What the Republicans really need to do, in my opinion, is play the long game here. This is not so much about Barack Obama as it is about “progressive” Democrats in general. The Republicans should leverage this as to why people should not vote for Democrats in any position in any level of government. We saw this same activism with leaking of information when someone speaks out about a Democrat at many levels of government.

This is a systemic problem and needs to be treated as such. This is exactly why you don’t want to vote for “progressives”.

“Progressive” Democrats are upsetting voters in many states with their rush to strip law abiding citizens of their civil rights after this election. Colorado Democrats did not campaign on a platform of taking guns away from people but they certainly jumped on it after the Connecticut massacre. I know people in Colorado who are Democrats and they aren’t happy.

Look at what is going on with Democrats in the NY state legislature. It is just one scandal after another. These people are acting as if organized crime runs their party (maybe it does!).

But anyway, we can’t limit the scope of this to just Obama. This is exactly why you don’t vote for Democrats at federal, state, or local levels. You get dishonest political hacks that can’t be trusted. They flat out lied, for example, immediately after the ABA meeting where Lois Lerner let the cat out of the bag about the IRS stuff and said they didn’t stage the question:

http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/05/questioner-initially-denied-irs-qa-was-set-up/

The problem seems to be that lying is their first instinct. In many cases they seem to have no problem whatsoever telling a bald-faced lie and then coming back later and admitting it wasn’t true. Lies are their initial response, almost a a limbic response.

We need Republicans at the executive level to remove the Democrat appointees. Bush made a huge mistake in that area keeping so many Clinton appointees and in appointing Democrats (Doug Shulman among them). We need to purge the Democrats from the various agencies.

I would also recommend reading this:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/16/republicans_and_the_long_game_118448.html

Is the investigation of these scandals likely to have real and significant consequences for our government, or are they a lot of talk that will amount to…nothing much?

I think it could go either way. The story is still being written…by us.

I am far less interested in gaming Republican vs. Democrat in all this, than I am in gaming Liberty vs. Tyranny. I will happily join with any Democrats/lefties who love human freedom for real. Operative words, “for real”. Any reaction less than total outrage on conservatives’ behalf on the IRS thing, and grave questions on both the AP thing and Benghazi, ain’t it.

These latest scandals reveal that Obama has crossed a moral (not political) Rubicon. It now must be clear to any honest, aware person that Obama and/or the company (underlings) that he chooses to keep, are wannabe-tyrants. If Obama & Co. aren’t, then they must now prove it by doing *a lot* more to fix these scandals.

If they don’t: then they have a tyrannical nature and goals, to which no honest, aware person can shut their eyes any longer. NOTHING they say about their good intentions should be believed (until and unless it is matched by a surfeit of big deeds).

From here on out (and again assuming that we don’t see an immediate, 180-degree turnaround): No honest lover of human freedom can view Obama positively. And no one who views Obama positively can be an honest lover of human freedom.

So the significance-in-moral-fact is already huge… already done. How it plays out politically, though: Who the heck knows?

Keep in mind, we’re only in Week 1 of these scandals, at least for the AP/IRS scandals. And in the media’s eyes , Benghazi is now legitimized and is on Week 1, as well. More scandals- and more actual detail about the existing scandals- will drop in the coming weeks. These scandals all have long legs, and Obama has shown a complete cluselessness in handling the scandals. He’s still operating under the assumption that the media will come back to worship him and it’ll go away. I don’t think they can- or will- at this point. He’s burned too many bridges.

I’ll leave with this: John Adams once said “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”

“Okay. Let’s just say it. If you have any patience whatsoever for this latest round of Republican subterfuge delaying and distracting from the pressing issues challenging this country – issues Congress should be addressing with great determination, speed, and vigor, just de-friend me now.
I’m sick to death of the partisan behavior that masquerades as doing the job those elected officials swore an oath to do. In the great BBC series ” I Claudius” the emperor Caligula (played marvelously by John Hurt) states, “If the Senate had but one neck, I’d hack it through!”
I don’t condone violence (including that being done to our system of government) but I certainly understand his frustration.”

Comment to this post:
“ABC’s White House emails didn’t exist; Tea Party groups should not get tax free status; and though I think the law should be repealed, the monitoring of phone numbers alone to try to protect the life of a CIA agent is legal. You’ll find Rove and the Koch brothers orchestrated most of this.”

It would go like this:

Chris Matthews*

*Senile left wing guy who needs to retire

I also agree marriage is a private matter

Too bad it just isn’t, Pat. Marriage has a dual private-public nature. Marriage’s public nature is why the government makes you get a license for it. You could still commit with somebody privately, of course… without the State’s recognition in the form of the license. But, as per gay groups (Gay Left marriage advocates), that isn’t good enough: you’re not really married, in their eyes, unless the State has graciously given you the public part, the license. Right? Or else, what have they been arguing over?