Monday, May 20, 2013

“...Irrelevant...” – “... Irrelevant...” – “... Irrelevant...” Those would be the Obama Administration’s “Words of the Day” for Sunday, May 19, 2013 — OR — Would those be the Obama Administration’s “Words of the Week” ? — OR — Would those be the Obama Administration’s “Words for the rest of the.....” ?

Actually, “irrelevant” was just one word used by President Barack Obama’s “Senior Adviser” Dan Pfeiffer at three different times, on three different Sunday morning news shows on May 19th,  and referring to three different aspects of Obama’s current scandals


On the CBS program “Face the Nation,” Pfeiffer said that it was “largely irrelevant” who edited the talking points the Obama administration trotted out in the aftermath of the terrorist attack in Benghazi on September 11, 2012 ( See “WH: ' IRRELEVANT ' WHO EDITED BENGHAZI TALKING POINTS” by William Bigelow, 5/19/13, Breitbart Big Government [http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/05/19/WH-Benghazi-talking-points-irrelevant]).

On Fox News Sunday when Pfeiffer was asked a follow-up question by Chris Wallace about exactly  where in the White House President Obama was in touch with the National Security Staff during the September 11th attack in Benghazi that killed four Americans, Pfeiffer answered that, “I don’t remember what room the President was in on that night and that’s a largely irrelevant fact.” (See “WH: ' IRRELEVANT ' WHERE OBAMA WAS DURING BENGHAZI ATTACKS” by Ben Shapiro, 5/19/13,  Breitbart Big Government [http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/05/19/WH-spokesman-Obama-Benghazi-irrelevant]; also “ 'Largely Irrelevant' White House aide downplays importance of Obama's whereabouts during Benghazi” by Jeff Poor, 5/19/13, Daily Caller [http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/19/white-house-aide-obamas-whereabouts-during-benghazi-attack-irrelevant-video/]).

On yet another Sunday TV news  show, “This Week, with George Stephanopoulos” the very same White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer told Stephanopoulos that the legality surrounding the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service is “irrelevant”.... And when Stephanopoulos asked Pfeiffer if he really thought the law is “irrelevant”; Pfieffer answered, “What I mean is, whether it’s legal or illegal is not important to the fact that the conduct doesn’t matter [sic] . The Department of Justice has said they’re looking into the legality of this.” (See “Dan Pfeiffer: IRS Behavior ‘Inexcusable’ Whether or Not Illegal” by Benjamin Bell, 5/19/13, ABC News  [http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/05/dan-pfeiffer-legality-of-irs-targeting-of-conservative-groups-irrelevant/]).

Repeatedly telling news people that their questions are "irrelevant" is not the best of techniques for "Senior" White House advisers appearing as the White House spokesperson on five different Sunday morning news shows, but it may be an indicator of the level of desperation and/or annoyance that the White House is experiencing over the questioning it's getting on these scandals.



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