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Jan 31, 2009

Sunburn: Obama overexposed

Peggy Noonan, one of America's best professional bloggers, wrote another great piece that should be read in its entirity. Incase you don't, she saved the best for last... pretty interesting:

A final point: In the time since his inauguration, Mr. Obama has been on every screen in the country, TV and computer, every day. He is never not on the screen. I know what his people are thinking: Put his image on the age. Imprint the era with his face. But it's already reaching saturation point. When the office is omnipresent, it is demystified. Constant exposure deflates the presidency, subtly robbing it of power and making it more common. I keep the television on a lot, and somewhere in the 1990s I realized that Bill Clinton was never not in my living room. He was always strolling onto the stage, pointing at things, laughing, talking. This is what the Obama people are doing, having the boss hog the screen. They should relax. The race is long.

As a matter of fact, they should focus on that: The race is long. Run seriously.


But seriously... read the whole thing.. read about the last cigar, that sickly feeling that America's good time party is over... Curious?

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