#ShutdownSobStories: White House soliciting tales of woe

http://twitter.com/#!/TheMorningSpew/status/386210807979061248
The White House is looking for tales of tragedy from the four-day-long government shutdown. The avalanche of media attention given to Obamacare poster boy “Lying” Chad Henderson would suggest that, yes, works of fiction are acceptable, and perhaps even preferred. In any case, bring the pain. Here are your instructions as they appear on the White House website.

sob stories

Ironically, a banner on the same webpage notes that, due to the shutdown, “some submissions may not be processed.” There’s your first sob story right there!

The lapdog media isn’t affected by the shutdown and is hard at work digging up its own stories. One woman was driven to tears after three days without Head Start.
http://twitter.com/#!/samsteinhp/status/386245949125066752
As Ashe Schow of the Washington Examiner observed, “while hundreds of thousands of Americans are furloughed for being ‘non-essential,’ the White House has found asking for their stories to be ‘essential.’” Fortunately, a #ShutdownSobStories hashtag has popped up to make these tragic tales easy to find. Check them out, if your heart can take it.
http://twitter.com/#!/Shawn_Z_/status/386214106442645504
http://twitter.com/#!/utebell/status/386217823367733248
http://twitter.com/#!/warmingtozero/status/386216404178853888
http://twitter.com/#!/RedState4U/status/386225567688716288
It has been a rough week.
http://twitter.com/#!/TheMorningSpew/status/386228230346141696
http://twitter.com/#!/hollyR_J/status/386231364258775040
http://twitter.com/#!/hale_razor/status/386240078193754113
http://twitter.com/#!/momoishere/status/386247118115319808
http://twitter.com/#!/z12z21/status/386253584737632256
http://twitter.com/#!/AsheSchow/status/386241559663894529
http://twitter.com/#!/FrodoRinosBane/status/386226246696194048
http://twitter.com/#!/straytski/status/386243688570961922
http://twitter.com/#!/theboyjoseph/status/386241469561839616
http://twitter.com/#!/straytski/status/386243200853086208Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/10/04/desperately-seeking-shutdownsobstories-white-house-soliciting-tales-of-woe/