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Give it a rest - you too, Greenwald. How helpful can it actually be for a new president to have as much criticism lobbed at him from his own party as from the opposition? As usual, all the republicans have to do is sit back and watch the left tear itself apart, then they will take over again.
I know I shouldn't be, but I nonetheless am amazed at how many people think that Obama should never be criticized, and that anyone who does so, regardless of the merits of the criticism, is being bad.
He's about to become the most powerful political figure in the world - certainly one of them. His approval ratings are around 70%. The reverence directed towards him in some circles is unlike anything since what George Bush received circa 2002. And yet that's not enough. He must not be spoken ill of -- ever. Even if you praise him one day for something, if you criticize him for something else the next, that is blasphemy.
I honestly find it nothing short of creepy, really. For those whose stomach gets queasy when reading anything that criticizes him, this is not a place to come. Just save yourselves the heartache. In 9 days, just go here, and you'll see all the praise and hagiography your little hearts desire:
WhiteHouse.gov
