Laying it on with a trowel // I f all the following are true... I voted for Barack Obama I donated more money to his campaign than any other campaign I'd ever donated to On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give him, maybe, an 8 so far. (If he'd quit discharging soldiers under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" I might move that up to a 9, even.) On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give Michelle Obama a 10 so far I've been interested in both the history and the modern working of the White House since I was in junior high school I'm generally a fan of Brian Williams I'm fascinated by the open access the White House gave NBC for 5 days to produce its two-night "news special" on the Obama White House I didn't tune in for a hard-hitting expose or confrontation between the Executive branch and the Fourth Estate ...then why am I feeling so profoundly embarrassed by Brian Williams's fawning hagiography of the Obamas in this special? Are there still, somewher...