When Barack Hussein Obama pulled the race card at the end of his nationally televised press conference last week, he made an egregious error by miscalculating the public’s response.

Obama’s approval ratings — which were already the lowest in 6 months — fell even lower after the presser. His overall approval rating is 48% — the lowest ever recorded for him. And his disapproval rating is now at 39% — the highest since he was elected.

The Constitution lawyer mistakenly thought that by aligning himself with blacks and Latinos in defense of his friend, Harvard professor Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr., that blacks and Latinos would help boost his sagging ratings and support his health care reform bill.

Sadly, that didn’t happen.

Instead, many blacks and Hispanics who originally voted for Obama are now out of work and feeling dismay that the Hope & Change Obama promised them during his campaign was just a smoke screen to cover up his hidden socialist agenda.

What we saw during last week’s presser was an arrogant man so full of himself that he thinks police officers are stupid and doctors don’t know the difference between tonsillitis and allergies.

Obama is typical of all narcissists who find themselves in power: they grossly abuse it. Also typical of narcissists is to blame others for their problems. On Thursday night, it didn’t take long for Obama to blame George Bush for the economy — as he has done for the last 6 months. Blacks and Latinos are getting tired of his excuses.

Obama’s ratings will continue to fall because Americans everywhere have taken notice that Obama is determined to ruin this great country with his socialist policies. That’s what separates him from George Bush.