Brought about by the lefts constant attack politics.

I've quoted you and linked to you here.

Sometimes the smart guys don't understand anything. In the present climate, isn't it time to pull together, offer constructive ideas, and forget the divisive, snarky, comments that seem to dominate the political discussion of late? Red vs. blue is getting tiresome, as is bithead, triumph, kos, rush, andrew, and others of their ilk.

I was thinking about this when Katon Dawson said he wanted to be Barack Obama's worst nightmare. Really, Katon? You want to be a bigger enemy to the US President than Osama bin Laden? Are you sure that's a noble goal?

Anyway, yeah, the attention is a bit over the top, but not because us liberals perceive Obama as any kind of messiah. That's mostly a dumb invention of the right. What we--and most Americans--are happy about is the end of one of the most destructive periods in our nation's history, the last 8 years of mostly republican control. All I expect of Obama is that he'll be generally competent, and that's an enormous relief after the Grover Norquist/Tom Delay/George Bush era.

Look closer and you may note that a chunk of the 'private contributors' are companies recently bailed out by the taxpayer.

Yeah, why why don't you just write an irate letter to your boy George W. Bush and his Treasury Secretary then. Last I heard they were still "in charge."

Actually, the cost of the inauguration is not funded by taxpayers. In fact, it is entirely funded by private donors. The entire list of donors is available on the internet.

Sorry, wrong answer. Look closer and you may note that a chunk of the 'private contributors' are companies recently bailed out by the taxpayer.

I think Obama has more than gotten the Messiah treatment by the media and his supporters

No, actually the "messiah" nonsense has come from the right, who, not surprisingly, have nothing better to contribute to the discussion. They did not seem to be too worried about putting a President on a pedestal when their lips were vacuum welded to Bushs's ass for all those years.

Those of us who live in the DC area on both sides of the aisle are complaining about the inauguration insanity.

That's true. I piss and moan whenever there's a movie premiere down the street. How dare those moviegoers interfere with my personal comfort? Snort!

The media adulation will hopefully stop soon, and probably will given that there won't be any demons named Bush to lay all the blame on, and at some point Obama has to own the things going on.

I think Obama has more than gotten the Messiah treatment by the media and his supporters, but in the end I guess if there is a day to place a politician on a pedestal it would be on the day of inauguration. Where it will get old quickly is if it continues too much beyond the first month or two.

I can understand the need for conservatives to grouse churlishly about all things inaugural. Really, I do. It should make the transition just that much sweeter, but mostly I think it's kind of sad.

Give it a rest people. Those of us who live in the DC area on both sides of the aisle are complaining about the inauguration insanity. It's not just "sad conservatives."

Did it send a shiver up his leg? Matthews pretends to be a real journalist. Why doesn't he just admit to what he is -- a liberal pundit?