A comment in a recent but unfortunately unremembered diary prompted me to publish a Labor Day weekend diary requesting you all to check your memory banks and try to recall any and all instances of Right Wing and even Left Wing "Faux Outrage" directed against the president since he took office.
What I'm looking for are examples of how ordinary news and unguarded presidential moments, as well as minor snafus, had been puffed up into the infamous "shiny objects" that deflected mainstream media news coverage from worthwhile coverage.
A few examples beneath the pretty wiry filligree
I'm looking for events like:
A) Michelle Obama ate a hamburger (provoking faux outrage because her White House organic vegetable garden was supposed to preclude her from ever eating a hamburger again forever, or something.
B) President Obama's less-than-great Opening Day pitch at the Nationals game (which provoked FO because it supposedly showed how unmanly he was)
C) The incident, I believe at a European summit in which the president was supposedly looking at some lady's ass, but was in reality actually making sure some other person didn't stumble (provoking FO because it suggested the prez was a lecher).
D) Controversial, I know, but I would put the dust-up over "Schedule-Gate' in this same category (sue me).
But whatever incidents you can remember, great. I think all the shit directed against this man of a petty nature needs to be in one place.
Thanks! Also, if you can't think of anything, I need a GREAT recipe for pineapple upside-down cake for my daughter's partner, a great lady. It's her birthday and she specifically asked for a recipe NOT from a box mix.