On Wednesday, Republicans celebrated a major victory with the passing of their tax reform bill. However, CNN's Don Lemon derided the revelry as a "festival of flattery" serving to stroke the inflated ego of President Donald Trump.

Perplexingly, despite an unlimited amount of -- some would say, nauseating -- praise for Obama which is still pouring out from the media, Lemon took the position that such applause for a president was contemporarily considered ridiculous:

LEMON: There was a festival of flattery on the White House lawn today to celebrate the passage of the Republican tax cut bill.

HOUSE SPEAKER PAUL RYAN: Something this big, something this generational, something this profound could not have been done without exquisite presidential leadership. Mr. President, thank you for getting us over the finish line.

REP. DIANE BLACK: Thank you, President Trump, for allowing us to have you as our president and to make America great again.

SEN. ORRIN HATCH: You're one heck of a leader, and we're all benefiting from it. This bill could not have passed without you.

VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE: President Donald Trump delivered a great victory for the American people.

LEMON: My God. Is that SNL? Is that real? Complimenting President Trump has become something of a ritual at the White House, but have other presidents expected such praise? Let's discuss now with CNN presidential historians Timothy Naftali and Douglas Brinkley. I mean, listen, you (Laughs) -- what is going on here?! By the way, you gentlemen look so handsome. You're such fantastic historians. I am just honored to be on television with you.

Lemon's comment was ridiculous, in light of the media's -- let alone congressional Democrats' -- exaltation of Barack Obama for eight years and beyond. In fact, hypocrite Lemon himself previously praised Obama, calling Obamacare a "big f***ing deal." Furthermore, he said of the Obamas, "They are America's first couple, the closest thing that we have to royalty."

Is this SNL?

Lemon isn't alone in his news-network fawning. CNN praised Obama's "dignity" in January of 2017. The network's David Gergen emoted over Obama's 2008 convention speech, “In many ways, it was less a speech than a symphony....It was a masterpiece." As for other high-profile network responses to Barack's oratory skills, MSNBC's Chris Matthews claimed he got "this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don't have that too often." Furthermore, on separate occasions, Matthews cried over a speech by Obama and literally compared him to Jesus. NBC's Andrea Mitchell once proclaimed, "Obama is a rock star," and NBC reporter Lee Cowan oozed, "It's almost hard to remain objective."  

Instances of congressional Democrats' exuberance over Obama are too many to address, similar to those of television news organizations. But the unhinged affection for the Barack spread far and wide among Democrats, even at the state level: The New Jersey Department of Education, for example, very disturbingly taught schoolchildren to sing about the glory of Obama, in one case to the tune of "Jesus Loves the Little Children." 

Hollywood has lathered Obama with affection, with left-wing wacko Lena Dunham comparing voting for him to losing her virginity. Megan Mullally said she "mourned" the end of Obama's presidency, labeling him "the greatest president...of any of our lifetimes."

Print media have drooled over the biracial former president, in articles such as HuffPosts's "12 Reasons Why Obama Is One of the Best Presidents Ever." GQ's piece, "Why Obama Will Go Down as One of the Greatest Presidents of All Time," began with the line, "Already missing our former POTUS."

Journalists in various media have called Obama "the perfect American," "our national poet," and "the most noble man who has ever lived in the White House.” Culturally, left-wing praise abounds, including pro-Obama t-shirts being sold, almost one year after the end of his presidency.

Does all this sound like "praise" to you, Don?

As the media continues to excoriate President Donald J. Trump -- as well as those who support him, within politics and without -- they only serve to draw more attention to their true identity -- not as objective newspeople, but as left-wing, partisan hypocrites.