{"id":70641,"date":"2020-02-12T17:28:38","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T17:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2013\/03\/05\/sequester-theater-petulant-obama-dishes-out-punishment-by-canceling-wh-tours\/"},"modified":"2020-02-12T17:28:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T17:28:38","slug":"sequester-theater-petulant-obama-dishes-out-punishment-by-canceling-wh-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/70641","title":{"rendered":"Sequester theater: Petulant Obama dishes out punishment by canceling WH tours"},"content":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/charlescwcooke\/status\/309020822209708032\n

But that’s exactly what this president is doing. Not having gotten<\/a> its<\/a> fill<\/a> of<\/a> fear-mongering<\/a>, the White House has announced that all public tours are being canceled. Why? Take a wild guess.<\/p>\n\n\n

Wow. White House shuts down all public tours, blames #Sequester<\/a>. twitter.com\/sarahrozier\/st…<\/a><\/p>\n

— Sarah Rozier (@sarahrozier) March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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This is not a serious president: ccwc.me\/WMN0zG<\/a><\/p>\n

— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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Oh, the president’s serious, all right. Serious about acting like a petulant child:<\/p>\n\n\n

The Obama admin is punishing the plebes by not allowing them to gaze upon the castle… um White House. #tcot<\/a><\/p>\n

— RB (@RBPundit) March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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Temper tantrum: When a brat doesn’t get what he \/ she wants. See also, Obama canceling White House tours over the sequester. #tcot<\/a> #p2<\/a><\/p>\n

— RB (@RBPundit) March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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“I am not a dictator,” said the WH occupant who canceled tours of the “People’s House.”<\/p>\n

— Razor (@hale_razor) March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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@cleentonn<\/a> If he had convinced the public that the sequester was terrible then he wouldn’t need to play stunts like this, would he?<\/p>\n

— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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I remember disinviting people who were coming over and blocking access to my house when I didn’t get what I wanted. I was six years old.<\/p>\n

— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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Obama truly IS the boy-tyrant. Now he’s closing tours of the WH. What a f*cking nasty sociopath he is. Every little bit to piss off public..<\/p>\n

— Annie (@bloodless_coup) March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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What a sad, petty, pathetic person the President of the United States is.<\/p>\n

— LilMissErinGoBragh (@LilMissRightie) March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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So, if we’ve got this straight, with America supposedly teetering on the precipice of a full-blown sequesterpocalypse, why is the White House’s first move to cancel tours?<\/p>\n\n\n

@cleentonn<\/a> This is not an “example” of anything other than the president’s desperation to make it look as if the sequester is apocalyptic.<\/p>\n

— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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Aren’t there larger, more pressing corners that could be cut?<\/p>\n\n\n

Because there was literally nothing else left to cut ==> White House cancels tours, citing sequester washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/post-pol…<\/a><\/p>\n

— Alex Marlow (@AlexMarlow) March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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Conservatives are coming up with plenty of of unnecessary expenses that should go under the knife:<\/p>\n\n\n

Notice that it was White House tours that went, not one less Air Force One trip.<\/p>\n

— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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By closing WH to tours,I assume he’s announcing that there will be no Air Force 1 golf trips either. #priorities<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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Obamas can take multi-million $ vacations, but we can’t afford WH tours now? GUFFAW: Sequester pain WH cancels tours wtim.es\/102tbRN<\/a><\/p>\n

— Old Ez (@Ezra__Pound) March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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As Obama sends 450M to Muslim brotherhood his sequester tantrum goes into overdrive –cancels White House public tours zite.to\/Wtavx1<\/a><\/p>\n

— Brian Smith (@gibletjones) March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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I don’t know the exact numbers, but I bet that a single Air Force One trip to play golf somewhere will pay for a LOT of public WH tours.<\/p>\n

— Ken Gardner (@kesgardner) March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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Where is Michelle Obama’s next vacation? She planning to cut any of those lavish affairs?<\/p>\n

— Melissa Clouthier (@MelissaTweets) March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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So, is the White House executive chef being furloughed? No? Just the tours, then? Okay, got it.<\/p>\n

— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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@michellemalkin<\/a> @chadpergram<\/a> Can we shut down #Congress<\/a> because of #sequestration<\/a>? That would be progress.<\/p>\n

— Michael Hirsh (@mrhirsh) March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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But let him be clear: it’s the Republicans who are sensationalizing sequestration.<\/p>\n\n\n

#SequesterTheater<\/a> MT @whitehouse<\/a> Rs choose tax breaks for millionaires over meals for seniors: wh.gov\/sequester<\/a> twitter.com\/whitehouse\/sta…<\/a><\/p>\n

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ugh. This is sequester theater, pure and simple.<\/p>\n

And, guy who fancies himself a hero for the working man, doesn’t the president realize that canceling tours will only benefit the wealthy?<\/p>\n\n\n

WH tours cancelled due to sequestration. No word on the OFA quarterly meetings for $500K donors.<\/p>\n

— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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BO shuts down tours to play let’s punish tourists who want to see WH (supposedly ppl’s house) unless they have $500,000 for access.<\/p>\n

— I Dare Say (@susanfae) March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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Now that free WH tours are closed, the *only* way for citizens to visit the president is to cut #OFA<\/a> a check for $500K. #OFAsubsidy<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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The other 99 percent of us are totally getting the shaft:<\/p>\n\n\n

Without White House and Capitol tours, you’ll have to imagine your money being wasted instead of seeing it firsthand.<\/p>\n

— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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Darn.<\/p>\n

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Update:<\/p>\n\n\n

In reaction to WH tour memo, John Hart, spox for Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., says WH has “jumped the sharquester.”<\/p>\n

— Major Garrett(@MajorCBS) March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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No kidding.<\/p>\n

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Related:<\/p>\n

Sequester Shmequester! John Kerry releasing $250 million in aid to Egypt<\/a><\/p>

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