A Comfort of Consistency, by Justin Katz
Under the Government's Wing
5:48 PM, 07/ 5/10
Earning Happiness, by Justin Katz
Culture
1:46 PM, 07/ 5/10
Costa Encounters the Pitiful Enemy, by Justin Katz
Rhode Island Politics
9:31 AM, 07/ 5/10
Cutting the Cultural Meat Out of American Education, by Justin Katz
Education
8:24 AM, 07/ 5/10
Poetry of Life's Underlying Politics, by Justin Katz
Culture
8:26 PM, 07/ 4/10
A tribute to our country, by Donald B. Hawthorne
Liberty & American Founding
6:04 PM, 07/ 4/10
Blue Cross Advertisement from the Former Governor, by Justin Katz
Rhode Island Politics
4:49 PM, 07/ 4/10
I Can't Take It Anymore! Just One Small Post About Al Gore, by Monique Chartier
On a Lighter Note...
4:12 PM, 07/ 4/10
Civic Engagement Should Be Part of Life, by Justin Katz
Seeding the Grass Roots
11:58 AM, 07/ 4/10
Let's Be Clear: If You Oppose the Recent Changes to the Arizona Immigration Law, You Oppose United States Immigration Law, by Monique Chartier
Immigration
10:30 AM, 07/ 4/10
June 28, 2009
Exhibit H Supporting the Thesis That Obama's Celebrity Status Has Acheived Unprecedented Importance to His Standing as President
I mean, come on:
He even topped that by making sure to carve out time for a lovely date night in Paris. PARIS! Dining on foie gras and pheasant de truffled snootypants beneath the Eiffel Tower? Now that's a European adventure and makes me a little pouty when I consider that, like most American women, the closest I've come to that lately was the "Tour of Italy" trio of I-talian favorites at The Olive Garden.Even on the night of a big NBA playoff game, Barack made sure date night would go on. He arranged for an early dinner allowing plenty of time for digestion before tipoff. He and Michelle had supper at ritzy Citronelle in Georgetown, cooing and hand-holding and everything.
The thing with the fawning over run-of-the-mill celebrities is that it's the fawning that gives them influence. Blending that influence with the actual power native to the presidency of the United States of America makes for a dangerous cocktail.
Devoted fans will typically not be adequate judges of their heroes' work product, and it is just plain dangerous to give political leaders too much of that beneficent haze.


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We did this with Reagan, too. We just didn't have the Net then.
Posted by: rhody at June 28, 2009 8:08 PMWe didn't hear about this in the previous administration because Laura Bush probably had a better time reading a book.