Yet Another Example...

...of journalism's fall into the abyss. Michelle Malkin has written an excellent column regarding, brace yourself, the difference in media coverage regarding Barack Obama and George W. Bush. This time, it concerns their respective workout regimens. Case in point:

Ah, the perks of media affection. On Christmas Day, the Washington Post delivered a front-page paean to Barack Obama’s workout habits. The 1,233-word ode to O’s physical fitness read more like a Harlequin romance novel than an A-1 news article.

Sighed smitten reporter Eli Zaslow: “The sun glinted off chiseled pectorals sculpted during four weightlifting sessions each week, and a body toned by regular treadmill runs and basketball games.” Drool cup to the newsroom, stat.

Zaslow imparted us with vital information about buff Bam’s regimen: “Obama has gone to the gym for about ninety minutes a day, for at least forty-eight days in a row.” The Washington Post enlightened us with more gushing commentary from Obama friends and associates who explain how, as the subtitle of Zaslow’s opus put it, “Gym Workouts Help Obama Carry the Weight of His Position.”

More syrup and drool from other "journalists" follows this. Now, the contrast:

Former Washington Post writer Jonathan Chait famously attacked Bush three years ago in an opinion piece for the Los Angeles Times headlined, “The (over)exercise of power.” Recounting how President Bush ran three and a half miles a day and preached more cross-training to a federal judge, Chait fumed: “Am I the only person who finds this disturbing?…What I mean is the fact that Bush has an obsession with exercise that borders on the creepy.”

Chait argued that Bush’s passionate devotion to exercise was a dereliction of duty. “Does the leader of the free world need to attain that level of physical achievement?” he jeered. “It’s nice for Bush that he can take an hour or two out of every day to run, bike or pump iron. Unfortunately, most of us have more demanding jobs than he does.” 

Hmmm...wonder what the difference is? You don't suppose it's ideological, do you? I mean, aren't journalists supposed to be objective and unbiased? Well, there was a time when they were a little more that way...not much, mind you, but with the advent of the Half-Black Messiah, all pretense is gone.

The bottom line?  Fit Republican president = Selfish, indulgent, creepy fascist; fit Democratic president = disciplined, health-conscious Adonis role model.

JASmius adds: Most of us have more demanding jobs THAN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?!?  Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, then why are those people sucking off Obama so frantically?  Let him turn into Sherman Klump as he and his party are laying waste to America's economy and national defenses.  Sooner or later (and probably sooner), he and his palm frond-wavers, will rediscover just how "demanding" that job is - after you FUBAR the country into the f'ing ground.