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| Champ's scandals take nation by storm - Michael Goodwin, NY Post |
| 2013-05-15 |
| As a metaphor for big government, it is hard to top the Justice Department's seizing of journalists' phone records from The Associated Press. Without the Rule of Law civilized behavior is indeed more difficult. Unless, of course, you think the best example is the Internal Revenue Service turning the screws on groups it viewed as conservative and, therefore, unworthy of fair treatment. Or maybe the winner is the sneaky spreading of ObamaCare's tentacles, with insurance companies now predicting the law will drive up the cost of individual premiums by as much as 400 percent. There are no losers in this race to the bottom -- except the American people. It is tempting to ask whether they've had enough Hope & Change, but the question is premature. With 44 months to go in the reign of the Great Mistake, the gods are not done punishing us. Great Mistake or great betrayal? You decide. Meanwhile, back at the White House, the growing cloud of trouble must have the bunker boys longing for the good old days. You know, those idyllic days of yesteryear, a k a early last week, when Benghazi was the only scandal on the horizon. Fort Hood, F&F... both a long time ago. Everything was much simpler then. All the president had to do was cry "Politics!" and the Pavlovian media mutts declared Benghazi a "partisan witch hunt" and started digging into really important things, such as whether Republicans are evil or just stupid. Then the dam broke. First, it was the sensational Benghazi hearing, where previously muzzled whistleblowers detailed the administration's bungles before, during and after the terror attack. Throw in reports showing the infamous Susan Rice talking points were rewritten 11 times, going from fact to fiction, and Benghazi suddenly became the important story it should have been all along. If that were all, it would have been enough. But the near-simultaneous revelations in recent days about the IRS playing political favorites, the massive phone grab at the AP news operation, and ObamaCare's cost impact combined to demonstrate something I believed for a long time. The Obama administration is both corrupt and incompetent. It is a double whammy that spells trouble for the nation, at home and abroad. The corruption is not like that in Albany, where officials stuff their pockets with taxpayer cash. The corruption in Obama-Land is the selective use of government power to reward friends and punish opponents. Or, as the president calls them, enemies. Reward friends and doners. Don't forget the campaign doners. Political allies -- think Solyndra and unions -- get special goodies, while those who oppose the regime's agenda are demonized and singled out for scrutiny. The IRS targeting of groups with "Tea Party" or "patriot" |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #1 Obama and supporters can try and dodge the "socialist" or "fascist" labels with all the semantics they've got. What they can't dodge is the fact that they are seeking a dictatorship based on all the police-state tactics and politics that have been seen through out history. This crew is evil to the core and beyond redemption. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-05-15 12:02 |