Obamas want daughters to get taste of life on minimum wage: Parade

[frazzled]

17. That's really mean

I'm sorry, but these children did nothing to deserve your scorn. They did not ask to be the kids of a president. They did not ask to be rich.

Did you scorn all the politicians who were doing their "radical chic" SNAP-for-a-week challenge stints, living off food stamps for a few days? I seem to recall they were much admired here. And it's a lot less hard than scooping frozen ice-cream for a summer.

Give these girls a break. If you don't like their parents, fine. But don't be dissing them for what their parents are. There's no shame in a rich kid learning how the other half lives, even for a summer.

I always see these girls dishing out food at the homeless shelters. I don't recall the Bush girls every doing anything like that (at least in public). Geez, ragging on children: that's pretty low.