The White House just can't seem to get it together. They have developed a reputation for "oopsies" and changing their minds and stances on issues on a moment's notice. Late last week Obama declared the possibility of dropping the public choice section of the health care reform bill. This weekend, Kathleen Sibelius, Director of Health and Human Services, made a television announcement asserting the public option is not an integral part of the bill. Citizens are getting one story and then the next. It would take a card counter's imagination to be able to keep up with all the contradicting reports coming from our nation's headquarters.
The latest scandal involves some mysterious e-mails purportedly sent uninvited to people who had not requested any information from the White House. I received the specific letter from David Axelrod which is the particular e-mail causing all the controversy. I, however, voluntarily signed up for e-mail alerts from the White House. I did that because I want to be able to keep tabs on what the federal government is telling its citizens. Keep your friends close, and all that...but anyway, all this ruckus is thanks in part to Major Garrett, chief White House correspondent for Fox News Channel. During a press conference with Robert Gibbs late last week, Garrett interjected some pointed questions regarding some e-mails Garrett was alleged to have received from friends, stating they had received the e-mails from the White House without instigation. Gibbs fumbled around in his usually bumbling fashion for several minutes, even going so far as to push aside other questions to "needle" Major Garrett. The incident has turned into a low-key feud, primarily fueled by the media on both sides of the aisle.
Questions still remain unanswered, however. Milquetoast, pardon me, I mean Robert Gibbs, was, as of last week, being very tight-lipped about the matter. As far as this blogger is concerned, the issue has not been resolved, and only continues to grow steam as it goes along. I am saying 'out loud' I believe the government is trying to take over the airwaves (check out the proposed tax on private radio stations), the newspapers (this has pretty much been accomplished) and with GE owning half the country, has managed to get a pretty good grip on a lot of television networks as well. If the White House wants to throw around the word "conspiracy", I'm sure there are plenty of folks around who could give them a run for their money in a debate on conspiracies any day. I don't think the President wants to start getting involved in a war of ideologies with what has primarily been considered a very dogged, tenacious fringe group of society. Yet it seems Mr. Obama is wanting to hint at something "sinister" afoot with the discovery of the mysterious e-mails.
This latest socio-political mess is yet another example of the bumbling, ineffectual mediocrity of character and skill currently in office. All those tired-looking people who run around like monkeys on crack when NBC news cameras are in their faces for another Brian Anderson special just don't really know what they are doing, do they? Every one of them smiles at the cameras and look so smug, yet, what is being produced from the current White House administration is the epitome of inefficiency, and is starting to look more like a case of delusions of grandeur enabled by the the majority of the Democratic party and a bunch of over-educated coat-tail riders who "organized" themselves right into lucrative federal jobs. (Just don't keep talking about those stupid e-mails those crazy right-wingers are going to try to paint as propaganda.) Don't forget those yummy hamburgers from time to time. Knuckle bumps all around.
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