There are, currently, three scandals swirling around the Obama administration: the Benghazi embassy attack, the IRS targeting Conservative groups, and the monitoring of telephones at the Associated Press. Each scandal involves a different part of the Government and carries with it different consequences for Obama.
Benghazi
There was an embassy attack, the administration likely did not do enough to help one the diplomatic grounds were under attack, and they tried to cover their butts after so as to not appear weak on the terrorism front.
At the end of the day, the meat of Benghazi comes down to three things: The White House, the State Department, and the Central Intelligence Agency. Who knew what and ordered whom to “cover it up.” Since Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State at the time there is the potential to damage her 2016 presidential campaign however I think there are simply too many layers between the truth and President Obama for him to be damaged.
And let’s face it… Obama haters are going to be the main group upset at this. For most Americans they will simply thing those 4 who died had a dangerous job and, while tragic, that’s what happens.
Associated Press
Eric Holder has recused himself from this scandal. 20 phone lines were monitored at the Associated Press and calls were recorded, numbers and names taken down, and sources likely exposed.
The American people don’t really understand this “scandal” nor is it hard to see how this is going to damage Obama,,, except his media lapdogs might get riled at the thought of their Dear Leader listening in to them.
And so the greatest fall out from this scandal may simply be the fact that the media, which has been overly compliant since Obama ran for president, might begin to question a few things. But in terms of Obama keeping his job I don’t foresee any complications.
IRS
Evidence suggests the IRS gave intense scrutiny towards and non-Liberal group… Tea Party organizations, Christian organizations, anti-abortion groups… you name it. Analysis has also shown that if your organization had the word “progressive” in it, you’d sail right through the tax exempt application process.
This scandal is, perhaps, the only one that could gain traction.
It involves an organization most people hate: The IRS. It also involves politics, revenge, and taking money away from hardworking Americans. Tellingly, this is the only scandal that someone has been fired over (though he was going to retire in a month, anyway).
People can easily understand the scandal and the many Conservative groups who feel that they have been abused by the IRS are free to speak out. THe “evidence” is plentiful and out in the open.
I do not feel that any of these scandals, however, are going to bring Obama down.
But they will take his shine away and slow him down.
       
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Congressional hearings last week on the Benghazi incident lent more media attention to the September attack than ever before. Even so, fewer people are paying attention to it.
From Pew Research Center:
Fewer than half (44%) of Americans say they are following the hearings very or fairly closely, virtually unchanged from late January when Hillary Clinton testified. Last October, 61% said they were following the early stages of the investigation at least fairly closely.
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Filed under News | Comment (0)To think, this guy was once a serious Democratic contender for president…
A top Democrat on Thursday said that as long as the unfolding Internal Revenue Service scandal doesn’t implicate President Obama, there’s no reason for the administration to panic.
“As long as it doesn’t get to the White House, it’s not going to be a problem,” said Howard Dean, former Vermont governor, presidential candidate and chairman of the Democratic National Committee, during an appearance on MNSBC’s “Morning Joe” program. [...]
“They can have as many hearings as they want. Credibility of Congress is close to zero. I think most people view this as hot air,” he said.
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Filed under News | Comment (0)“Instead of dreaming of being a teacher or a lawyer or a business leader, they’re fantasizing about being a baller or a rapper.”– First lady Michelle Obama, delivering the commencement address in Maryland on Friday to Bowie State University, an historically black university.
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Filed under News | Comment (0)President Obama may be dismissing ongoing congressional investigations into the 9/11 Benghazi terror attacks as a political “sideshow,” but veteran journalist Bob Woodward hints that today’s scandal is very reminiscent of Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal.
“You’re talking about government not working, but who’s in charge of the executive branch,” Woodward said Friday. “You go to the Constitution, and the president has sole responsibility for the executive branch. This rests on him.”
Comparing the release of emails from the administration to Nixon’s edited transcripts, he concluded: “I would not dismiss Benghazi. It’s a very serious issue.”
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Filed under News | Comment (0)The Obamas announced today that they will be hosting another “Performance at the White House” event on May 28 to honor American singer and songwriter Carole King:
As part of their “In Performance at the White House” series, the President and First Lady will host a concert in the East Room honoring singer-songwriter Carole King, who will be awarded the 2013 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. President Obama will present the award as he did when the Library of Congress honored Stevie Wonder (2009), Sir Paul McCartney (2010), and the songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David (2012). The program will include performances by King, as well as Gloria Estefan, Billy Joel, Jesse McCartney, Emeli Sandé, James Taylor and Trisha Yearwood.
King also happens to be a big Obama political supporter. WHD’s Keith Koffler reports that King campaigned for Obama in 2008 and again in 2012. In addition, King headlined a fundraiser for the president’s second campaign, an event with tickets running from $ 2,500-$ 5,000 each.
Last summer, she also appeared in this Obama campaign video targeting rural voters:
Although the sequester may have halted White House tours and canceled Jewish American Heritage Month, the King party will be the second such concert event for the Obama White House in as many months. As you may recall, the Obamas partied with Justin Timberlake, Queen Latifah, Cyndi Lauper and others during an April “performance” celebration of soul music.
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CORTLAND, NY—Amid mounting scrutiny over scandals involving last September’s attack on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, the IRS’ alleged targeting of conservative groups, and the Department of Justice’s spying on the Associated Press, Obama supporter Jake Maynard reportedly devised a perfectly implausible explanation Thursday that frees the president from any blame.
“Look, he’s the President of the United States of America; how could he possibly be involved in or aware of every single high-level action taken by the prominent government agencies he oversees?” said Maynard, noticeably perspiring as he explained the completely illogical reason why the President of the United States will emerge from this week’s scandals unscathed. “Let’s watch this thing play out. I have no doubt that in a week, more than enough evidence will come out showing he had nothing to do with any of this. You’ll see.” Maynard, whose voice quavered several times during his asinine explanation, ended his perfectly invalid defense of the president by stressing that this was all politics and that “none of this would even be happening if the president were someone other than Obama.”
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As the Christian Science Monitor reports, such smuggling even extends to so-called “Kentaki” fried chicken:
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For six years, Rafat Shororo longed for the taste of a KFC sandwich he had eaten in Egypt. This week, he got his finger lickin’ fix at home in the Gaza Strip after a local delivery company managed to smuggle it from Egypt through underground tunnels.
“It has been a dream, and this company has made my dream come true,” says Mr. Shororo, an accountant, as he receives his order from the delivery guy.
The al-Yamama company advertises its unorthodox new fast-food smuggling service on Facebook. It gets tens of orders a week for KFC meals despite having to triple the price to 100 shekels ($ 30) to cover transportation and smuggling fees. The deliveries go from the fryers at the Al-Arish KFC joint 35 miles away to customers’ doorsteps in about three hours.
The fact that the tunnels operate quickly and cheaply enough for the Colonel’s secret recipe to be enjoyed in the tightly controlled Gaza Strip shows just how much of a sieve the Egypt-Gaza border has become.
“All you need to have any KFC product is a short phone call and a few hours, then you can enjoy the great taste of fried chickens,” says Shororo, checking over his chicken pieces, salads, and apple pies. Like other customers who are acquainted with KFC from their travels abroad, he says he doesn’t care how much it costs. “I just want it.”
Enterprising Palestinians have even started advertising their chicken-delivery services on Facebook:
Hundreds of these underground tunnels are meant to bypass an Israeli blockade. Despite Israel’s attempts to relax the Gaza embargo, the black-market chicken is apparently still a hot item to get your hands on.
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