I remember when the first President Bush had an approval rating of 92% after Desert Storm.
There was a press conference, and a reporter asked President Bush a stupid question.
President Bush remarked that the reporter had asked a stupid question.
I looked at the faces of the reporters in that room.
Their faces hardened to hatred.
The press made it their mission to destroy the first President Bush.
And they did.
And they tasted the sweetness of power.
They had become the Praetorian Guard.
They would select our Presidents.
But their arrogance has defeated them.
Hillary wasn’t the only one who was arrogant.
The American Praetorian Guard has been arrogant.
I think you are right.
Compare and contrast the election night coverage of the networks this time, with past elections.
My God, you would swear that all these news people were covering a funeral by their reactions to the election returns coming in.
When Obama was elected, there was great excitement on election night among the news folks, with speculation about what will he do in the first 100 days and all that sort of thing. None of these talking heads speculated about what Trump will do in the first 100 days.
I remember too, when Clinton won in ‘92, Dan Rather was saying how it’s time to start the engines of Air Force One, now it’s time for the Clintons to take off for Washington, etc. etc.
Nobody was talking that way about the prospect of a Trump presidency on election night.
And see how this coverage continues. The media excitedly covered a visit by Bill Clinton to Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson, on his way to Washington to become president.
The media excitedly covered a train trip by Obama to Washington to become president, which was supposed to have paralleled the journey of Abraham Lincoln from Illinois to Washington when Lincoln became president.
I look forward to glowing media coverage of events such as these with Trump, as he prepares to become president.