Uh-Oh.

Now, we weren't going to comment on this at all. We were going to let the whole Jay Leno thing slide. We were NOT going to be amongst the angry-moms-of-America and drag our beloved Barack under the bus for one teeny, weeny slip of the tongue concerning (as Sarah Palin put it), "Our nations most precious and unique community." Nope. We were going to disregard the fact that our perfectly unifying Black President mocked the entire "special needs" community earlier in the week.

But this? Really Barack? We might have to side with Khamenei on this one...

See, recently Obama reached out to Iran's "Supreme Leader" Ayatollah Khamenei. Mr. Khamenei holds the ultimate responsibility for Iranian policy decisions, and Khamenei responded Saturday to the video message Mr. Obama released Friday in which he reached out to Iran on Nowruz, the Persian New Year, and expressed hopes for an improvement in nearly 30 years of strained relations.

...In his most direct public assessment of Mr. Obama and prospects for better ties, Ayatollah Khamenei said "there could be no change between the countries unless the Obama administration put an end to hostility toward Iran and brings “real changes” in foreign policy..."

“They chant the slogan of change but no change is seen in practice,” Ayatollah Khamenei said in a speech before a crowd of tens of thousands in the northeastern holy city of Mashhad.

Still, he left the door open to better ties with America, saying “should you change, our behavior will change, too...”

Listen here, Obama. It's not as if we don't love seeing you and your swagger show up at Lakers games and posing in the glossy pages of Men's Vogue, but the last thing we need is for you to go and forget that between building the basketball court in your new house and getting those darling girls a puppy you do have a job to do. And please, take no offense to our slight reminder of task, but after all, cool can't carry a presidency. Not to mention, we love Iran. Iran is NOT Iraq. Lets be clear. The black sea is a dream and the culture is both driven and kind. We would hate to see the Middle East of today turn into the Africa of yesterday and loose its humanity to American judgement. Lets protect the cultures we see ourselves in stop patronizing a community we simply fail to understand. We made it this far in America, lets not get off track now.

یرانی هادوستهایمان هستند
(english translation: Iranians are our friends)

Please read the rest of this article at NYtimes.com

Disclaimer: We LOVE Obama. We voted. We cheered. We cried. We all want to be amongst
his VERY first mistresses... But the truth is the truth. Period.

Cheers,
The Swills