After warning that mysterious third-party groups could have been responsible for the snafu in which White House e-mails were sent to people who never signed up for them, President Obama’s new media director decided to clear up the confusion. Personally. Right there on the WhiteHouse.gov website.
However, in keeping with the administration’s philosophy of never accepting the blame for anything they do wrong, Macon Phillips absolved himself and put the blame for the screw up squarely at the feet of “outside groups of all political stripes.”
“An ironic development is that the launch of an online program meant to provide facts about health insurance reform has itself become the target of fear-mongering and online rumors that are the tactics of choice for the defenders of the status quo,” he wrote on the official White House blog. “Despite reports by some bloggers and others in the media that have invoked a variety of sinister conspiracy theories, more people signed up for updates last week than during the entire month of July.”
Quick. Close the drapes and take cover, Macon. Those black helicopters are circling the White House again.
Source: WhiteHouse.gov
