Jim Blazsik

In order to insure our cherished freedoms, we must have the freedom of political satire and the ability to highlight our leader’s mistakes. America is unique in that our leaders derive their authority and are accountable to the governing body of “We the People.”

Robert J. Samuelson writes in the Washington Post:

The Obama infatuation is a great unreported story of our time. Has any recent president basked in so much favorable media coverage? Well, maybe John Kennedy for a moment, but no president since. On the whole, this is not healthy for America.

Our political system works best when a president faces checks on his power. But the main checks on Obama are modest. They come from congressional Democrats, who largely share his goals if not always his means. The leaderless and confused Republicans don’t provide effective opposition. And the press — on domestic, if not foreign, policy — has so far largely abdicated its role as skeptical observer.

Obama has inspired a collective fawning. What started in the campaign (the chief victim was Hillary Clinton, not John McCain) has continued, as a study by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism shows. It concludes: “President Barack Obama has enjoyed substantially more positive media coverage than either Bill Clinton or George W. Bush during their first months in the White House.”

The study examined 1,261 stories by The Post, the New York Times, ABC, CBS and NBC, Newsweek magazine and the “NewsHour” on PBS. Favorable articles (42 percent) were double the unfavorable (20 percent), while the rest were “neutral” or “mixed.” Obama’s treatment contrasts sharply with coverage in the first two months of the Bush (22 percent of stories favorable) and Clinton (27 percent) presidencies.

With the MSM and the left media having a messiah complex over Obama, we need this now more than ever. Humor is a great leveler of mankind. It humbles us as we learn to laugh at ourselves. It’s a great medicine for the messiah complex.

Besides, it’s fun to point out the hypocrisy and double standard of the left. If it was George Bush who stated that the Constitution was written 20 centuries ago, the MSM, Late Night Guys and the liberal funny people would run with this material – for who knows how long.

Let me ask you a question: with Obama making such a stupid statement, does this mean that Obama is stupid? (Think of all the times George Bush has been called this). Of course not. But it does take the shine off in considering him as brilliant though, but not stupid.

So let’s relax – it’s OK to laugh at Obama.

h/t to CQblogger for the video.

UPDATE! 6/6

Evan Thomas declares, “Reagan was all about America, and you talked about it. Obama is ‘we are above that now.’ We’re not just parochial, we’re not just chauvinistic, we’re not just provincial. We stand for something – I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world, he’s sort of God. He’s-”

UPDATE! 6/3

h/t to Hot Air. Did NBC’s Brian Williams bow to Barack Obama? Actions truly speak louder than words.

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