Mr. Obama, enjoy the media adulation while you can

MarketWatch ^ | November 28, 2008 | Jon Friedman

[Justaham]

Mr. Obama, enjoy the media adulation while you can Commentary: President-elect should remember that what goes up, must come down

I'm starting to feel a little guilty about the media's treatment of President-elect Barack Obama -- and I may not be the only one.

Chalk it up to a phenomenon I'd like to call "Obama-remorse." You know how you feel buyer's remorse after you've spent a lot of dough on some big-ticket item, only to realize that you might have made a mistake? Well, it's going to happen to the president-elect as well.

Perhaps this sort of recognition prompted Washington Post media writer Howard Kurtz to do an incisive piece called "A Giddy Sense of Boosterism" on Nov. 17. As Kurtz noted, the media have tripped over themselves to celebrate and cash in on Obama's victory.

[martin_fierro]

Remember when McCain was a media darling?

[al baby]

Too bad we don’t have a lemonlaw for presidents

[LdSentinal]

Good grief.

This Friedman fellow is part of the problem. He wrote pro-Obama articles the entire year.

[Colonial Warrior]

[Darkwolf377]

Whenever I see Obama behind that podium with his little "Office of the President Elect" sign, I think of a kid pretending.

The man does not inspire confidence. He can have all the softball interviews he wants, but when his "change" is continuing Bush policies and covering it with a coating of Clinton stooges, I have to laugh at the gullibility of the American people. But I won't be laughing for long.

[Darkwolf377]

Look at what happened to Sarah Palin, McCain's running mate. When McCain first nominated her, she could no wrong in the media's eyes.

When was this?

In my dimension of reality, they were on her from HOUR ONE about her "lack of background," her kid's parentage, "Tasergate" etc. etc. etc. etc.

[MarkL]

I don’t think that it’s going to go away.

I think that the media has so much invested in Obama that they simply can’t allow him to fail, along with the fact that he supports the hard left turn that nearly everyone in the media support.

Mark

[occamrzr06]

but, but, but he’s the change we all wanted.

No more Bush....

Terrorists are just a civil issue. Just ask India.

Taxes, just because you make 250,000 , or 200,000 , or 150,000 or whatever, you’ll see a modest(aka huge) tax increase.

Wow, but hey, we do have a black man in charge, so that can’t be bad, yea/

[Darkwolf377]

Isn't it amazing how after forever listening to the left spout on and on (properly) about how racism is so stupid because it's only about the color of one's skin, we're supposed to believe that voting in a guy because of the color of his skin is somehow a triumph of NOT judging people by something so stupid as the color of his skin?

They've jumped from position (don't judge by skin color!) to complete contradiction (vote based on skin color) without taking a breath.

I'd say it's amazing, but I'm not surprised one bit.

[thecodont]

Whenever I see Obama behind that podium with his little "Office of the President Elect" sign, I think of a kid pretending.

I keep imagining him in a paper Burger King™ crown, myself.

He's enjoying his "make believe" official title while he can, perhaps because he knows he'll be ushered off the stage by SCOTUS very soon. I somehow don't believe he's doing it to try to embed his "authority" in the public consciousness to make it less easy to pry him loose.

I draw great comfort from seeing that BHO's name isn't here yet, Bush is still #43: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/

[April Lexington]

There should be minimum IQ requirements for journalists. What are the average ACT or SAT scores for journalism school students? I'll bet they are rock bottom, just like teacher programs. If you can't do anything else, you can at least scribble!

[Lancey Howard]

Mr. Obama, enjoy the media adulation while you can

Oh please....

The Democrat "mainstream" newsrooms didn't work their rear-ends off to get their socialist elected only to dump on him after he takes office. Their entire focus for the next four years will be to justify their hard work in getting 0bama elected, and to assure his re-election. Period.

And after he's gone, they will spin like a top to puff up the steaming pantload's "legacy".

This author needs to get real.

[GOP Poet]

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[avacado]

Good post. I could not have said it better myself!

[Eye of Unk]

This show was good and drew a lot of viewers until they started to abuse it, Disney over hyped it as well, too much of anything will make you sick. Obama wants to get his narcissism out as much as he can before its found out his act is phony.

[no dems]

In three years, or less, this nation will be ready to impeach the empty-suit, inept, inexperienced, Muslim Socialist President they elected in ‘08. He will be a bigger disaster than Jimmy Carter.

Tighten your seatbelts. America is about to take a 4 year detour to hell in a handbasket.

[Dawn531]

When McCain first nominated her, she could do no wrong in the media's eyes.

I think this guy must have been living under a rock, LOL.

[Madame Dufarge]

Despite the author's phony self-flagellation, he proclaims he's thrilled that the evil narcissist was elected.

A little CYA action by Friedman in preparation for when TSHTF.

[Fresh Wind]

Too bad we don’t have a lemon law for presidents

We do, but for that to work, we would first have to clear all the lemons out of Congress.