The list of "phony" scandals just keeps getting longer

Poor president Obama. He was at some pains yesterday, in a speech he gave in Minnesota, to assuage the public's concerns over a host of manufactured scandals and crises (H/T: Gabriel Mailor at Ace of Spades).

Of course, since he himself is the "manufacturer", I find his complaints a tad disingenuous.

Still, nice of him to drop by and reach out to the little people:

Obama said his main message, the reason he came to Minnesota, was to let middle class people know he understands their struggles.

"You are who I'm thinking about every single day," Obama said.

President Obama, meditating on the struggles of the middle class