Obama's Frisco Speech has a Stench that Won't go Away

All of us have cringed at the occasional rudeness of friends and co-workers toward waiters. USA Today, not meaning to of course, ran a piece that has been picked up around some of the worst places as proof that Obama doesn't pass the "Waiter Test."

Office Depot CEO Steve Odland remembers like it was yesterday working in an upscale French restaurant in Denver.

The purple sorbet in cut glass he was serving tumbled onto the expensive white gown of an obviously rich and important woman. "I watched in slow motion ruining her dress for the evening," Odland says. "I thought I would be shot on sight."

Thirty years have passed, but Odland can't get the stain out of his mind, nor the woman's kind reaction. She was startled, regained composure and, in a reassuring voice, told the teenage Odland, "It's OK. It wasn't your fault." When she left the restaurant, she also left the future Fortune 500 CEO with a life lesson: You can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she treats the waiter. The rule, and it is written down, is: “A person who is nice to you but rude to the waiter, or to others, is not a nice person.”:

So the question before the house is "Does Obama Pass the Waiter Test?" and we all know the answer to that one. His Frisco gaffe may cost him an election. The bloggers piling on especially include Iowa Hawk and of course the tried and true Scrappleface

Very late add: Best Overview is HERE at one of my favorites. Complete with cartoons and links. And really big writing.