. . . are those who, to borrow a political expression from the left, haven’t been paying attention.
Many of us on the right have long been pointing out that Barack Obama cut his teeth in Chicago politics and long practiced the politics for which that city is famous. Or perhaps, I should say, infamous.
The only folks in the media who believed the Democrat’s lofty rhetoric about being some new kind of politician were those who repeated his campaign’s, uh, well, talking points and gave short shrift to his actual record. That is, they took his claims at face value and didn’t investigate his claims.
No wonder they didn’t do much investigating when Tea Party groups started complaining that the IRS was subjecting them to an unusual degree of scrutiny. Such government behavior didn’t correspond to their image of an open and accountable administration. The story is not a new one. The enhanced media attention is.
UPDATE: From Glenn Reynolds: “JIM TREACHER: ‘The only difference between this week and every other week for the last 4 years is that for once we’re not the only ones paying attention.’”
Yup, pretty much.
NB: Tweaked the post to fix some typographical and grammatical errors.
Well written and said as the mainstream media is now giving exposure to the real Obama and Chicago Gang, but I think the MSM already knew his dirty laundry.
It’s only now that they realize that they could also be a target of state sponsored terrorism after what happened to AP.
I think many on the left knew Obama was corrupt and dirty to the core, they just didn’t care.
I keep thinking to myself about Obama Advisor Davud Plouffe’s response to the IRS scandal. To paraphrase, it was okay for the IRS to target conservative groups because they made money anyway.
Money and power is all that matters to these people. “Hope and Change” was never anything more than a sappy slogan to draw in the rubes.
I don’t see how any conservative could be surprised; hell, my local (Chattanooga, Tn) Tea Party mentioned their tax-ememption battle way back in 2009. The only people surprised are those in the Frankenstein media who created a monster, only to watch it eventually turn on them.
Taxpayer Funded Propaganda says “Scandals may cost Obama his Dream of Bipartisanship.”
Are they really that stupid?
Not being a fan of the liberal media, as well as having contempt for Politico, I must admit I find this story from Politico rather interesting. Certainly worth reading.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/dc-turns-on-obama-91386.html?hp=t1_3
“Say It Ain’t So”
I am OVERJOYED to see this thugocracy begin to circle the drain. Popcorn, anyone?
Video: Jon Stewart Destroys Obama Over IRS Scandal & Lack Of ‘Managerial Competence’
http://commoncts.blogspot.com/2013/05/video-jon-stewart-destroys-obama-over.html
When you don’t perform your job, it comes back to bite you.
So. The administration denied terrorism re. the Benghazi attack. The administration now blames the threat of terrorism as an excuse to collect AP phone records and tap phone lines. Tea Party groups were likened to groups of terrorists and targeted by our IRS.
Is it better to let things get really bad to better ensure a GOP victory in 2016 or would a President Biden be preferable? Or are we past the point of no return?