Whew! The most pressing debate of our time has finally bubbled to the surface.
BREAKING: Obama says he is "partial" to thin mints.
— Mike Memoli (@mikememoli) July 16, 2012
That’s right; President Obama is on Team Thin Mints. We are only surprised that he didn’t tell Girl Scouts that they didn’t hoof it all over town to sell their cookies and raise money; someone else did that for them.
Still, is this a game changer?
https://twitter.com/cmdeb/status/224952397984829441
President Obama's favorite Girl Scout Cookie flavor? Thin Mints. FOUR MORE YEARS!
— Wartooth (@HokieWartooth) July 16, 2012
But, wait! Not everyone is a fan of the Thin Mints, even though “Thin Mints” is now trending on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/224940010690977792
Oh, my! When you’ve lost Media Matter’s Oliver Willis …
Proof that the President and I are just on different sides. #teamsamoa RT @politico: Obama’s favorite Girl Scout Cookie http://t.co/C2OHtXzG
— Abra Belke (@abrabelke) July 16, 2012
https://twitter.com/katythenomad/status/224961991805124609
#YES RT @TerryMoran: MAJOR GAFFE. Obama declares his favorite Girl Scout cookie is Thin Mints. The correct answer, of course, is Samoas.
— Bliss (@_blissdavis) July 16, 2012
https://twitter.com/Carnegro/status/224940244330496000
https://twitter.com/GrahamDavidA/status/224939311798300673
https://twitter.com/joshgreenman/status/224953786257506305
Others see Thin Mints as a code-word “dog whistle,” natch.
https://twitter.com/jbouie/status/224941814338162688
And “real journalists” are feeling the shame, for once.
https://twitter.com/ByronTau/status/224950351625863169
Twitter user extraordinaire, Nathan Wurtzel, comes up with a whole new Girl Scout cookie for the Tax-lover in chief.
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/224950819106209792
That’s a win right there. Another suggestion: Disappoint-Mints.
This cookie thing has more successfully distracted attention from Bain/taxes than anything Romney has tried. Nice job, Obama.
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) July 16, 2012
See? Game changer!