President Obama took some time out of his busy schedule of raising dollars and playing golf to meet with the Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers –rivals to President Obama’s team of choice, the Chicago Bears.

During the merriment, President Obama was given a tiny ownership interest in the Packers, which promoted President Obama to joke:

“If I’m a part owner,” Obama said, “I think we should initiate a trade to send Rodgers down to the Bears.”

It’s funny I thought, but not to Bears fan,s I guess. The White House felt the need to “clarify” things:

Believe it or not, the White House reached out to the Chicago Tribune late Friday to clarify Obama’s joke. Via Brad Biggs: “The President understands the value of having a reliable backup quarterback — and (Rodgers as a No. 2 behind Cutler) would make it more likely that he could greet the Bears at a similar ceremony at the White House next year.”

Come on! The entire world is in economic collapse, yet the White House has a rapid response team in action for the president’s dopey comments at a photo-op?