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David Axelrod claims 'there hasn't been a major scandal' in the Obama White House
Daily Mail ^ | 2/17/15 | David Martosko

Posted on 02/18/2015 3:13:21 AM PST by Libloather

Longtime presidential adviser David Axelrod claims 'there hasn't been a major scandal' in the Obama White House – and draws a mix of applause and laughter

Longtime Obama administration political insider David Axelrod claimed on Monday that the Obama administration hasn't been tainted by a smidgen of scandal.

The surprising boast came during a Q&A at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics, an organization he founded and leads.

'I'm proud of the fact that basically you have had an administration in place for six years in which there hasn’t been a major scandal,' Axelrod said. 'And I think that says a lot about the ethical strictures of this administration.'

Audio and video of Axelrod's remarks indicate the audience's first reaction to his insistence that Obama has presided over a scandal-free government was a chorus of laughs – before friendly attendees quickly drowned them out with applause.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: abortion; axelrod; davidaxelrod; davidmartosko; deathpanels; illinois; obama; obamacare; scandal; uofchicago; whitehouse; zerocare
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To: Libloather

Right. There have been too many to keep track of. The fraudulent birth certificate comes to mind. The IRS being sicced like a German Shepherd on conservatives is another.


21 posted on 02/18/2015 4:01:28 AM PST by yldstrk
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To: nathanbedford; Travis McGee

We need “Sally Sweetlies” over here...


22 posted on 02/18/2015 4:10:04 AM PST by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
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To: Libloather

If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it still is a foolish thing.


23 posted on 02/18/2015 4:12:42 AM PST by zlala (Thank you for the ultimate sacrifice Capt. Aaron R. Blanchard, KIA 4-23-13, Pul-E-Alam, Afghanistan.)
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To: Libloather

You guys are all missing the point. Axelrod spoke the truth. There hasn’t been a (singular) major scandal, but a continuum of scandals. Obama’s very existence is scandalous (and fraudulent).


24 posted on 02/18/2015 4:31:25 AM PST by Disambiguator
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To: Libloather

Not “A” major scandal...

But MANY major scandals.


25 posted on 02/18/2015 4:39:16 AM PST by Iron Munro (Mark Steyn: “fundamentally transformed” is a euphemism for “wrecked beyond repair.”)
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To: Gaffer

He always gave me the creeps, but reminded me of a Hitler adviser. Visually speaking.


26 posted on 02/18/2015 4:42:27 AM PST by huldah1776
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To: Libloather

Even Oprah sees through that lie.

27 posted on 02/18/2015 4:42:29 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: Old Sarge

28 posted on 02/18/2015 4:45:39 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Libloather

“Major” is relative, like the richter scale. If I went to California and a relatively little tremor shook the room, never having experienced a quake I would think I was gonna die. When axelrod got his candidate to become the democratic nominee I thought I was gonna die, but he and jarrett are so used to the smell of manure that all the fronts they have created are normal, if not the ends to their means. Who is writing the book series on the destruction of the United States in 8 years?


29 posted on 02/18/2015 4:53:33 AM PST by huldah1776
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To: huldah1776

Somewhere in Nazi Germany, Hitler developed a hatred of Jews, so much that he wanted all of them exterminated. I think he used people like Axelrod, Sunstein and the Socialist Jewish Mafia as his reference points.

The rest of us were collateral damage.


30 posted on 02/18/2015 5:02:27 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Islam is the military wing of the Communist party.)
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To: nathanbedford

Ask Brian Williams...


31 posted on 02/18/2015 5:04:37 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: Disambiguator

I think he meant “no major scandals that have affected Obama”.


32 posted on 02/18/2015 5:47:17 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: Libloather

The threshold for corruption has been raised so high that it has become business as usual. The o would have to murder the m in cold blood to get Axelrod’s attention.


33 posted on 02/18/2015 5:47:46 AM PST by Portcall24
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To: MagnoliaB

Oh Valerie the open secret desk operator/agent who was there for all to see and hear and She was OUTED! WHAT A FRIGGIN JOKE They must really think we are dumb - unfortunately they are half right.


34 posted on 02/18/2015 6:36:31 AM PST by mcshot (I pray someone comes forth with the strength, fortitude and burning desire to save our Republic)
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To: Libloather

The proverbial Three Blind Mice see better than he does.


35 posted on 02/18/2015 7:23:43 AM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: ilovesarah2012

When liberals speak, you can read a lot between the lines.


36 posted on 02/18/2015 7:32:39 AM PST by Disambiguator
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Oh yes, and there’s been no controversies, either. /s

Thanks Libloather.


37 posted on 02/18/2015 11:30:19 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

It’s only “major” if caught and impeached


38 posted on 02/18/2015 5:27:18 PM PST by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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