I’ve needled President Obama over the years about his overuse of the first-person singular pronoun.
He did it again today during a ceremony at the White House and I have to call him on it.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/246061-obama-to-hecker-youre-in-my-house
He was speaking at an event honoring LGBT citizens when a woman stood up and heckled him about his administration’s deportation policies.
The president scolded the heckler, telling her, “You’re in my house.”
To which I would respond: What do you mean your house? It’s my house; it belongs to the citizens; you and your family are tenants until Jan. 20, 2017. Then you move out. You look for a place to live. You’re on your own, Mr. President.
This illustrates one of the major beefs I have with the president, his willingness to take personal possession of things that don’t belong to him.
I cite the White House as an example.
According to The Hill: “As a general rule, I am just fine with a few hecklers,” Obama said. “But not when I am up in the house. My attitude is if you’re eating the hors d’oeuvres, you know what I’m saying? And drinking the booze? I know that’s right.”
The heckler was out of line to interrupt a public event. The people came there to hear the president of the United States, not some disgruntled individual who dislikes a policy.
Let’s refrain, though, from declaring the White House someone’s personal property.
It isn’t. It’s the “people’s house,” correct?