Offbeat, U.S.: Obama respects the snow that D.C.’s getting THIS TIME
- Even a transplanted Hawaiian to Chicago has sufficient respect for a forecast of nearly two feet of snow.
- White House press secretary Robert Gibbs • Regarding the snowpocalypse currently taking over D.C. Why does Gibbs have to say this? Simple. Obama was pissed last year, when schools would close after a light dusting. D.C. is a different beast than Chicago, sure, but the city has been known to overreact a little about snow. Obama was right to trash them a year ago, just like he’s right to stay quiet now.. In other news, the D.C. area might get thundersnow tonight. SNOWPOCALYPSE WHAT WHAT? source