Las Vegas Sun

March 19, 2024

flashpoint:

President Barack Obamas’ first sleepless night

From what I hear, President Barack Obama had the first sleepless night of his young administration Wednesday. He tossed and turned in a guilt-tinged stupor. How, he asked himself, could he have suggested that companies getting federal funds should not go on junkets to places such as Las Vegas? Didn’t he know the most popular elected official in the history of the universe would take his comments out of context and make it into a Drudge-driven issue? Didn’t he know Mayor Oscar Goodman would seize on the comments to get his mug all over TV as frequently as mug shots of his clients were on FBI Most Wanted lists? Forget the economy, Iran and North Korea. He has Goodman to deal with now. No wonder Obama has insomnia.

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