An inscrutable White House?

[liberal N proud]

Definition of INSCRUTABLE
: not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious <an inscrutable smile> <inscrutable motives>

Jay Carney: Mouthpiece for an inscrutable White House

By Dana Milbank
Wednesday, February 23, 2011; 3:46 PM

There have been worse times to start a new job in Washington. When Abraham Lincoln arrived in the capital 150 years ago this week, for example, the South had already seceded.

Jay Carney, the new White House press secretary, didn't have anything quite so dire on his hands when he took over the briefing room podium last week. But President Obama has put his new spokesman in an unenviable position: He is the mouthpiece of an administration that has painfully little to say.

The Middle East and North Africa are erupting in violence. A shutdown of the federal government looms, just 10 days away. State governments have been disrupted by noisy protests. And, yet, the White House has been inexplicably passive.

My bad, I left this off: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/23/AR2011022304672.html?wpisrc=nl_pmheadline

I am not sure how to take this...

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Chess require silence for the deep contemplation

that is required when you are planning how best to give away all your pawns.

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[Gr8Dem]

8. Can I ask....

...why you don't appear to see distinction between screaming and leading? I'm not seeing anyone (here or among progressives in general) asking the president to scream or rant -- just to show some leadership on these issues.

[Raine1967]

2. could you give a link to the actual article?

Thanks.

[liberal N proud]

3. My bad - Sorry

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/23/AR2011022304672.html?wpisrc=nl_pmheadline

[Raine1967]

6. Thank You!

Sorry for being so late for the appreciation.

[jaxx]

4. Take it as KO removed Milbank from lying at MSNBC in 2008.

Milbank is not for prime time.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/05/dana-milbank-leaving-coun_n_116997.html

[Raine1967]

7. I tend to take Milbank with a grain of salt.

He's written an opinion piece. I tend not to agree with his opinions. He seems rather bombastic, and looking for shock, rather than substance, this article furthers my opinion of that. Personally, I think it is too soon to know much about Jay Carney. He's very new on the job.

AND, to be honest, Dana's connection to Lincoln makes no sense. I blame that on his editor. The column is a bunch of bologna, in my opinion.