Scandal of the Week

Going to be a brief blog post today.  But, I just was thinking I had to post on what seems to be a weekly scandal of the week in the Obama Administration.  Of course, liberals are asking, "What scandals?  All I see is racism."  Of course, any criticism of the their precious savior is considered racism.  Regardless, the NSA snooping on every American is only the latest in a growing multitude of scandals encircling the Obama presidency.  Americans are being spied on when they talk on their cell phones, visiting sites on the internet, instant messaging and any form of communication you can think of these days.

 Before Obama, there was this thing called the Bill of Rights.  Obama has shown great disdain for them.  There has been great outcry from some Americans when Edward Snowden admitted he was the one who spilled the beans to Britain's Guardian newspaper about NSA domestic spying.  But, the sad thing, there are Americans (including a lot of politicians) who feel that we must accept a loss of privacy in order to have safety in these terrorist times.  By saying that, the terrorists have won.  I am disgusted by people who have become sheep when it comes to their rights which so many men and women fought and died to preserve.  At this point, I am not going to say Edward Snowden is a hero.  But, he is not a villain either.  Domestic spying is not constitutional no matter the circumstances.  They might as well do away with the 4th Amendment if NSA spying on Americans is legal.

I'm so disgusted by Americans who are like sheep who accept this loss of privacy as a necessary evil.  This is a loss of constitutional rights, ladies and gentlemen.  You lose one right at a time and eventually, you will be enslaved by the state.  As Ben Franklin so eloquently stated, "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."

Eric Holder: Time to Resign

Eric Holder is, perhaps, the most controversial Attorney General this nation has had since...well, John Mitchell in the Nixon Administration.  There is a correlation there if you look hard enough.  Fast and Furious should have been enough to get the man fired.  Border Agent Brian Terry was killed by a gun from the gun smuggling operation of the U.S. government.  But, now....NOW, he is targeting news reporters with whom the Obama Administration don't like.  James Rosen, at Fox News, was a target of Justice Department snooping.  Today we learn that Eric Holder went shopping for a judge who finally agreed to a court order allowing the DOJ to obtain Mr. Rosen's emails and other correspondence.  Also, the House Judiciary is investigating if Eric Holder lied, under oath, on May 15 when he gave testimony on surveillance of reporters.  NBC News reported last week that Eric Holder approved a search warrant that basically labeled James Rosen a co-conspirator in an alleged national security leaks case.  Eric Holder has categorically denied being involved in prosecution of the press in any security leak.  He could be convicted for perjury for lying to Congress if enough evidence is brought forth.

Attorney General Eric Holder has already been found in Contempt of Congress back in June of 2012.  I had thought at the time he would not be able to survive that.  I was wrong.  It seems that any other President would have fired their Attorney General for such.  Again, not President Obama.  At that time he was held in contempt for not providing key information on the failed Fast and Furious scandal.  There are at least three scandals swirling around the White House that could bring down the Obama Administration.  Obamacare is also threatening to destroy the best medical system in the world.  The green company scandals, such as Solyndra, will not go away.  The Mainstream Media, which has protected President Obama like he was child born of their collective dreams, is starting to come around and are digging away at some of the lies coming out of the White House.  Oh, the MSM will still protect Obama.  But, Obama decided to come after their own in the AP scandal.  That was an eye-opener for the press.  I do believe Eric Holder will resign, possibly before the end of this summer.  There seems to be more unearthed each week as reporters continue to dig away.  President Obama?  No way in hell he would ever resign.  But, the more the scandals show what a corrupt administration he has, the more it hurts him in his second term agenda.  That may be more devastating for Democrats than the President being forced to resign.

Richard Milhous Obama

As the trifecta of scandals (Benghazi, IRS, and AP) continue to unfold, the comparisons of Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal and Obama's IRS targeting of conservative groups (in my opinion, this is the one scandal that could cause people to demand his resignation...he will never do that) are routinely being made in the news media.  Nixon, of course, denied any knowledge of the DNC break-in and subsequent coverup.  The tapes eventually showed Nixon was actively participating in the coverup itself.  He resigned in August of 1974.  I was only 23 years old and remember it vividly.  Nixon was paranoid, insecure and did not take well to criticism.  That matches President Obama perfectly.

