“It’s pretty clear to me that I’m responsible for folks who are working in the federal government,” President Obama told ABC News last month. He’s right. He is responsible. So let’s take a quick look at how his underlings have been behaving over these last four years.

Just this week, Obama’s former deputy press secretary Bill Burton launched a television advertisement against Mitt Romney accusing him of killing a former steelworker’s wife in Kansas City, Mo. The ad had no basis in fact and was widely condemned by every major media outlet. Obama has steadfastly refused to condemn the ad.