President Obama and the First Lady were at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling a little earlier today helping deliver toys for the annual Toys-For-Tots campaign run by the U.S. Marine Corps.
Mark Knoller has photos of the event:
Pres and Mrs Obama arrive at @ToysForTots_USA event carrying Santa-like bags of toys donated by WH staffers. pic.twitter.com/A8E0GnsusS
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) December 10, 2014
"I’m the big elf," says Pres Obama at @ToysForTots_USA. "I’m like Will Ferrell," he said before helping to sort toys. pic.twitter.com/gFiGm5b4wU
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) December 10, 2014
The “big elf.” That’s funny. But then…
Pres Obama wants to put toy tool kit in box for girls but is told it should go in the box for boys. pic.twitter.com/peTG52Vc0I
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) December 10, 2014
What?
@markknoller @zerohedge Profiling!!
— Executive Buying (@ExecutiveBuying) December 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/jonbabad/status/542756715578396672
@markknoller please tell me he vetoed that directive and put it in the girls' box. PLEASE. @zerohedge
— Heather on the Hill (@jitterbug212) December 10, 2014
@markknoller what a bunch of tools…. girls need to fix stuff too
— Mike Greggs (@MikeGreggs) December 10, 2014
It looks like he did choose the “girls” bin:
Obama notes Toys for Tots bins are labeled for girls and boys. Puts the tool kit in the girls bin. Let's see if the kids follow suit.
— Angela GreilingKeane (@agreilingkeane) December 10, 2014
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@markknoller he made sure the next tool set went in the girls box, pointing out that there are many female mechanics in the military.
— Joshua Gross (@j12doz) December 10, 2014
Knoller continued with a second tweet on the president’s conundrum:
Pres Obama anguishes over which gender and age group best for each of the toys he's sorting. pic.twitter.com/wL0PvX67GE
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) December 10, 2014
Now it’s “anguishes.”
But maybe the president is missing the point of all this:
https://twitter.com/MarkGullick2/status/542756347587362816
Exactly!
This is a charity program that looks to provide a little holiday cheer to the less fortunate, not a social engineering exercise.
In a perfect world, there is no issue giving a little girl a toy took kit if that gift fits her personality, but what if it doesn’t? Imagine if your son wanted the tool kit but received a Barbie doll instead from the Marines just because Pres. Obama decided that’s what he should get for Christmas.
This isn’t a perfect world and the president or members of the MSM should not use children at Christmas to further their agenda.
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