At the Saddleback Church forum where Obama and McCain appeared in a joint interview live on national television on Aug. 16, 2008, they were each asked their views on abortion. As usual Obama said he was “pro-choice” and in response to the question of when life begins—at conception or beyond—stated, “I’m afraid that’s above my pay grade.” Once more, he’s using the same image, that of someone above him but someone in the same company, a colleague at a higher pay grade, someone to whom he would have to submit. And what colleague might that be? Obama ‘s deeper intelligence admits that he’s the one who should stay at the lower pay grade, translated, “Vote for McCain.”

Obama’s puzzlement over the abortion issue is significant. Regarding abortion he first put himself in a lower position. He wasn’t sure when life began: “Have you destroyed a child or not?” he asked himself. “I don’t know.” In so doing, he suggests that he experienced father-abandonment in childhood as an abortion. (I can assure you from conducting psychotherapy for years that unconsciously patients universally experience abandonment by a parent as if they’ve been aborted—that powerful psycholinguistic image repeatedly surfaces.) Surely that abandonment would make Obama question his self-worth and lead him to see himself as a lower-grade person below others, less valued.

When a father leaves a child, often that child blames the mother for choosing such a lousy role model. The child experiences the mother abandoning or aborting him as well. Might this explain Barack’s negative attitude toward women which slips out at times?

During the debates with Hillary he could be testy and aloof—telling her on one occasion that she was “likable enough” and on another calling her “honey.” On the stump recently he insulted Sarah Palin—strongly linked to the image of “lipstick” after calling herself a hockey mom equivalent to a “pit bull with lipstick.” Within a week, Obama stated, “You can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig.”—then denied it had anything to do with Palin. Sorry, Barack, that was far too coincidental. Everyone got it.

Such behavior also points to a self-destructive streak, not uncommon for people with unfinished business who must vent their anger in self-sabotaging ways because they see themselves as “bad.” The “pig with lipstick” reference matches his off-the-cuff putdown of rural Americans who must “cling to their guns and religion.”

There’s one other issue about abortion? Suppose Obama recognizes that his pro-choice stance is untenable when he admits to not knowing when life begins.  Suppose that the deeper intelligence reveals that we all disagree with the surface mind’s “pro-choice” opinion. This would mean that “pro-choice” Obama is actually be encouraging mothers to attack their own motherhood, the very center of their identity—as degrading a thing you could possibly do to women. (More on this view of abortion in the deeper intelligence later.)

Also, when we look closely at the issue of abortion, we see how Obama’s anger at his own abandonment might come into play explaining why he is the most pro-abortion candidate in American history. In 2001, as a state legislator in Illinois, he opposed a bill to protect live-born children in late attempted abortions. He was the only Illinois senator to speak out against the bill. We know that victims of abuse often mistreat others later in their life. Treating others the way they were treated becomes the outlet for their pent-up anger. We must ask, how has Obama dealt with his anger? Injured kids are understandably angry kids, furious at moments—an issue which will resurface later. Obama’s untenable position in favor of destroying a human life—born into the world, mind you—tells us something about his inner world. Kids who experience early severe parental abandonment feel as though they were “born dead”—never given a chance. It’s like the hole in them is so big it can never be filled. They’re full of loss and death, not life.

Consider Obama’s book Dreams of My Father— when he abandons you, all your father leaves you is dreams because he’s not actually there as a meaningful presence in your life. His lack of presence is palpable and creates a living, breathing hole inside you.

Samuel Johnson once said that it’s the little things that change your life—the chance events. We all can relate. In politics, where candidates try with all their conscious heart to put their best foot forward and cover up any major weaknesses, it’s the “little things, the little clues” that tell their real story. Their deeper intelligence tells us that story.

If we want to understand our leaders, it’s here we find the wisdom to do so. We must tackle the tough job. We must diligently listen for a leader’s psycholinguistic “thoughtprints”—repeated, subtle messages revealing their true mindset. We must be willing to see it even if it’s a lack of a set, determined mind because they are missing something. Obama’s wavy mindset surfaces often, as when he makes promises to General Petraeus on how he would handle the Iraq war as president—a promise which he contradicted within 24 hours. Truly, it’s those little things which will guide us as voters.

Those little things also enable us to understand the real reasons behind Obama’s positions. Once we understand the deep-seated emotional pain that drives this candidate, we can better comprehend his behavior and his positions on the crucial matters facing us: the war, foreign policy, his appointments to the bench, his economic intentions including spending plans and money management, and whether he will accept responsibility when he’s wrong. In short, Obama’s DI will tell us how he would change America.

When he blurted out that the question of life’s inception would be better answered by someone “above my pay grade,” Barack Obama’s deeper intelligence indicated that he is not yet ready to step up to a higher pay grade. While he should remain at the lower pay grade of senator, John McCain should be the one to move up. How well this image fits his earlier pronouncement that a kid needs “a male figure in the home that can guide you and lead you and set a good example for you.” He’s admits that we need a man in a home who leads and guides and sets a good example—how close that is to the United States needing the man John McCain, the war hero who could lead and guide this country from the White House, the nation’s home. On Father’s Day no less, Obama informed us who should be the next father of our country.

Summary

  • Obama revealed more than he intended in Saddleback interview on abortion question in comment, “I’m afraid that’s above my pay grade.”
  • Regarding the abortion issue Obama suggested he was puzzled, and in a lower position than someone else.
  • He suggests that he experienced the father abandonment in childhood as an abortion causing a view of himself as a lower grade person, less valued.
  • A son abandoned by a father also blames the mother for picking such a lousy role model—which likely explains Barack’s negative attitude toward women to slip out as he demonstrated to both Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin.
  • Obama’s book Dreams of my Father suggests in title alone—all your father leaves you with when he abandons you is dreams, because his presence is not there.
  • Obama’s also suggests in “above my pay grade” that he is not yet ready to step up to a higher pay grade, that while he should remain at the lower pay grade of senator, McCain should be the one to move up.