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>> YOU MAY HAVE ENJOYED IT, BUT
THE "NEW YORK TIMES" TODAY SAID
ABOUT THE PRESIDENT THAT HE'S A
BYSTANDER OCCUPYING THE MOST
POWERFUL OFFICE IN THE WORLD.
DANA MILBANK OF THE "WASHINGTON
POST" SAID THE PRESIDENT WAS
LIKE A BLOKE ON A BARSTOOL
GETTING HIS INFORMATION FROM THE
EVENING NEWS.
IN THE PHONE SNOOPING CASE,
OBAMA DIDN'T EVEN STIR FROM HIS
STOOL, INSTEAD HE HAD HIS PRESS
SECRETARY, FORMER "TIME"
MAGAZINE JOURNALIST JAY CARNEY
GO BEFORE AN INCENSED PRESS
CORPS AND EXPLAIN WHY THE
PRESIDENT WILL NOT BE INVOLVING
HIMSELF IN HIS JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT'S TRAMPLING OF PRESS
FREEDOMS.
TWO VERY REPUTABLE PAPERS, TWO
PRETTY DAMNING INDICTMENTS, BOTH
SUGGESTING THE SAME THING WHICH
IS THE PICTURE MANY ARE TRYING
TO LAY AT YOUR FEET NOW AND THAT
OF YOUR BOSS, THAT YOU'RE
DISTANCING YOURSELF SO MUCH NOW
FROM STUFF YOUR OWN
ADMINISTRATION IS DOING THAT
YOU'RE ALMOST FINDING OUT WHAT'S
HAPPENING FROM WATCHING THE
NEWS.
>> WELL, WHAT'S REMARKABLE TO
ME, PIERS, IS THAT THOSE VERY
FINE JOURNALISTS WHO WROTE THOSE
STORIES WOULD BE WRITING
SOMETHING FAR WORSE IF A
PRESIDENT, THIS PRESIDENT OR ANY
OTHER PRESIDENT, WAS DIRECTLY
INVOLVED IN A CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION THAT IN PART WAS
LOOKING AT HIS OWN
ADMINISTRATION.
THAT WOULD BE -- THERE'S A
HISTORY TO I AND I ASSUME THE
TWO PEOPLE THAT WROTE THAT KNOW
THE HISTORY AND UNDERSTAND THAT
IT IS ENTIRELY INAPPROPRIATE FOR
A PRESIDENT OR A WHITE HOUSE TO
BE ENGAGED IN OR, YOU KNOW,
INAPPROPRIATELY KNOWLEDGEABLE
ABOUT A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
THE LIKES OF WHICH IS UNDER WAY
AS WE UNDERSTAND IT BY THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
SO YOU KNOW, THOSE KIND OF
NARRATIVES SOUND RIGHT BUT WHEN
YOU PEEL BACK THE ONION JUST A
LITTLE BIT, THE FACTS JUST DON'T
SUPPORT IT.
WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS DONE WHEN
IT COMES TO THE IRS SITUATION IS
THAT WHEN HE FOUND OUT BASED ON
THE I.G.'S REPORT THAT THERE HAD
BEEN INAPPROPRIATE AND WRONG
CONDUCT BY IRS PERSONNEL, HE