Obama tells Washington to get thicker skin

The president is telling his new town how to weather storms.

We’re used to cold, sometimes harsh winters here. He gets to Washington and discovers…an overreaction?….to a winter storm. So he says ‘toughen up’.

In a slightly amused tone, he noted this his daughters’ school, Sidwell Friends, was canceled today because of a snow and ice storm that hit Washington.

The suburban schools systems and many private schools in the region were closed today and the District public schools opted for a delayed opening because of the sleet and freezing rain that made some roads and many sidewalks treacherous.

“Because of what? Because of some ice?” Obama said to laughter around the table. He said Sasha, his 7-year-old, pointed out that in Chicago, not only is school never canceled for snow, “you’d go outside for recess. You wouldn’t even stay indoors.”

He concluded by saying: “We’re going to have to apply some flinty Chicago toughness to this town.”

To go along with the politics.