Obama Likes It Hot, While The US Freezes

From an oblivious to hypocrisy New York Times:

White House Unbuttons Formal Dress Code

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Published: January 28, 2009

WASHINGTON – The capital flew into a bit of a tizzy when, on his first full day in the White House, President Obama was photographed in the Oval Office without his suit jacket. There was, however, a logical explanation: Mr. Obama, who hates the cold, had cranked up the thermostat.

“He’s from Hawaii, O.K.?” said Mr. Obama’s senior adviser, David Axelrod, who occupies the small but strategically located office next door to his boss. “He likes it warm. You could grow orchids in there.”

Thus did a rule of the George W. Bush administration — coat and tie in the Oval Office at all times — fall by the wayside, only the first of many signs that a more informal culture is growing up in the White House under new management. Mr. Obama promised to bring change to Washington and he has — not just in substance, but in presidential style…

Gee, it seems like only yesterday (perhaps because it was) that Mr. Obama was chiding the denizens of Washington, DC for not being tough enough because they closed some of the schools due to the winter ice storms:

Moreover, it seems like only a few months ago (actually, back in May 2008) that candidate Obama opined:

If we lead by example, then we can actually export and license technologies that have been invented here to help them deal with their growth pains. But keep in mind, you’re right, we can’t tell them don’t grow. We can’t drive our SUVs and, you know, eat as much as we want and keep our homes on, you know, 72 degrees at all times, whether we’re living in the desert or we’re living in the tundra and then just expect every other country is going to say OK, you know, you guys go ahead keep on using 25 percent of the world’s energy, even though you only account for 3 percent of the population, and we’ll be fine. Don’t worry about us. That’s not leadership.

And now Mr. Obama has the White House thermostat turned up so high you can grow orchids while many of the citizens of the United States are freezing in their houses without heat or electricity?

Where is the leadership, Mr. President? Where is your skin in the game?

Do notice, by the way, that the explanation for why Mr. Obama has his jacket off still makes no sense.