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This Is No Ordinary Scandal
Wall Street Journal ^ | 5-16-13 | Peggy Noonan

Posted on 05/16/2013 4:48:50 PM PDT by grimalkin

We are in the midst of the worst Washington scandal since Watergate. The reputation of the Obama White House has, among conservatives, gone from sketchy to sinister, and, among liberals, from unsatisfying to dangerous. No one likes what they're seeing. The Justice Department assault on the Associated Press and the ugly politicization of the Internal Revenue Service have left the administration's credibility deeply, probably irretrievably damaged. They don't look jerky now, they look dirty. The patina of high-mindedness the president enjoyed is gone.

Something big has shifted. The standing of the administration has changed.

As always it comes down to trust. Do you trust the president's answers when he's pressed on an uncomfortable story? Do you trust his people to be sober and fair-minded as they go about their work? Do you trust the IRS and the Justice Department? You do not.

(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: corruption; crime; irs; irsscandal; noonan
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To: ptsal

Susan Rice, isn’t it?


41 posted on 05/16/2013 5:20:53 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (The government rejects the natural law because it is an obstacle to its control over us.)
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To: ptsal

Spamming the thread in all-caps isn’t going to get you an answer. Track down the photo and maybe you’ll find a caption. Do we have to do *all* your work?


42 posted on 05/16/2013 5:21:02 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
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To: grimalkin

Peg’s undies have clearly dried out.


43 posted on 05/16/2013 5:28:26 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (WHO IS ON THE ENEMIES LIST?)
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To: grimalkin

Shut up and slink away, Peggy, you political slut. This is not a damned game. The We The People sovereignty is at greatest risk since the CW.


44 posted on 05/16/2013 5:28:47 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: okie01

The right shouldn’t make a scandal of it, said the self-styled liberal socialite on the DC cocktail circuit who writes a political gossip column disguised as in-depth analysis to make ends meet.


45 posted on 05/16/2013 5:29:18 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Dallas59

What happens when you elect Marxists.


Lawless communist thugs.


46 posted on 05/16/2013 5:31:56 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it. Their minds have been stolen.)
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To: grimalkin
Do I need to remind people...

"Original Post: Wall Street Journal columnist and former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan and former John McCain adviser, Time columnist, and MSNBC contributor Mike Murphy were caught on tape disparaging John McCain's selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential running mate. "It's over," Noonan said. When Chuck Todd asked her if this was the most qualified woman the Republicans could nominate, Noonan responded, "The most qualified?. No. I think they went for this, excuse me, political bullshit about narratives. Every time the Republicans do that, because that's not where they live and that's not what they're good at, they blow it."

Peggy Who???

47 posted on 05/16/2013 5:33:39 PM PDT by taildragger (( Tighten the 5 point harness and brace for Impact Freepers, ya know it's coming..... ))
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To: grimalkin
We are in the midst of the worst Washington scandal since Watergate.

These folks are so steeped in Watergate, they can't see straight. Watergate was kid stuff to the Clinton administration's antics, and this guy is probably the worst since revolutionary war traitors, and they weren't president.

This guy is president. These are the biggest scandals to ever rock this nation.

Pull your head out Noonan.

48 posted on 05/16/2013 5:34:28 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Before it's all over, Obama may demand extradition to Kenya, becasue he was born there...)
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To: grimalkin
"...gone from sketchy to sinister..."

Sinister? How about blatantly criminal? I want to see lots of people out from behind their desks and into prison orange... Including hussein.

49 posted on 05/16/2013 5:35:16 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: Diogenesis; MestaMachine; TigersEye; Marine_Uncle; justa-hairyape; onyx; SunkenCiv; Grampa Dave; ...

Oh yes,...very good.


50 posted on 05/16/2013 5:36:50 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Las Vegas Ron

She has an all-access media pass......


51 posted on 05/16/2013 5:38:12 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: grimalkin

Meh

Hey, did you catch “Honey Boo Boo” last night?

Miley Cirus looks Hot!

Who do you like? the Knicks or the Pacers?

Angelina Jolie!

Who is winning “Idol”?

(Says 65% of the electorate)


52 posted on 05/16/2013 5:42:44 PM PDT by NY.SS-Bar9 (Those that vote for a living outnumber those that work for one.)
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To: txhurl
She has an all-access media pass......

And getting a promotion too, so I hear....

53 posted on 05/16/2013 5:42:55 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (The government rejects the natural law because it is an obstacle to its control over us.)
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To: grimalkin

Obama could be seen taking campaign cash from Hugo Chavez( rip ) in a Venezuelan brothel while snorting cocaine and nothing would happen to him.


54 posted on 05/16/2013 5:49:18 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: grimalkin

Wow... that’s the Peggy that Reagan hired... then she became the new Peggy and Reagan had to retire her.

LLS


55 posted on 05/16/2013 5:56:01 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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To: nickcarraway

You are not pleased with the Belle of East Rutherford New Jersey?


56 posted on 05/16/2013 5:56:25 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

One sad part in this whole travesty is that many tens of millions of low information voters and the rest that just suck money from the Fed. Gov. for freebies will never have a clue as to what perhaps one or two million at most will become aware of. Nor would they care in the least.


57 posted on 05/16/2013 6:04:03 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Galt level is not far away......)
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To: Diogenesis
someone once said...

58 posted on 05/16/2013 6:04:15 PM PDT by McGruff (It's not the crime it's the cover-up someone once said.)
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To: Venturer

Voters in GOP primaries picked Romney. The first step towards recovery is correctly diagnosing the problem.


59 posted on 05/16/2013 6:05:08 PM PDT by allmendream (Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
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To: Responsibility2nd; grimalkin

Seems Obama has won this round by burying Benghazi in these ‘domestic’ problems which his supporters think is just grand.

To liberals and other Obama worshippers:

IRS targeting conservatives? Yeah! Go get ‘em!

Justice accessing AP phone records? Yeah! Find out who the turncoats are!

Benghazi? What’s Benghazi? Oh, that thing that happened a long time ago......


60 posted on 05/16/2013 6:06:11 PM PDT by Hostage (Be Breitbart!)
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