Mr President

It is fascinating how the U.S. TV pundits turn on a dime — yesterday, she’s a disaster; today she’s the greatest person ever in the history of the world — but this isn’t new; George W. Bush received similar coverage and inspired the same kind of breathless cult following. Her speech last night reminded me a bit of Bush too, in that it was a collection of fairly standard conservative talking points, including a line lifted from National Review, and it had the tone familiar from a lot of Bush’s speeches, the snide, condescending tone (apparently being a “community organizer” is now something to be mocked, because apparently conservatives don’t believe in working outside of government) and the certain knowledge that TV pundits will call you “likable” even as you’re saying nasty things.