Morning Jolt: Brace Yourselves for Betomania

Happy Pi Day! Making the click-through worthwhile: The insufferable tidal wave of Betomania is coming, why the college-admissions scandal is strangely reassuring, a horrifying statistic illustrating the extent of our partisan political rage, and a window of opportunity closing . . .

The 2007-2008 Hit Show 'Obamamania' Gets a Slick Reboot with a New Lead

Ah, here we go again.

The magazine covers and posters . . .

. . . the graffiti murals . . .

 

 

 . . . the gushing media profiles, the adoring interviews with late-night hosts, the hagiographic documentary, the t-shirts, the celebrity endorsements and appearances, the social-media mania, the volunteers creating their own designs for posters and logos and campaign imagery . . .  we'll probably get the flash mobs from 2018 restarted, too.

Except the last time we did this, all of the hype and hoopla was for a once-obscure slender guy in his mid-to-late ...

March 14 2019

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Brace Yourselves for Betomania Jim Geraghty Happy Pi Day! Making the click-through worthwhile: The insufferable tidal wave of Betomania is coming, why the college-admissions scandal is strangely reassuring, a horrifying statistic illustrating the extent of our partisan political rage, and a window of opportunity closing . . . The 2007-2008 Hit Show 'Obamamania' Gets a Slick Reboot with a New Lead Ah, here we go again. The magazine covers and posters . . . . . . the graffiti murals . . .      . . . the gushing media profiles, the adoring interviews with late-night hosts, the hagiographic documentary, the t-shirts, the celebrity endorsements and appearances, the social-media mania, the volunteers creating their own designs for posters and logos and campaign imagery . . .  we'll probably get the flash mobs from 2018 restarted, too. Except the last time we did this, all of the hype and hoopla was for a once-obscure slender guy in his mid-to-late ... Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories 'We Don't Have Light' Kevin D. Williamson Waging War against the Dead Victor Davis Hanson Destroying history will not make you feel good about the present. Studying and learning from it might. Ex-Hillary Flack: 'White Guy' Beto 'Not the Face of the New Democratic Party' Jack Crowe McIntosh said that Beto O'Rourke's identity as a white man will likely harm the former Texas congressman's 2020 presidential campaign. ADVERTISEMENT The Worst Crime in American History? George Will Things will only become worse as more states demand informations and answers from the Church. Florida Bill Would Jail Minors for Posting Pictures of Guns Katherine Timpf A bill before the Florida legislature would punish children for exercising their First and Second Amendment rights. Stumbling toward a Brexit Disappointment The Editors We still favor cashiering May for a more committed replacement, and support a no-deal exit over a delay that is only a way-station to ignoring the Brexit vote. Manafort's Light Sentence in Washington Owes to How Mueller Charged Him Andrew C. McCarthy Special counsel Robert Mueller bent the rules, to be lenient with Paul Manafort. Media Matters President Defends Bigoted Blog as 'Parody of Right-Wing Blow Hard' Jack Crowe Media Matters president Angelo Carusone on Wednesday told CNN's Brian Stelter the bigoted content on his old blog was intended to serve as a 'parody.' ADVERTISEMENT What NR is Reading Saints and Sinners in the Cristero War: Stories of Martyrdom from Mexico Msgr. James T. Murphy "Very few Americans, including those of Mexican ancestry, know anything about the brutal modern persecution of the Church in Mexico. This is a most welcome and thorough account...of this very cruel oppression of the Church. It's a stirring wake-up call." — James V. Schall, S. J., Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University LEARN MORE Photo Essays Albino Animals Morgenstreich Parade ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.