Shortly after the historic election of Barack Obama in 2008, Newsweek magazine ran an article basking in the afterglow of victory, opining about the possibility of American citizens themselves … um, basking in the afterglow.
In an article which showed the depths of worship in which the media had descended to support their chosen candidate, Jessica Bennett projected her own excitement upon readers, discussing the possibility of a baby boom sparked by “exhilarated” and “euphoric” Obama fans being “in the mood for love.”
The title of the piece, Change You Can Conceive In, tells you all you need to know.
In mind-numbing, stomach-turning, reach for the bleach to cleanse the eyes, scenario after scenario, liberal couples and their need to celebrate Obama’s ‘seismic’ election.
First, there was one wife whose husband downed a bottle-and-a-half of wine and started muttering about “making an Obama election baby.”
Then there was this line (I encourage those with a weak stomach to turn away):
During one round of election-fueled romance, says Eric Davis, 37, of Minneapolis, “my wife accidentally said, ‘Oh, Obama!’
Crikey.
Why am I torturing readers with this?
Despite the ridiculous examples cited, Bennett was right. According to reports from the CDC, the number of live births rose from 325,000 in November of 2008, to 360,000 in August of 2009. That represented a 0.8% increase in live births per 1,000 population during that time, and a seasonally adjusted increase of 1.1%.
Hope and change, or hope and euphoria as Bennett reported, had resulted in a little more lovin’ amongst our fellow Americans.
So if we’re willing to concede that point, then the liberal media must surely concede an updated point about birth rates: Once their rock star candidate Obama turned into our bumbling President Obama, birth rates went relatively limp.
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