https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/04/29/white-house-bans-uppity-san-francisco-journalist/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 01:10:13 -0400<![CDATA[You no doubt remember the brouhaha last week when several activists at a San Francisco embarrassed themselves and the President by (badly) singing a whining complaint about the administration&#8217;s treatment of Bradley Manning. At the time, it was widely assumed that the White House would simply shrug off said whining complaint: after all (and as the singers themselves had made clear), the President could still count on the protesters&#8217; money, time, energy, and votes.  In fact, given the general triviality of the situation, President Obama would need to have a very, very, very thin skin indeed in order to make plausible a scenario where he lashed out at somebody for the embarrassment.]]>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:30:02 -0400<![CDATA[Moe Lane]]>https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/04/29/white-house-bans-uppity-san-francisco-journalist-n38842