Inauguration or “Summer of Love”
Was not sure if I was viewing a Presidential inauguration or a reenactment of 1967′s “Summer of Love”. News journalists were doing more slobbering and love-panting over Barack Obama than a high school football team at Hugh Hefner’s Playboy mansion.
The last four days have seen a 24 hours a day marathon of accolades for the incoming President with each news outlet trying to outdo the other. It’s a sure bet that the news media will be giving President Obama a “free ride.” We are entering the era of journalistic and political utopia. There will be no condemnation or questioning of any policy that is handed down from this administration. Every decision will be accepted without question. And any utterance from the mouth of Obama will be treated as if it were the Sermon on the Mount.
Let’s consummate this marriage between Obama and the press and quickly move on past the honeymoon. National and world problems are waiting to be solved. There’s a whole lot of promises that have been made but no proven history to base them on.
