![]() ![]() When the old man died, Obama briefly regretted not knowing his name, then swiftly regretted his regret.īut what started as an affectation has turned into an affliction.Ī front-page article in The Times by Carl Hulse, Jeremy Peters and Michael Shear chronicled how the president’s disdain for politics has alienated many of his most stalwart Democratic supporters on Capitol Hill. ![]() ![]() Obama carried groceries for him but never asked his name. His only “kindred spirit” was a silent old man who lived alone in the apartment next door. I had grown too comfortable in my solitude, the safest place I knew.” He was, he wrote, “prone to see other people as unnecessary distractions.” When neighbors began to “cross the border into familiarity, I would soon find reason to excuse myself. ![]() He began “Dreams From My Father” with a description of his time living on the Upper East Side while he was a student at Columbia, savoring his lone-wolf existence. From his address in Berlin to his acceptance speech in Chicago, he eschewed ornaments and other politicians, conveying the sense that he was above the grubby political scene, unearthly and apart. When Barack Obama first ran for president, he theatrically cast himself as the man alone on the stage. WASHINGTON - Affectations can be dangerous, as Gertrude Stein said. ![]()
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