The news media are saturated with paeans to the peaceful transition of presidential power that takes place today. Aside from the fact that this is a preoccupation with the superficial (see below), it is also an awfully low setting for the bar. So the great American achievement is that no one will be killed or jailed as power passes from Bush to Obama? Amazing! But last I checked, peaceful transitions have been occurring for years in Canada, Australia, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and a long list of other places.
Isn't this pushing American exceptionalism to absurd lengths?
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
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