PrintJanuary 23, 2009
Sorry media, Obama's just not that into you
The vaunted fourth estate of American democracy has transformed itself into a bunch of breathless and biologically-pressured thirtyish career women hoping to be noticed by the hot guy who just walked into the room and winked in their direction. Journalist Carol Marin sounds like any of a number of perplexed women performing yet another Friday night postmortem. Only instead of bemoaning her inability to decode a balding real estate agent who likes to golf and play Madden Football on his Playstation, Carol's wondering where she (and the many like her) went wrong with the President-elect. Because, despite doing everything right, supporting him through thick and thin, praising his every small accomplishment and making excuses for his mistakes, some journalists have started to notice that the President-elect has a system of favorites. Marin cites their devotion,"As ferociously as we march like villagers with torches against Blagojevich, we have been, in the true spirit of the Bizarro...(Read Full Article)
