We Now Have A 'National Religion'?
Silly me, I always thought the Constitution forbade that sort of thing

It's that time of year for all those year in review segments. CBS's The Early Show was especially gag inducing.


Here's some of the article from NewsBusters.org; (Emphasis mine)
Diabetic or not, you might want to have a dose of insulin handy while watching this morning's video clip. The Early Show's review of the past year was one sicky-sweet adoration—in overtly religious terms—of Barack Obama.

Harry Smith set the tone with his opening comments:

"Politics, and patriotism and the presidency: it is the place where the secular and the religious merge. One of the sacraments of our national religion is the inauguration. So it was that as many as two million pilgrims made their way to Washington and the Mall to witness this most sacred event."