It’s the Obama Five-Step. (Everyone dance!)
Kimberley Strassel of the Wall Street Journal, among others, has identified the administration’s predictable five-step response to a scandal:
Step One: Say “We had no idea.”
Step Two: Express great outrage.
Step Three: Fire some low-level employee.
Step Four: Announce a review, a study, or an investigation; deny any further comment or action until the end of the investigation. This step can stretch on for weeks, months, or years, and let the outraged public forget about it.
Step Five: This is old news, the Republicans are playing politics with it, “Dude, this was like, two years ago.”
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Steve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, award-winning blogger, and a member of the Board of Directors of The 603 Alliance. He is the owner of Grok Media LLC and the Managing Editor, Executive Editor, assistant editor, Editor, content curator, complaint department, Op-ed editor, gatekeeper (most likely to miss typos because he has no editor), and contributor at GraniteGrok.com. Steve is also a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, The Republican Volunteer Coalition, has worked for or with many state and local campaigns and grassroots groups, and is a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.
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