Thank goodness this wasn’t happening on Martha’s Vineyard last night:
Tear gas, omg! pic.twitter.com/dlWuE33u56
— Christina Coleman (@ChristinaKSDK) August 14, 2014
The fact that it was happening far away allowed the Obama administration to maintain its trademark laser-like focus:
Readout of tonight's social gathering coming shortly – spoiler alert: a good time was had by all.
— Eric Schultz (@Schultz44) August 14, 2014
Some people were surprised at the disconnect, but I’m not. A state in flyover country could have been nuked and we’d have probably seen the same comment.
Update:
Just to prove to his critics that Obama isn’t spending his entire vacation golfing:
Dancing late into the night http://t.co/OVZcJC2RCW #AGoodTimeWasHadByAll pic.twitter.com/Iz31JbRnUt
— Elliott Schwartz (@elliosch) August 14, 2014