According to the redoubtable Michael Isikoff over at Newsweek, there was a Tip Top Secret (TTS) meeting held at the White House between Rockin' Barry O and a coterie of his supporters from the good old days of the campaign. Warlords from the Human Rights Watch (Makers of time pieces), Human Rights First (sworn enemies of PETA), the Center for Constitutional Rights (except the 1st thru 10th Amendments) and the ever popular ACLU were in attendance on such short notice that they had to fly private jets on special passes into Ron Reagan Airport to arrive in time for their Limo rides to the bright and cheery confines of the White House Cabinet Room. You'd think that not having to fly commercial and risk getting swine flu from the proles would have put them in a better mood, but no, they were a garrulous lot according to some unnamed, trembling in fear of their jobs "sources" cited by Mr. Isikoff. OK, maybe the "unnamed sources"  were laid off Axlerod Astroturf Army veterans planting some disinformation to further the subplot of Rockin' Barry O confronting his most ardent supporters to bolster his national security bona fides. Who knows?

Reportedly, one the attendees at the Tip Top Secret Meeting, Anthony "No Neck" Romero, Mob Boss, er... Executive Director of the ACLU observed that Rockin' Barry O sure was looking like he was just gonna keep on using the same security (you know, cell phone monitoring, email readin', carnivore feeding, privacy shreddin',  intrusive domestic intel gartherin', you ain't with us, you're agin us) policies brought online under the Bush Administration. Tony bemoaned the fact that these policies had very obviously failed and sternly warned that if the Prez continued to use them he would wind up in the same place as W did.

While all of this was going on, the US Senate was busy telling our erstwhile President that he could do whatever he wanted to with GITMO, so long as he put the bill on his Mastercard account. Michele would have none of that as it would jack their interest rates way up and greatly reduce their open to buy limits. Tennis shoes ain't getting any cheaper and the Secret Service won't let them shop at WalMart due to "Security Constraints".

As the President was informing the unruly crowd of supporters that comparing him to George Bush  wasn't helping, shouts of "I'm rubber, you're glue" broke out from the now ashen faced attendees astonished that the name of evil incarnate had been used in thier presence. Senior Staffers Rahm "Fishwrap" Emanuel, Dave "Astroturf" Axlerod and Eric "Mums the Word" Holder smiled quietly to themselves.

Things perked up when when someone in the crowd wanted to know which low level Bush adminstration official could be served up on a plate for the impending war crimes trial hosted by the impending Truth Commision staffed by the fine fellows over at the Justice Department. This small bit of joy was extinguished by the observation that getting even a third tier Bush advisor properly trussed up and ready for the oven would absorb so many man hours at the Justice Department as to be undoable. Eric  "Stretched Thin" Holder continued to smile quietly to himself.

The mood was glum, what with having heard the words George Bush, and not getting a Bush Admininstration advisor to sacrifice on the alter of political correctness, and no taxpayer money to close GITMO. Suddenly,  Rockin' Barry O brought the house down with the disclosure of a Tip Top Secret Poll that revealed that "50% believe that Obama is doing more to protect security than Bush had" Cheers broke out, backs were slapped and handshaking commenced all around on this important news.Sadly, their allotted time was up and the meeting was closed. The various and sundry warlords returned to their various and sundry Limos and drove back to their various and sundry private jets to bask in the glory of having had a private meeting with their President as they winged their way back to their respective lairs.

The irrepressible Mr. Isikoff, continued to work the story and asked White House spokesman Ben "I don't have a Freaking Clue" LaBolt about the Mystery Poll and it's origins. Mr. LaBolt responded that the White House does not conduct polls, and furthermore, the White House  does not talk about Tip Top Secret Private meetings either, unless we leak them to the press to get some good publicity  to offset having our heads handed to us by those chintzy bastards in the Senate over funding to close GITMO.

OK, OK, that's not how the story went, here's the link to the Newsweek article:

 http://www.newsweek.com/id/198706/page/1

Head over there and read it through a couple of times and see how many different ways you can spin it.

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