Obama will not be able to unify if rules apply to others, but not himself:
RUSH: Obama got really ticked off, got really annoyed last night. He went down to the pressroom in the White House, and the Drive-Bys dared to ask him a real question when he was out there glad-handing!
REPORTER: Mr. President, how do you reconcile Mr. Lynn...?
OBAMA: Uh, oh, see? You guys! I came down here today --
REPORTER: (continued insolence)
OBAMA: I -- I -- I came down here today -- I didn't come down here to answer questions.
REPORTER: You have very strict lobbying rules, but Mr. Lynn was a lobbyist, sir.
OBAMA: All right. See you.
OBAMA HANDLER: Don't worry, guys! We'll... We'll, uh...
OBAMA: This is what happens if -- if -- I -- I can't end up visiting you guys and shake your hands if, uh, I'm going to get grilled every time I come down. We will be having a press conference, at which time you can feel free to answer the questions.
OBAMA HANDLER: ASK more questions. (nervous laugh)
OBAMA: Right now I just wanted to say hello and -- and -- and introduce myself to you guys. That's all I was trying to do.
RUSH: So he didn't want to answer the question. You're not supposed to ask The Messiah questions unless he's cleared it. The guy was saying, "How can you put this guy in there as a deputy DoD guy when he's a lobbyist, and you got new rules saying you're not going to have any lobbyists?" He shoulda just said, "Well, rules are made to be broken. We need to give ourselves flexibility. We have reasonable rules with reasonable exceptions to them." That's what they said yesterday. I would counsel Obama (I'm sure Greg Craig will get to him on this, too, but I would counsel Obama), don't sweat this little stuff. Don't get all irritated here with this. On the big issues, like socializing the country, these Drive-Bys are going to be right there with you, Barry. You got nothing to worry about.
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