Nice Vetting, White House

Once again, Obama's administration has made a rookie mistake. Last week, President Barack Obama held a public gathering and asked Congress to extend unemployment insurance. Once of his props, Leslie Macko, stood next to him as his example of a person in need of the extension. The problem? Apparently, Macko was found guilty of prescription drug fraud in March 2009, and one month later, she lost her job as an esthetician at a fitness center. Specifically, Obama lamented:

We need to extend unemployment compensation benefits for women like Leslie Macko, who lost her job at a fitness center last year, and has been looking for work ever since. Because she's eligible for only a few more weeks of unemployment, she's doing what she never thought she'd have to do. Not at this point, anyway. She's turning to her father for financial support.

So far, the White House has declined to comment. I would, too, as how hard could it be for his people to run a background check? This is just another easily avoidable boneheaded move on the part of his administration.