From this morning’s Meet The Press:
MR. BOB WOODWARD (Associate Editor, The Washington Post): Well, first of all, I mean, the– the people are making comparisons to Watergate. This is not Watergate, but there are some people in the administration who have acted as if they want to be Nixonian, and that’s a very big problem. I think…
GREGORY: Who and how?
MR. WOODWARD: Pardon? Well, I think on the whole Benghazi thing. You look at those talking points and, I mean, the initial draft by the CIA very explicitly said we know that activists who have ties to al Qaeda who’re involved in the attack. And then you see what comes out a couple of days later and there is no reference to this. This is a business where you have to tell the– the truth and that did not happen here.
[…]
GREGORY: You know, on this point– can I just say on this point, Bob, I think it is interesting that we take a look at how bureaucracies operate. Do they take cues from the president? Again, I bring up this Abu Ghraib example because that was really hammered home, that Abu Ghraib happened because there was a broader context in the administration. Do you think that’s a fair criticism here?
MR. WOODWARD: Well, I– I think you have to kind of step back and say what’s the theory of governing here.
GREGORY: Mm-Hm.
MR. WOODWARD: And the theory is, it seems, oh, there are investigations of the IRS so we can’t interfere. There is this leak investigation of the AP, so we can’t get involved. Oh, there is an investigation of Benghazi, so we’re not responsible. The President and the executive branch need to govern on a daily basis and you can’t purchase immunity from governing.
It’s been 40 years since the last time Bob Woodward bagged a POTUS. Remember a few weeks ago when the White House unleashed the Vile Progs on Woodward for telling the truth about where the Sequester originated? I’m guessing they are regretting it now.
The White House designated liars spinmeisters are making a great argument for the appointment of a special prosecutor. If the Obama administration can’t simultaneously govern and investigate itself, let someone else handle the investigations.
This is truly the “Know Nothing” administration. Ignorance is a feature, not a bug for these guys. Policy decisions aren’t made, they magically appear out of nowhere. The low-level employees are running everything and the bosses only know what they read in the papers.
Maybe that’s why Katie Couric asked Sarah Palin what papers she reads. She knows how things work in Washington these days.
The Crawdad Hole 
As Ron Fournier said this morning, “If you’re claiming a defense of ‘We’re not corrupt. We’re just incompetent, you’re not in a good place.”
LOL.
OT: Those of you on FB, being my “friend” isn’t required 😉 Please like my son’s new FB page……he works under JNap, getting furloughed this summer and decided to turn lemons into lemonade. This is his hobby as a landlocked surfer dude, quick thinking, and an LLC that didn’t require IRS scrutiny. Surf and Reston, no flags 🙂
https://www.facebook.com/SurfReston
Thanks guys. Just trying to help the “government’s helpless” 😀
I do not know how to get the whole post to my grand daughter page, but I commented on it and gave her the site name. She lives down the Jersey shore and does surfboard. told her I thought the site would interest her.
Just like his page 🙂 He got certified to teach in Ocean City, not too far?
no just up the parkway. she is just outside Wildwood NJ
Done. I’m right next to Reston. Where were the photos taken? It looks like the Potomac… Algonkian Park maybe?
Iowa Hawk
When engaging in rough interviews, “irrelevant” is the White House’s safe word.
This is the most brilliant and highly educated administration in the history of the WORLD!!! They know everything and can opine on the most abstruse subjects in the universe. They went to Harvard, Columbia, Princeton, Stanford, Yale and everyone should listen to them instead of ignoramuses who went to cow colleges. Everyone else is stupid and beneath them. The argument that they couldn’t plan a trip to the grocery store nor do they have enough sense to pour piss out of a boot is what they are going for because the truth is much worse. They are dirty, authoritarian, thieves. Claiming to be dumb-asses and playing stupid is less dangerous than being proven to be felons and fascists.
now you know they are too sexy for their shirts
Hail Lulu! 🙂
I just made shortbread to make myself feel better. It’s pretty good.
I love a good rant.
Makes you wonder which spell check program Thomas Sowell and VDH are forced to use.
This is the least shocking thing about the Obama administration because Obama has always operated without taking responsibility for anything. Remember that survey that surfaced during the 2008 primary with some pro-gay marriage/gun control/abortion answers? “I didn’t fill that out — it was my staff” he said. And we were called racist for saying that the guy in charge is responsible for what his staff sends out under his name/signature. Same went for all those “present” votes (“That’s just the way things are done. Obama’s not responbile.”) Or the Rezco land deal, etc etc — the list truly goes on & on. That bullshit MO got him all the way to the White House — why should he change now when he can play golf, vacation, party with celebs and basically live like a king on our dime instead?
