Posted by
Mike Bates on Sunday, November 16, 2008 2:03:32 PM
Mainstream media Obamamania continues building. Today's Chicago
Tribune includes yet another "souvenir section" titled "Obama: A Life
in Photos." Moreover, there are articles in the newspaper's first
section on the current owner of a 2000 Dodge Neon once owned by Obama,
a doodle crafted by the senator that last year sold for $2,075, and how
Illinois
"bureaucrats are trying to figure out whether they should preserve for posterity the chair that cushioned his posterior." Page 19 carries
"They met Obama when. . . " Also on the paper's Web site, the article begins:
After the man with the big ears and the funny name
became president-elect of the United States, Chicagoans were happy to
tell their stories, boasting to anyone who'd listen about that time
they met Barack Obama.
Some recalled Obama's confidence; others were struck by his movie-star smile.
The people quoted in the piece include two of Obama's
brothers-in-laws and Illinois Senate president Emil Jones, Jr., the
former Chicago sewer inspector often described as Obama's political
godfather. Talk about fair and balanced.
A minister who met Obama as a young community organizer says he "was
very much impressed." The University of Chicago law professor who
recruited Obama to teach found him "very, very forthright."
In case those encomia are inadequate, White Sox general manager
Kenny Williams recalls being "very impressed by Obama's political
passion." A community activist remembers meeting him in 1985: "By the
time he left the interview, we knew he was the one."
The One? Was she among the first to recognize His Messiahship's
powers and abilities that are far beyond those of mortal men? These
qualities extend even to the mundane. A Chicago chef who observes,
"When he smiles, you just melt," was able to regain his composure long
enough to note "the Obamas really knew something about food. They had
ordered well."
How many of us have left a restaurant bitterly upset with ourselves because we hadn't ordered well? I know I have.
Can the Tribune maintain its frenzied elation for the next two
months? What does it plan? A "souvenir section" every day? More
coverage of other Obama in-laws? In depth interviews with folks who've
taken Obama's orders at McDonalds?
Surveys have shown that media types tend to be less religious than
most Americans. Since The One arrived to deliver us from ourselves,
however, much of the mainstream media appears to be in perpetual
adoration mode.