An update on Campaign Outsider’s earlier post about the rumpus over Pres. Obama’s “wee weed up” criticism of D.C. in August (normal people complain about the humidity).
The hardworking staff did further research (that is, read a Washington Post blog) and wants to amend the record, since CO initially thought the phrase meant “testosteroned-up.”
Here’s the official White House definition:
“I think ‘wee-weed up’ is when people just get all nervous for no particular reason,” White House press secretary Robert Gibbs explained Friday.
“August of 2008, everybody was nervous about whether the entire presidential campaign was slipping out from underneath the hands of the president, who they previously didn’t think would actually be the nominee. So this is just — this is sort of an August pundit pattern between people getting overly nervous for something that still has a long way to go. Bed-wetting is — would be probably the more consumer-friendly term.”
Bed-wetting?
Okay.
I don’t want to have this conversation again.
Campaign Outsider 
“I don’t want to have this conversation again.”
Who brought it up?
Actually, Obama.
Not sure about “bed-wetting,” though I know a number of Obama supporters who are “p.o.” about the lack of gumption the White House is showing on issues such as health care reform, gun control, Afghanistan, “transparency in govt.” and the like, and are awaiting for President Obama to behave like the “No. 1” Democrat, to continue the metaphor.
Very nice and Unruly.
I get the sense that the ones getting all ‘wee-wee’d up” are Obama and his staff.
After all, they are the ones that have made a mess of their own message.