In case you missed the news today, the big scandal is that the Oval Office rug accurately attributes a quote to Martin Luther King, Jr., but King was actually quoting someone else. SHOCK HORROR! And yes, you read that correctly. The rug. The pattern contains various historical quotes, including the King re-quote.
This is clearly grounds for impeachment. If only the press had spent as much time investigating WMD as they’ve spent evaluating a goddamn rug.
Oh, and the beige color scheme! Special prosecutor now! BEIGE!!! Of course had the Obamas gone with something fancier, the press and the wingnuts would’ve crapped their cages, too.
The Hot Air comments are particularly infuriating. Apart from the obvious amnesia about their favorite incompetent hoople Bush, the most ridiculous of the wingnut remarks are the ones that imply President Obama had something to do with the decor and the pattern on the rug. As if the president was sitting down with swatches and patterns and notepads and a giant book of Bartlett’s Quotations. You flipping moron wingnuts.
This is like the Bizarro Bush years. Remember when we used to joke that Bush could eat a baby and his people — and the press — wouldn’t mind? Well, this president is blamed for everything by virtually everyone regardless of whether he had anything to do with it. What’s worse is that he’s blamed for shit he had nothing to do with and is accused of being a socialist commie because of it.
