Good Grief, Barack Obama!
In addition to all the other problematic things we might point out about President Obama's West Point speech Tuesday night, there's also the troubling, scheduling-related factoid that the broadcast of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" was bumped out in favor of Obama's highly anticipated Afghanistan oration.In addition to all the other problematic things we might point out about President Obama’s West Point speech Tuesday night, there’s also the troubling, scheduling-related factoid that the broadcast of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” was bumped out in favor of Obama’s highly anticipated Afghanistan oration. This mashup can’t change that sad fact, but it does win a couple points back for the ankled Peanuts team. –KA
Click here to watch Charlie Brown and friends deliver poignant critiques of Obama’s speech on Jezebel.
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