual.” However, his citation of two specific individuals suggests that he may view himself in the role of a Mandela or a Gandhi, even if his followers are providing the mass movement grunt work.
Do you think the President’s comparison is just ill-advised campaign rhetoric? Or does he actually believe that he’s a historical figure on par with Mandela and Gandhi? Weigh in below.
H/T: Mediaite.
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Comments (127)
Diane TX
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 1:18amWhen Nelson Mandela FINALLY got to the point where he was in charge, he didn’t demonize the White people, who were part of the system of apartheid. Instead, his goal was to get everyone to work together, to make it a better Country for ALL that lived there. President Obama has a different tack. He tells the “not wealthy” that the “wealthy” are all bad guys that stay up night and day to make sure that the “not wealthy” stay that way. President Obama is a divisive person. He can’t afford to have people helping each other out, because everyone would realize what an idiot he is.
Report Post »tamara13
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 12:31amAndrew Wilkow has this quote on his newsletter:
“The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.”
-Plato
Words of wisdom
Report Post »aChameleon
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 1:43amHe reminds me more of jimmy carter. We need Reagan right now.
Report Post »Lone Ranger
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 4:55amWe do have Reagan, but her name is Sarah.
Report Post »Pat Alexander
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 5:53amIf he really wants to follow Mandella, 27 years in jail would be a good start…
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 6:36amMandella was a terrorist…I see the comparison easily there. I am sure if Nelson Mandella could have had an army of drones back then he would have used them…
The only similarity with Ghandi is that they are both skinny…
Report Post »doomytram
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 7:46amIt matters not who he compares himself to, because he is the disaster of disasters, he is the disasterous Oblamer. He wants gas prices to go up, necessarily, so that everybody will buy Electric cars (Jimmy Carterish) He is not bluffing, if Iran doesn’t do what he says this time…… Carterish.
He is the Gorbachav of Jimmy Carter’s with a hint of Jerimiah Wright, Bill Ayers, Dorn, and Cloward and Piven. Nothing more.
Report Post »PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 9:01amEvery time Obomba reads the teleprompter he’s someone else. He’s as confused as he is confusing…gotta keep that agenda thing well hidden ya know.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 11:00amThis is the “messianic” attitude one gets when his life has been supported by Affirmative Action and other such nonsense. Like when one is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and not earned it! Far too many people in this country and around the world who hate America support this Affirmative Action president and his “messianic” delusions. So if a Hollywood or TV celebrity says your wonderful, that makes it true??? They and their fans and followers live in the land of make believe and can’t tell the difference between that a reality. Just like their “messiah”……………..
Report Post »robert
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 12:47pmLeftist radicals to the last person have difficulty in recognizing the real world as it exists, preferring to hold delusional views of themselves and everything around them.
Scary Nancy Pelosi believes putting everyone on food stamps and unemployment will boost the economy and she sees herself as a saint and a great intellect for saying so.
The community organizer sees himself as a great historical figure though he probably couldn’t pass a high school GED test, and his typical black arrogance blinds him to his own stupidity.
Report Post »000degrees
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 6:23pmSo the majority of the posts here show the same thing. We are supposed to stop this insanity how? It sure would be nice to see some of the players (elected reps) on the big ball field take this guy on. Where the hell are the conservatives in congress? Can you come up with a plan other than “donate to my fund”? This is getting way past serious…..
Report Post »Freedom from liberals
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 6:39pmBHO is our pied piper, Follow me, I’m the pied piper. Watch this YOU Tube video of Obaba leading us off the cliff. It is hilarious
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrXTQROViec
XScramblerX
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 8:56pmGandhi maybe….but Nelson Mandela‘s ears aren’t that damn huge!
Report Post »All kidding aside….what a pompous windbag….pretty sad when you
have to compare yourself to great men when you’re a simple community
organizer. Wow he really likes himself !
Unbelievable! Child man potus.
dshevlin
Posted on March 4, 2012 at 8:28amThat was Hitler’s MO to a tee. More words of wisdom. Just look at history. It is not so hard to figure out. BO has someone in mind, an idle of some kind, that is why he said this. Who does he think he is, or who is he really??? There is someone in his past that he is trying to continue the work of. His words and his actions speak very loudly to me. I see it. Do you?
Report Post »db321
Posted on March 4, 2012 at 2:20pmFreedom from Liberals – GREAT VIDEO – ALL should, not just some, need to watch this Video!
