Well, the San Francisco Chronicle's Mark Morford out does himself with sycophantic, hyperbole over his Obammessiah, today, February 27. He so revels in hero worship for The One, it's amazing that the White House doesn't feel compelled to get an order of protection against this creepy columnist.
No one in the Old Media is more sold on The One and less credible for his girlish crush than Morford. He is a fount of mush as he wonders if he should be scared of today's problems or suffused with lust in his heart for Obama (if you'll remember the Carterism).
It goes something like this: Do you allow yourself, even now, to feel any sort of ongoing, relieved, merciful joy that Barack Obama actually is sitting in the Big Chair in the White House? That this elegant, articulate, Zen-like man whose integrity is rock-solid and whose ideas, while certainly not in perfect alignment with every ultra-lefty vision on the planet (clean coal? Please), are astonishingly ambitious and brave, is leading this nation during one of the worst economic times in its short and paroxysmal history?
One would expect such gushing from a teenage girl writing to a teen idol, not a grown man talking about a mere politician.
Seriously, Morford wasn't finished...
It's a bizarre choice indeed. The good news is, the Obamafied bliss is still out there, still swirling, still waiting to be supped like a fine digestif. At any given moment you can, if you so choose, pause in whatever it is you're suffering from and hear that voice and see his visage or perhaps merely hear some pundit say the words "President Obama" out loud, and you can still enjoy that delicious chill, that little jolt that says, "Oh my God, did we really do it? Is that lucid, impeccably centered man really the leader of the free world?"
Of course, he goes on to indulge in a little Bush and Cheney bashing, too. We can't have unthinking Obamagobedness without some BDS, after all!
Now we might remember Old Mark from his wonderfully descriptive depiction during the campaign of Obama as a "light worker." Yeah, that guy.
I won't bore you all with any of the rest of this tripe as it is wholly empty of meaningful analysis, but I thought you'd all get a kick out of Morford's newest example of sycophancy for the new messiah.
By the way, I also find it amusing in a clinically psychological sort of way that our pal Mark has to have his picture on his article page twice. Once in the header and a larger one at the bottom of the piece. I don't know what that says, but I still find it amusing. It may be thus with other SFCers, but I still find it amusing nonetheless.
(Photo credit: San Francisco Chronicle)
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Yeah
February 27, 2009 - 11:03 ET by marriagemanYeah, he's really cool and all. Too bad about him raising our deficit, raising taxes and not knowing what he's doing.
What I wonder
February 27, 2009 - 11:18 ET by 10ksnookerIs what part of bankruptcy is so hard for liberals to grasp.
It's common knowledge that you can't be liberal and rational at the same time.
Good one!
February 27, 2009 - 12:07 ET by StarAZI laughed, MarriageMan--are you single? Ooops--stupid question.
"rock solid"
February 27, 2009 - 11:17 ET by SickofLibsHey, Morford, how about a jello match with Tingles for 'first dibbs'?
A run-of-the-mill drag queen is macho in comparison to these fairies.
Man up; you are pitiful.
I seriously need to look
February 27, 2009 - 11:20 ET by HelenSI seriously need to look into the accessory options for my laptop and see if they have a discreet and stylish barf bag. That was nauseating and disturbing!
Me - "The libs/dems of today are the Quislings of former years - the cowards who would vote a fraud into office in exchange for handouts from the devil."
Morford might be geting his
February 27, 2009 - 11:22 ET by celatorMorford might be geting his "YEA FOR OBAMA!!!" talking points from the Communist Party USA.
Here's Sam Webb, National Chair, CPUSA, making a speech Jan 31, 2009 at the Peoples Weekly World Forum in Cleveland OH. Webb might as well ask Obama to marry him and get it over with. Get a room, guys.
http://www.cpusa.org...
Mickey Mouse is one
of "Satan's soldiers" and must die, says Saudi Arabian cleric Sheikh
Muhammad Munajid. - Daily Telegraph (UK), 9/15/08
Wow.
February 27, 2009 - 11:30 ET by WhizzpopperThat's just freaking scary.
Yep, it is. You would think
February 27, 2009 - 12:12 ET by celatorYep, it is. You would think that the jackels, hyenas and warthogs that write for the Old Media would be interested in something like this. Nope.
But it does put placemarkers on Obama's politics, doesn't it? He can't hide much longer.
Mickey Mouse is one
of "Satan's soldiers" and must die, says Saudi Arabian cleric Sheikh
Muhammad Munajid. - Daily Telegraph (UK), 9/15/08
Merciful joy???? Oh,
February 27, 2009 - 11:44 ET by motherbeltMerciful joy???? Obamafied bliss? Oh, my.
Obasm is more like it for Morford.
Hey, he called him articulate! Where are the race police???
And this:
"Oh my God, did we really do it? Is that lucid, impeccably centered man really the leader of the free world?"
Yeah, he's "centered" all right....on himself. That's why he's oblivious to (or doesn't care about) the fact that every time he opens his mouth the markets drop.
<this comment subject to revision after critique of originality and motivation by richb313>
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
MB
February 27, 2009 - 12:40 ET by thebutlerdiditPlease tell me you are listening to Rush, right now! He just played a great parody by Shanklin, it was parodying ELO's-"Don't Bring Me Down." It's called "I'll Bring It Down" about the market. Too funny! As for this dude above, does anyone else think he puts on his ruby slippers and click his heels together and whispers "There's No One Like Barack, There's No one Like Barack!" Two words for ya, Lightworker, RESTRAINING ORDER.
BTW, MB, I will be watching for your revision, in case Rich sees the need to critique you, again. Please try to do better next time, after all, we can't have any unoriginal thoughts! You know how that upsets libs! They are a wildly independent thought bunch. Really Progressive, and all, doncha know?
