Scandals, cover-ups, IRS intimidation, spying on the press -- Obama goes all Nixonian on us

Sipsey Street Irregulars.blogspot ^ | May 14, 2013

[Colofornian]

"Certain elements may try to stretch the Watergate burglary beyond what it is." – Nixon Press Secretary Ron Ziegler, 1972, referring to Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward.

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Gov't obtains wide AP phone records in probe "The president is aware of what is going on in Southeast Asia. That is not to say that there is anything going on in Southeast Asia." – Ron Ziegler, 1971.

Meanwhile, Jay Carney continues to morph into Baghdad Bob with stories like this appearing in the previously reliable Pravda-on-the-Potomac: "IRS officials in Washington were involved in targeting of conservative groups." Ooopsie! Carney needs to study up on Ron Ziegler.

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"This is the operative statement. The others are inoperative." -- Either Ron Ziegler in April 1973 or Jay Carney next week, or, more likely, both.

[Colofornian]

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[varmintman]

If GOP members of congress have a real shot at impeaching this clown, they’d best go for it, I mean it’s not like we have much of anything to lose or like there’s any sort of a chance of the United States surviving another 3.5 years of this crap...

[wiggen]

Tell you this. I bet Axelrod is somehow involved.

[catfish1957]

As far as I am concerned Bengahzi makes Watergate look like childs play. As some others as stated, the longer this goes on without action, the better chance the punk POTUS survives politically.

[arthurus]

Ironically, except for a much more limited mis-use of IRS, most of Nixon's transgressions- outside of Watergate proper- were things he and his minions talked about and never actually did anything about. I remember that the famous "enemies list" only had a couple of entries on it and no actual activity. Every pol has a number of organizations and individuals he does not like and who he believes are inimical to him. If he is not a Democrat and especially if he is considered rightist and he mentions that xyz group has a bad attitude then he necessarily has an Enemies List and must be punished and consigned to whatever Liberals substitute for Hell.

[ArrogantBustard]

Watergate Body Count = 0

Benghazi Body Count = 4

0bama should be hounded from office without mercy ... he’s smeared with the blood of dead Americans.

[hummingbird]

Full on rogue “Nixonian”.

[macglencoe]

I think the kenyan muslim witch doctor obozo is using a magic trick to avert our attention on things he can throw a sacrificial lamb at while he sneaks GUN CONTROL, GUN CONFISCATION, AND THE SIX TRILLION DOLLAR IMMIGRATION BILL through congress tacked on the back of some benign bill.

[macglencoe]

You left out the death tolls from Fast and Furious and the arms given to the muslim brotherhood to kill both our soldiers and others.

[ArrogantBustard]

You left out the death tolls

Feel free to add them, if you like. I think my post stands on its own.