Let me preface this by saying that I in no way believe that Barack Obama is the anti-Christ, although I know that rumor is out there, just as it was when Bill Clinton was elected. It's a ridiculous notion. But having said that, I can't help but find it a tiny bit ironic that the nation's newly-elected messiah has chosen a second-hand man whose name means "God with us."
f
And can we talk about Rahm Emanuel? I had to just shake my head in disbelief this morning as GMA gave a glowing report entitled, "Who is Rahm Emanuel?" If you knew nothing about him, and you believed what you saw, you might come away feeling a happy glow that the President-elect had chosen a grandma-helping, apple pie-eating, ballet-dancing boy scout to shape the nature of his administration. No mention of his steak-knife wielding days in the early Clinton years where he rattled off names of political enemies as he plunged the knife into the table and shouted "Die!" This man makes Howard Dean appear bipartisan.
f
As I watched, I just laughed as I remembered those early days in the Clinton-Bush transition period where stories came out about W's staff picks. Remember the stories entitled, "Who is Karl Rove?" If you weren't frightened enough by the picture they painted, the subliminal messages might have done it. I could have sworn if you looked hard enough you could see horns, a tail and a pitchfork superimposed into the image. It's laughable.
f
I wonder if the media has any concept of what they've done to themselves. Do they even care that over half of this country believes they are slightly less partisan than al-Jazeera and the other half knows but just doesn't care? They have zero credibility left. If 2000 was the election the Supreme Court hijacked, then the media certainly gets the credit for stealing this one.