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In Part Two, NRLC Co-Executive Director Darla St. Martin lauds the numerous invaluable contributions President George W. Bush made to the cause to which you and I have dedicated our lives. The depth and breadth of that heart-felt assistance will be made even clearer by the contrast we know will characterize pro-abortion President-elect Barack Obama. Part Three is the President's "Sanctity of Human Life Day" Proclamation.

It's no secret that the amusingly mislabeled "mainstream media" unthinkingly loathes President Bush as much as it reflexively lauds Obama. But the waves of criticism aimed at Bush as his presidency comes to an end are one thing.

The cloying, annoying infatuation with Obama as he is about to take office is quite another.

The honeymoon (the term commonly used to characterize the current spate-free environment) that Obama is currently experiencing with the press not only cannot last, the quickness with which it will sour will be remarkable. Let me explain why.

Watch Obama for two minutes and his contempt for journalists is almost impossible to miss. He picks and chooses whom he will take questions from (an increasingly narrow subset); what subjects he will entertain (as opposed to those he declares off-limits with thinly-veiled scorn); and is already giving reporters a heads-up about those areas he expects them to stay away from (loosely defined as honoring his "privacy").

Combine this with the way he glowingly talks about how he employed various technologies to create a new kind of grassroots politics to win the election, and how he will, as President, mobilize that base to create pressure to enact what Obama desires. Doesn't sound like there is much room for, or need of, the "Media Establishment."

My guess is that Obama believes the traditional media is an add-on, at best, an annoying and irrelevant relic, at worse. At a time when the traditional media is clearly on the defensive, it'll be fascinating to see how many settle for crumbs out of pathetically misbegotten sense of gratitude and how many quickly get up on their heels to complain.

Please take the time to read Parts Two and Three. Have a great weekend.

Part Two -- “Thank You, President Bush”
Part Three -- President Bush Proclaims January 18 National Sanctity of Human Life Day