The notorious asterisk (*) is applied to discredited sports records. Lance Armstrong’s
seven Tour de France victories have been followed by an * in the record
books since his admission of doping. Richard Nixon is modern history’s
only asterisk President. His * denotes the only President to resign from
office. More generally, the asterisk applies to any achievement gained
through questionable means.
Hence, the media elite will discredit any piece that has Barack Obama
“Asterisk President” in its title as spiteful partisanship, sour
grapes, and ignorance of “politics as usual.” Obama’s spin doctors and
the media will retort: Do these conservative wing nuts not know that
Obama won by a comfortable margin? Our democratic underground
has indeed put an asterisk next to George W, Bush, but that is only
right. Bush did not really win in 2008 and lied about weapons of mass
destruction, but our Barack won fair and square and by a comfortable
margin.
Columnists James Taranto and Peggy Noonan have broken the “asterisk taboo.” Taranto (President Asterisk)
describes how the mainstream media has circled the wagons to protect
Obama from the swirling scandals that threaten the legitimacy of his
second term. The media chant in unison: “Barack did not know. It was
only low level bureaucrats. Government is too complicated anyway. The
Republicans will lose by overplaying their hand.”
go to forbes.com
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