Special Messages

The Obama Special Olympics line has already been beaten to death.

My personal favorite aspect was Jake Tapper responding to various outlets criticism of his twitter posts by blocking them from following him. Tapper seems like the tennis type - I wonder if he storms off the court if someone calls his shot out (seriously, what an f-ing primadonna).

If we are lucky obama will invite a few Special Olympic bowlers to the white house and get espn 2 to cover the match. I just hope Ron Stone is there to call it. Ham bone!

But I think the whole episode underlines obama's popularity beating the popularity of his policies. The pundits like Tapper will undoubtedly run their mouths today, registering indignation and calls of hypocracy. In the real world, it was another great humanizing moment for the President, who continues to defy the caricatures of liberal and conservative and insteed act like, you know, a regular person.