TRIUMPH OF THE KNOW-NOTHING PARTY
TRIUMPH OF THE KNOW-NOTHING PARTY
JONATHAN TURLEY:
There were times this past week when it seemed like the 19th-century Know-Nothing Party had returned to Washington. President Obama insisted he knew nothing about major decisions in the State Department, or the Justice Department, or the Internal Revenue Service. The heads of those agencies, in turn, insisted they knew nothing about major decisions by their subordinates. It was as if the government functioned by some hidden hand.
Clearly, there was a degree of willful blindness in these claims. However, the suggestion that someone, even the president, is in control of today’s government may be an illusion.
HEH: Leno-Obama tells Morehouse College grads their future is great. Unless, of course, they want jobs. Then, they are totally screwed.
JONATHAN TURLEY:
There were times this past week when it seemed like the 19th-century Know-Nothing Party had returned to Washington. President Obama insisted he knew nothing about major decisions in the State Department, or the Justice Department, or the Internal Revenue Service. The heads of those agencies, in turn, insisted they knew nothing about major decisions by their subordinates. It was as if the government functioned by some hidden hand.
Clearly, there was a degree of willful blindness in these claims. However, the suggestion that someone, even the president, is in control of today’s government may be an illusion.
HEH: Leno-Obama tells Morehouse College grads their future is great. Unless, of course, they want jobs. Then, they are totally screwed.
posted by CAROLYN at 12:26 PM
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