Ari Fleischer, republican hack and former press flack for dubya’s administration posted a whine via Twitter today:

Ari Fleischer ‏@AriFleischer

Question to @gov: how come @BarackObama ‘s last tweet was more than 140 characters? Does he play by different rules??? 5:28 PM  24 Sep 13

It was all about this:

Barack Obama ‏@BarackObama

“Not only are premiums lower than they were, they’re lower than the most optimistic predictions.” -President Obama on Obamacare #CGI2013 4:44 PM  24 Sep 13

Much hilarity ensued in the responses to Ari Fleischer (r):

Adam Henry ‏@viewofadam

@AriFleischer It’s only 136…? 5:29 PM  24 Sep 13

Eli Yokley ‏@eyokley

@AriFleischer it wasn’t? 5:31 PM  24 Sep 13

neil ‏@neilkli

@AriFleischer @BarackObama the four extra characters are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat.5:42 PM  24 Sep 13

jeremy scahill ‏@jeremyscahill

@AriFleischer is our children learning? 5:48 PM  24 Sep 13

Jesse LaGreca ‏@JesseLaGreca

Anyone who wants to see what Stupid Right Wing Tweets look like should check out @AriFleischer ‘s feed, math fail results in hilarity 5:58 PM  24 Sep 13

UP Pastry Plate ‏@UPPastryPlate

@AriFleischer I didn’t go to Harvard or Princeton but I can count to 136. @gov @BarackObama 5:59 PM  24 Sep 13

Elijah Zarlin ‏@elijahion

@AriFleischer wait – so you are telling me Republicans are bad at math? who could have known. 5:58 PM  24 Sep 13

Denis McGrath ‏@heywriterboy

Mission Accomplished, Ari! @AriFleischer @gov @BarackObama 6:40 PM  24 Sep 13

Epic fail.

Via Twitter:

@RepHartzler Rep. Vicky Hartzler

Pres. Obama continues his taxpayer-paid campaign bus tour today in the Midwest. Wonder how much this is costing taxpayers? 4 hours ago

Would you rather he fly? Maybe not.

My goodness, traveling around the country and having his staff expell dissenting voices from public events would be an impeachable offense, wouldn’t it?:

…Weise and Young were admitted to the event at that time, but were later ejected, after the Secret Service agent had consulted with and been advised by White House Advance Office employees. In recommending ejection, these White House Advance Office employees (according to the complaint) appeared to be following an established White House Advance Office “policy of excluding those who disagree with the President [George W. Bush] from the President’s official public appearances….”

After all, this is America where our political figures must maintain access for and contact with those who they serve, right?  

From the inimitable Digby:

So you’ve probably heard that Eric Cantor came running out of the White House debt meeting today screaming “the bad man tried to touch me!”….

From Blue Girl via Twitter:

@BGinKC Blue Girl

Wouldn’t it be hilarious if at tomorrow’s #debtceiling talks, @EricCantor’s chair had a booster seat & a Tonka truck on the table? 8 hours ago

The governator had it right in a previous life:

Kindergarten Cop (1990)

Detective John Kimble: They’re horrible. They’re like little terrorists.

Phoebe O’Hara: Tell me about it.

They sat Eric Cantor at the wrong table.

Previously: Eh, what a maroon… (July 11, 2011)