The news this week has been interesting to say the least and has been indicative of the problems we, as a country, face. First came the revelation that the president and his staff not only changed the Benghazi narrative into a massive lie but they had to edit it a dozen times to get it just right. Then came the news the IRS has been harassing conservative non-profits like the schoolyard bully. These two events are perfect examples of high crimes and misdemeanors that far surpass Watergate, Katrina, and Iran-Contra combined and I will discuss why further detail below.
First comes the abandonment of Americans in Benghazi. Four Americans lost their lives when they were cornered in a terrorist attack by Islamic militants, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. For the first time in our history have Americans been abandoned without an effort at rescuing them. Indications showed an attack was imminent for days and even weeks before the attack yet the State Department and White House did nothing to improve security or even shut down the consulate to protect the Americans serving them. When the attack did come, the administration refused to send support TWICE, ensuring these men would be left alone to die after hours of resistance. In fact, the President went to bed early without activating the situation room and then left the next day for a campaign event while the Secretary of State did nothing. Relief forces were ready to go and had a good chance of rescuing the besieged Americans but were denied the chance to do so. Then the airwaves were flooded with a false narrative designed to minimize the attack to improve Barack Obama's chances at reelection, denying the truth in favor of political expediency. This lie continued to be told until 10 May 2013 when the White House admitted the truth and was finally pinned down by journalists whose complicity in the lie had finally been pointed out. The outrage of these needless deaths is just beginning to sink as it is indicative of an administration so cynical it would leave men to be murdered rather for political expediency.
Next come the IRS harassment of conservative groups. The same day the Benghazi lie was admitted to, the IRS made a halfhearted apology over its heavy-handed tactics when dealing with conservative 503.c tax-exempt organizations, requiring intrusive details and vast amounts of information before granting tax-exempt status for the administration's political rivals. This delayed groups with the words "Tea Party" and "Patriot" in their titles from receiving this status while the information required was pure intelligence-gathering. The IRS was suppressing Americans right to organize for an election because they opposed the administration. This is far worse than Nixon's Watergate scandal where the administration tried to sneak into DNC headquarters on a fact-finding burglary. Rumors of Nixon using the IRS to harass enemies was enough to cause a scandal. Obama's IRS has been caught doing what Nixon was accused of. Yet another high crime and misdemeanor to add to Fast and Furious, Benghazi, voter fraud, identity fraud, corruption, and perjury. This reeks of an arrogance so blinding that it eclipses the tyrannies of King George and parliament.
The good news is that the press may finally be awakening to the fact that their chosen man is a danger to all Americans. The 11 May Press conference was rancorous and Press Secretary Jay Carney looked like a deer in the headlights as he was pinned under a barrage of angry questions. For the first time since the 2008 election, major networks and newspapers were furious with the lies of the administration as it tried to place blame on everyone but themselves (Carney even tried to blame the press). The mainstream media is facing ever dwindling view/readership and struck back in the knowledge that ignoring this scandal would be their death-knell. Though implicit in hiding the truth of Obama's plans for the nation, the press refused to throw themselves upon their own swords for the sake of the President's agenda and have now started asking the tough questions that should have been asked five years ago.
True Americans have watched with ever-growing frustration for the last five years as time and again the current administration has trampled on the rights of common Americans without so much as a peep from the media. The one-two punch of Benghazi and the IRS may be the black eyes needed to awaken the everyday citizen to the threat of the man they elected. Scandals of this size are what the Founders spoke of when they described "high crimes and misdemeanors" as grounds for impeachment. The President is responsible for the actions of those who serve under him and these two events should be laid upon his doorstep without an opportunity to evade. The President is a corrupt and villainous man and it is obvious he has appointed men and women just as corrupt and villainous. The blinders have been removed and true Patriots should be relieved to see that what we knew all along is now obvious to all.
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