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My column commemorates the noble Olympic “sacrifice” of the First Lady in Denmark.
Mrs. O’s emotional pitch was supposed to bring tears to the eyes of the audience, according to crony White House Olympics cheerleader Valerie Jarrett. Chicagoans are no doubt shedding tears — over the ballooning costs [...]

Schlock value.

Party time.

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I respect the historic tradition of inauguration day, not the cult of personality driving the schlock festivities now taking place.
Pomp and circumstance have been replaced with pimp and self-aggrandizement — all topped with a heapful of double standards.
I’m not the only one who thinks so. Politico’s Daniel Libit has a piece this morning quoting several [...]

File under “Double Standards.” Again.

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Q-V-C in D.C. They’re coming to the presidential inauguration. It’s a perfect match — the relentless hawkers at the shopping network and the relentless money-grubbers at Team Obama still pimping pins and other knick-knacks after the election.
QVC is traveling to Washington to mark President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration this month — [...]