My, my, my . . . our prez has been a busy boy lately. Like in the pic above — pressin’ the flesh with his new bestest buddy in the whole, well . . . make that the Western World, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. You know Hugo. He’s the guy that stood up before the UN General Assembly and declared that he could still smell the stench from Bush being there the day before. The guy that has turned Venezuela from a democracy into a modern dictatorship. The smiles say it all for this ol’ Okie. Bush never would have played up to Chavez like that, although I will say that W’s little smooch and hand holding with the Saudi king was certainly over the top.

Not to be outdone in the “We all just LOVE Obama” sweepstakes, today’s LA Times gives us: Obama begins leading America in a new direction, a not even thinly disguised love fest for celebrating the Might O’s first 100 days — if still a tad early on that. Such as this fine bit of journalism on page one, above the fold:

Direct, assertive and utterly self-assured, Obama has used his broad popularity, a driving ambition and a sweeping agenda to move America in a wholly new direction.

Just shy of 100 days in office, he has ordered the closure of the Guantanamo Bay military prison and a troop withdrawal from Iraq; made it easier for women to sue for job discrimination; eased a ban on stem cell research; extended healthcare coverage to millions of children; ousted the head of General Motors; reached out to the Muslim world; moved to ease tensions with Cuba; traveled to Canada, Europe, Turkey and Latin America; and set aside huge tracts of wilderness for federal protection.

More broadly, Obama has seized on the worst economic crisis since the 1930s — exploiting it, critics say — and set out to reshape major aspects of everyday life: the price we pay to see a doctor, the size of our children’s classrooms, the fuel we put in our cars.

If Obama’s history-making campaign offered hope, the nation’s first black president has delivered audacity; his vision of an activist government has been so vast, Washington now guarantees not only savings accounts but brakes on a Buick.

“You can carp and gripe,” said Allan Lichtman, a historian at Washington’s American University. “But you really have to go back as far as Franklin Roosevelt for this much coming out of a newly elected president.”

And Sheeeeeeeeet Howdy! They ain’t done yet, as this is the first of a 3-part series! Can I possibly keep my breath bated enough to wait until tomorrow for another slug o’ Obamadmiration?

Michelle Malkin writes: Obama is hanging with Chavez and company this weekend to “seek a new beginning with Cuba.” Hmmm, even more hangin’ with dictator homies. Oh, and here is some video of Prez Barry getting his “gift” from Hugo.

Allahpundit at Hot Air remarks:

The book’s in Spanish, by the way. El Presidente couldn’t even be bothered to find a translation. Food for thought from Tapper: “Can you imagine the world outrage if a US President gave a book in English to a non-English speaking leader?”

Oh well, to quote “Annie Hall” — La tee da, la tee da . . .

BARF!

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