 Obama has never reacted well to the differing opinions of conservative groups.  He never saw them as Americans with a different view for this country.  President Obama saw them as the enemy.    It was an enemy that had to be dealt with in some form or fashion.  The Tea Party caused a massive headache for Obama in the mid-term elections of 2010 due to his insistence on health care reform.  Now, some will read this and say Obama is not implicated in any way of being actively involved in the IRS targeting (or the other two scandals) of conservative groups.  That's true for now.  But, it has his fingerprints all over it.  President Obama does not see the Tea Party or any conservative groups as activists who want what's best for this nation. Only Obama knows what this nation truly needs...more government activism.  He has always viewed his adversaries as uncouth, peons and lacking in intelligence because they don't understand what he is trying to accomplish.  I said a long time ago that Obama's massive ego would get him in trouble someday.  I hate to say I told you so...

President Nixon had his plumbers unit who dealt with anyone who disagreed with him.  Nixon was a man who wanted to be king.  Obama wants to be emperor of the world.  Both men believed/believe they were above the people who they are sworn to serve.  One could make a comparison to where both men surrounded themselves with "yes men" who ultimately led to their destruction (yes, the jury is still out on Obama).  The biggest problem I see is that Nixon had a press that hated his guts.  I mean, they were absolutely beside themselves with joy over Watergate.  Fast forward nearly 40 years later.  You have a press that absolutely has insulated Obama from any form of criticism (although some cracks are starting to show).  I think in the end, this is going to hurt President Obama.  As more and more of the three scandals are revealed, I think you will see an administration come unglued as they try to smother dissent.  It worked so well in the past.  But, that was with 99.8% support from the Mainstream Media.  The scandal that has the press worked up is the AP reporters targeted by the DOJ for their phone records.  If President Obama loses his guard dogs in the MSM, then we may well see another instance where a sitting U.S. President is threatened with impeachment.  No, he won't be convicted in the Democratic controlled Senate.  But, the damage will be done for his second-term agenda.  Just ask Bill Clinton about that.

The New Enemies List

I'm sure Presidents have had worse seven-day stretches than President Obama has had over the past week.  Richard Nixon had scandals breaking out everywhere during the latter days of his administration.  Even President Reagan had tough times during Iran-Contra.  But, I can't remember a president having so many scandals break out as quickly as Obama.  Last Wednesday, we saw the hearings on Benghazi take place.  At the very least, it made the Obama Administration appear incompetent and indifferent.  At worst, they appear criminally negligent.  No one could explain why U.S. troops were not sent in to rescue those embassy personnel during the eight hour attack.  Then, just to sweeten the weekend, word got out the IRS was targeting conservative groups such as the Tea Party. The Tea Party groups had long complained about being targeted by the IRS.  But, that complaint fell on deaf ears.  Even Jewish Groups were targeted.  An anchor reporter for a TV network was targeted after a tough interview with President Obama.  This week, we discovered that the Department of Justice tracked 20 phone lines and two months of phone records from the Associated Press.  Take any one of these scandals and it is an abomination by itself.  The totality of all three makes it appear we have a government engaging in Totalitarianism. 

This is coming from the "most transparent administration in history," mind you.  Richard Nixon was paranoid.  He thought all his enemies were out to get him.  It led to his downfall as President of the United States.   President Obama, since his first inauguration, has shown little interest in dialogue with his conservative opponents.  The Obamacare debate when he had a televised discussion with Republicans in January of 2010 gave you an idea of how aloof this president truly is as a person.  Obama is as insecure and paranoid as Nixon was during his time as President.  Both men had an affinity to use government agencies to go after their enemies.  Does anyone really believe the IRS just suddenly, on their own, decide to go after conservative political groups?  Doesn't it make sense someone or some group at a much higher level in the Obama administration made the call?  It's apparent, at least to me, that President Obama has an enemies list just as President Nixon had at one time.  Obama has always been thin-skinned, unable to accept criticism very well.  This very well could be his undoing.  Do I think Obama will resign?  He would never do that.  President Obama is a self-serving narcissist.  He doesn't care about anyone but himself.  I doubt he will be impeached because the Speaker of the House doesn't have the balls to take on this kind of proceeding.  But, as these scandals continue to unfold, I do think it could seriously hurt Obama.  His second term agenda is in deep trouble now.