Thursday, July 19, 2012

Explaining Obama's Ressentiment

Unearned success is the central theme of his life story.

By JAMES TARANTO of the Wall Street Journal:

Yesterday's column discussed the philosophy behind Obama's belittlement of the successful. Today we'd like to examine the psychology behind it. For it seems to us that Obama's generalities about success being undeserved are absolutely true in one particular case: that of Barack Obama. Unearned success is the central theme of his life story.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444330904577537003820291084.html?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb_h

Every once in a while Taranto has it exactly right. This is a MUST read