Benghazi and the Little Prince's Liars


My oldest girl is the worst liar in the Western World.  For her entire life the minute this child started to dissemble, her lower lip disappeared into her mouth.  It still does.  Thankfully, she has a good job far from the nation’s capitol, because she could never replace Jay Carney.  This man is a happy liar, it is his natural medium, he doesn’t even think of it as a moral weakness.  To him, lying is just one more magician’s trick to manipulate the masses.   Unfortunately, the whole system of lies first, truth never is starting to wear thin.  Watching him dance all around today’s press conference and some relentlessly specific questions about Benghazi was actually more painful than amusing. 

            There are some facts that are apparent to anyone not suffering from Potomac Fever.  Our Libyan Ambassador, Chris Stevens, and members of his security team, Sean Smith, Tyrone Stevens and Glen Doherty were murdered in a terrorist attack on the United States consulate on September 11, 2012 (8 months ago in case you are wondering what, “a long time ago” means in Carney-speak).  The White House then became engaged, not in safety, or retribution, or even righteous indignation, but in election protection mode.  To assure the Obama fiction of a, “safer world through appeasement” it became essential that these deaths be viewed as anything other than what they were.  The CIA’s correct assessment of what happened was sent back for revisions a total of 12 times by the State Department which frankly said that the truth would open them up to Congressional, “pounding.”   Lies were told, reinforced and even dramatized by Hillary’s hand chopping, “What does it matter…” histrionics. 

            Contrary to the New York Times contention that this is a cheap shot at the President, I think it makes clear how disengaged this President is.  The sad fact is that President Obama is the most managed president in history.  He has been relegated to nothing more than photo ops and speech making by his handlers.  They are probably wise in doing this, and it wouldn’t even be that bad if the men supporting the Little Prince were up to the task of governing.  They aren’t.  This White House’s staff is the least intellectual, most superficially educated, and ethically bankrupt group to walk the halls since the administration of Warren G. Harding.  This is no surprise.  Strong President’s choose strong staffs.  Weak and ineffective President’s prefer like minded, “yes” men.  What we are stuck with here are a group of ideologues who put nothing, including the deaths of four Americans, ahead of their mission to remake the United States in their pathetic vision. 

            So we are watching Carney squirm and hedge his way through a press conference.  He is, first of all, shocked that the mediacracy that created the Little Prince is now asking for accountability.  The administrations triumvirate of blame: Bush, Republicans, Fox News isn’t producing the expected, “smile and nod” response.  People who used to march in line are now insisting on seeing the man behind the curtain.  I could feel sorry for Carney, but then I would be as big a hypocrite as he is. 

            Thank God for a free press and keep the faith. 

Comments

sultan said…
This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
May 11, 2013 at 3:41 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Witches in Georgia, Nuts in Texas

Some time ago a woman in Georgia won a restraining order against a man who had been stalking her for months.   She had met him when he answered her advertisement in a singles column.   In the ad she described herself as a, “wiccan” priestess—a witch!   She was then shocked that she didn’t attract an intelligent, emotionally mature male.   Instead she got a weird, obsessive stalker.   Whom did she think she was going to get? I realize that I am probably not being as tolerant as the times require, but it seems to me that any adult who calls herself a witch should not be expected to be taken seriously.   Do adults have to be told that there are no such things as witches?   Didn’t we learn that sometime between the Salem Witch Trials and the dawning of the nuclear age?   What seems to be going on here is that the mantra of tolerance which rightly began as a way to combat institutionalized prejudice has been carried to an extreme that says we can n...
Read more

Chris Christie and the Young Vampires of the Tea Party

The Tea Party has given this nation a much needed fiscal intervention, but they are like young vampires.   I can best explain this discord with an analogy of Stephanie Meyers’ excellent books advocating teenage chastity.   Meyers wrote the Twilight series of novels about vegetarian vampires who are under siege from vampires who want traditional vampire values.   Traditional vampires want to kill humans by sucking them dry (which is what Democrats feel about successful business people).    Our vegetarian vampires want to live at peace with everyone while simply being left alone to enjoy whatever vampire-like existence they choose (much like Americans in general).    But complicating things to the max are an army of young vampires.   Young vampires are undisciplined, emotional and ready to kill everything, including each other.   Enter the Tea Party.   New to the game, new to the town, and obeying only one overpowering and all con...
Read more

Is Obama One of Our Four Best Presidents?

My default setting for a good book is a biography, add a penchant for American history and you have someone who reads a lot of Presidential biographies.   I am up to 13 so far, and plan on covering every President before I die, God willing.   Naturally, it caught my attention when President Obama said he would put his administration up with the top four Presidents.                 President Obama was clearly one of those children who were constantly told by his parents and grandparents that he was, “special.”   He was a special person; his parents were special people and everybody else, particularly people who didn’t think he was special, were wrong, jealous and possibly evil.   Such children grow up with an exaggerated sense of self.   We usually only see this syndrome in athletes or Hollywood stars, because politicians have to come up the hard way and there are lots of people to let them know ju...
Read more