Today, President Obama read from Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are to entertain children attending the White House Easter Egg Roll. But, midway through the book, danger approached — in the form of a bee.
When the children first saw the approaching insect and began to scream, the president's first reaction unwittingly fed their fears. "Oh no, it's a bee!" he said.
But as the frightened screams continued, Obama changed tack: "It's okay, guys. Bees are good. They won't land on you."
"They sting, and they're scary!" a child yelled in response, to the president of the United States.
"They won't sting you. They'll be okay," Obama said, chuckling. But the children still didn't buy his assurances, and the screams only grew louder.
So there's our President remaining calm in the face of hysterics and telling people that things will be all right if they just stop panicking.
How many times have we seen that exact same scenario play out during the roll out of Obamacare?
Or concerning the economy and jobs?
Or now with this Iran nuclear deal?
In every case the President is the grown up in the room telling everybody to calm down and things will work out fine. And in every case the Republicans, who usually take the role of the children in the video above, run around screaming that "the sky is falling."
But at least children have an excuse.
Republicans DON'T!
