 A New Post-Season Reality As we noted yesterday, with the Super Bowl over, one of America's most dominating diversions is officially done for a few months. For some football-addicted Americans, that means today may be the saddest day of the year.
The good news is that now that football season's over, more Americans might be able to wake up and notice that politics in America have really been changing rapidly over the past seven months. Admittedly, some problems - like heavily slanted media - are still right where they've been for years, a fact that was blindingly obvious during the pre-Super Bowl interview of President Obama by Fox's resident bully-in-chief, Bill O'Reilly.
As Dana Milbank pointed out on Monday, during the brief interview, O'Reilly was rude and hostile towards President Obama. This time, however, President Obama displayed the strength of character we hope to see a lot more of from all progressives and liberals this year. The President even called out O'Reilly and Fox as one of the causes of divisiveness and misinformation in American politics today.
In a nutshell, Americans on the political left are beginning to stand together more often, and to stand up to the bullies on the right - and when they do so, they're winning... |
