For a narcissist, all the world’s a distraction

When asked by a journalist what represented the greatest challenge for a statesman, Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1957 to 1963, famously replied: “Events, my dear boy, events.”

To Barack Obama, events, emergencies, and crises—if they don’t fit his agenda—are not challenges, but distractions, as Mark Steyn explains.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at April 13, 2009 08:25 AM | Send