REAL CLASS – AT 11:46 A.M. ET:  And another one thrown under the bus.  On the day of his State of the Union, Barack Obama once again shows his complete lack of class.  He allowed, or ordered, his chief of staff to take the blame for this country not having a prominent official at the anti-terror march in Paris.  From Fox:

White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough on Tuesday took the blame for the administration’s failure to send a high-level official to the rally against terrorism in Paris earlier this month.

“That rests on me. That’s my job,” McDonough said on NBC’s “Today.”

He reiterated that the administration regretted not sending a high-level representative, and lamented that the firestorm overshadowed progress they made in their intelligence partnerships with allies.

Until now, no single White House official had taken the blame for the absence.

The administration absorbed heavy bipartisan criticism after more than 40 world leaders attended the Paris rally, and the highest-level U.S. representative was the ambassador to France.

President Obama did not attend, and neither did Vice President Biden nor Secretary of State John Kerry. Attorney General Eric Holder was in Paris for meetings, but did not attend the rally.

COMMENT:  After the Bay of Pigs failure in 1961, President Kennedy was asked who was at fault.  His reply:  "I am the responsible officer of the government."  That's the way it's done.  You don't send your chief of staff out to take the rap.  Obama presumably reads the papers and watches something other than football on the TV.  He knew that anti-terror march would be huge.

January 20, 2015