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and personal statement on abortion was when he said if his daughters "make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby." In another interview when asked when life begins Obama glibly said he didn't know because that "is above my pay grade".

Media's Favorite Candidate Oversight #3: The Obama campaign used Barack Obama's palpable charisma and unique racial background and cultural upbringing to promote a powerful "cult of personality". Obama under the guidance of chief strategist David Axelrod ran a cult of personality campaign using soaring rhetoric and grandiose themes of hope and change packaged in slogans like "Yes We Can" and "Change We Can Believe In". All the while Obama purposely and skillfully skirted the most important campaign issues. Obama's cult of personality was not so much an oversight of the fawning media as much as they were sycophants in its making. Case in point, contrast the media's treatment of Obama with Sarah Palin. The media all but ignored Obama's associations with the domestic terrorist Bill Ayers and radical preacher Rev. Jeremiah Wright and convicted felon Tony Rezko. In contrast, Palin's daughter's out of wedlock pregnancy and her firing of a state trooper were plastered all over the main stream media.

Since the election Obama has taken his cult of personality to new levels and it seems the press now has an agenda to get Obama elected "celebrity in chief" with his visage on the cover of nearly every tabloid and celebrity magazine on the newstands (People, Us, Self). Recently, a shirtless photo of Obama made front page news on the New York Post under the headline "Fit for Office" with the subtitle "Buff Bam is Hawaii Hunk". Obama is so photogenic and so universally appealing he even made the cover of Tiger Beat Magazine. His cult of personality is also becoming lucrative business. Acolytes as well as the masses can now buy almost anything with Obama's image on it from patriotic gold coins to hip T-shirts, ball caps, and coffee mugs. NBC has even produced a commemorative DVD titled "Yes We Can the Story of Barack Obama" an unusual offering for a hard news organization since I don't recall a DVD called "Bush Political Dynasty the Story of Father and Son Presidents". Obama's election as the first African American President may be viewed as an ultra-historic event that could easily make him the first president to be on a US postage stamp while still living, or if the media has its way, while still in office.

As further evidence to

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