4:42 pm ET February 7, 2012

Obama Walks Out on Jeb Bush Speech; Michael Reagan Reacts, Says He Doesn’t Think Obama Has Ever Respected the People Around Him

There is a controversy now developing over a dinner that was attended by President Obama, George H. W. Bush and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. President Obama and Jeb Bush were featured as speakers at the Alfalfa Dinner, which was attended by a number of Washington elite.

Jeb Bush’s speech was expected to follow the president’s, but before it even started, President Obama had already walked out. Now, Al Hunt wrote a Bloomberg News article labeling this action an example of the Obama administration’s “cockiness.”

Earlier, Michael Reagan shared his reaction to this article on America Live, saying, “[Al Hunt] is taken back by the arrogance of this president.” Reagan went on to say that there would have been a severe backlash in the media if George W. Bush had walked out on Hillary Clinton’s speech with Bill Clinton sitting in the audience.

“It just shows the ongoing arrogance of this president. I don’t think he’s ever stopped campaigning. I think, you know, he’s somebody who’s way above his pay grade maybe, and he’s taking it in pretty heavy being in the White House and that concerns me. And now it’s starting to concern, of course Al Hunt and the Left and the Democrats, and, well, it should.”

He advised that the president should be more cognizant of respecting the people around him, saying, “Don’t dishonor the other people in the room. Don’t dishonor an 87-year-old former president, who served his country well by walking out on his son who is going to speak.”

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