Obama = Robitussin?

I popped on CNN this morning and I happened to catch a segment asking whether President Obama has been in the public eye too much lately. He's been giving non-stop interviews on all the major networks, not to mention interviews for cable networks and tabloid magazines.

Besides laughing at the ridiculous irony of creating a news segment around whether someone has had too much exposure (and thereby giving him even more exposure), I began to think - "Am I getting sick of hearing about President Obama?"

Before the election, I'll admit, I couldn't get enough of the guy. I always watched him on TV, reveled in his campaign stops on Youtube, and even set a picture of him as my computer desktop background (Ok, the background only lasted for two days - by the second day I realized the creepiness of having a man stare at you while doing work. I opted for the Playboy pin-up instead).

But I'll admit, I'm getting a little tired of hearing about the guy. Now don't get me wrong - it's not his fault. I still respect the man, and hope he succeeds tremendously, and I'm still beyond excited that he's our President (still waiting for the first basketball game in the White House leaked to Youtube...). The media's been in overdrive with Obama and I'm beginning to worry about the over-saturation.

In fact, all I keep thinking about is Robitussin. As everybody knows, Robitussin cough syrup is easily one of the top 5 medicines of all time (# 1, of course, is Triaminic orange flavor - even with the recall scare). And one time when I had a little cough, I decided, since I loved it so much, I'd take a little bit extra Robitussin - Mom, of course wasn't watching. So, instead of filling the plastic cup half way, I pushed it to the max, pouring that delicious red liquid straight to the rim. Then I took it vertical.

The delight lasted about ten seconds, after which I ran to the bathroom and threw it all up. Gross, of course, but a valuable lesson as well. Too much Robitussin was a bad thing. I still love it in the correct dosage, but when I pour that red sweet nectar, I'm not going over the two teaspoon rule.

Same goes for Obama. Give me all the State of the Union's I can handle. Ditto for special emergencies. I think his new Internet videos have a retro-Rooseveltian touch. Nice. There's my two teaspoons.

But scrap the Matt Lauer's and the US Weekly's and even the Anderson Cooper's. The Obama team might deem them PR necessary for all the legislation about to be passed, but my "Obama Robitussin's" about to overflow. I've already cleaned the bathroom floors once and I'm not doing it again. Even for Obama.