Dan Sherrier

In case you didn’t know, it’s hard work being the president. So hard, it tires even the great Barack Obama!

That’s the basic gist of a recent AP article, (which was pointed out on Michelle Malkin’s Web site.) If you thought that the honeymoon might be nearing its conclusion, think again:

He's so tired.

“After a sleepless, overnight flight to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this month, President Barack Obama made a not altogether surprising admission. He was tired,” the article begins. “Who could blame him?”

Is it naïve of me to expect objective reporting from the AP? Or any news outlet that claims to be objective?

Yes, being president is hard, no matter who you are. This is not news.

Reading further, we learn how the poor man can’t even take a vacation in peace. Yeah, not news either.

“His weight never fluctuates more than five pounds and he still wears the same clothes he wore when got married 17 years ago,” the article tells us.

Whew! What a relief! Thanks for putting that in there. Because Obama’s weight is a topic over which so many of us lose sleep.

You want further proof that being president is hard? The AP points to Obama’s hair, which is “now flecked with gray.”

He’s a man nearing 50. His hair has two choices at this point: fall out or turn gray. Still not news.

Then there’s this nauseating paragraph: “Though he may need a vacation, they [his aides] say he still thrives on a keeping a busy schedule and continues to scoff at critics who say he’s taken on too much in his first year. Unlike former President George W. Bush, who made getting eight hours of sleep a priority, Obama often works late into the night, averaging five or six hours of sleep, but making do with less when need be.”

That might explain why he’s tired.

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But here’s a translation: When we were saddled with Voldemort for a president, that lazy, selfish so-and-so had the nerve to prioritize sleep. Sleep! But not Obama. No. Even with the weight of the world on his shoulders, he sacrifices two or three hours of sleep each night to stand guard over our country. Obama don’t need no stinkin’ sleep. And if you think he can’t manage it, he shall scoff at you! Yes–scoff he shall! Be grateful!

It’s an exhausting job being so wonderful, but somehow, he copes.

He copes with “his beloved Blackberry.” And, “Obama has said that one of the things he values most about his wife and daughters is the refuge they provide him from the folly of Washington.”

Basically, Obama’s better than Washington, the AP reports.

Here’s a little experiment: Google “Bush tired” and “Obama tired.”

For “Bush tired,” the first page shows nothing about physical fatigue.

However, on the second page, we learn that “Doesn’t Bush look tired?” means “A cunning plan to get rid of George Bush. Adapted from a Doctor Who episode, where the Doctor overthrows Harriet Jones’ Government with 6 little words ‘Doesn’t she look tired’ which results in people speculating she is ill, and leads to a vote of no confidence,” according to Urban Dictionary. (Kids, stick to Webster’s. Urban doesn’t seem to know how to count.) “So, if you would like to take part in the experiment, or hate Bush and want to get rid of him, pass it on.”

Now compare to the Google results for “Obama tired.” This brings up pictures of Obama appearing sleepy. Naturally, there are numerous references to the AP article quoted here, plus a reminder that Obama was also “too tired” to give a proper welcome to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown earlier in the year.

Of course Obama is going to be tired. No doubt, Bush before him was exhausted frequently–and probably every president dating back to Herbert Hoover. Anyone human is going to wear themselves out in that position in its modern form. All part of the job.

But allow me to suggest a New Year’s resolution to the MSM: Please get over your crush. It was never cute. It’s always been embarrassing.

Unless, of course, that whole article was just a cunning, Dr. Who-inspired plan to oust Obama.

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