Honk! For those who scoff at the scandals because Obama’s fingerprints aren’t on them, I say: “He’s president of the United Fucking States. He owns these scandals.”
Really , what will he say next ? “I was not actually the acting president at that time ” ?? It would not surprise me .
I’m not surprised he is doing it at all. But his government of “grownups” that were going to run things for him are now claiming to be idiots. I don’t think so. If they really want to play that game we can now assume that anyone associated with him, his campaign, his administration, alumni and faculty of his alma mater and all of those of his administration of “idiots” must be treated in the same manner. Everything they say is idiotic and suspect and they should be ignored and marginalized and not allowed to run anything because they are idiots. Idiots in the DOJ cannot be allowed to investigate anything because they are “idiots”, the same with the NSC, Dept of State and please dear god the IRS. Smarter and wiser people must replace them immediately. Then they can be investigated and determined to be idiots or crooks. If your defense is idiocy you don’t get to decide jack shit.
Am totally parsing this to uncover the deeply embedded racist comments I know down deep in my heart must be there, even if I can’t see them because they are camouflaged by your logic. /sigh/
I worked for a really nice man who ran a very nice office. He made a lot of money and was nice to the staff and paid people quite well. A huge mistake, an enormous screw-up occurred and he was on the hook to fix it. I was very newly hired and did not do any work on the project. He called the entire staff together and with great sadness questioned everyone very quietly and civilly. There was a lot of feigned dumbness, I didn’t know, I didn’t understand, I didn’t know who to ask etc. He exploded and threw a screaming fit. Everyone who claimed ignorance and dumbness was canned on the spot. It was terrifying and funny at the same time. The next day he told me if I ever played dumb with him he would throw me out because I would be lying. I busted my ass working for him. Staff mirrors the leader. Obama’s staff acts exactly like him.
Honk! Right on as usual LuLu.
http://www.wnd.com/2013/05/biden-now-blamed-in-seal-team-6-deaths/
I hope this scandal does not get lost amid all the other ones
http://www.bizzyblog.com/2013/05/19/ap-headline-obama-agenda-marches-on-despite-controversies/
everybody is SUPPOSED to report to backtrack. Did they or was he on the golf course or on vacation or was there a party going on?
anybody here near Wichita Kansas. seek shelter. tornado warning
I’d love to see the press ask Carney if not knowing anything makes it a “low information” White House.
http://ricochet.com/main-feed/The-Continuing-Relevance-of-the-Founders
this is a must read
That was very uplifting , thanks Helen ! When the despicable Piers Morgan says this
you know much fecal matter has hit the blades of many spinning cooling machines .
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/55314
Do Americans care?
this is one of the saddest and scary article I have read in a long time
via WHD….
http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2013/05/19/live-stream-obama-morehouse-college-commencement/
was just reading the comments they are great.
I saw that.
She asked Pfeiffer this morning, “Why didn’t the president just call it a terrorist attack?”
Guess she forgot that she’s the one who said he DID.
Idiot. 🙂
U. F. B.
Welcome to my world,
In my experience, those dreams only produced the impression that it was a great idea. Kind of like voting for Obama.
John Kass at the Chicago Tribune:
The “Chicago Way”. It only works when the electorate is happy. Not so sure the US electorate qualifies.
In Chicago, Emanuel is closing 50 public schools and the teachers’ union is now calling it retribution for their strike last year. Froankly, I don’t know why they expected anything different.They “embarrassed him” by striking and now they want him to keep their schools open and keep them employed. This is still Chicago, and the Chicago way is how it’s done here. (Just like in D.C in the WH)
Honk
But with all that, Windy City-ans were so peaceful and law-abiding they cheerfully gave up their 2nd amendments rights.
Implausible deniability.
Oh this is rich: Obama speaking at Morehouse College. Uhhh…when exactly did he work twice as hard as anyone?
Obama: “As An African American You Have To Work Twice As Hard As Anyone Else If You Want To Get By”
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/05/19/obama_if_you_think_you_can_just_get_over_in_this_economy_just_because_you_have_a_morehouse_degree_youre_in_for_a_rude_awakening.html
Obama is from the “do as I say not as I do” school of thought.
Plus his man objective is to remind everyone he’s black and any criticism of him is racist so stop asking questions about the scandals crackers!
Mission Accomplished.