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Obama’s Defenders: He’s Not Corrupt, Just Dishonest and Incompetent
Commentary Magazine ^ | May 17, 2013 | Seth Mandel

Posted on 05/18/2013 1:47:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

There was a running joke in the fall of 2008 that John McCain should simply re-air Hillary Clinton’s “3 a.m. phone call” ad, which highlighted Barack Obama’s lack of experience and meager knowledge of world affairs, and just tack on “I’m John McCain, and I approve this message” at the end of the ad. The point was that thanks to the bitter primary battle between the Clintons and Obama, Democrats had already developed the most effective lines of attack against Obama, and Republicans needed only to nod their heads in agreement.

Something similar is taking place amid the several Obama administration scandals that have surfaced almost simultaneously. (There has been new information on Benghazi, but the issue itself isn’t new; the IRS and AP phone records scandals, in contrast, hit less than a week apart.) Both Democrats and Republicans are raising the prospect that the GOP could get carried away or bungle their response to the scandals–surely a possibility. One way to prevent that, however, would be to simply echo the way Obama’s supporters have tried to defend him.

As I wrote on Monday, one clear lesson from this is the danger of ever-expanding, unelected, unaccountable bureaucracy at the center of an increasingly powerful central government. That also happens to be the crux of President Obama’s governing strategy. Indeed, the IRS’s reach and power is expanded as part of ObamaCare–itself an expansion of government along demonstrably failed strategic lines. So it’s no surprise that after the IRS systematically targeted conservative and pro-Israel groups in order to eviscerate the First Amendment rights of those who disagreed with President Obama (and at the direction of high-ranking elected Democrats), the IRS official responsible for overseeing tax-exempt groups has since been moved over to run the IRS office responsible for ObamaCare.....

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
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To: Joe Brower

41 posted on 05/18/2013 3:23:26 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great natiorn is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“...He’s Not Corrupt, Just Dishonest...”

WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE????


42 posted on 05/18/2013 3:27:02 PM PDT by Wordkraft (Remember who the Collaborators are.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Just Dishonest and Incompetent”

Perfectly valid reasons for impeachment and removal.


43 posted on 05/18/2013 3:29:28 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (Making good people helpless doesn't make bad people harmless.)
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To: jeffc

After his NON testimony I would subpoena every email and all records from the entire IRS and all communications to the Whitehouse. After his lying I would swear in anybody who testifies. If this is their game plan I would get real ugly with them.


44 posted on 05/18/2013 3:56:37 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (President Obma; The Slumlord of the Rentseekers)
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To: Steve_Seattle

It is indeed frequently a publisher of ‘neocon’ pieces, meaning a an assertive foreign policy. I’ve not seen much conservatism in Commentary on domestic or social issues.


45 posted on 05/18/2013 4:09:12 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“As I wrote on Monday, one clear lesson from this is the danger of ever-expanding, unelected, unaccountable bureaucracy at the center of an increasingly powerful central government.”

It’s a wonderful thing you’ve noticed that, Seth. That means you’ve finally caught up with the rest of us who noticed the trend 30 years ago and have been sounding the warning bell.

Welcome to the club, buddy.


46 posted on 05/18/2013 4:21:52 PM PDT by sergeantdave (No, I don't have links for everything I post)
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To: Joe Brower
"He’s Not Corrupt, Just Dishonest and Incompetent"

I was under the impression that dishonesty was a component of corruption. Did the rules change?

47 posted on 05/18/2013 8:52:00 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
What did the President not know and when did he not know it?
48 posted on 05/18/2013 9:40:25 PM PDT by yellowhammer
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To: yellowhammer

Soon...heads meet pikes?


49 posted on 05/18/2013 9:46:11 PM PDT by ogen hal (First amendment or reeducation cam)
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To: MestaMachine

Keeping busy. Too busy. I hope you too are well.


50 posted on 05/19/2013 4:57:02 AM PDT by Joe Brower (The "American People" are no longer capable of self-governance.)
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To: MinuteGal; All
Our possibly last and best salvation is in 2014. Start pointing to the upcoming elections now and prepare yourself mentally for the task ahead.

SO TRUE!!
51 posted on 05/19/2013 5:44:01 AM PDT by seekthetruth (I want a Commander In Chief who honors and supports our Military!)
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To: MinuteGal
***Holder is a prime example of an amoral appointee arrogantly crossing the line of his authority***

When I am 200 years old if God gives me that many troublesome years] I will not understand why the GOP in the Senate allowed this shady character to become the chief law-enforcement officer in the land... Does anyone remember the Clinton pardons in the last few weeks of his 2nd administration? Holder vetted them all and Clinton received millions of dollars [& Holder?]... HELLO!

Might as well have been Terry McAuliffe for AG, who only supposedly laundered Teamster pension money to make himself a millionaire... Now he is running for the U.S. Senate from Virginia!!!

52 posted on 05/19/2013 8:54:27 AM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise)
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