President Obama recently complained of his political opponents’ perceived name-calling and other negativity, claiming they “talk about me like a dog.” Further, it seems the president recently received email from a British teen calling him an obscene name, and the FBI has subsequently banned the teen from U.S. soil for life.
Clearly sensing an opportunity for the hopeful rhetoric for which he is known and celebrated worldwide, Obama today delivered a speech on the topic. This morning’s remarks were mostly unremarkable until the president’s abrupt departure:
“To all those calling me names, those horrible, hurtful names, I just want to ask: how would you feel? How would you feel…if it were you…on the receiving end…”
President Obama then dabbed at one eye briefly and excused himself. After an awkward 15 or so seconds, Michelle Obama walked to the podium from off-camera.
“Despite what an amazing man he is, and how fortunate we all are to have him leading us, the constant barrage of insults does take its toll on the president,” the First Lady explained. “He gets so frustrated that he can’t make the American people see the brilliance in his thoughts and plans. The broad scrutiny…well, it’s a new experience for him, and frankly, he’s accustomed to a smarter audience.”
“People shouldn’t be such bullies, particularly when he’s just trying to help them.”
Mrs. Obama then went to see if a strawberry milkshake in the president’s favorite choo-choo train glass would cheer him up.
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Hmm. I should probably be worried about some of the stuff I’ve called the Wussie In Chief, shouldn’t I?
A tad wussy, indeed.
One of my favorite stories about President Bush was such a small thing, but it speaks volumes about the levels of ease and self-confidence of each respective POTUS. Jay Nordlinger told of him working a crowd and waving, and when he waved at one fellow he flipped Bush off. Bush leaned to the person next to him–with a slight smile, I am sure–and quipped “Not a fan.”
Now let’s compare and contrast the level of animosity received by Bush and Obama, shall we? 🙂
Oh, for the love of God. I don’t even know what else to say. Wear a freaking, cup, Barry.
Whoops…carried away with my punctuation…sorry for all the commas. I’m sure a smarter audience wouldn’t have made a grammatical error.
Marianne, an “undocumented feature” (until now) of WmWms is that I correct minor misspellings and mistakes in my friends’ comments. Your acknowledgment, however, is too funny to delete. 🙂