. >> here we are with what's a minicofferup, if you will, so to speak. >> yes, an old-fashioned hush job, if you were, so to speak and as you were. and this malice in blunderland continues to deafen. oh, oh. [cheering and applause] thank you. thank you. trademark. oh. and did white house spokesman eric schultz crank up the spin machine, saying, "if we wanted this event to be secret, we probably wouldn't have invited the press corpses to cover it, release photos on flickr and release video on the white house web site. well, that's just hiding in plain sight. that's the oldest trick in the book. of course, all of this begs the obvious question. >> if we didn't know about this, what else is going on in there that we don't know about? >> that's a legitimate question. >> stephen: yes, it is. and, folks, i have heard disturbing rumors that every year they hold a pagan druidic tree-lighting ceremony, and last year it was hosted by a translewis -- translewis nt fire giant. dangerous man. but, folks, one detail of this halloween party that has angered me even more than the fact it was held fo