Posted on 05/14/2013 10:40:27 AM PDT by Kaslin
In his defense of President Obama, Press Secretary Jay Carney is beginning to sound a lot like Ronald Zeigler, Richard Nixon's spokesman. Carney only has to use the word "inoperative," as Ziegler did when incriminating evidence surfaced that proved his previous statements untrue.
Following what appears to be a cover-up in the Benghazi attack, the Washington Post has obtained documents from an audit conducted by the IRS's inspector general that indicate the agency targeted for special scrutiny conservative groups with "tea party" and "patriot" in their names, as well as "nonprofit groups that criticized the government and sought to educate Americans about the U.S. Constitution."
IRS official Lois Lerner described the targeting efforts as "absolutely inappropriate," but said IRS actions were not driven by partisanship. How, then, would she explain why no groups with "progressive" in their titles were similarly targeted? Carney labeled Lerner an "appointee from the previous administration." In other words: Bush's mistake, not Obama's.
The Post's editorial board writes, "A bedrock principle of U.S. democracy is that the coercive powers of government are never used for partisan purpose." The board called for a full accounting. I doubt we'll get it. Take Benghazi.
ABC News first reported that the now famous Benghazi "talking points" used by U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice on five Sunday morning news shows were revised 12 times, deleting references to "the al-Qaida-affiliated group Ansar al-Sharia (and) CIA warnings about terrorist threats in Benghazi in the months preceding the attack."
Carney said Ambassador Rice's initial claim -- that the attack grew out of protests over a video that insulted Islam -- was based on what was known to U.S. intelligence at the time. But as last week's testimony by three whistleblowers before the House Oversight Committee revealed, much more was known at the time.
Contributing to cover-up suspicions is the administration's continued stonewalling when asked to provide information on Benghazi. CNN sources acknowledge that "An email discussion about talking points the Obama administration used to describe the deadly attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, show the White House and State Department were more involved than they first said..." The American people deserve the full story.
The latest, but probably not the last shocker, is a report in The Daily Caller about CBS News Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson, who has "steadily covered the Obama administration's handling of the Benghazi terrorist attack in Libya," reportedly frustrating CBS News executives who claim her unrelenting coverage is "bordering on advocacy" on the issue. Now, according to Politico, Attkisson can't get some of her stories about Benghazi on the air. Oh, did I fail to mention that CBS News President David Rhodes is the brother of Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes? Coincidental? Attkisson is reportedly in talks to leave the network. Is it because she chooses to behave like a real journalist instead of a cheerleader for Obama?
On Friday, Carney held a "secret briefing" on Benghazi for a select number of White House reporters, raising the ire of reporters not in the room. Is this what the Obama administration calls transparency?
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) has asked Speaker John Boehner to name a select committee to investigate the Benghazi attack with full subpoena powers that could place witnesses under oath. Boehner should. Meanwhile, House Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) has demanded the IRS turn over by Wednesday all communications containing the words "conservative," "patriot" or "tea party." And the IRS should.
Democrats now accuse Republicans of partisanship, claiming their motive is to damage Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential prospects. If she has nothing to hide, transparency should enhance, not harm, her chances. We've learned more about Benghazi since her appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in January and she should be asked to account for it.
In 1972, Republican partisans initially accused Democrats of wanting to destroy President Nixon, but most were forced to acknowledge his culpability in Watergate once the facts became known. One of the Articles of Impeachment of Nixon concerned his misuse of the IRS to undermine political enemies.
Journalists should stop protecting President Obama and Hillary Clinton and do their jobs, like Sharyl Attkisson. Congressional Republicans should press for all the facts. That's their job.
Maybe a distant cousin. How many people were slaughtered at the Watergate Hotel?
Exactly. Nobody died in Watergate.
"If I've lost the AP, I've lost the low-information voter." —B.O.
no one died in Watergate...
Let me assure you that this president
is the uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh......
This is no “son” of watergate... this is the MOTHER of ALL Watergate.
Going to the notion that there are no coincidences in politics, lets take a step or two back.
Is it possible all these scandals coming to a T in the last week or so a prelude to us finally finding out what the Billions of Hollow Point bullets (and other sundry feral hoardings) are intended for?
Son of Watergate?
No, not in the slightest; Watergate was very small potatoes compared to Obama’s countles indiscretions and illegal acts.
It’s simply the case that thirty years of Democrats such as Carter, Clinton, and now, worst of all, Obama - taken together with all their staff lackeys, congressional crooks, and other enablers of all sorts - have grotesquely lowered the bar for the behavior expected of the Leader of the Free World.
Have any Freepers been targeted? How about Jim Robinson?
Bump
No relation, none at all!
Unlike Obama, Nixon loved our country, he wasn’t hell bent to destroy it and nobody died in Watergate.
To be fair, Obama may very well love his country.... just not ours.
The scandals go one and on. Perhaps there is a list on FREEP? We know O’s CZARS (Ober Reich fhurers) contain Commies ALA Van Jones, but now MUZZIE Brotherhood!!!
http://www.investigativeproject.org/3869/egyptian-magazine-muslim-brotherhood-infiltrates
Don’t forget the other scandals like ‘fast and furious’ and Immigration
It occurred to me this afternoon that these recent scandals (three of them, so far?) have all to do with Cloward-Piven.
Given that there are daily criminal activities by the Obongo Bozo administration which require Congressional oversight and investigation/indictment/trial/convictions, etc. etc., how can the Congressional oversight committees possibly keep up?
Talk about overwhelm! There is no way Congress is going to be able to get to the bottom of these scandals and routine law breaking the Obongo Bozo administration is perpetuating on the American Republic.
The scandal du jour will be overwhelmed by the next one, ad nauseum, and before we know it, Obongo Bozo will have fundamentally transformed America, and no one will be in prison for their multiple misdeeds.
Brilliant strategy! Designed to overwhelm the system, and it is working to perfection.
God help us, because the Congress can’t!
Cal Thomas,....its been a long time ....
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