Comments on: How Obama Ruined The Easter Egg Roll

By: MgMT

MgMT — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:04:45 +0000

Just curious, why say you are a redneck? Is this suppose to be comical? If it is linked to a racist attribute and you are Christian, it doesn’t make sense to link this way. I’d rather focus on issues around this president and any based on the ridculous idea of continuous economic expansion and intrusion into our freedoms, such as politicizing religion, something Jesus was completely against!!! I’m tired of Politics from both Red an Blue playing our great love for GOD.

By: The Enlightened Redneck » Camp Ice Cream

The Enlightened Redneck » Camp Ice Cream — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:11:29 +0000

[...] tickets to the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, which is just weeks away. Alas, President Obama killed that family tradition last [...]

By: The Enlightened Redneck » A Heart-Breaking Lesson In Tardiness

The Enlightened Redneck » A Heart-Breaking Lesson In Tardiness — Sat, 23 May 2009 03:28:00 +0000

[...] wasn’t too happy with the White House in the spring for ruining the annual Easter Egg Roll, but I’m on the White House staff’s side this time. While I feel bad for the kids, the [...]

By: Paul M. Peterson

Paul M. Peterson — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:20:38 +0000

I admit it. I do not understand all of the fus. You got to go for ten years. It sounds like you had a good run. Let someone else do it for awhile.

By: Laurrel

Laurrel — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:22:42 +0000

Those complaining they finally “had a chance” would have had a better chance and a better time and not lost a whole day trying to get tickets if they would have kept the camp out for tickets option. There were many tix distributed to groups that were not “everyone”. Active military I understand but schools and gay/lesbian are regular people so exceptions should not have been made. The actual even was a disappointment as well. There were more people on the lawn in your two hour time period than most years during the whole day in past. We never waited an hour to roll the egg. The entertainment was not very kid friendly either, stick with disney or nickelodeon front liners. Some things shouldn’t be improved on…this was the most unorganized, croweded and unenjoyabel experience we’ve ever had . The years it rained during the egg roll were better than this years.

By: Lauria

Lauria — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:06:06 +0000

I doubt you’d be complaining about the new ticket distribution system if you had gotten tickets. That really is the bottom line, isn’t it? Each time I think that the whining from the Obamas’ detractors has gone beyond ridiculous, something even more petty comes along. It is especially sad that the “whiners” are teaching their children that playing “poor pitiful me” is acceptable when one doesn’t get one’s way. It is likely that the on-line kinks will be worked out before next year. If not, I would suggest that anyone who believes they are somehow entitled to attend can do what countless others do when failing to secure tickets for an event: Buy tickets from a scalper (otherwise known as a free-enterprise, independent capitalist) and continue to enjoy a family “tradition.” God forbid the Obama administration insult those who feel themselves entitled to attend, by instituting a system it obviously thinks is more fair, not to mention more safe.

By: Pamela in Tampa

Pamela in Tampa — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:08:32 +0000

Leave it to the selfish to insist that only certain people should be able to get tickets to attend the 2009 Easter Egg Roll at the White House… That’s really screwed up - ye people of the South! But typical… very typical!

By: Monica

Monica — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:34:32 +0000

Like many of the respondents, I was deeply saddened that I could not get tickets to the Easter Egg Roll at the White House. I have supported the Obama’s and tried tirelessly to obtained the tickets online to no avail. I do agree that the White House should have not changed the policy in obtaining these tickets.

Monica, proud mommy of two beautiful and well deserving girls

By: Kimberli

Kimberli — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:19:06 +0000

WHOA Danny…. Why are you putting words into my words. READ IT again I didn’t say anything about good people are only those with positive thoughts about President Obama I DID NOT SAY THAT ANYWHERE IN MY COMMENT where did you get that from? I said we have positive thoughts, positive thoughts about ALL situations okay it goes like this.. If you wake up cursing the morning you just might have a bad day. Get it? Have you ever heard about how your attitude can influence your actions? So there were alot of people that had so much negativity about the online idea that they spoke negative comments about it. “Oh it will never work”, “It’s stupid” etc, and guess what? For them it did exactly what they said it would do NOT WORK! For me, I was somewhat leary but I approached it with optimism and for me it worked! I tell my children to have a positive attitude about things in life and positive things will happen. Where did you get “divine online intervention?” Oh because I used the word blessed got it, seems to me Danny you have a “disconnect” and one reality I am connected with is the reality that my son and I will be at the easter egg roll. I never said anything about you and your wife being bad people I don’t know you but i do know this if you spoke negatively about the online distribution then you should have expected what happened to you

By: Danny Glover

Danny Glover — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:50:38 +0000

So let me get this straight, Kimberli: You think the only “good people” in the world are those who think “positive thoughts” about President Obama? And that only those good people, presumably by some divine online intervention, got tickets to the egg roll? And that because the White House’s flawed system twice booted my wife and me out when we ordered tickets that we’re bad people?

You have a serious disconnect with reality.