OBAMA AND THE “MISTAKEN WINDOW FOR A DOOR” INCIDENT

Roman Around ^ | 29 January 2009 | Andrew Roman

[andrew roman]

This is not an indictment on President Obama's inability to open a window he thought was a door. After all, he's only been at his new place of residence for nine days now. It takes a while to memorize where all the handles are. I empathize with the new Commander-In-Chief.

The whole thing is actually quite amusing in a "Messiahs-Are-People-Too" kind of way.

I would rather focus on how the media is portraying this - if they are at all - and compare it to George W. Bush's now infamous incident of pulling on a locked door when attempting to exit a press conference in China in November, 2005.

Headlines such as this one from the BBC appeared all over the place:

[Sacajaweau]

I think this is so damn funny. No door knob should have been a big clue for Obama. And why was he using that door anyways?? Look around for cigarette butts.

[teacherwoes]

Peeping Obama?

[rellimpank]

—Sentor Larry Pressler, R. SD, after a legislative hearing , opened a wrong door (to a closet, about twenty years ago) and the MSM pilloried his “stupidity “ for days-—

[usmcobra]

You know what he was doing out there, having a smoke.

[wolfcreek]

Sound like he might be *impaired*. Snort!

[Old Sarge]

Who’s got the pic of this with the LOLcat “FAIL” on it?

[paulycy]

[tm61]

maybe he flashed back to his youth, when climbing into a strange house by the windows was the norm

[BerryDingle]

Here's one covered here yesterday

[KittenClaws]

Zero mistook a window for a door. President Bush tried to open a door that was locked.

Pretty big difference, I'd say.

[SparkyBass]

maybe he flashed back to his youth, when climbing into a strange house by the windows was the norm

Images by Tyrone Greene ...
Dark and lonely on the summer night.
Kill my landlord, kill my landlord.
Watchdog barking - Do he bite?
Kill my landlord, kill my landlord.
Slip in his window,
Break his neck!
Then his house
I start to wreck!
Got no reason --
What the heck!
Kill my landlord, kill my landlord.
C-I-L-L ...
My land - lord ...
Def!

[rightwingextremist1776]

Are you sure he wasn’t stoned at the time?

[PGR88]

He was just checking the insulation and weather-proofing before Al Gore came over.

[FreeAtlanta]

The double standard should be an insult to all blacks.

Basically, the media has to take it easy on the black man. He isn't as smart as Bush and other people. This really comes across as pathetic and racist.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

[Titan Magroyne]

Check it out, you’ve been credited with a reminder of that image in an update of the article.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

xx<3<3 :)

[Titan Magroyne]

Huh?

Happy Friday, anyway.