Elsewhere (FB), among old friends, I was criticized pretty heavily for "constantly" bringing up race with respect to Obama.

Though I was hardly the only one, they said I was "the only one" who did it, and I should just give it rest.

Racism was the scourge from our past that was trying to die and would if it weren't for people like me.

But when you lay things out the way this commenter did, it's very hard to find any OTHER reason why this skit was "beneath the presidency."

After all, in all those other humorous bits from previous presidents, what was the compelling public interest in their doing it?

Nixon wanted to "humanize" himself, as I recall. Reagan WAS an actor. Clinton was trying to get himself elected. GWB was always trying to portray himself as jes' folks and, worse, chose to make light of sending thousands to get killed and maimed on false pretenses.

But like ACA or hate it, what is Obama's purpose here? To get kids to protect themselves financially if they get sick or hurt. How many parents have vainly attempted to convince their kids that they aren't "invincible" and shouldn't drive so fast or with the radio blaring or take drugs or hang out with the "wrong" people?

In short, what more serious purpose could there be than to protect kids from harm?

And what better way than through humor?

The only improvement I could see to this skit would be if Gergen and O'Reilly had played the ferns.