Posted on 05/16/2013 10:43:41 PM PDT by neverdem
CHARLIE ROSE: You have seen lots of second terms. This one came in on a big political victory, wanting to do things. And you have this picture, one, of intrusive government and yet a president who seems like a bystander in his own government.
BOB SCHIEFFER: People were talking in Washington about -- some people were saying, "Are we back to the Nixon administration? This is what they did in the Nixon administration." This is not the Nixon administration, where you had burglars and people talking about blowing up the Brookings Institution. This is more of a case, is anybody home?
I mean, just all of a sudden you have this thing with the Justice Department where theyre getting all these phone records of all the reporters. The Attorney General, well he didnt know anything about it. You get to the IRS, they dont seem to know anything about the Tea Party thing. You come to White House, they dont know anything about Benghazi. Somebodys got to grab hold of this thing. Its very, very disturbing what were seeing here.
NORAH ODONNELL: What do you make of the presidents actions yesterday? He dealt with all three things yesterday: He fired the head of the IRS. Released 100 pages of emails that deal with Benghazi. And then on the third scandal the snooping into the AP reporters phone records, the president then put out that hes for this shield law for journalists. The White House took a lot of proactive action yesterday.
SCHIEFFER: They did. But that was yesterday. How is it these things all nobody seemed to be taking very seriously up until this point? There is no question though, that the administration was trying to get the story out that the War on Terrorism, the threat of terrorism...
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I’m trying to draw a line.
Media who have already jumped ship.
Media who are still playing the violin on the Titanic.
Schieffer has to decide which side he’s on, but I’m guessing he doesn’t even know if he’s wearing pants or not.
I think you’d get better analysis from five guys down at the local barbershop, than with Bob Schieffer.
Norah remains in full cover mode for the Marxist.
Why is this surprising anyone? This is the type of government you get from communists. Hello reality, this is a wake up call. I doubt it will do any good though.
This is the first time I've ever heard of this, not that I was paying close attention back then since I was a kid at the time of Watergate. Is this true, or liberal folklore?
Hey Bob, We've seen this for the last 6 years now! What's your excuse?
WHAT THE HELL DID THESE MORONS THINK THEY WERE SUPPORTING in the first place??????????
The most radical, of the most radical elements in America take control, and they didn’t think it was going to be a train wreck?
Folklore.
Just like the "enemies list". Richard Nixon didn't have an "enemies list".
John Dean did.
WHAT THE HELL DID THESE MORONS THINK THEY WERE SUPPORTING in the first place??????????
The most radical, of the most radical elements in America take control, and they didn’t think it was going to be a train wreck?
But, put that in perspective to Obama who choomed around and was a friend of Bill Ayers who actually did blow things up.
It’s time to flush those two turds, Obama and Holder.
John Dean also had a list of call girls, one not in alphabetical order; Mo was on page one.
The entire mainstream media other than maybe fox is treating this way too lightly. The IRS thing is Stalinism, everybody should be outraged about this. But they’re not.
Liberals are not distrubed by totalitarianism when it's their guy running the show.
Inside each and every liberal lurks a tyrant, trying to get out.
ODONNELL is still very much an Obama suck-up, albeit a very pretty one.
No, these prestitutes are still making excuses for their man. “He (Obama) needs to be more in charge...He was very proactive, but he waited too long....blah, blah.”
These Obama sycophants will not denounce their idol until he does something to them personally along the lines of his administration’s monitoring of AP reporters.
Their love affair with Obama will not die quickly, but the first signs of disaffection are there.
Watch the Matthews vid on another thread. He is pissed. He knows this will help the GOP in 14. He takes this very seriously, says people will remember this (IRS) for decades.
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