I feel bad for Jay Carney, the president’s spokesman. Each day, he faces the Washington Press Corps -piranhas on the hunt – and he must dodge and obfuscate. I am surprised that the velocity of his spinning hasn't resulted in him drilling himself a mile below the earth’s crust. He is a human spinning tornado. Presumably, this role must be challenging for Carney, who formerly practiced as an actual journalist who was charged with ferreting out the truth. Now, he is under orders to avoid the truth. While I do not suggest that he openly prevaricates, withholding the truth qualifies as dishonesty, as I see it. Tornado or Jay Carney? Carney and all politicians leapfrog over the specific questions being asked. Their non-responsive responses are exasperating to the questioner and to the public. There are many rhetorical techniques that these professional double talkers use to change the subject. Let me illustrate with a hypothetical interview. Interviewer: “If the v
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