Woman Buried in Obama T-Shirt
Many people have criticized President Obama for being a little self absorbed. It is true that he refers to himself and his accomplishments a lot when giving speeches, but a speech at the Democratic National Committee fundraiser in Washington may take the cake. While giving a pitch for his health care plan, he refers to a letter he received about a woman who had died of breast cancer. We don’t know her name, because Obama either chose not to use it, or he forgot it. I don’t know why he would not at least use her first name. However, he was not using a teleprompter, so I think he forgot it. What is surprising about this woman, is that she was buried in an Obama t-shirt. While this may seem a little disturbing to some, Obama almost seems proud of it. According to Byron York of the Washington Examiner,
Many observers have noted that the president often seems extraordinarily self-referential. It’s all about him, they say. But even those critics might be a little taken aback by the “buried in an Obama t-shirt” remark. Is it really that much about him?
If Obama had left out the being “buried in an Obama t-shirt” part, this woman’s story would have been more effective in making his point, but if Obama is truly self absorbed, it would be impossible for him not to include this little piece of information about an unnamed woman. Watch the following video for yourself and come to your own conclusion about Obama’s level of egocentricity. Besides the t-shirt part, notice at the end of the clip how Obama denies that the American people have rejected his health care plan. He claims that Americans actually want his health care plan, they just don’t like the “sausage making” process in Washington. While Obama is correct in stating that people don’t like how things are done in DC, he is incorrect in stating that Americans want his health care plan. In fact, 61% of Americans want Congress to drop health care. I think he is in denial about this. Of course, that goes along with being self absorbed.




