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D.C. turns on Obama
Politico ^ | May 14, 2013 | MIKE ALLEN and JIM VANDEHEI

Posted on 05/15/2013 1:16:51 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy

The town is turning on President Obama — and this is very bad news for this White House.

Republicans have waited five years for the moment to put the screws to Obama — and they have one-third of all congressional committees on the case now. Establishment Democrats, never big fans of this president to begin with, are starting to speak out. And reporters are tripping over themselves to condemn lies, bullying and shadiness in the Obama administration.

Buy-in from all three D.C. stakeholders is an essential ingredient for a good old-fashioned Washington pile-on — so get ready for bad stories and public scolding to pile up.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: irs; obama; scandal
No one should mistake any bad press that the Obama Regime is currently getting as a sign that the lamestream media has turned on Our Glorious Leader. They have not.

The media has a short window of a few months in which to vent against perceived slights against them by the Obama Regime and to pretend that they are providing unbiased coverage. The media will reunite behind the Obama Regime just in time for the 2014 elections.

During the months leading up the 2014 election, when the lamestream media is once again a wholly owned subsidiary of the Democrat Party, they will respond to charges of media bias by pointing out how back in 2013 they ran all sorts of hard hitting articles about the Obama Regime.

In the meantime, pass the popcorn.

1 posted on 05/15/2013 1:16:51 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Send me an alert when DC takes a bodacious Obama on the Obamadork.

I’ll believe it when I see/hear it.


2 posted on 05/15/2013 1:19:15 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Hit the nail right on the head.

That’s exactly what’s happening. As Obama said. A sideshow.


3 posted on 05/15/2013 1:21:09 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: Bubba_Leroy

IRS: Criminal Acts.

AP: Civil Rights Violation (First Amendment).

Benghazi: TREASON.

Don’t let the first two obscure the last one. It’s the bigee.


4 posted on 05/15/2013 1:25:45 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (WHO IS ON THE ENEMIES LIST?)
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To: Bubba_Leroy
You are exactly right, but there is always a danger that the dog piling could spiral out of control for the following reasons:

  1. An honest report here and there looking to build a reputation.
  2. A disgruntled Democrat here and there looking for payback.
  3. Think of all the contenders for the throne in 2016-- much easier to run against a full Republican congress than a divided one as we have now.
  4. Joe Biden-- if he becomes president, it is much easier to run for re-election to a full term than slog through a primary and caucus marathon.
  5. The Clinton machine looking for payback time.
  6. ObaMao himself. He has become so big that he may actually think his own ambitions trump those of his owner George Soros. Don't forget that he has a large constituency who will stick with him no matter what.

    Lot's of dynamics in play here. Libtards always think they can control the chaos which they generate. But they can't.


5 posted on 05/15/2013 1:27:15 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Oh, BS. MSNBC assured its viewers this was not the case.


6 posted on 05/15/2013 1:28:15 PM PDT by umgud (2A can't survive dem majorities)
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To: Uncle Miltie

The murder of an American Ambassador by our enemies is a very big deal. Not only do we need to find out how it happened and take corrective action so it won’t happen again, we need to demonstrate to our enemies that we really will defend ourselves. Obummer is sending the opposite signal.


7 posted on 05/15/2013 1:31:35 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: umgud

Oh, BS. MSNBC assured its viewers this was not the case.


Their 2 viewers must be very relieved


8 posted on 05/15/2013 1:31:38 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Venturer
It is a very familiar pattern.

The media piled onto Clinton in '93, rallied behind him again for the '94 elections, piled onto him again in '95, rallied behind him again for the '96 elections, piled onto him again in '97, rallied behind him again for '98 elections, piled onto him again in '99, and then rallied behind Algore for the 2000 elections.

The media is following the same pattern with Obama, except that they were too much in love with Obama to say anything bad about him during his entire first term. Plus, if you say anything bad about Our Glorious Leader you are clearly a racist. That also stifled them quite a bit until they saw that other media types were starting to get away with criticizing Obama without being labeled as a racist.

I fully expect the media to rally around Obama and the Democrats next year, and then start piling on again after the 2014 elections. They will then rally around the Democrats again before the 2016 elections.

9 posted on 05/15/2013 1:31:38 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: Vigilanteman

>> but there is always a danger that the dog piling could spiral out of control

Exactly. Also, once disdain is established in the public eye, chances for a full recovery are slim to none.


10 posted on 05/15/2013 1:33:33 PM PDT by Gene Eric (The Palin Doctrine.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
Their 2 viewers must be very relieved

Dang, it sounds like MSNBC's ratings have really gone up. Are you sure that at least one of those viewers is not dead? Dead people vote for Democrats all the time. Maybe they also watch MSNBC.

11 posted on 05/15/2013 1:34:17 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Collectivists are quite ready and able to turn on and kill their own. Bunches of Stalin’s dearest buds were shot or frozen to death in the camps. After all, a moral frame is the first thing thrown overboard off the good ship Secular.

But their worldview does not change, and no one should think that the liberal press machine has done so. They may turn and savage the person Mr Obama, but the religion permits it, and they will move on to nominate and worship another high priest.


12 posted on 05/15/2013 1:34:22 PM PDT by lurk
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To: Uncle Miltie

The first one, effectively, was a coup by the government to maintain its own power. Not a small deal.


13 posted on 05/15/2013 1:34:45 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Bubba_Leroy
Establishment Democrats, never big fans of this president to begin with, are starting to speak out. And reporters are tripping over themselves to condemn lies, bullying and shadiness in the Obama administration.

I'll believe it when I see it.

14 posted on 05/15/2013 1:46:04 PM PDT by painter ( Isaiah: “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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To: Bubba_Leroy

This has nothing to do with “Republicans” - this is something that every American, whether citizen or resident or tourist, should care about. It could destroy our country.


15 posted on 05/15/2013 1:49:23 PM PDT by livius
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To: Bubba_Leroy

“The most charitable defense offered up on background is that Obama staffers are scandal virgins, unaccustomed to dealing with a rabid press.”

What rabid press?! You mean that very timid lap-dog of a press?!!


16 posted on 05/15/2013 1:50:17 PM PDT by Twotone (Marte Et Clypeo)
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17 posted on 05/15/2013 1:50:24 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (My faith and politics cannot be separated)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

This time, it’s different.

What the media knows is that call records for 20 of the AP’s phone numbers were grabbed for a few months.

Holder would not say more than that. So who else has had their call records grabbed? NY Times? ABC? CNN? They must assume that ALL of them have had their phone records snagged by this administration.

And if they grabbed the call records, could they have wiretapped the actual calls too? In the absence of anything contrary they’ve got to assume that THAT also happened.

That makes Obama big and scary enough to their survival that they may finally get over their ideological fealty to him and start standing up for their own First Amendment rights.


18 posted on 05/15/2013 1:57:08 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Not holding my breath.


19 posted on 05/15/2013 2:32:52 PM PDT by bgill (The problem is...no one is watching the Watch List!)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

He should have been impeached in his first term. Welcome to the party, boys.


20 posted on 05/15/2013 3:29:44 PM PDT by OldNewYork (Biden '13. Impeach now.)
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