Has the White House Gone Tone Deaf?
On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs wondered aloud (and in print) whether members of the “professional left” — critical of the Obama administration for not having done enough to advance their agenda — might perhaps be dipping into a stash of ganja, or happy pills, or both. “I mean, it’s crazy,” Gibbs said. “Those people ought to be drug tested.” Those kooky outraged liberal naysayers, according to Gibbs, would only be satisfied with Dennis Kucinich installed as commander in chief and Canadian-style (shhh, that’s code for “socialist”) health care. Personal *relaxation* habits aside, after a week like this one, I’d pose the same question to the White House: Namely, what are y’all smoking? Whatever it is, it must be strong. First things first: Gibbs’ comments — frustrated asides that made one heckuva juicy story for one sorta slow news week — are no reason to call for the press secretary’s resignation, as Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) did. But were they enough for onlook
