The buck stops here, the fish rots from the head

The uncommunicative communications team at the White House seems to think “I had no idea” and “I learned from the newspapers” are answers befitting the president in response to the plethora of scandals. They are not aware, apparently, that the answer is embarrassing, perpetuating the narrative that the president doesn’t govern, he only campaigns. What’s more, it assumes the media and public don’t know how government or any big organization works.

There was no email from Obama to the Internal Revenue Service saying it should go after tea party groups. We probably won’t find the White House ordering the Justice Department to spy on reporters in contravention of established protocols and past practice. But President Obama signaled in every way possible that critics were not merely opponents, but were enemies.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2013/05/16/the-buck-stops-here-the-fish-rots-from-the-head/