The Teflon President-Elect

by Larry Elder - November 27th, 2008 - Creators Syndicate

"How long do you think it will take for the press to turn on Obama?" a friend asked.

"Eight years, if he's in that long," I told him. "Doesn't matter what happens. Either they'll blame Bush or 'circumstances beyond Obama's control' while writing articles about how heroically Obama handles them." It's already started.

The biggest problem we have in America today is the willingness of the MSM to propagate illusions. These illusions become conventional wisdom and it destroys the ability of the American people to have an intelligent discussion, in restaurants, coffee shops, the work place, and even in political gatherings.

In this last election, a large percentage of Republicans thought that we should get out of the Iraq "war", even though they thought we should continue the war against "terror". The MSM has successfully portrayed the illusion that Iraq is not a battlefield in the larger war, but a separate thing we can end without encouraging our enemy. This is a perfect example of the illusions I am frustrated by.

The next illusion being perpetrated is that the Magic Marxist Messiah can do no wrong. For the next 8 years the MSM will assure that the illusion is maintained that all problems are the fault of someone other than Barack Obama. Larry Elder is once again amazingly foresighted in his predictions.