Posted on 11/22/2016 2:05:04 PM PST by Sir Napsalot
PRESIDENT OBAMA: That was a rhetorical question, that first one. (Laughter.) Rather than comment on hypotheticals, let me say specifically what I did. Obviously, my assets were significantly smaller than some other Presidents or President-elects. But we made a decision to liquidate assets that might raise questions about how it would influence policy.
I basically had our accountant put all our money in Treasury bills -- the yields, by the way, have not been massive over the course of the last eight years -- (laughter) -- just because it simplified my life. I did not have to worry about the complexities of whether a decision that I made might even inadvertently benefit me.
And that's consistent with the broader approach that we've taken throughout my administration, which is to not just meet the letter of the law, but to go well beyond the letter to the spirit of the law -- not just for me, but for the people in the White House and in our leadership positions.
We have established a whole set of rules, norms, playbooks that just keep us far away from the line......
(snip)
And as a consequence -- and I'll knock on some wood here, because we got two months left -- I am extremely proud of the fact that over eight years we have not had the kinds of scandals that have plagued other administrations. ......
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
It all depends on what the meaning of “is” is. In this case, it depends on what the meaning of “scandal” is. So clearly he’s forgotten about Fast and the Furious, Benghazigate, Servergate, Wienergate, TarmacMeetingGate, etc., etc. ad nauseam. All of these scandals happened on his watch and his corrupt attorneys general and secretary of state were involved.
The arrogance is breath-taking. When he talks like this (which is all the time) he always does his Mussolini tyrant chin-jut. All he needs is a uniform and a balcony.
What you had not had in your 8 years, is a press that failed to do it’s job.
You only have two more months in the office. You have been a communist dictator and you will not be missed.
Obama: In My 8 Years We Have Not Had Scandals That Have Plagued Other Administrations
CORRECTED:
Obama:In My 8 Years We Have Not Had Scandals REPORTED BY THE MSM That Have Plagued REPUBLICANOtherAdministrations
Since they never publish anything negative about him, he gets to live in his fantasy world.
So true, so true. And Border Agent Brian Terry is still alive. That Fast and Furious gun never existed.
The forged birth certificate
His first EO that put all of his past off limits
Nope. Not at all. [Exhale] Now pass that bong again ...
No scandals except for that forged “birth certificate” which invalidates his whole presidency.
Bailouts and a $Trillion for infrastructure that sort of disappeared. Where did that go?
Green companies that went out of business. Shovel ready jobs that never happened. But Obama’s cronies sure had it good. Like $1/2 Billion for the Obamacare website that didn’t work.
The only reason media/politicians have not attacked Obama is fear of being accused of being racists for attacking the first black president. Yeah, Barry, that is the only reason responsibility for Benghazi and similar ‘incidents’ did not land at your desk. You can revel in that, but I suspect in 50 years History might not be so kind.
The IRS scandal is the worst of all.
“If a scandal craps in the woods, and the NTYPBSCNNPBSNPRWPCBSMSNBCABC doesn’t report it, does it still stink?”
You mean the IRS employees who deserved to be fired but weren’t? I agree with that. If someone at the IRS gets really incompetent, I see no reason not to replace them with someone else having an accounting background if neccessary.
Yeah, Clown Prince nobama, the Useless Load. You have managed to compromise most of the Fed government employees to the point that this is a lawless nation. January 20th can’t get here fast enough. Enough of this government full of criminals and traitors.
His dozens of scandals (some of the most severe in our history) have been hermetically sealed from view (like his college and passport records) by a inJustice Dept with no interest in pursuing anything about their boy’s admin, and by the similarly-inclined lapdog press.
Yes, there have been scandals, but that is what happened to them.
Next case.
Lois Lerner went after private citizens who were members of the Tea Party for political reasons. To me that is the biggest scandal of them all. Real Nazi stuff there.
No, he’s surpassed them. It’s just been covered up by a compliant, well paid press.
It’s not just whether the MSN reports it. Lefties simply don’t believe that scandalous behavior is scandalous if it comes from a leftie.
I’m currently having a comment war with a leftie who is worried about potential conflicts of interest Trump might have IF he doesn’t relinquish control of his companies. I pointed out to him that he is more worried about potential future conflicts of interest than known, proven conflicts of interest that Hillary had.
He tried to deny that and move on to blabbing about Manafort working for Putin, so I pointed out that Podesta worked for Putin also, AND Hillary sold Putin strategic uranium. Even if you point it right out to them, they can’t see it. It’s like they are hosts on Westworld, programmed simply not to see certain things that would cause them cognitive dissonance.
I am having the same going on regarding that same subject. Apparently, the Clintons would have to be stupid enough to leave a direct paper trail for the quid pro quo for them to be satisfied, and even then they would probably claim the documentation was a Republican forgery.
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