Just so you know, your tax dollars are now paying for a “director of progressive media &  online response” within the White House. Translation: a dedicated enforcer and story squasher that loves the liberal media. 

“This week, Jesse Lee will move from the new media department into a role in the communications department as Director of Progressive Media & Online Response,” Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer said in an internal memo provided to The Huffington Post. “For the last two years, Jesse has often worn two hats working in new media and serving as the White House’s liaison with the progressive media and online community. Starting this week, Jesse will take on the second role full time working on outreach, strategy and response.

There’s an old axiom in politics: Don’t punch below your weight.  Getting into fights with secondary and tertiary media outlets only benefits those organizations and individuals.  One would have thought that Obama learned that lesson in his disastrous wars with Fox News and Rush Limbaugh.  The only story here is that this administration doesn’t learn from its mistakes.

Labels: Political Observation, Theater of the Absurd