Kathianne
05-14-2013, 06:07 AM
and it's just about 6 am:
http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/168844/
THE BOSTON HERALD (http://bostonherald.com/) GOES ALL IN ON THE OBAMA SCANDALS:
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Hilary Chabot: Critics draw comparisons to Watergate. (http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/us_politics/2013/05/critics_draw_comparisons_to_watergate)
President Obama’s angry dismissal of the growing outcry over the handling of last year’s Benghazi terrorist attack that left a U.S. ambassador dead shows all the signs of a White House in “damage control” mode, critics say.
“They are in damage control, and this story is now gaining traction because people are now talking about it even more,” said Richard Benedetto, an American University political science professor and former White House correspondent for USA Today. “This story to me has all the makings of a Watergate kind of story. What did they know and when did they know it, and what did people in the White House do to cover it up?”
Joe Battenfeld: Obama knee-deep in Nixon-esque scandal. (http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/joe_battenfeld/2013/05/obama_knee_deep_in_nixon_esque_scandal) “Who would have guessed that just a few months into his second term, President Obama would be compared to Tricky Dick. And by a liberal Massachusetts Democrat — U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano.”
Plus: Bay State Dems vow: ‘Hell to pay’ if IRS allegations ring true. (http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_politics/2013/05/dems_vow_hell_to_pay_if_irs_allegations_ring_true)
Outraged Bay State Democrats are blasting President Obama for exhibiting a Nixonian abuse of power after the stunning news that the Department of Justice secretly obtained Associated Press phone records and the IRS targeted conservative groups — new scandals emerging against the backdrop of heightened Benghazi criticism.
“There’s no way in the world I’m going to defend that. Hell, I spent my youth vilifying the Nixon administration for doing the same thing. If they did that, there should be hell to pay,” U.S. Rep. Michael E. Capuano (D-Somerville) said about the IRS scandal. “Not only is it bad government and bad to society, it is horrendous politics. The worst thing you can do is give your opponent an easy hammer with which to hit you.”
“It doesn’t seem to be a couple rogue employees. This appeared to be a systemic issue,” said U.S. Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (D-South Boston), who wants to investigate the matter as a member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The committee already has scheduled a hearing on the issue for this week, Lynch said, adding, “No American should find themselves the target of the IRS or any other federal organization because of their political beliefs.”
Both U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Malden) and the GOP’s Gabriel Gomez, rivals in the Senate special election, slammed the administration’s actions, as new reports emerged yesterday that the Department of Justice seized two months’ worth of phone records from Associated Press reporters and editors.
Read ‘em all. If this is how it’s playing with Massachusetts Democrats . . . .
UPDATE: At BuzzFeed a creepy morphing Obama/Nixon .gif. (http://www.buzzfeed.com/bensmith/the-panopticon-president)
<center>http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/5/13/18/anigif_enhanced-buzz-18237-1368483866-7.gif</center> “Obama is personally obsessed with leaks, to the extent that his second chief of staff, Bill Daley, took as one of his central mandates a major and ill-fated plumbing expedition. Attorney General Eric Holder, who pressed the leak policy, is a trusted Obama insider.” Sounds familiar.
MORE: Donald Sensing: Barack Milhous Obamixon. (http://senseofevents.blogspot.com/2013/05/barack-milhous-obamixon.html) “Nixon was a beginner compared to Obama, which we already knew back in 2009.”
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http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/168844/
THE BOSTON HERALD (http://bostonherald.com/) GOES ALL IN ON THE OBAMA SCANDALS:
http://cdn.pjmedia.com/instapundit/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/BostonHeraldObamaGate-600x452.png (http://cdn.pjmedia.com/instapundit/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/BostonHeraldObamaGate.png)
Hilary Chabot: Critics draw comparisons to Watergate. (http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/us_politics/2013/05/critics_draw_comparisons_to_watergate)
President Obama’s angry dismissal of the growing outcry over the handling of last year’s Benghazi terrorist attack that left a U.S. ambassador dead shows all the signs of a White House in “damage control” mode, critics say.
“They are in damage control, and this story is now gaining traction because people are now talking about it even more,” said Richard Benedetto, an American University political science professor and former White House correspondent for USA Today. “This story to me has all the makings of a Watergate kind of story. What did they know and when did they know it, and what did people in the White House do to cover it up?”
Joe Battenfeld: Obama knee-deep in Nixon-esque scandal. (http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/joe_battenfeld/2013/05/obama_knee_deep_in_nixon_esque_scandal) “Who would have guessed that just a few months into his second term, President Obama would be compared to Tricky Dick. And by a liberal Massachusetts Democrat — U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano.”
Plus: Bay State Dems vow: ‘Hell to pay’ if IRS allegations ring true. (http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_politics/2013/05/dems_vow_hell_to_pay_if_irs_allegations_ring_true)
Outraged Bay State Democrats are blasting President Obama for exhibiting a Nixonian abuse of power after the stunning news that the Department of Justice secretly obtained Associated Press phone records and the IRS targeted conservative groups — new scandals emerging against the backdrop of heightened Benghazi criticism.
“There’s no way in the world I’m going to defend that. Hell, I spent my youth vilifying the Nixon administration for doing the same thing. If they did that, there should be hell to pay,” U.S. Rep. Michael E. Capuano (D-Somerville) said about the IRS scandal. “Not only is it bad government and bad to society, it is horrendous politics. The worst thing you can do is give your opponent an easy hammer with which to hit you.”
“It doesn’t seem to be a couple rogue employees. This appeared to be a systemic issue,” said U.S. Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (D-South Boston), who wants to investigate the matter as a member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The committee already has scheduled a hearing on the issue for this week, Lynch said, adding, “No American should find themselves the target of the IRS or any other federal organization because of their political beliefs.”
Both U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Malden) and the GOP’s Gabriel Gomez, rivals in the Senate special election, slammed the administration’s actions, as new reports emerged yesterday that the Department of Justice seized two months’ worth of phone records from Associated Press reporters and editors.
Read ‘em all. If this is how it’s playing with Massachusetts Democrats . . . .
UPDATE: At BuzzFeed a creepy morphing Obama/Nixon .gif. (http://www.buzzfeed.com/bensmith/the-panopticon-president)
<center>http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/5/13/18/anigif_enhanced-buzz-18237-1368483866-7.gif</center> “Obama is personally obsessed with leaks, to the extent that his second chief of staff, Bill Daley, took as one of his central mandates a major and ill-fated plumbing expedition. Attorney General Eric Holder, who pressed the leak policy, is a trusted Obama insider.” Sounds familiar.
MORE: Donald Sensing: Barack Milhous Obamixon. (http://senseofevents.blogspot.com/2013/05/barack-milhous-obamixon.html) “Nixon was a beginner compared to Obama, which we already knew back in 2009.”
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