One can't help noticing that when Mr Obama mocks himself, he mocks himself for being super-human.

ECONOMIST: Lexington

This, though, wasn't mere plain speaking from a man who loves to be loathed by those he mocks as "the liberati".

BBC: Thursday 24 April

While he mocks and exaggerates and creates a dense, tough double-layered persona who takes more time to sift through than most people allow, small truths are the starting point that he twists in order to tell a bigger truth.

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