President Obama Receives Harsh Criticism for Tying Shoe Right Over Left

How absurd would it be if someone criticized President Obama for spending an hour or two on the "Beer Summit." Wouldn't it be cynical for someone to claim that the President is NEVER allowed to set aside a friggin' hour or two for something that isn't as dire as Iraq or the auto industry? And besides, the Beer Summit idea to address racism in a calm environment seems like a worthwhile couple of hours to me. But alas, the RNC Co-Chairman came to accept my challenge of absurdism:

SAN DIEGO, California (CNN) – Republican National Committee Co-Chairman Jan Larimer criticized President Obama Friday for his White House meeting with a professor and a police officer, saying the president needs to focus on more important issues.

"We are at war and Barack Obama is talking about beer in the White House," Larimer said at the RNC's Summer Meeting. "And it is wrong. It is not what our country is about."

Larimer was referring to Obama's "happy hour" at the White House a day earlier with Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates and Cambridge police officer James Crowley. Crowley arrested Gates at his home after responding to a call that someone was breaking into a house. The arrest sparked a national discussion on the issue of racial profiling, which was amplified when Obama weighed in on the matter.

Leading up to the meeting, there was much discussion in the media about what type of beer would be served.

Larimer, who represents Wyoming, offered the sharp critique of the president as she recounted to her fellow RNC members her feelings about watching the USS Nimitz deploy earlier that day.