greased pig backpedaling

Guess the SOB's been catching some pretty serious flak for his filthy little debauch at the Herzliya Conference, and now he's trying to restore himself to the status of decent human via an interview for American Prospect. Neatly avoiding mention of having enhanced the fears and prejudices and ignorance of the public, to the very possibly lethal detriment of millions of people, for his own political aspirations, John goes on to characterize himself thusly:

One of the things, one of the realities, I think, of the responsibilities of the president, are that, is that, the criteria for ever using American force is pretty clear. You know when there’s an imminent threat to America, or our allies, when we have a treaty obligation, or when there’s some huge humanitarian crisis. But those are very broad, obviously, and so the kind of human being you have in the White House is enormously important -- I would argue more important than trying to have somebody predict, off in the future, what you’ll do when confronted with it, because I think its unknowable. I think what’s more important is to know that you have a good and decent human being who, who really wants to do the right thing and understands what the consequences are.

You can call yourself decent till the cows come home. It doesn't begin to erase the damage you did in that vile speech.

STILL reprehensible, John. Not good enough, John. Do better, John.

Or, just dry up and blow away.