Posted on 09/15/2016 3:28:52 PM PDT by Kaslin
Last Oct. 15, I raised this "iconic" Watergate-themed question in a piece heheadlined: "What Does Obama Know about the Clinton E-mail and Foundation Scandals, and When Did He Know It?"
Subsequently, over the last year, as more Clinton corruption and scandals have come to light, Obama remains largely untouched, floating above the fray.
How is it that Obama has not been connected to or tarnished by Clinton's various scandals?
Why doesn't Obama bear any blame for his Justice Department's controversial decision not to indict his former Secretary of State?
Was Obama blind to the millions of foreign government donations pouring into the Clinton Foundation that violated the ethics agreement Clinton signed upon agreeing to serve as his secretary of state?
Why isn't Obama a central figure in all the email and foundation scandals when President Obama was Clinton's direct supervisor in the most important cabinet seat?
Was Obama a Clinton enabler?
Since Obama enthusiastically endorsed Clinton, expects her to continue his "legacy," and now begins battleground state campaigning to prop up her sagging campaign, why is Obama immune from the stink of her scandal?
In normal political scandal contagion, Obama would be infected because the big boss usually takes the fall, accepts responsibility for the actions of his underlings and/or is personally blamed for not minding the store.
Instead, Obama resembles a new industrial grade Teflon enjoying a historically impressive late-term job approval rating of 50.9 percent. Meanwhile, both Clinton and Trump's unfavorable ratings have landed in the dumpster, tied at around 60 percent.
Now, eight weeks before Election Day, is Obama going to get a complete pass from the media and voters while he acts as Clinton's most influential campaign surrogate largely at taxpayer expense?
It sure looks that way, even as it becomes clear that his Justice Department had grounds to prosecute Hillary for destroying government records and jeopardizing national security. Moreover, Obama's Treasury Department deliberately chose not to unleash the IRS on the Clinton Foundation even though other charities, both large and small have been audited, fined, or forced to close for far less wrongdoing.
However, there is still a small chance that Clinton's scandals will significantly tarnish Obama's legacy. This chance stems from the consequences of a great unresolved mystery that I raised in my October 2015 piece:
"There is hard evidence that as early as 2009 the Obama administration knew about Mrs. Clinton's use of a private e-mail server. Obama did not pull the plug. Surely, the president's intelligence advisers warned him that an unsecured home-based server posed a national-security risk."
Hillary be like: “Legacy? Wait til they get a load of MY legacy.”
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