This Is No Ordinary Scandal

Wall Street Journal ^ | 5-16-13 | Peggy Noonan

[grimalkin]

We are in the midst of the worst Washington scandal since Watergate. The reputation of the Obama White House has, among conservatives, gone from sketchy to sinister, and, among liberals, from unsatisfying to dangerous. No one likes what they're seeing. The Justice Department assault on the Associated Press and the ugly politicization of the Internal Revenue Service have left the administration's credibility deeply, probably irretrievably damaged. They don't look jerky now, they look dirty. The patina of high-mindedness the president enjoyed is gone.

Something big has shifted. The standing of the administration has changed.

As always it comes down to trust. Do you trust the president's answers when he's pressed on an uncomfortable story? Do you trust his people to be sober and fair-minded as they go about their work? Do you trust the IRS and the Justice Department? You do not.

[MHGinTN]

Were the same machines used in the primaries and the ones programmed in the general election?

[Venturer]

The RINO’s picked him first and shoved him down our throats.

[freeandfreezing]

Too bad it took her this long to figure it out.

[Ditter]

We suspected that Roberts was blackmailed but how do you KNOW that happened?

[allmendream]

Yes, programed by the trilateral commission no doubt. Tinfoil is not the solution.

[GOPJ]

They don't look jerky now, they look dirty. The patina of high-mindedness the president enjoyed is gone. Something big has shifted.

She's right on 'dirty'... or course we suspected 'dirty' for some time... but nice to see Peggy has opened her eyes...

[gotribe]

I won’t be a fan of Peggy’s until she takes up arms.

[Rocky]

I used to be a fan of Noonan until she bad-mouthed Sarah Palin and supported Obama.

[GOPJ]

All of these IRS actions took place in the years leading up to the 2012 election. They constitute the use of governmental power to intrude on the privacy and shackle the political freedom of American citizens. The purpose, obviously, was to overwhelm and intimidate—to kill the opposition, question by question and audit by audit. It is not even remotely possible that all this was an accident..

ping

[Em and Brets Mum]

You are soooo right about that!

[Graewoulf]

Impeachment File on Benghazi Coward B. Hussein Obama, aka Barry Soetoro, a legal citizen of the sovereign Nation of Indonesia.

[MHGinTN]

Tinfoil? Watch out there, you’re close to revealing for whom you work FR.

[allmendream]

Well yes, it is SO OBVIOUS! Anyone who denies the conspiracy is obviously part of the conspiracy. Don’t tell anyone! ;)

[MHGinTN]

Ah, your usual alinsky tactics. So predictable.

[TChad]

The purpose, obviously, was to overwhelm and intimidate—to kill the opposition, question by question and audit by audit.

Someone should work up an estimate of the cost of these audits. How much more money would Romney and other Republicans have had without the audits? Also, how many hours of productive political work never happened because those hours had to be devoted to dealing with the IRS?

[AdaGray]

Peggy wakes up.

[Venturer]

An assumption on my part.

[Liz]

The Obamatons cunningly suppressed the vote---siccing the IRS on conservative/patriotic voters. The O Team crippled the Republicans who had already shot themselves in the foot by picking Romney----another one of their loser candidates.

And recall that stupid RINO Pubbies ALSO called for investigations of Tea Party groups' tax status.

CRAVING POPULARITY IS A SIGN OF DICTATORSHIP Obomba's methodology, including controlling the fawning press is a relic of 40's-era Europe---Pol Pot, Chavez, and Stalin, all rolled into one.

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Obomba's sinister shadow hovers over America----a constant threat to our liberty and our lives. He's got DHS stockpiling ammo---and intends to multiply the onerous IRS forces----adding 16,000 new IRS agents, arming them w/ millions of ammo rounds (the "civilian ntl security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded as our military").

O probably intends to task the IRS to enforce the nightmare of immigrations reform----to keep his filthy hands on the levers of power.

[alrea]

Benghazi? What’s Benghazi? Oh, that thing that happened a long time ago......

So this enables the media to get ready for President Hillary and her historic run.

[alrea]

We suspected that Roberts was blackmailed but how do you KNOW that happened?

Does he have a sweet biographer or clerk like General Betrayus?