OH FOR THE DAYS OF JAY CARNEY…

I gotta tell ya, these days I find myself almost yearning for a return to the days of Jay Carney.  I did say almost.  Because while Jay used to tell us all some real whoppers, there just ain’t no way that he could ever hope to hold a candle to this new guy, Earnest.  I’m not sure where the Hell it was that they dug this guy up, but I’m sure that it must have been someplace pretty sleazy.  For example, it was just yesterday that this clown chose to double down on what was Barry’s idiotic claim that somehow ‘climate change’ represents a much greater threat than does Islamic terrorism.

You see, it was when our favorite spokesmoron, Josh Earnest, was asked if Barry was actually serious when he said that the threat of ‘climate change’ is greater than the threat we face from terrorism, that he answered, “The point that the president is making is that there are many more people on an annual basis who have to confront the impact – the direct impact – on their lives of climate change or on the spread of disease than on terrorism.”  Now I don’t know about the rest of you, but I can’t remember one time that ‘climate change’ was directly linked to the death of anyone.

It was during the recent interview with the liberal news website Vox, that Barry was asked, “Do you think the media sometimes overstates the sort of level of alarm people should have about terrorism and this kind of chaos as opposed to a longer term problem like climate change and epidemic disease?”  He very enthusiastically responded, “Absolutely!”  He went on to say, “And I don’t blame the media for that. What’s the famous saying about local newscasts, right, if it bleeds, it leads, right? You show crime stories, and you show fires, because that’s what folks watch.” 

But he wasn’t finished, as he went on to say, “It’s all about ratings, and the problems of terrorism and dysfunction and chaos along with plane crashes and a few other things, that’s the equivalent when it comes to covering international affairs.”  Barry   said stories about cutting the infant mortality and slashing extreme poverty don’t generate a lot of interest. He said, “It’s not a sexy story, and climate change is happening at such a broad scale and such a complex system that it’s a hard story for the media to tell on a day-to-day basis.”  Which ‘media’ is he talking about?

But might it be considered as being ‘complex’ because at a time when so many folks now find themselves walking around waist deep in snow, they’re not really thinking it’s all because the Earth is getting warmer.  Barry went on to add, “The point is this: my first job is to protect the American people. It is entirely legitimate for the American people to be deeply concerned when you’ve got a bunch of violent, vicious zealots who behead people or randomly shoot a bunch of folks in a deli in Paris.”  But he doesn’t act like someone who sees his first job as protecting the American people.

And when Earnest was asked to clarify Barry’s obviously politicized response, he quickly slipped into his nonsensical drivel mode as he repeated ad nauseam that the philosophy of this White House, no matter how bizarre it may sound to any reasonably intelligent person, is that ‘climate change’ directly impacts the lives of Americans on a daily basis far more so than does Islamic terrorism.  This demonstrates just how devoted those on the left are today when it comes to the theory of ‘climate change’, and how desperate they are to downplay the dangers of Islamic terrorism.

“So the answer’s yes, the president thinks that climate change is a greater threat than terrorism?” a reporter asked Earnest.  To which Earnest responded, “I think that the point that the president is making is that when you’re talking about the direct daily impact of these kinds of challenges on the daily lives of Americans … Americans living in this country, that that direct impact is more, that more people are directly affected by those things than by terrorism.”  From my own perspective, I have a greater fear of being taken out at the mall or theater than by ‘climate change.’   

The reporter asked again, “So climate change is more of a clear and present danger to the United States than terrorism?”  Earnest simply repeated more of the same, saying, “I think even the Department of Defense has spoken to the significant threat that climate change poses to our national security interests, principally because of the impact that it can have on countries with less well developed infrastructure than we have.”  The reporter said, “I’m not asking if it’s a significant threat. I’m asking if it’s a greater threat.”  Earnest said, “Again, I wouldn’t have a whole lot more to say about what the president has said in that interview.” 

And as has been previously reported, National Security Adviser Susan Rice in a speech at the Brookings Institution last week, said part of the president’s national security strategy is fighting “the very real threat of climate change” as well as promoting gay rights.  Rice said, “American leadership is addressing the very real threat of climate change.”  She added, “The science is clear.”  She went on to say, “The impacts of climate change will only worsen over time.”  Claiming finally that, “Even longer droughts; more severe storms; more forced migration.”  But it’s all bullshit!

What does it say about our president when he makes it so obvious that he cares far more about doing all that he can to advance something as deeply rooted in politics as is ‘climate change’, than he cares about taking all the precautions necessary in making sure our that country remains secure and our people remain safe?  And what does it say about Earnest who I have now come to view in much the same way as I viewed Carney, which was as being nothing more than a paid liar.  Credibility is in very short supply in this White House, Earnest only serves to compound the issue.