i woke up this morning just as barack obama was being sworn in as president of the us
no matter what radio station i tuned to, i couldn't avoid it
while history was being made, i was taking a shower and getting ready for work
now, don't get me wrong, were i an amrican citizen i would have voted for him, but just listening to orgasmic euphoria that has infected the media today
never mind journalistic objectivity, whatever happened to straight reportage of the facts?
still i feel sorry for obama. you would think that after 8 years of bush, he wouldn't have to do much to be a success. however, expectations have been raised so high, i wonder if anyone could meet them.
good luck to him
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I had a similar experience strolling around Bloomsbury in London yesterday. Manyof teh shop radios were tuned to the inauguration. part of it I suspect is the media's creation of our generation's moon landing - unity around some epoch-making milestone.
ReplyDeleteI also feel sorry for Obama but for different reasons. His election has tones of a messinaic arrival ... and we all know what people do to Messiahs. My prediction? Nailed to a cross by March.