It Can Happen Here

PJ Media ^ | May 19, 2013 | Victor Davis Hanson

[EXCH54FE]

I did not think that the administration would be so haughty to go after the Associated Press and monitor their official and private communications, especially given that the source of most national security leaks par excellence was the Obama White House itself.

The AP sat on a story until they were given a quiet administration go-ahead to publish the account—even as the administration desperately wanted to scoop them and high-five over the story of the Yemeni double agent 24 hours earlier than the AP.

The administration went whole hog after two months of phone records to send a message to its pets in the press—secure that Eric Holder, in Fast and Furious fashion, could always go to Congress with “I don’t now,” followed by executive privilege and stonewalling.

While we all knew that a filmmaker did not prompt a riot that just happened to kill four Americans, we did not, until the testimony of State Department officials and the published communications of White House, CIA, and State Department staffers, appreciate just how far the administration would go to further a false narrative.

Yet in some sense, Obama won. The IRS, AP, and Benghazi scandals were all adroitly kept under wraps for months before the 2012 election, as Goolsbee and Reid thundered about right-wing wealthy people not paying their fair taxes, and the press echoed a “how dare you” when anyone questioned the frightening state of events.

Suddenly in 2013, what was once sure has become suspect. Does anyone care that five departments of government are either breaking the law or lying or both (State [Benghazi], Defense [the harassment issues], Justice [monitoring of phone lines], Treasury [corruption at the IRS], Health and Human Services [shaking down companies to pay for PR for Obamacare])?

[EXCH54FE]

Government has become a sort of malignant metasisizing tumor, growing on its own, parasitical on healthy cells, always searching for new sources of nourishment, its purpose nothing other than growing bigger and faster and more powerful—until the exhausted host collapses. We have a sunshine king and our government has become a sort of virtual Versailles palace.

[bgill]

He won. All speed ahead. All stops have been pulled.

I’m taking bets on his 2016 run.

[Falcon4.0]

What is so troubling to me is that the folks at AP only have their panties in a wad because "They" were wire tapped.
It almost seems that if Obama promises not to do it again then everything else would be a non story.

[MrEdd]

The economic collapse of Europe later this year will bring things to a head before then.

Even if we do not collapse into war ourselves there will be little possibility of those who were part of this holding on.

[BenLurkin]

It is happening here.

[Standing Wolf]

I have a hunch the Associated Press is merely afraid President You Didn't Build That is letting other sycophants kiss his nether parts in its place.

"No, no, no! Please don't be unfaithful to me?" cry the presstitutes.

You Didn't Build That smiles enigmatically, hautily.

[July4]

Let's see how many “Pressitutes” (Thanks, Freeper!)come to the aid of Rosen, Levin, and LaJeunesse at Fox.

[July4]

Maybe the whole AP doo-dah is a shot across the bow for all MSM, warning them not to interfere while they destroy Fox.

[Iron Munro]

It Can Happen Here

It IS happening here.

[Travis McGee]

[little jeremiah]

WOWZER!

Where’s the thread about him saying that? I haven’t heard about him yet.

BTW- did you get the B.G. I sent?

[bgill]

Shot across the bow. Hmm, hadn’t thought of that angle.