Life is a picnic for the partying prez

By The Scribe June 10, 2010 8:21 AM

At least it is if you this president or even a member of Congress. While the country struggles, the political class picnics.

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Last week's jobs report tanked the stock market; the president took weeks to assert control of the oil spill that threatens doom on the Gulf Coast -- but at the White House the Gatsby-like parties roll on as if happy days were here again.

Just yesterday, President Obama held another fun-filled White House event, a picnic for Congress members, complete with hot dogs, cold beverages and a fire pit.

All told, during the last seven weeks of spewing oil and rampant unemployment, he has frolicked and danced through three major White House music parties:

Video: White House Congressional Picnic

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