The Depths to Which We Have Sunk

And Lo, President Obama was elected, expiating American original sin and heralding a dawn of Hope and Change.

Well, we got change alright. Hat tip to RS McCain (the other McCain to whom I link) for pointing out that since his election, the media has tied absolutely everything to President Obama. People losing jobs? Oh No! How will this affect the President's polling data? New Star Trek movie! Great, Sci-Fi voters will compare Obama to Spock (patently ludicrous). The President chose Dijon mustard for his photo-op burger? DEAR GOD! EDIT IT OUT! FASTER, BEFORE THEY CALL HIM FRENCH! Meanwhile, in Texas, millions of Americans who voted against Obama enjoy mustard on a burger and the world continues to turn.

Seriously folks, the love affair the US media has with Obama is starting to actually nauseate me. He is not the first charismatic president. Reagan's speeches still resonate, and I haven't seen any footage of TV interviewers (even amateurs like Chris Matthews) gushing like schoolgirls. He speaks reasonably well (and I'm being generous, see previous posts). Get over it.

Secondly, if Democrats are so terrified that their urbane and cultured president could alienate voters based on which condiment he uses on a freakin' burger then perhaps it is time that they concede he is in fact a stuffed shirt, and since mustard is so devilishly hard to get out of cotton they just can't have it anywhere near him. At some point, Democrats are going to have to wake up and realize that in the next election, they are going to have to campaign on what the President actually accomplished, rather than the sparkle and dazzle campaign to which we were subjected last time. Unfortunately for them, President Obama has already demonstrated that he is to the left of the vast majority of American voters, and he is haemorraging independents faster than Christopher Buckley can remove "Obamacon" from his Facebook profile.

Quick, someone edit out a live report of the President saying he doesn't like Mexican food! That ought to save us from genuine scrutiny for at least 3 news cycles!