Well, not god exactly, but the church that calls itself the one true church and speaks for god, told Romney that he was special, extra special. The church that values god's laws above those of man's.
How to frame this in simple terms? I haven't a clue, it is hard enough for me to fathom it. I think if you examine the traits of narcissists, you would have a clearer idea.
Maybe that is what you want to hang it on Romney has numerous characteristics of a narcissist.
Here is a list of traits: http://www.winning-teams.com/recognizenarcissist.html
Their lack of empathy colors everything they do. They may say, "How are you?" when you meet, but they are working from memory. They are not interested in how you are.
Virtually all of their ideas or ways of behaving in a given situation are taken from others, people they know and perhaps think of as an authority (mirroring).
Their sense of self-importance and lack of empathy means that they will often interrupt the conversations of others.
They expect others to do the day-to-day chores as they feel too important to waste their time on common things.
Listen for the constant use of "I", "me" and "my" when they talk.
They very rarely talk about their inner life, for example their memories and dreams.
They feel that the rules at work don't apply to them.
They will always cheat whenever they think they can get away with it.
If you share workload with them expect to do the lion's share yourself.
They love to delegate work or projects, then interfere by micro-managing it. If it goes well, they take the credit, if it goes badly they blame the person they delegated it to.
There tends to be higher levels of stress with people who work with or interact with a narcissist, which in turn increases absenteeism and staff turnover.
They get impatient and restless when the topic of discussion is about someone else, and not about them.
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