Until Tuesday

The mainstream media is still agog over "the speech", and the era of civility ushered in behind its delivery by the President Wednesday night in Tucson.  "If only it could last", is their collective prayer.  The Morning Joe crowd were all about "the speech" and "this moment" on today's program.  John Meacham asked "how long can we keep this moment going?"  According to him, "Obama has seized the initiative" with the speech, and "if we can get a couple of years of a better tone and a more constructive political dialogue, then we take it."  At least until next Tuesday Mr. Scarborough warned.  What happens next Tuesday you might ask?  The Republican majority in the House of Representatives will vote on the repeal of Obamacare.

In other words, a mood of national unity will persist and prevail until those nasty Republicans start fiddling with our God-given rights to medical care, resist liberal efforts to curb gun rights, as a result of the tragedy in Tucson, or fight the left on trying to curb the tongues of Limbaugh, Hannity and Beck, through the FCC and the Fairness Doctrine.  The mantle of decency, tolerance, and civility rests squarely, and singularly, on the right.  Those are the parameters as ascribed by the mainstream media.  Ironically, yet consistent with those parameters, the crawl underneath the talking heads of the Morning Joe crowd, as they discussed this new wave of civility, was this: "Sarah Palin accuses journalists and pundits of inciting hatred in wake of deadly Tucson shootings."  Further irony, but again consistent with the above parameters and rules for debate as prescribed by the left, host Joe Scarborough blasted Palin for making her remarks on Wednesday morning "all about her."  Funny, listening to Morning Joe, the remarks about Tucson were less about the poor souls and victims of the shooting, but more about how the whole event has elevated the status and future prospects of Barack Obama.