Overselling Barack Obama, again

For those of us who did not fall for the hype, the 2008 election was particularly disturbing. Watching President Obama be described as “almost godlike,” “a lightworker” and shown repeatedly by mainstream media photos with a halo around his head was more than we could stomach. The adoration and fawning worship of Obama fans in 2008 got to such a disturbing level that even fellow Democrats started to ask people to dial it back.