MSNBC’s Dyson: Obama’s Had ‘a Pillsbury Doughboy’ Reaction to Scandals, ‘Laughing’ At Republican Accusations

Georgetown professor and MSNBC contributor Michael Eric Dyson compared President Obama’s unflappable, amused reaction to the recent series of scandals to the Pillsbury Doughboy’s trademark giggle.

“[Republicans] keep poking at it, but it’s a Pillsbury Doughboy, he just laughs,” Dyson told Martin Bashir this afternoon. “Obama is just laughing at the kind of ticklish interferences going on here because there’s nothing there, there’s no ‘there’ there. There’s no scandal,” he said. “If you want scandal, look for Kerry Washington in the third season [of the ABC show Scandal].”

When asked if Holder should resign, Dyson said he should “step down . . . off of that plateau where he resides in high principle and whip some heads” to regain trust in the Department of Justice, but not resign. Dyson urged, “What [Holder] should understand is that he is the chief lawgiver of the United States of America, so to speak – he’s the Moses of our time, and at least for this administration.”