Obama's Liberal Media

John Kass reports on the Liberal Media and Obama:

That after months and months of the American political media writing the Obama campaign narrative so it sounds like "The Song of Solomon," the candidate has become inevitable.

He blows his nose, and somebody must say -- "Look, he's not afraid to blow his nose as a leader seeking change, transcending the old, bitter politics of the past, so we may work together as one nation, under Barack."

Surely, his followers searched the ground for his tissue, ready to fight like dogs for the bits, and the lucky ones will no doubt press the torn pieces as mementos into scrapbooks, to gaze upon years from now, when they themselves become geezers, too weakened by unbridled taxation and socialized medicine to prevent their children from voting conservative.

And Clinton?

Asked the first question at their debate the other day, she dared to ridicule political media types, and unwittingly mimicked a nervous, angry caricature of herself from "Saturday Night Live."

"In the last several debates, I seem to get the first question all the time -- and I don't mind," Clinton admonished debate moderator Brian Williams of NBC. "... If you saw 'Saturday Night Live' last Saturday, maybe we should ask Barack if he's comfortable and needs another pillow."

If you haven't seen the SNL bit, you can see part of it at least on the Web at chicagotribune.com/debate.

It characterizes TV reporters covering Obama as fawning cheerleaders, and if they were puppies they'd stain the carpet. This is why I once called him the beloved Mr. Tumnus of American politics, since so many reporters would rather give him a hug than ask about his real estate fairy, indicted Illinois political fixer Tony Rezko, who goes on trial next week in federal court in Chicago.

As a class, the media doesn't like getting called on its liberal bias. And what was worse for Clinton at the Tuesday debate, the audience booed. Folks shook their heads. Almost every news account of the debate offered her wisecrack up as desperate, over-reaching, overly aggressive, clumsy, almost worthy of pity but not quite.

And Barack blows his nose and wins applause.

Where would Obama be without the fawning media?