The Making of a Schicklgruber

The Making of a Fuehrer “ Ali Sina wrote Understanding Obama: The Making of a Fuehrer four years ago this month. It has since been widely and erroneously  distributed as the work of  a Dr. Vaknin.  I find it remarkable that he was able to make this assessment of Obama's narcissism, and the personality cult he created  from the get-go.  Here's a clip below. If you are in the Barn-Army Advanced Study Towards a Doctoraate (BASTID) program,  working on your PhD in Obamunism and Other Hitler-like Cults, it's required reading.  The Cult of Personality There are other disturbing similarities. Like Hitler and Khomeini, Obama also likes to create a cult of personality around himself. As stated above, when a large number of a population is discontent, a charismatic leader can seize the opportunity and present himself as the agent of change. He can create a cult of Personality by associating himself with the idea of change. He convinces everyone that things are terrible and a drastic change is needed. He then casts himself as the only person who can deliver this revolutionary transformation that everyone is waiting for. He portrays himself as a benevolent guide; the only one who cares about people and their needs and can pull them out of their alleged misery. In reality, they have no clue about how to address the problem - have no experience, no track record. But they are convincing because they are self assured. Equating anyone to Hitler by highlighting the similarities between the two is a logical fallacy.  This fallacy, known as reductio ad Hitlerum is a variety of both questionable cause and association fallacy. I believe it is wrong to trivialize the holocaust and the horrors of Nazism by comparing our opponents to Hitler.  However, Hitler, prior to coming to power had not killed anyone. He was insane, but few could see that. These revolutionary leaders need foes. They exaggerate the problems. They make everything look gloomy. They lie, cheat and slander their opponents while casting themselves as the saviors of the nation. Hitler chose the Jews to blame for everything that was wrong in Germany. Khomeini made the Shah and his westernization plans his scapegoats. Obama has chosen President George W. Bush to smear. He can rally people around himself, as long as he can instill in them the dislike of Bush and equate his rival, McCain to him.  Sigmund Freud wrote, "It is always possible to bind together a considerable number of people in love, so long as there are other people left over to receive the manifestations of their aggressiveness" (Civilization and Its Discontents). Let us read a few of the comments Obama’s fans have made about him. Their unbounded adulation of this totally unknown figure is proof of my claim. Jon Robin Baitz is the creator of the ABC series "Brothers & Sisters." He writes: Ali Sina is the author of Understanding Muhammad: A Psychobiography of Allah’s Prophet and the founder of Faith Freedom International, the movement of ex-Muslims created to eliminate hate through knowledge and foster amity among all mankind. A Shrink Asks: What's Wrong with Obama?" is still a very good read. cuzzin ricky ”