Spokesman Robert Gibbs about objectors to Oh-bama addressing school children:
“It’s a sad state of affairs that many in this country politically would rather start an ‘Animal House’ food fight rather than inspire kids to stay in school, to work hard, to engage parents to stay involved and to ensure that the millions of teachers that are making great sacrifices continue to be the best in the world.”
It’s in The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room, where it picked up 420 comments as of 10:30 Monday night, the first of which, by “tropicgirl,” is quite good:
This would never have happened if people did not dislike the president so much. There are many reasons for that, and Glibbs [sic] needs to take responsibility for some of that dislike he has helped create, because of his sour attitude, along with the inexperienced, off-timing and condescending reputation those around the president have helped create. [Italics added]
Yes, these are flip wise guys, from Rahm E. on down. Remember when gravitas was an issue?
The second commenter qualifies the first nicely, without shooting it down:
It’s not a matter of “liking” it’s a matter of “trusting.” I voted for him, regret it. The bottom line, “We – most of the American People” now, do not trust him.
If not most, then an awful lot. He’s a jerk.
Blithe Spirit 
The message he was going to give was scrapped for a “individual responsibility” talk — the exact opposite of his efforts to have government run our lives. Obviously, the flack he received caused him to talk “Centrist” again to try to win back the people who saw behind the curtain and realized they’d been “had.”
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