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WaPo Obama Idolatry: St. Barack Is New Parenting Tool
Gateway Pundit — Gross. The mainstream media reaches new depths of Obama idolatry. Toker in Chief becomes child's role model. Spleef anyone? From the Washington Post: Sherry Jones was driving her 13-year-old son, Malcolm, to school the other morning when he mentioned something about some kid he didn't like. Something about the kid being a jerk. Jones told him that wasn't kind. When you speak of people, she said, always speak good of them. "Look at Barack! . . . During the campaign, ...

A president being a role model is fine
Sister Toldjah — … and is the way it should be but,seriously, this Obama worship is just too much (via MM). What’s next? The Barack Obama Prayer Book? Gateway Pundit asks more questions here. (I should note that the WaPo article was published in mid-December. I guess a lot of us conservative bloggers missed it the first time around.)

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