by matttbastard
Quick: who published the following headline: The Onion, or The Murdoch Times?
‘Obama’s Olympic failure will only add to doubts about his presidency’
Congrats if you picked the latter. Behold the advent of a new post-parody era:
There has been a growing narrative taking hold about Barack Obama’s presidency in recent weeks: that he is loved by many, but feared by none; that he is full of lofty vision, but is actually achieving nothing with his grandiloquence.
Chicago’s dismal showing yesterday, after Mr Obama’s personal, impassioned last-minute pitch, is a stunning humiliation for this President. It cannot be emphasised enough how this will feed the perception that on the world stage he looks good — but carries no heft.
“[L]oved by many, but feared by none.” Yeah, if only Obama had threatened the IOC with a first-strike scenario. Chicago might be cheering today.
Oh well — at least the failure-is-the-only-option crowd finally has a low-rent Waterloo analogue to (briefly) satiate their thirst for blood (metaphorically speaking, of course).
Hey, remember when criticizing the POTUS was tantamount to treason?
Now that Outer Wingnuttia has been exiled to the margins, cheerleading against America’s success is apparently the new flag pin.
bastard.logic 
well it is in the manner of US cons to fling the mud that ought to be sticking to them. this is but one instance of the world’s repudiation of Bushism that the right will try to make Obama’s.
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