Certainly as a younger man, Obama aspired to be Toohey. Did Toohey ever achieve Obama's power?

Also remember that Obama couldn't do what he does without the complacency and conspiracy of the major news media. The same media that for 8 years did everything they could to crucify the Bush Administration (which they deserved for the most part). If the media were as gung ho on Obama as they were for GW Bush, Obama wouldn't be getting very far at all in his evil agenda. And without people like Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and the others, (who are represented in Atlas Shrugged as people like Wesley Mooch and Mr. Thompson). Remember, no dictator does the dirty work by himself- they always need the assistance of those around them. I.E. Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Mao Tse Dung never really pulled the triggers themselves - they get their armies to do that. This has gone on throughout history and it hasn't changed. The Play remains the same, only the cast of characters change.

Excellent observations. You have the intellectual lightweight pegged. He has several handlers - Ayers, Soros, daily Valerie Jarrett (former Chicago slum lord), and of course the indulgent CFR, who hand picked him. I question the "had" about the drug habit - why was that enclosure built by the back White House door? Obama is being used like Michael Jackson, by people with their own agenda, and he is just happy talking at people or being the rock star to his followers.

Obama is more Mr. Thompson than Ellsworth M. Toohey. At least the latter had a complete manifesto and stuck to it. Rumors have Obama dreaming his way in front of a large-screen TV half the time.

Toohey more then Thompson, but what about welsey????

"Mr. Thompson" is a physical bully.
"Ellsworth Toohey" is an intellectual bully.
So I conclude that Obama is pretty much a "Mr. Thompson".

Definitely Saul Alinsky and Wesley Mouch are interchangeable.

Mouch to me is so much like saul alinsky it is uncanny. and with O doing his best to rule by executive actions it was more parallel for me then Toohey

Great insight. I never quite looked at it that way, but it is certainly eye-opening.

Wesley Mouch would be one of Obama's underlings. They do, of course, have a lot in common.

Obama is not Ellsworth Toohey. Toohey, in the Fountainhead, is brilliant and devious. Toohey understands all that happens in the world, and yet acts on his corrupted sense of morality. Obama, on the other hand, is a dullard. He is bumbling his way from one scandal to the next.

If you want a more real-world shoe-in for Toohey, you'd be better off looking at the murderer and communist Bill Ayers. For proof, just take a look at how he made a dumb young follower with a bad drug habit, no personal identity, and a hatred for any and all male / father figures into a polished respectable looking black man who has reached the top yet hasn't actually accomplished anything in the world inside the government, and outside of the government.

Brilliant analysis. Impressive.

I certainly agree with your comments regarding Toohey. Obama looks like a bumbler (as did GW Bush), but he has comprehensively accomplished the fundamental transformation of America that he promised five days before the 2008 election. Ayers is unquestionably brilliant and devious. You may recall a book about GW Bush named "Misunderestimated". I think that many have done the same with Obama.

Ah, President Wilson - Obama's mentor - even more so than Alinsky or FDR.

I say Gus Webb.

I do agree with you. The obvious counterpoint is that Ellsworth Toohey never achieves the power that Mr. Thompson (and Obama) does.

Which one (Toohey or Thompson or Obama) is the real puppetmaster or just a puppet? Some would argue that Obama is a puppet of George Soros, although at this point, Obama may be more powerful than Soros.

Good point about the need for Obama/Toohey to be noticed.

What a nice call. I had forgotten about Gus Webb.

Toohey. Unlike Mr. Thompson, Obama does manage to be noticed, most of the time because he interjects himself into things that don't involve him. (If I had a son he would look like Trayvon Martin) I could see Toohey, having organized coalition of science "experts", running around claiming "99% of scientists agree..." while leaving out the part that they are all loyal to him.

Toohey, because he is always working an angle. Thompson was more of a spokesman. Obama is more of a behind the scenes mover. He certainly has a public side that is like Thompson, but he's very vindictive and manipulative like Toohey.

Personally, I think Obama has gone mental and his aides are running the show from behind the scenes and just throwing him in front of the camera for appearance sake.

President Wilson’s wife got a way with hiding his ailing psychical state for quite while.

He is certainly is like Toohey going back to his community organizer days.