Such is the typical modus operandi of Barry & Co. who now occupy the White House and which was further evidenced by Spokesmoron Jay Carney's appearance on that CNN ratings juggernaut referred to as "Piers Morgan Live" on Thursday night to answer what were supposed to be questions related to the three scandals that have turned the federal government on its head over the last two weeks. And as is usually the case on this dopely little show, that's not exactly how things turned out.
What Carney’s answers to the typically softball questions that were hurled in his direction by the show's lame hosts did was to briefly sum up that there are not now, nor have there essentially ever been, any scandals involving our decent, upstanding, all-American president, Barry "Almighty." And that would be, of course, because he is such man of high moral character who is, to hear Carney talk, honest to an absolute fault. "You’re concocting scandals that don’t exist," Carney said.
The show's brilliant host, Piers Morgan, asked how Barry "Almighty" would be able to "restore the faith that some Americans have lost" in its transparency. "Especially with regard to the Benghazi affair that was contrived by Republicans and, I think, has fallen apart largely this week," Carney said. He then continued, "The fact of the matter is that this administration has a record on transparency that outdoes any previous administrations. And we are committed to that. The president is committed to that."
Well, a little kink has developed in that 'transparency' beginning last week when several high-level government officials testified on what happened leading up to the attack on an American consulate in Libya in September, two other scandals potentially implicating Barry have also continued to develop: One in which the IRS unfairly targeted conservative non-profits for scrutiny, the other involving the Department of Justice secretly seizing the phone records of Associates Press reporters and editors last year.
Regarding the Benghazi attack, Carney dismissed it as "a faux controversy stirred up by Republicans." Regarding the IRA scandal, Carney said, "When [President Obama] found out… that there had been inappropriate and wrong conduct by IRS personnel… he spoke out about it, he made clear he thought it was an outrage and he has taken action." (Acting IRS Director Steven Miller submitted his resignation Wednesday.) Ya, but the guy was gonna be leaving in a couple of weeks anyway!
And on the Associated Press scandal, which Barry has only commented on to say that the White House had no knowledge of: "It is entirely inappropriate for a president… to engage in… a criminal investigation." There was no mention of yet another blossoming scandal involving the Environmental Protection Agency and its harassment of conservative groups in search of information. But I'm sure Carney would have claimed that there is no there there to this looming scandal either. What a group we have!
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