Obama’s new rug ties the room together

This is embarrassing. President Obama put a new rug in the Oval office and according to the Washington Post a big mistake was made that goes beyond the beige color of the rug.

The new presidential rug contains quotes around the edge from Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

For King the quote is: "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."

Great quote. Only one problem -- those words belong not to King, but to Theodore Parker, a Boston abolitionist and preacher. While King did use the quote many times, he credited Parker. It was an important detail President Obama never quite absorbed.

Don't know what the White House redecorators are going to do about this mistake. I think they should leave just as it is. It will become an endearing story about a president who made the mistake of overlooking the well being of the American people in lieu of petty party politics. Like the rug, he became all form, no substance.

That trait ties the Obama presidency together perfectly. He looked so good to many, but upon closer inspection he turned out to be a big mistake.