Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Ben Carson: White House wanted apology for ‘offending’ Obama. Did David Colbert ever apologize to President Bush?

"The Obama administration at its petulant best.' Weasel Zippers

WASHINGTON - JUNE 19:  U.S. President George W. Bush (R) presents a Presidential Medal of Freedom to Benjamin S. Carson, Sr. M.D (L), for his work withneurological disorders during an East Room ceremony June 19, 2008 at the White House in Washington, DC.  The medal is the nation

Daily Caller ...“ 'He did not appear to be hostile or angry,” Carson writes of Obama, “but within a matter of minutes after the conclusion of the program, I received a call from some of the prayer breakfast organizers saying that the White House was upset and requesting that I call the president and apologize for offending him. I said that I did not think that he was offended and that I didn’t think that such a call was warranted.”

"Conservatives rallied around Carson last year after his remarks, made from a podium as Obama sat just feet away. In his speech, he railed against “political correctness” and offered specific ideas for health care reform."  More here.

Contrast that with the Colbert-Bush episode at the 2006 White House Correspondents Association dinner where Colbert took cheap shot after Cheap shot at President Bush. He knew Bush's class would ensure his safety. Before a liberal crowd, Mr. Colbert was like the little toady in "A Christmas Story" who has Scut Farkus behind him.

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