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July 19, 2014
Dear President Obama: It's about leadership, not 'cheeseburgers"'
You can not make this up. However, the level of "political tone deafness" in this administration is striking.
We learned today that President Obama wants to get in touch with the American people by eating "junk food." According to The Washington Post:
"Has food - especially junk food - played as large a role in the messaging of any other presidential administration as it has in that of President Obama?
Obama has long complained about feeling hemmed in by the presidency, and has made a habit lately of escaping the White House by walking down the street, skipping town and meeting with regular Americans who have written him letters or have some connection to an issue he plans to discuss. The common thread in almost all of these excursions? Food or drink. And nothing fancy.
The latest adventure came Thursday, when Obama had a burger and fries at the Charcoal Pit in Wilmington, Del., with Tanei Benjamin, who wrote...(Read Full Post)