The White House and the Rise of "Doublethink"

Watching the Administration Toadies Attempts to Defend the White House Scandals, Is Unnerving

Are We All In the Same Country?

When I view a clash between one of the Congressional committee Big Brother members trying to glean even a little usable info from any one of those White House administrative officials—you can take your pick of the scandal or the person—I'm struck with the attitude that these men and women exhibit. It's not how they attempt to stonewall or stretch the truth to avoid giving the investigators any usable information.

What I'm referring to is what appears to be their mental and belief state of mind. They are mostly impatient by the hearings as if they're all a big waste of time. Like Attorney General Eric Holder, who actually admitted it, they seem to have no respect for these legislators asking the questions and trying to get to the truth.

It is unnerving to see the body language and the attitudes because somehow they almost all seem out of touch with the reality which most Americans inhabit. It doesn't seem that these bureaucrats really have any understanding that they're either lying or obstructing justice. Quite the contrary, these people consciously seem to believe what they are saying is the Gospel truth. I think in most cases they do not feel that anything they say is untruthful or even telling the truth with an intent to deceive.

Take the head of the IRS. The expression of smugness on John Koskinen's face as he declined to offer an apology for the fact that the agency had conveniently lost all of the important email evidence—three years ago—is truly amazing. (Can you say "cover up" Mr. Koskinen?) He communicates as if he is a man from another country than the one I grew up in. It's like he has on alien world view.

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