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This is Not a Scandal
Townhall.com ^ | June 14, 2013 | Scottie Hughes

Posted on 06/14/2013 3:45:17 PM PDT by Kaslin

I’m beginning to realize that we are performing a major injustice when we call all of the events of the past year “scandals”. Scandals are what soap operas base their story lines off of. Scandals are actions of a President and his intern in the Oval Office. I will even admit that breaking into a private office to search for dirt on your opponent can be considered a scandal.

However, what we are talking about with this administration is the infringement of American's constitutional rights, the use of the government to target our own citizens, and most importantly, the death of three former Navy Seals and an American ambassador. I consider this to be far more than just scandalous; I consider this to be more in the category of betrayal.

The AP wiretapping, Verizon's document turnover, the White House’s war on Fox News, the IRS targeting of conservative and religious groups – they all illustrate a pattern that emphasizes Obama’s adversarial relationship with the people who are supposed to have a say in government.

Yet we are constantly told by Jay Carney that the President wasn't aware of any of these events. What has he been doing every day? Playing golf or planning his next Jay -Z concert, I would imagine.

President Obama needs to decide how he wants to explain these events and his “leadership” to the American people. Either a) he’s so completely out-of-the-loop that he has no control of what goes on in his administration or b) he must admit that he’s in control and thus responsible for these "scandals" and the way in which his administration is conducting itself.

Either way, whether he’s tyrannical or negligent, Americans deserve better.

It’s not just that four major cabinets are in disarray; it’s that there is a unifying pattern within all of these betrayals. Whatever departments of the executive branch these betrayals are falling under, they all operate with the same mandate: Punish and hinder dissent while rewarding those who are loyal to the Obama regime.

If you're going to be a president who delegates to subordinates, fine. But if that's your management style, you have to demand accountability when they foul up.

Ask this; can we really trust that the Obama administration wishes to serve the American people when they have such an adversarial relationship? Obviously not.


TOPICS: Editorial
KEYWORDS: benghazi; betrayal; fastandfurious; impeachnow; irs; jaycarney; negligence; obama; scandal; scandals; usgovernment
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1 posted on 06/14/2013 3:45:18 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

IT’s pure dictatorial tyranny.


2 posted on 06/14/2013 3:46:19 PM PDT by Paladin2 (;-))
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To: Paladin2

Something like that


3 posted on 06/14/2013 3:47:56 PM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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4 posted on 06/14/2013 3:48:21 PM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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To: Kaslin
Either way, whether he’s tyrannical or negligent, Americans deserve better.

I disagree.

5 posted on 06/14/2013 3:50:35 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
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To: Kaslin

Obama and his minions are criminals and they’re doing what criminals do.


6 posted on 06/14/2013 3:51:21 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it. Their minds have been stolen.)
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To: Paladin2

We’re in the middle of a coup d’état without the violence.


7 posted on 06/14/2013 3:53:09 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it. Their minds have been stolen.)
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To: JoeProBono

You could replace the Moose in that picture with Reggie Love. LOL


8 posted on 06/14/2013 3:55:00 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it. Their minds have been stolen.)
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To: Kaslin

The subpoenas for the AP and FOX News telephones would enable investigators to determine which lines were most frequently used in communicating with confidential sources, congressional offices and other government sources. Those lines could then be tapped.


9 posted on 06/14/2013 3:55:23 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: Kaslin

He’s the Rodney King of politics.

He’s ignorant.

He accentuates our differences.

He’s a boorish human being.

He’s only concerned with his own gratification from moment to moment.

He doesn’t mind causing race problems.

He’s too stupid to get out of his own way.

He’s perfectly happy destroying things he can’t grasp are as great as they are.

The major difference is that one of them asked, “Can’t we all get along?” The other seems to say, “I don’t want go get along!”

Say what you will about Rodney, in a pang of remorse he tried to be a uniter. In numerous pangs of hatred for our nation, Obama has been anything but.


10 posted on 06/14/2013 4:01:34 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Now playing... [ * * * Manchurian Candidate * * * ], limited engagement, 8 years...)
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To: Kaslin
Either way, ...Americans deserve better.

regardless of whether this claim is true (and it's debatable if the averages are considered), it does not enter into the calculus. America is a nation of laws. He either broke laws or he didn't. Let the investigations commence.

11 posted on 06/14/2013 4:05:22 PM PDT by schm0e ("we are in the midst of a coup.")
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To: Kaslin
Either way, ...Americans deserve better.

regardless of whether this claim is true (and it's debatable if the averages are considered), it does not enter into the calculus. America is a nation of laws. He either broke laws or he didn't. Let the investigations commence.

12 posted on 06/14/2013 4:05:22 PM PDT by schm0e ("we are in the midst of a coup.")
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To: Paladin2

Yep.


13 posted on 06/14/2013 4:05:29 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: Kaslin

The thing that amazes me is why we are putting up with this guy destroying OUR COUNTRY? Our elected “ representatives”, for the most part, have not even said “boo” to this bastard!


14 posted on 06/14/2013 4:05:51 PM PDT by 21st Century Crusader
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To: JoeProBono

That picture must be wrong since I heard that Øbongo squats to pee ;-)


15 posted on 06/14/2013 4:05:51 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: DoughtyOne

My mother says that Obama is the most stupid of all the presidents. She says Carter was the most gullible.


16 posted on 06/14/2013 4:08:02 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: laplata


17 posted on 06/14/2013 4:09:11 PM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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To: laplata

I don,t know. My head sure is hurting.


18 posted on 06/14/2013 4:10:12 PM PDT by Paladin2 (;-))
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To: DoughtyOne
or..... he may just be nefarious.

That's my opinion and I'm sticking with it.

19 posted on 06/14/2013 4:15:13 PM PDT by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: Kaslin

So Whats a mother to Do?


20 posted on 06/14/2013 4:24:12 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (True Haters HATE Truth!)
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