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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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To: central_va

Hell has frozen over.


81 posted on 05/17/2013 12:26:21 PM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: neverdem

Thanks for the ping!


82 posted on 05/17/2013 7:46:05 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: neverdem

The old liberal putz goes through life with eyes closed, ears plugged and confident in his smugness.


83 posted on 05/17/2013 7:49:38 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: Fedora

I was a guy who wore a dress shirt to school back then with the obligatory pocket protector.

I spent my time absorbing whatever the media dished out including hours of hearings featuring Senator Sam Ervin, Senator Howard Baker and that Watergate committee.


84 posted on 05/18/2013 12:47:49 AM PDT by Nextrush (A BALANCED BUDGET NOW AND PRESIDENT SARAH PALIN ARE AT THE TOP OF MY LIST)
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To: MinuteGal
***more worried about Obama not "taking hold" of the scandals and the government***

Rush put in perspective what I had been troubled by for some time: Obama does not wish to appear to be 'governing'... everything that goes well [bin Laden] he can take credit for, and everything that goes poorly, he can share the outrage of the public.

It has worked extremely well - with the overwhelming help of the traitorous media.

I continue to find parallels in some ways with 'Poppa Joe' Stalin [Dzugashvilli]... During the purges good Marxists in the provinces would write Fearless Leader and say, 'Poppa Joe, you don't know what is going on. The secret police are rounding up good socialists and carrying them off to who knows where... Please help us!'

Naturally in no time at all the concerned family - or friends - of those arrested would also disappear. Who could tell what was going on? How could Poppa Joe be so busy as not to notice... not to know?

Well, at the next big patriotic parade there was Poppa Joe smiling and glad handing the children and their parents. What a wonderful guy! ... what a pity that he just never gets to hear what is really going on! Then he would find time to sell them some pixie dust... [with the help of Pravda, of course.]

Whatever Ob@ma is, the Democraps and their media are Stalinists!

85 posted on 05/18/2013 7:51:36 AM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise)
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To: Jim Robinson; gonzo; seekthetruth

See my #85 (above)


86 posted on 05/18/2013 8:41:20 AM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise)
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To: MinuteGal; Bob Ireland; gonzo; All
These scandals are terrible blows because they're difficult to contain....especially the IRS one. But the media will soon be back on its feet again....and will be in full Obama protective mode in short order.

You are so right, MinuteGal! The Liberal media will ALWAYS cover for and protect Obama!

Oh how I wish ALL our fellow Conservatives who spend so much time beating up on Republicans and making the Liberals smile, would take Andrew Breitbart’s words to heart and spend time beating up on the Liberals instead!

Sharing the words from my friend Bev I just received which states my feelings better than I could!

From my friend Bev:
Every true Conservative I know was certain we would defeat Obama last November but sadly, we were wrong. We didn't count on the 3 million “purists” among us who wouldn't vote for Romney because he wasn't “pure” enough for them!

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/11/08/why_did_three_million_republicans_stay_home

Well now these “purists” are outraged that Obama used the IRS to deny them tax exempt status??!! Really??!!! I guess it was okay with these “purists” that this schmuck in the White House appeased and apologized to those who have threatened this country and our Troops for the last 4 years! These “purists” were going to show us Conservatives not to nominate a candidate that isn't “pure”!!!

Our Troops suffered the most by those among us who stayed home and didn't vote. It is my hope that maybe now ALL Conservatives will heed the warning that the late Great Warrior Andrew Breitbart conveyed to us all: UNITE or we lose! Please listen to his speech:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbycMtTUDfE

87 posted on 05/18/2013 10:43:47 AM PDT by seekthetruth (I want a Commander In Chief who honors and supports our Military!)
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To: Bob Ireland

So true!!


88 posted on 05/18/2013 10:45:26 AM PDT by seekthetruth (I want a Commander In Chief who honors and supports our Military!)
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To: Nextrush

I probably need to invest in a pocket protector, too. I’ve got about a dozen books on Watergate sitting on the other side of the room, including this massive Government Printing Office transcript of the tapes that probably weighs about 5-10 pounds. And someone actually had to type all that back then—today Obama’s would probably get transcribed by Dragon Naturally Speaking or something.


89 posted on 05/18/2013 12:04:48 PM PDT by Fedora
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