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\"\"Harold Meyerson of the Washington Post<\/em> and Maureen Dowd of the failing New York Times<\/em> (or is it now the Aztlan Times<\/a><\/em>?) both are reliably good for a laugh, and not in a good way.<\/p>\n

Mr. Meyerson in this column<\/a> states emphatically that President Obama’s address is the death knell for both the Reagan and the Bush eras. Oh, and in case you missed it, President Obama is Jesus. Seriously. Not only is President Obama the “word[] … made flesh,” [ed — John 1:14] President Obama also preached that the “‘last shall be first'” [ed — Matthew 20:16]. ‘Puter’s intrigued that suddenly it’s OK (according to Democrats) for Americans including Mr. Meyerson to find Messianic religious significance in our politics, so long as the purported Messiah is a Democrat favorite. If this is to be the sort of insightful analysis that will be offered by our “independent” press during the Obama Administration (President Obama = Jesus, so cease all criticism of The One), ‘Puter fears for the health of our Republic generally, and for the mental health of Mr. Meyerson specifically.<\/p>\n

Ms. Dowd, after rambling about The Day the Earth Stood Still<\/em>, incoherently babbles<\/a> about the Inauguration, including President Bush’s departure from Washington, seeing Beyonce and Jay-Z looking on proudly, the oath butchery, Rastafarians and public euphoria. All she left out was the requisite quasi-biblical “the lion shall lay down with the lamb” language[popular misquote of Isaiah 11:6], and she’d be right up there with Mr. Meyerson’s moonbattery.<\/p>\n

‘Puter looks forward to commentary on the Obama Administration that does not depend upon Bush bashing as its primary support. Unfortunately for Ms. Dowd and Mr. Meyerson’s argument style, they will not have George W. Bush to blame anymore, and will have to rely on that most difficult of concepts: logical coherence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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