But that’s exactly what this president is doing. Not having gotten its fill of fear-mongering, the White House has announced that all public tours are being canceled. Why? Take a wild guess.
Wow. White House shuts down all public tours, blames #Sequester. pic.twitter.com/KedY8wmZ2M
— Sarah (Rozier) Flaim (@sarahrozier) March 5, 2013
This is not a serious president: http://t.co/muZT28XmS0
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) March 5, 2013
Oh, the president’s serious, all right. Serious about acting like a petulant child:
The Obama admin is punishing the plebes by not allowing them to gaze upon the castle… um White House. #tcot
— RBe (@RBPundit) March 5, 2013
Temper tantrum: When a brat doesn't get what he / she wants. See also, Obama canceling White House tours over the sequester. #tcot #p2
— RBe (@RBPundit) March 5, 2013
"I am not a dictator," said the WH occupant who canceled tours of the "People's House."
— Razor (@hale_razor) March 5, 2013
@cleentonn If he had convinced the public that the sequester was terrible then he wouldn't need to play stunts like this, would he?
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) March 5, 2013
I remember disinviting people who were coming over and blocking access to my house when I didn't get what I wanted. I was six years old.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) March 5, 2013
https://twitter.com/bloodless_coup/status/309030391069700096
https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/309030055441494016
So, if we’ve got this straight, with America supposedly teetering on the precipice of a full-blown sequesterpocalypse, why is the White House’s first move to cancel tours?
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@cleentonn This is not an "example" of anything other than the president's desperation to make it look as if the sequester is apocalyptic.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) March 5, 2013
Aren’t there larger, more pressing corners that could be cut?
Because there was literally nothing else left to cut ==> White House cancels tours, citing sequester http://t.co/ghlvD2x3Wk
— Alex Marlow (@AlexMarlow) March 5, 2013
Conservatives are coming up with plenty of of unnecessary expenses that should go under the knife:
Notice that it was White House tours that went, not one less Air Force One trip.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) March 5, 2013
By closing WH to tours,I assume he's announcing that there will be no Air Force 1 golf trips either. #priorities
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) March 5, 2013
https://twitter.com/Ezra__Pound/status/309030616907800576
https://twitter.com/gibletjones/status/309030537887092736
https://twitter.com/kesgardner/status/309030510288576512
Where is Michelle Obama's next vacation? She planning to cut any of those lavish affairs?
— Melissa Mackenzie ? (@MelissaTweets) March 5, 2013
So, is the White House executive chef being furloughed? No? Just the tours, then? Okay, got it.
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) March 5, 2013
https://twitter.com/mrhirsh/status/309022905667289088
But let him be clear: it’s the Republicans who are sensationalizing sequestration.
#SequesterTheater MT @whitehouse Rs choose tax breaks for millionaires over meals for seniors: http://t.co/dUavCoffqD pic.twitter.com/YYPh8UOktS
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 5, 2013
Ugh. This is sequester theater, pure and simple.
And, guy who fancies himself a hero for the working man, doesn’t the president realize that canceling tours will only benefit the wealthy?
WH tours cancelled due to sequestration. No word on the OFA quarterly meetings for $500K donors.
— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) March 5, 2013
https://twitter.com/susanfae/status/309030994164449280
Now that free WH tours are closed, the *only* way for citizens to visit the president is to cut #OFA a check for $500K. #OFAsubsidy
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) March 5, 2013
The other 99 percent of us are totally getting the shaft:
Without White House and Capitol tours, you'll have to imagine your money being wasted instead of seeing it firsthand.
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) March 5, 2013
Darn.
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Update:
In reaction to WH tour memo, John Hart, spox for Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., says WH has "jumped the sharquester."
— Major Garrett (@MajorCBS) March 5, 2013
No kidding.
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