One of my Chicago friends, author and professional smart aleck Adam Selzer, has the best rebuttal to the President’s school comments today. The theme? “Responsibility is for squares. Slack off, buster!” (taken from one of Adam’s FB notes–not in his rebuttal, but it captures the essence)
In the nutty wing of the loyal opposition, the next criticisms of the president:
- Republican Party of Florida chair Jim Greer will criticize Obama for “socialist breathing.” Then, when he is presented a tape of what Obama actually sounds like when asleep, will proclaim, “Oh, it’s okay breathing, but he changed his respiration to acceptable, American breathing after my criticism!”
- Radio/tv show host Glenn Beck will attack Bo as “the most racist dog in America, or at least the most vicious Portguese water dog in America, and probably an illegal alien as well. Maybe a Muslim terrorist illegal alien Portguese water dog who is waiting for us all to fall asleep.”
The most serious (and legitimate) criticism I expect of the speech: too long. He was lucky he was in front of high school students, though fourth-graders would also have sat for the entire speech. But kindergarten students or seventh graders? He’d have had no chance.