Having been criticized by some conservatives for failing to note that Team Obama is planning to spend as much as $150 million for his inauguration parties, and having been the megaphone of choice for Democrats and the Left when Bush was criticized for the cost if his inauguration ($40 million), the AP has written a column about the cost. It’s in CYA mode and will claim, “sure, we covered the criticism.”
The price tag for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration gala is expected to break records, with some estimates reaching as high as $150 million. Despite the bleak economy, however, Democrats who called on President George W. Bush to be frugal four years ago are issuing no such demands now that an inaugural weekend of rock concerts and star-studded parties has begun.
Please don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining. These stories were created and amplified by the MSM who went to the usual suspects to get their quotes.
But the criticism isn’t so much about the cost of the “Big O” extravaganza. It’s about the everlasting double standard the press uses.
That is why the MSM’s role as gatekeeper needs to be destroyed. We don’t need a coterie of people telling the rest of is what the debate should be about; what’s permissible to discuss and what’s not.
And that’s why we cheer when the financial world collapses around these gatekeepers. We don’t wish them ill (well some of us do for all the harm they have done), we want them gone.
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As a D.C. local all my life, I do resent all this unprecedented disruption for Inauguration 2009. The final straw for me was the closing of the Virginia-side bridges. The closing of all those bridges is totally unnecessary and even poses a hazard as well a great inconvenience!
In sum, this worshiping of "The One" has gotten on my last nerve.
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