No there there

The Anonymous Liberal [via The Carpetbagger]:

If these emails truly are gone forever, the White House should be subject to the very same presumption of wrongdoing that any other entity would under similar circumstances. Indeed, given this White House’s track record, that sort of negative inference is even more justified. Simply put, there is no reason that any intelligent person should take the White House’s explanation here at face value. They had a legal obligation to preserve official emails and only now, after they’ve been requested by Congress in connection with a high-profile investigation, are we informed that they have been “lost.” Henry Waxman, Patrick Leahy, and the other members of Congress investigating this matter have every right to be incredulous. This is just totally unacceptable.

The bolds are mine, and with all do respect to AL, soon there will be many people who are considered "intelligent" all over the TeeVee taking the White House's explanation at face value, excusing their behavior as mere incompetents, and insisting there is no there there. It's an old script that the White House Political Players know how to perform all too well.