The Chairman of PA GOP had some harsh words for President Obama yesterday, but none so eye-catching as his criticism that Obama’s trip itinerary had the President in central PA on Groundhog Day and (gasp) NOT in Punxsutawney! (Obama’s trip was originally planned for the 2nd, but delayed due to inclement weather).

Said Gleason:

“When I first heard that the President was coming to central Pennsylvania and was not going to Punxsutawney I thought to myself this just says about everything that’s wrong with the President. How do you come to central Pennsylvania on Ground Hogs Day and not go to Gobbler’s Knob.”

Gleason went on to criticize that Obama’s choice of Penn State as his venue, seeming to imply that the college represented a departure from Pennsylvania values.

“To me this just serves as further proof of how out of touch the White House is with the regular, everyday, hard working and as he called us, bitter and gun toting Pennsylvanians. It makes a great deal of sense that he would seek the comfort of a college university.”

PoliticsPA was unable to reach Gleason for comment.

For the record, most folks consider Punxsy to be in western PA rather than central. And in any case, the plethora of. shall we say, “spirited,” college students who annually make the trip to Gobbler’s Knob would probably make the campus of Penn State seem comforting to most people.