CYA
Since the beginning of time “CYA” (Cover Your Ass) has been routinely practiced by humankind. The first known example was when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit and then Adam tried to CYA with God. We all know how that worked out. Since then, history is replete with examples of this well know practice. For folks unaware of this practice, it can be defined as an activity done by an individual to protect themselves from criticism, ridicule, or legal difficulties.
Nixon used the strategy with the Watergate matter. Clinton tried it when caught with Monica. Anheuser-Busch failed miserably when the Bud Light debacle was revealed. Readers can think of numerous incidents when CYA has been used and more than likely failed.
Covering one's ass is most frequent in highly regulated or bureaucratic organizations, notably the government, and this week we have a prima facia case for review.
So, let’s get this straight, over the 4th of July holiday, the White House was evacuated, and Washington DC HazMat teams were dispatched to the site when a suspicious white powder was discovered. Initial reports stated that the powder was in the library, but the actual location was revised. It was then reported that it was found in a cubicle along the well-traveled hallway where visitors put their cell phones upon entrance. Now the location has been reported as near the Situation Room. What next, it was in the Oval Office? Latest reports from White House officials are that the owner is “unlikely to be found”.
A couple well-known facts about the building. There is a visitor log of everyone that enters, surveillance cameras are everywhere and the Secret Service has video footage of those visitors. Any law enforcement agency worth its salt knows that there are possible fingerprints and DNA evidence on the bag. Does it sound like maybe they don’t want to find the owner?
How come the FBI can hunt down every single person who was at the Capitol protest of January 6th? Yet the Nation is expected to believe that neither the Secret Service nor the FBI can figure out who left a bag of cocaine in the White House? Maybe it doesn’t fit a narrative that the White House prefers. Draw your own conclusions.
Just like no one has any idea who leaked Justice Alito’s decision regarding abortion, and investigators haven’t found the “pipe-bomber” who planted an explosive device prior to the January 6 riots. Some things don’t fit the storyline that the government wants to put out, and you can bet your sweet bippy that they know who the guilty parties are.
On this issue, Regime operatives are straight up demonstrating a giant use of CYA to the American people and the bobble headed media dutifully reports this claptrap.
In the meantime, a skilled, legendary purveyor of CYA, President Joe Biden traveled to South Carolina while remaining mum on Cocainegate. He remained sphinxlike on the scandal, as he’d rather tell everyone how great Bidenomics is working. While whispering and kicking the podium, Joe claimed that his economic plan is making everyone’s life better despite an abundance of contrary fact-based economic data. Whoever is writing the teleprompter material for Joe enhances his reputation as masterful practitioner of CYA. Joe blithely reads it, clueless about the facts.
The National economy plods along at a snail’s pace It is fitting that the President who moves at that same pace, is embracing tactics that leave the Nation in the dark about White House security and why inflation has doubled since the previous administration.
Make no mistake, the opposition party is equally adept at CYA but unfortunately when they try it, the compliant progressive media seeks to discredit their story like a hungry dog seizing a new bone. Look no further than Donald Trump. The second that he tries to CYA, that effort fails as the opposition press makes sure that he gets hammered and exposed.
Given the current political environment, that coverage will never happen on an even playing field. The Biden Regime will obfuscate, mislead, and lie. If the corporate media did report fairly, the Nation would know whose cocaine was left in the White House and what the real state of the economy was.
Informed citizens should remain skeptical. They should not buy into the first explanation of anything offered by the Regime or the DC media that doesn’t resonate sensibly.
Chances are it’s someone practicing CYA.