Obama Tired Of Being President Already

Apparently Obama is starting to get a little testy with the reporters covering him, and is showing signs of resenting the constant scrutiny in his life.

HONOLULU – The media glare, the constant security appendage and the sheer production that has become a morning jog or a hankering for an ice cream cone – it’s been closing in on Barack Obama for some time.
Now the president-elect appears increasingly conscious of the confines of his new position, bristling at the routine demands of press coverage and beginning to chafe at boundaries that are only going to get smaller.
Obama even took the unusual step Friday morning of leaving behind the pool of reporters assigned to follow him, taking his daughters to a nearby water park without them. It was a breach of longstanding protocol between presidents (or presidents-elect) and the media, that a gaggle of reporters representing television, print and wire services is with his motorcade at all times.
Then when reporters finally caught up with Obama at Koko Marina Paradise Deli and he acknowledged them for one of few times since arriving in Hawaii last Saturday, he sounded resigned.
After ordering a tuna melt on 12-grain bread, Obama approached reporters and placed his hand on the shoulder of pool reporter Philip Rucker of The Washington Post, who was scribbling away in his notebook.
“You don’t really need to write all that down,” Obama said.

On one hand, I understand this. And from the perspective of a father with children of his own, I can understand Obama’s frustration in not even being able to take a trip to a water park with his kids without reporters shouting questions, shooting photos/video and taking notes.
And I’m a little tired of seeing headline after headline about trivial stores like “OMG, OBAMA’S POWER WENT OUT!” The next four years are going to be long enough without that kind of nonsense.
On the other hand, Obama wanted this job. He knew this was part of it and he took it anyway. Given the way the media, when not in full-on paparazzi mode, handles him with kid gloves it’s not surprising that Obama has an expectation of special treatment. But that doesn’t mean he gets it.
Given the scandal list Obama’s administration has racked up before even making it to office is proof that this President is worthy of scrutiny. Maybe not at the water park with his daughters, but scrutiny none-the-less.