I can only assume the left-wing Twitterverse would be on fire as the mainstream media covered the bad optics and callous indifference to suffering if George W. Bush was hosting a taxpayer-funded Nashville Country night during an actual jobless recovery while dread sequestration is shredding our safety net.
But a celebration of Memphis Soul in the White House is just fine.
I know "What if it was Bush?" is an old game, but it is no less true.