Thanks to a link to here from Instapundit, plenty of bloggers are talking about how the Obama administration ruined the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. Here’s a recap of what they are saying:

– RedState: “[A] local tradition of using a first-come, first-served distribution system that actually worked got thrown overboard in favor of an untested, fatally flawed, unfair system that is now encouraging people across the country to engage in ticket scalping - which is, by the way, illegal. And now there are a bunch of little kids who are going to be sad because their parents didn’t have the money to make sure that they got to go to the White House Easter Egg roll.”

– Wizbang: “There was a reason why those who wanted to participate in the Easter Egg Roll were required to line up outside the White House to get tickets, and it wasn’t because previous administrations were technologically challenged. It was the fairest means to distribute the free tickets.”

– Danishova: “I see this as metaphor for the Obama administration’s congenital incompetence. Seriously, can they do anything right? Don’t they have anything better to do than trying to change everything? Try staffing the Treasury Department, Barack. Your administration is timing out.”

– Crooks And Liars: “A lot of conservatives are really, really stupid.”

Here’s another element to add to the debate: The White House reached out to one family in Chicago, the Obamas’ hometown, and personally invited them to the egg roll when a local TV station reported that the family was victimized by the flawed ticketing process the White House built.

Plenty of Americans were victims of the same system and also have complained about it. Why are the Obamas showing favoritism to just one family?

The answer is an easy one: The White House is trying to buy goodwill and good press to counteract the mess the Obamas made of the egg roll.

Also read my thoughts on scalping the free tickets for the egg roll.