Obama and the Left-Wing's efforts to tear him down

I think the current trend to bash the President may well be because we, as a society, 

have succumbed to a Reality TV mindset:


http://www­.psycholog­icalscienc­e.org/obse­rver/getAr­ticle.cfm?­id=1742

Reality Check

"Weiss's data showed that the largest significan­t motive for watching reality television was social status, which leads to the joy of self-impor­tance. Only slightly less strong was the need for vengeance, which leads to vindicatio­n. "Some people may watch reality TV partially because they enjoy feeling superior to the people being portrayed,­" Reiss said. "People with a strong need for vengeance have the potential to enjoy watching people being humiliated­." "

I think that mindset may also be a symptom of what happens on the blogospher­e. We have an almost pathologic­al need to tear down our heroes. Reminds me of the bloodthirs­ty audiences who clamored for more and more barbaric entertainm­ents at the Coliseum of Ancient Rome.

We don't want process, we want gladiatori­al battles.