Obama: Fame Junkie
by Larry O'ConnorLast week, while trying to rally support for last minute maneuvers designed to push his health care “reform” scheme through the House of Representatives, President Obama made a revealing statement. “We are going to make history!” he exhorted a crowd at George Mason University.

Just like that comforting, exhilarating little buzz his brain experiences each time he takes a drag on his ubiquitous cigarettes, and like the electrical surge he probably felt during the days when he experimented with “blow” in his youth, President Obama has found a new addiction to satisfy his undisciplined cravings: The President is addicted to making history.
In a way, it’s understandable. Imagine being a state senator from Illinois and within four years you stand astride the world as the most famous political figure of your time. It’s a rush, baby… here… take another hit, dude.
Oh, he dabbled with some street-level stuff in his youth. First African-American Editor of the Harvard Law Review? Yeah, that’s some good stuff. That’ll give you a good buzz for a while. But then, he had to settle for some real retro-grade stuff. Community organizing on the South-side of Chicago? Man, that’s like Marion Barry level stuff. That’s not going to satisfy a guy who was raised around all that “Maui-wowie” notoriety.
But then he got a bit of an upgrade with his election to the Illinois statehouse. But he was clearly bored with that job. It’s just not history-making enough to be an African-American State Senator of an African-American district in Chicago. His next big fix was the U.S. Senate.






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