The Truth Too Late

Dana Milbank is an opinion columnist for The Washington Post, who normally writes from the left. During the 2012 presidential campaign he was a stalwart supporter of President Obama - no surprise there.

In a recent column, Milbank really trashes the Obama White House. Here are some sample quotes:

There’s little argument that 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. has become a frat house for the thin-skinned and the foul-mouthed.

Speaking of the bad language and abusive behavior, there is this:

I’ve received the same communications — and so has everybody else I know who has dealt with this White House. If this administration launched drone strikes at the rate Sperling and his colleagues launch F-bombs, there would be nobody left in Yemen.
It is a symptom of a White House in perpetual combat — with the media, with Republicans in Congress, with everybody — and dedicated to incremental point-scoring, without a view of the real goal.

Milbank quotes Woodward as saying: "I don’t understand this White House. Do you?” To which question Milbank answers:

I do. And it’s a !&%@#$ shame.

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What is truly a shame is that Milbank knew all of the above at least a year ago, probably longer. He knew it but didn't write it until Obama was reelected. What does this say about Milbank's journalistic ethics?

Had Milbank written the truth about the Obama White House, had he said a year ago "it's a !&%@#$ shame," maybe we'd now be talking about a Romney White House. You can be certain a Romney administration wouldn't have been foul-mouthed and abusive.