All a Democrat needs is the upper-story window of public attention and the chamber pot of rhetoric. How else to explain the rise of Joe Biden? P.J. O' Rourke
I wish I was artistically talented enough to make this
February 27, 2009 - 11:46 ET by Lord ErondWe need an x-rated cartoon of Obama standing there with his unit out, while a bunch of prostitutes are doing the deed to his unit. The prostitutes would have the collective label "Mainstream Media". I think that would be an adequate representation of that relationship. And by 'the deed' I mean what Monica did to Bill Klinton.
"What you can not enforce, do not command" -Sophocles-
Savage summed it up perfectly...
February 27, 2009 - 11:57 ET by MrDavisonLiberalism is a mental disorder.
No wonder the ole' chron
February 27, 2009 - 12:05 ET by DEVILDOCMOMis sinking so fast...the quality of the columnists has gone down hill since I use to read the paper. BTW, shouldn't this person be using the term aperitif instead of digestif since we are (unfortunately) at the beginning of bho's term...
Morford "Man Lover"
February 27, 2009 - 12:09 ET by JohnJDunbarLet me see if I have this right. A man from San Francisco has lust for another man. What a shock. And adding to this is the fact that the paper that employs this Obama sycophant is going to cease to exist any day know. Wonder if Mr. Morford will feel the same way when he is unemployed.
AND...
February 27, 2009 - 12:14 ET by Warner Todd HustonAnd let's hope unemployable!
Articulate? Zen-like? Brave?
February 27, 2009 - 12:28 ET by goldenthroatWould someone please check to see what Morphine Morford has been smoking!
"Who am us, anyway?" - Firesign Theater
rawmuslglutes
February 27, 2009 - 12:39 ET by rjwest21///One would expect such gushing from a teenage girl writing to a teen idol, not a grown man talking about a mere politician.////
Nah, Andrew Sullivan does it constantly.
Hey, RJ
February 27, 2009 - 12:54 ET by thebutlerdiditCome on, now, that's not fair. I've seen the "Bareback Rider's pics of his glutes, they are awfully toned. Andi really works them out. And you know he has the shirtless pics of Duh1 blown up and over his bed.
Dear Diary, Today Barack looked at me! Some here at the Atlantic say he was just trying to read his TelePromTer, but I KNOW he noticed me, I was wearing my new shirt, the one that shows off my arms, and the really tight jeans, the ones that make my glutes look tight and toned. Tomorrow I will be stalking, uh, I mean covering his press conference. I hope that queen from Cali isn't there, trying to horn in. More Tomorrow, Diary, I must go search for the perfect outfit, maybe something that shows off my eyes.
Love, Andi
All a Democrat needs is the upper-story window of public attention and the chamber pot of rhetoric. How else to explain the rise of Joe Biden? P.J. O' Rourke
countrycuz I think
February 27, 2009 - 12:58 ET by countrycuzcountrycuz
I think Morford's column is symptomatic of why newspapers are failing. It is totally lacking in journalistic integrity. He set out to be satirical but ended up appearing obsessed in a juvenile way, which to the casual reader, appears creepy. I understand that he wanted to appear "cute" or "clever"- ala Dave Barry- but instead the column is simply idiotic. Whereas, you never know where Barry is going to come from next, Morford ( and the Chronicle for that matter) is too predictable to pull it off. This is one reason why many newspapers are failing. Why buy it if you already know what it 's going to report. If the Chronicle was smart it would write something occasionally that would seem out of character--keep the reader guessing. I really blame Morford's editor for this one. It was a poor decision to allow this to be printed. He really owes anyone who payed money for this edition an apology.
Another lefty wackadoodle from a rag...
February 27, 2009 - 13:02 ET by wnaegele...that can't fold quickly enough.
Illiterate
February 27, 2009 - 16:54 ET by WingletDriverAccording to this so-called journalist, BHO's ideas are brave. Strange--how do ideas show courage? Oops. They can't.
Maybe it was a metaphor. But nothing suggests that it was since BHO was the subject of the article. Maybe he meant BHO was brave for expressing these ideas (which would mean the author is poor at conveying his message). However, in a time when soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen (not to mention CIA agents) are putting their butts in genuine harm's way, doesn't it seem a it disingenuous to describe a career politician who frets over the price of arugula as brave?
Any way you look at it, this guy is illiterate.
Another gay liberal white
February 27, 2009 - 18:22 ET by SlicksterAnother gay liberal white male who has a mandingo fetish.
Bliss?
February 28, 2009 - 08:42 ET by jed58'Obamafied Bliss'? Firearm and ammunition sales at record levels. Love that bliss.
Obama
February 28, 2009 - 11:06 ET by NorthCoasterObama is inscrutable. How else do you describe someone who won't be pinned down until he chooses. He voted present in Illinois how many times? Now he finally has an opinion when he can trash the American business and political process.
TWO PICS!
February 28, 2009 - 11:27 ET by PharmerMorford probably wanted Obama to see his cute pic. Maybe looking for a hot date???
Is that "delicious chill" running up his leg, when he hears "OOOOObammmma".
KB
Personality Cult
March 1, 2009 - 06:09 ET by UnsaneA certain file I have on permanent standby, ready to use at a moment's notice, has JUST gotten a LITTLE longer.
Thank you, Mr. Morford, for supplementing Abul Fazl!
The Shahinshah is not nearly as much a President as much as He is a personality cult on the order of Turkmenbashy. This article, found in a dying newspaper (wonder why? Not the Internet, guys, but this silly thing called content), is proof positive of that.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)