Thank you for sharing – Brilliant! Obama the Pied Piper. Liming front runner in my opinion.
Here is the link in case you missed it!
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrXTQROViec
RLTW
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 12:18amFrom the book “people of the lie”, a description of evil that fits BHO
Prominent American psychiatrist M. Scott Peck on the other hand, describes evil as “militant ignorance”. The original Judeo-Christian concept of “sin” is as a process that leads us to “miss the mark” and fall short of perfection. Peck argues that while most people are conscious of this at least on some level, those that are evil actively and militantly refuse this consciousness. Peck characterizes evil as a malignant type of self-righteousness which results in a projection of evil onto selected specific innocent victims (often children or other people in relatively powerless positions). Peck considers those he calls evil to be attempting to escape and hide from their own conscience (through self deception) and views this as being quite distinct from the apparent absence of conscience evident in sociopaths.
According to Peck, an evil person:
Report Post »Is consistently self-deceiving, with the intent of avoiding guilt and maintaining a self-image of perfection
Deceives others as a consequence of their own self-deception
Projects his or her evils and sins onto very specific targets, scapegoating others while appearing normal with everyone else (“their insensitivity toward him was selective”)
Commonly hates with the pretense of love, for the purposes of self-deception as much as deception of others
Abuses political (emotional) power (”the imposition of one’s will upon others by overt or co
GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 1:33amPlease red this:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/11/the_abuser_in_chief.html
Report Post »http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/10/who_is_barack_obama.html
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/08/the_anti-american_president.html
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/08/the_anti-american_president.html
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/08/the_president_who_wasnt_there.html
Elena2010
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 6:44pmAh, excellent book. I shall have to reread it.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 12:12amHere’s the real Nelson Mandela. Read and puke:
http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~springbk/enemy.html
Report Post »AMERICA4EVER
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 2:29amMandela is a communist and look at South Africa today.
Report Post »dissentnow
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 5:57amObama does remind me of Mandela and Gandhi. Mandela is a communist and Gandhi was a racist. I’d say that fits Obama well.
Report Post »bornagaincowgirl
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 12:06amHave you ever heard this man give a speech where he didn’t use the word “I” over and over and over again? Oh, and point a finger at you.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 4:10amYou are so right…this guy is a grade ‘A’ self delusional clown…you are spot on..all he does is speak about himself..shows a lot about his character and Soul…he lacks both
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 11:26amBORNAGAINCOWGIRL: Amen. Looks like somebody has a never ending ego.
Report Post »chiquita
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 4:31pmBingo!! I agree, you are SOOoooooo right!!! And, we all know that he didn’t like it when Gov. Jan Brewer stuck HER finger in HIS face. Go Jan Brewer!!! And, I agree with you, Mark, he is devoid of character & soul. We MUST get him voted out of office!!!!
Report Post »wordweaver
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 12:03amTo answer the question at the end of the article, I think that when you award the Nobel Prize to a guy before he has done anything to deserve it, you sow the seeds of delusions of grandeur. So, yeah, I think he is extremely high on himself, and sees himself on a par with the statesmen mentioned. But the emperor has no clothes.
Report Post »drenfroe
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 12:01amWe‘re in trouble if we don’t get him out as soon aspossible. He’s insane on grandoise power just like Hitler. We were in trouble the day they stuck him in office. We were in trouble the day back in the seventies when the news media decided the people couldn’t handle the truth in the news.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 12:04amMan, you nailed this tight.
Report Post »Pat Alexander
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 5:50amSometimes the only comment one can use is “Dear God !!”
This is one of those times………
Report Post »deblo100
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 11:55pmI wonder if the Nobel Peace Prize Board of Judges will ask for their Peace Prize to be returned by Obama? His selection was certainly premature and inaccurate.
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 11:53pmTELEVISION is the WINDOW to people’s souls. More than Movies, more than Still photos…IF you study TELEVISION photos you will see the REAL person being shown.
OBAMA cannot help the SMIRK, the hot-shot, smug, arrogant “gotcha” look that comes across his face every time he is asked about “OUR TROOPS” or “DEFENDING AMERICA”
He is trying to wreck us, gut our Military, Gut your Economy, establish CLASS war fare. WHY? Because his “job” is not to be PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES…but DICATOR (not only of US but the WORLD) this is EVIL WALKING/TALKING. LOOK AT HIS FACE. Watch his eyes…even his best campaign trainers can’t train this look out of him. BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR IT. SPREAD THE WORD.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 11:51pmwhat is that smell??,and what is that on the walls of the white house?? and what is that falling out of his narcissist mouth, yep,it has a distinctive smell.
