"I have never heard anything so blatantly socialist in my life," said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. "Just blurting out the word the as if we are all supposed to foot the bill for that with our taxes."
And, from his own party, similar skepticism and unrest. "I want to back my president," declared House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, "But when a man makes promises to his constituency about creating policy to advance the middle class and then tries to dodge the issue by throwing the definite article out there....well, it's unconscionable."
Reaction from the general public has been equally troubling.
"It's great that Bernie Sanders is out there pushing the progressive agenda right now," observed one prominent Midwestern businessman. "Because the Barack Obama who uses the word the in a sentence is not the Barack Obama I voted for in 2008."
"This is the right time for the Republican party to strike at the heart of what's wrong with the country and take America back as well as reclaim America," intoned a Republican small business owner in Massachusetts. "When Obama opens his mouth and the first thing you hear is the, then you know the flagrant abuse of all this country stands for has gone full bore."
Washington analysts claim that this is the largest instance of Obama-sparked outrage since the President made the mistake of implementing the word and as a coordinating conjunction while giving a speech to tool and dye makers in Trenton.
"We haven't seen the end of this," predicts one beltway insider. "All we need is one but and he can pretty much forget about legacy building."
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