When we are cruising the net we usually make it a point to steer to Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit. We were rewarded yesterday May 29th with these insights as to why we should not be surprised with moves by the press to “get over” its snit with Obama and start defending him. After all they brought him to the dance and made him prom king.
CODEPENDENCY: A Bad Relationship: How the Press Came To Love Obama More Than Itself. “It’s disheartening to see the Obama administration attack the press in unprecedented ways and the reaction from the press is to accept that blame and then go forth to explain to the world that the president isn’t really like this. Most of the time he is a good guy. He loves us, honestly. He just has these moods.”
UPDATE: Reader Jeff Carlson emails: “The MSM seems to frequently slip in the shower and run into door frames around Obama.”
But for us the money quote is this one:
I think it’s closer to “Suzy, if you tell what Joe did to you after the dance, we’ll lose the big game!”
The latter must be a favorite of Reynolds as it is from a comment posted three years ago re Al Gore and global warming. Which also serves to remind us that many of the posts we link to have very insightful comment sections that are well worth the time to scroll through. The American people are not to be trifled with. Our reader’s insights are on that level and always appreciated.
And to more of our delight while at Instapundit yesterdaywe bumped into this one:
Socialism never works as a policy, but thanks to human traits of envy and gullibility, it’s often successful as a con.
Just one more item via Instapundit before we just move on – if you are intent on keeping up on Obama’s IRS scandal — keep up to date by going here.
And as to the commanding visual we referred to? One need go no further than terrellaftermath to always find a dilly. R Mall
Chris Christy must love the circus. When he isn’t channeling PT Barnum he Is center ring. We understand New Jersey likes circus clowns as well.
