https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/10/23/michelle-obama-likes-upscale-clothes-too/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:54:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/10/23/michelle-obama-likes-upscale-clothes-too/#comment-20103 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:54:37 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=1950#comment-20103 Totally!

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/10/23/michelle-obama-likes-upscale-clothes-too/#comment-20102 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:41:08 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=1950#comment-20102 IMHO – Bill Clinton = narcissus

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/10/23/michelle-obama-likes-upscale-clothes-too/#comment-20101 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:56:19 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=1950#comment-20101 Yeah, and then take say Churchill or Roosevelt. I’m certain Churchill was a narcist (sp?) As for FDR – I think he needed attention but somehow he did not seem narcissistic (sp?). Both great leaders for the time.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/10/23/michelle-obama-likes-upscale-clothes-too/#comment-20100 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:23:14 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=1950#comment-20100 Mary,
It’s a whole lifestyle. Many people want power over others (politics) and attention from them (Hollywood?) because they need it very badly, anyway, more than others. They’re not necessarily bad leaders (or actors) because of that. If you go to high-class meetings and events, you have to look your best so there’s nothing unusual that Palins, Obamas and McCains pay a lot of money for that. The problem is if their outfits are paid using taxpayers’ money.
I agree with you that they should be judged only based on their performance. Let’s take JFK, for example. How much of his legendary status comes from his performance and how much from people’s infatuation with the glamour, the story of rich educated families that made the news with their outfits, their big gestures and expensive marriages? JFK was crushed by the Russian president, Khrushchev, in only one face-to-face meeting, according to his own words. Well, expensive upbringing and a smart suit didn’t help him at all in negotiating with a leader born in a peasant family, who learned leadership at the School of Hard Knocks.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/10/23/michelle-obama-likes-upscale-clothes-too/#comment-20099 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:20:22 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=1950#comment-20099 Narcissism may be found in many leaders however, it has also been shown that they do not necessarily make the best leaders. The clothes issue may be an indication where the interests are of a certain person. And it would be a good idea to see not their accomplishments in terms of which leadership positions they held but what did they take that organization from and to. Did they really lead succesfully.

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