White House Doesn't Appreciate Being Called "Richard"

Well, it wasn't exactly "Richard" but a derivative that over the years went from a proper name (my Dad's name, as a matter of fact) to a slang term that roughly means "jerk".  When the term was used to describe Obama the White House was not pleased (from Daily Caller):

White House says jump, MSNBC asks how high -- MSNBC is all about speaking truth to power, unless the power is a Democrat who does not appreciate hearing that truth. TheDC's Jeff Poor writes: "The promptness with which MSNBC management reacted to Mark Halperin's ill-advised remarks on Thursday's 'Morning Joe' was remarkable, considering it took the same outlet nearly two days to suspend 'The Ed Show' host Ed Schultz after he called conservative talker Laura Ingraham 'a slut' on his radio show. Halperin, a Time magazine editor-at-large, made his remarks at 6:08 a.m. ET, and NBC Universal issued a press release announcing Halperin’s suspension at 9:44 a.m. ET, within an hour of the end of the 'Morning Joe' broadcast. The reason for the quick reaction could be because White House Press Secretary Jay Carney called MSNBC management. 'The comment that was made was inappropriate,' Carney said at the daily press briefing. 'It would be inappropriate to say that about either president of either party. On behalf of the White House, I expressed that sentiment to executives at the network,' he said." Yes, those were probably his exact words. Now try to imagine what MSNBC would've done if the Bush administration had made the same request. It would be the top story all day: "White House Strongarms MSNBC." Comparisons to third-world dictators would fly. A good time would be had by all the professional victims on the left. 

There's no doubt that had the same been said about Bush there would have been a week long media celebration revolving around speaking "truth to power".

So far the White House has objected to the use of the term, but to my knowledge has not refuted the charge.