He has long since permanently set aside any pretense of objectivity in his own views, and has all but destroyed what used to be a reliably liberal mainstream publication — Newsweek. For that, I suppose there are some who feel a considerable sense of gratitude.

As a person who publicly claims to be in the “news” business, who but a contemptable idiot would openly express regret that the facts are as they are?

Evan Thomas has now seen Diane Sawyer’s wistful sigh that the shooter’s name was not Smith, and has raised it nearly to the level of a dolorous lamentation!

You may recall that Evan Thomas was the “news” man who recently declared that Barack Obama is above America, even above the world . . . that he is “sort of God.”

Below is his exact quote, and you can watch him say it by clicking on the embedded clip here:

“I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world, he’s sort of God.”

Never mind, of course, that Obama’s obligation by oath, is to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.