President Obama urged members of Congress Monday to pass a farm bill intended to relieve farmers struggling in the midst of a debilitating drought. He also signed off on $170 million in drought aid.
That might all be a product of Obama’s guilty conscience, suggested an aide to House Speaker John Boehner, who wrote on the official speaker’s website Monday that not only should Obama do more — he should take personal responsibility for the natural disaster: “The president continues to blame anyone and everyone for the drought but himself.”
Following a round of Internet mockery: The post now includes changed language, and an update.