By Amy Yensi--
Political experts and historians have been romanticizing and touting Barack Obama's presidency, although it hasn't even started yet. I have officially lost count of the comparisons to Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Kennedy he has received. The arguments may have some validity, but these aforementioned presidents earned their reputations. Can we at least wait for him to do something as president before we begin to compare his policy to that of past presidents? How can we compare something in the past to something that might happen in the future?
There is a potential reason why such educated people are making such uneducated guesses: they're bored because the election is over. This attempt to fill airtime started even before November 4th. There were stories upon stories about Sarah Palin's shopping spree, Michelle Obama's black and white dress she wore on 'The View,' and who can forget Hillary Clinton's sisterhood of the traveling pantsuits? There were times the election coverage seemed like an episode of 'What Not to Wear': Election Edition.
Perhaps one day the political movers and shakers might actually do some reality T.V. If there is ever a 'Celebrity Death Match' starring Keith Olbermann v.s. Bill O'Reilly it would probably send the Nielsen ratings through the roof.
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