Report Post »CanteenBoy
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 11:48pmThe gall of this one person; he thinks he is as big and important as this country’s 232-year history that he can decide it needs “fundamental change” and will wipe his bottom with the United States Constitution to implement it.
We are in trouble if this person is reelected.
Report Post »chiquita
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 4:41pmAmen!!!
Report Post »wakeus_com
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 11:47pmLet the narcissistic fool compare himself to whoever he wants … as long as it is OK for me to compare him to Lenin.
Report Post »Caballosinnombre
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 11:40pmSomeone like him knows no bounds to self-indulge their ego.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 11:39pm.
Report Post »He should have compaired himself to “The Seven Deadly Sins”………..
Banter
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 11:33pm“What it takes is ordinary citizens who keep believing, who are committed to fighting and pushing and inching this country closer and closer to our highest ideals”
Interesting, since we are a nation that did in 200 years what no other nation can claim. Under self-governance, we became the wealthiest, most charitable, and most scientifically advanced nation that regarded personal liberty as the hallmark.
Yet, under obama, he thinks we must continue to strive and inch closer to mediocrity, where middle class is the goal, and social justice the law of the land.
Pffft, at our worst we are an exceptional nation that no other can even hope to emulate..
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 11:32pmThe man is a narcisstic charlatan
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 11:45pmAdd delusional and grandiose
When Barry fasts for 24 days or is jailed for 27 years—-I might listen.
Must be too many mirrors in the white house—-narcissism at its best.
OMG 2012
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 12:03amHis Mein Kampf moment
Report Post »christos
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 11:31pmMaybe Mandela but absolutely no Gandhi,,,I was thinking HITLER.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 7:57amHe hates white people, took over the country and ruined it. Definately Mandela.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 11:31pmNo Christian I know would talk the way this self centered man does….no real Christian that is.
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 11:29pmThe man is a narcissistic charlatan.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 11:27pmHe sees himself in the same light as them and of Lord Jesus our Savior and the true Son of God.
Unlike all of them, Obama wants to make all of us his slaves.
Report Post »Maxim Crux
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 11:26pmHe will certainly be a historic figure…a dark note in history. Perhaps worse than Stalin, Hitler and Mao put together. For all of you racist Marxist at MSNBC…dark means dissonant…not belonging…no good, foul..evil even.
Report Post »dmforman
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 11:30pmThat depends on who writes the history. Too much of our history is not factual, but twisted truth and opinions. Look at your child‘s history text and see what it’s actually teaching and you’ll be shocked. He just may come out smelling like a rose.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 11:15pmOh my gosh, I think I just heard a lightning strike! Did it miss him? This man has absolutely no shame what-so-ever! If his lips are moving he is lying.
Report Post »GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 11:23pmDid you noticed that this clown has a disgusting headline every two days, at least?…I’m serious, Barry does wrong things or says disgusting statements 180 times a year!!!!
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 11:30pmBreitbart died suddenly! It can happen to anyone! Poetic justice would be scary right now!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 6:40am@Grandmaof5 – lightning must have struck indeed.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 11:13pmHe is a narcissist; of course he compares himself to Gandhi & Mandela – because he thinks he is greater than them.
Report Post »Welcome Black Carter
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 11:30pmSad little man-child. If he were not so dangerous, I would feel sorry for him.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 11:11pmHowie is one funny guy. But Barry does not look anything like a Jewish Germophobic Comedian. But he does rather look like Indira in his Sari.
Report Post »POdVet
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 11:09pmHe thinks he is a historical figure on par with Muhammad!
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on March 4, 2012 at 7:24amI would call him a joke but he is to dangerous. His only comparison to Ghandi is that he is a racists like Ghandi. His only comparison to Mandela is that he too is a communist.
He is convinced that he is the smartest man in the world and that he is the only person who knows how to save the world.
His reduction in the military will come back to bite him. He is turning several divisions of trained people out onto the streets with no jobs and then plans to initiate Martial Law. The army he has fired will turn into his opposition and the friends who stayed on active duty will join them.
OMG
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