The opening statement usually goes: 'I heard about it from the media'
Step one is 'well I didn't know about it' [Denial]
Step two is to express great outrage. [Anger]
Step three is fire some low level bureaucrat. [Bargaining]
Step four is the study comes next, we're going to wait for the investigation. [Depression]
Step five is six months later, they say it's either a done or all the results of a partisan push by Republicans. [Acceptance] m/r
WSJ's Strassel Slams Obama's 'Scandal Manual'
25 May 2014 Full Short Post
On "Fox News Sunday," Wall Street Journal editorial board member Kimberley Strassel criticized President Barack Obama for his "eerily" similar reactions to the many recent scandals plaguing his presidency.
"You have to wonder if there is a scandal manual in the top drawer of the president's desk," Strassel said. "It isn't just the 'I heard about it from the media'. there are five steps that this administration keeps repeating every time a scandal comes up . Step one is 'well I didn't know about it' Step two is to express great outrage. When that doesn't work, step three is fire some low level bureaucrat."
"The study comes next," she continued. "Then we're going to wait and see what the IG says FBI says or the investigation or whatever it is. Then six months later, you say it's either a done or all the results of a partisan push by Republicans. It just goes on and on. you can take not just the clips of him repeating again and again 'I didn't know about this' when you listen to some of these the press conferences, they're eerie. it's the exact same language every time."
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