Contradicting the faultless, albeit far-fetched image he has of himself, Barack Obama is a man harassed by truth. That's why, judging from his inability to accept personal responsibility, Barack Obama must be living in a constant state of agitated cognitive dissonance.
The late Leon Festinger is the social psychologist who proposed the theory of cognitive dissonance. According to Festinger, until the person suffering with perceptual disharmony can find a way to justify wrong actions and decisions, it's impossible to achieve a calm mental state, especially when those wrong actions and decisions challenge the way the cognitively dissonant individual sees himself.
That's why placing the blame for his mistakes on others and attempting to avoid having to admit he's not the sterling specimen he perceives himself to be is the only way Barack Obama can resolve the disharmony of perceptions and truth raging within his head.
In an interview with David Remnick of The New Yorker, entitled: "The Obama Tapes," instead of owning up to being the radical, rigid ideologue that he is, Obama blames many factors other than himself for Washington DC's gridlock and his powerlessness to "penetrate the Republican base."
Besides standing against Obama's left-wing plans for America, Republicans disposed to work with him have complained that the president seems unwilling "to reach across the aisle" to form coalitions by way of social interaction. That's because he won, he's right, and quite frankly he's proven that he despises anyone who disagrees with him -- just ask federally-indicted Dinesh D'Souza. Therefore, rubbing elbows with anyone besides Beyoncé and Jay-Z probably isn't something Barack Obama feels inclined to do.
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