More Boos Than Balls

from Ann Coulter's Townhall.com Column

 

It will not be easy for President B. Hussein Obama. More than half the country voted for him, and yet our newspapers are brimming with snippy remarks at every little aspect of his inauguration.

Here's a small sampling of the churlishness in just The New York Times: 

-- The American public is bemused by the tasteless show-biz extravaganza surrounding Barack Obama's inauguration today. 

-- There is something to be said for some showiness in an inauguration. But one felt discomfited all the same. 

-- This is an inauguration, not a coronation. 

-- Is there a parallel between Mrs. Obama's jewel-toned outfit and somebody else's glass slippers? Why limousines and not shank's mare? 

-- It is still unclear whether we are supposed to shout "Whoopee!" or "Shame!" about the new elegance the Obamas are bringing to Washington. 

Boy, talk about raining on somebody's parade! These were not, of course, comments about the inauguration of the angel Obama; they are (slightly edited) comments about the inauguration of another historic president, Ronald Reagan, in January 1981.

Full story at Townhall.com