Dumber than rocks, meaner than snakes

So a friend let me know that there's a big hoorah about President Obama making an online address to schools about the importance of staying in school and studying hard...

And oh, my, I went to those links and thought "These people are dumber than rocks or meaner than snakes and maybe both."

See, when President Obama does anything, it's political, but when Bush did it, it was the pure gold goodness of his heart.  Right?   (Sarcasm switch turned all the way on.)

In the Austin-American Statesman artic