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Schieffer On Scandals: "It's Very, Very Disturbing What We're Seeing" (Video)
Real Clear Politics Video (at source) ^ | May 16, 2013 | NA

Posted on 05/16/2013 10:43:41 PM PDT by neverdem

CHARLIE ROSE: You have seen lots of second terms. This one came in on a big political victory, wanting to do things. And you have this picture, one, of intrusive government and yet a president who seems like a bystander in his own government.

BOB SCHIEFFER: People were talking in Washington about -- some people were saying, "Are we back to the Nixon administration? This is what they did in the Nixon administration." This is not the Nixon administration, where you had burglars and people talking about blowing up the Brookings Institution. This is more of a case, is anybody home?

I mean, just all of a sudden you have this thing with the Justice Department where they’re getting all these phone records of all the reporters. The Attorney General, well he didn’t know anything about it. You get to the IRS, they don’t seem to know anything about the Tea Party thing. You come to White House, they don’t know anything about Benghazi. Somebody’s got to grab hold of this thing. It’s very, very disturbing what we’re seeing here.

NORAH O’DONNELL: What do you make of the president’s actions yesterday? He dealt with all three things yesterday: He fired the head of the IRS. Released 100 pages of emails that deal with Benghazi. And then on the third scandal the snooping into the AP reporters’ phone records, the president then put out that he’s for this shield law for journalists. The White House took a lot of proactive action yesterday.

SCHIEFFER: They did. But that was yesterday. How is it these things all – nobody seemed to be taking very seriously up until this point? There is no question though, that the administration was trying to get the story out that the War on Terrorism, the threat of terrorism...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: apaffair; benghazi; impeachnow; irs; obama; obamascandals; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills
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All those chickens are coming home to roost, and the BS media is bailing out on Obama as they need to save their own butts. They have lost too many viewers and subscribers already!
1 posted on 05/16/2013 10:43:41 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem

I’m trying to draw a line.

Media who have already jumped ship.

Media who are still playing the violin on the Titanic.

Schieffer has to decide which side he’s on, but I’m guessing he doesn’t even know if he’s wearing pants or not.


2 posted on 05/16/2013 10:49:15 PM PDT by Viennacon
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To: neverdem

3 posted on 05/16/2013 10:49:26 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: neverdem

I think you’d get better analysis from five guys down at the local barbershop, than with Bob Schieffer.


4 posted on 05/16/2013 10:50:04 PM PDT by pepsionice
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5 posted on 05/16/2013 10:51:20 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: neverdem

Norah remains in full cover mode for the Marxist.


6 posted on 05/16/2013 10:52:15 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: neverdem

Why is this surprising anyone? This is the type of government you get from communists. Hello reality, this is a wake up call. I doubt it will do any good though.


7 posted on 05/16/2013 10:53:28 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Someday our schools will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
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To: neverdem
where you had burglars and people talking about blowing up the Brookings Institution.

This is the first time I've ever heard of this, not that I was paying close attention back then since I was a kid at the time of Watergate. Is this true, or liberal folklore?

8 posted on 05/16/2013 10:54:40 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason ("Journalism is dead. All news is suspect." - Noamie)
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To: neverdem
I'll tell Scheiff what's disturbing! The Free Press willingly siding with Fascists!

Hey Bob, We've seen this for the last 6 years now! What's your excuse?

9 posted on 05/16/2013 11:02:46 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall With no one to raise him up; And I will set)
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10 posted on 05/16/2013 11:04:04 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: neverdem

WHAT THE HELL DID THESE MORONS THINK THEY WERE SUPPORTING in the first place??????????

The most radical, of the most radical elements in America take control, and they didn’t think it was going to be a train wreck?


11 posted on 05/16/2013 11:06:02 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Well, it is what the Sheeple voted for....)
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To: Major Matt Mason
Is this [blowing up the Brookings Institute] true, or liberal folklore?

Folklore.

Just like the "enemies list". Richard Nixon didn't have an "enemies list".

John Dean did.

12 posted on 05/16/2013 11:09:31 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE --)
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To: neverdem

WHAT THE HELL DID THESE MORONS THINK THEY WERE SUPPORTING in the first place??????????

The most radical, of the most radical elements in America take control, and they didn’t think it was going to be a train wreck?


13 posted on 05/16/2013 11:10:45 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Well, it is what the Sheeple voted for....)
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To: Major Matt Mason
I was in college at the time of Watergate and thought I was paying attention, never recall the desire of ‘blowing up of the Brookings Institute’.

But, put that in perspective to Obama who choomed around and was a friend of Bill Ayers who actually did blow things up.

14 posted on 05/16/2013 11:16:25 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Obama lied, Stevens died, now Obama covers up the lies.)
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To: neverdem

It’s time to flush those two turds, Obama and Holder.


15 posted on 05/16/2013 11:16:46 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If you think ObamaCare is a train wreck, wait until you see the amnesty bill.)
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To: okie01

John Dean also had a list of call girls, one not in alphabetical order; Mo was on page one.


16 posted on 05/16/2013 11:18:34 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Obama lied, Stevens died, now Obama covers up the lies.)
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To: neverdem

The entire mainstream media other than maybe fox is treating this way too lightly. The IRS thing is Stalinism, everybody should be outraged about this. But they’re not.


17 posted on 05/16/2013 11:23:08 PM PDT by toddausauras (FUBO x 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000)
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The IRS thing is Stalinism, everybody should be outraged about this. But they’re not.

Liberals are not distrubed by totalitarianism when it's their guy running the show.

Inside each and every liberal lurks a tyrant, trying to get out.

18 posted on 05/16/2013 11:31:24 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE --)
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To: onyx

O’DONNELL is still very much an Obama suck-up, albeit a very pretty one.

No, these prestitutes are still making excuses for their man. “He (Obama) needs to be more in charge...He was very proactive, but he waited too long....blah, blah.”

These Obama sycophants will not denounce their idol until he does something to them personally along the lines of his administration’s monitoring of AP reporters.

Their love affair with Obama will not die quickly, but the first signs of disaffection are there.


19 posted on 05/16/2013 11:46:33 PM PDT by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters of Freedom, Committee of Correspondence)
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To: toddausauras

Watch the Matthews vid on another thread. He is pissed. He knows this will help the GOP in 14. He takes this very seriously, says people will remember this (IRS) for decades.


20 posted on 05/16/2013 11:54:34 PM PDT by Rennes Templar (The true Obama persona is emerging, the one from his first Presidential debate.)
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