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Lois Lerner Tells Congress Pleads The Fifth worst possible outcome for White House?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jeffwhosoever" data-source="post: 63114875" data-attributes="member: 250083"><p>All of this certainly shakes the faith in the federal government. I think this article provides a very good analysis.</p><p></p><p>"We are in the midst of the worst Washington scandal since Watergate. The reputation of the Obama White House has, among conservatives, gone from sketchy to sinister, and, among liberals, from unsatisfying to dangerous. No one likes what they're seeing. The Justice Department assault on the Associated Press and the ugly politicization of the Internal Revenue Service have left the administration's credibility deeply, probably irretrievably damaged. They don't look jerky now, they look dirty. The patina of high-mindedness the president enjoyed is gone.</p><p></p><p>Something big has shifted. The standing of the administration has changed.</p><p></p><p>As always it comes down to trust. Do you trust the president's answers when he's pressed on an uncomfortable story? Do you trust his people to be sober and fair-minded as they go about their work? Do you trust the IRS and the Justice Department? You do not.</p><p></p><p>The president, as usual, acts as if all of this is totally unconnected to him. He's shocked, it's unacceptable, he'll get to the bottom of it. He read about it in the papers, just like you.</p><p></p><p>But he is not unconnected, he is not a bystander. This is his administration. Those are his executive agencies. He runs the IRS and the Justice Department."</p><p></p><p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323582904578487460479247792.html" target="_blank">This Is No Ordinary Scandal - WSJ.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeffwhosoever, post: 63114875, member: 250083"] All of this certainly shakes the faith in the federal government. I think this article provides a very good analysis. "We are in the midst of the worst Washington scandal since Watergate. The reputation of the Obama White House has, among conservatives, gone from sketchy to sinister, and, among liberals, from unsatisfying to dangerous. No one likes what they're seeing. The Justice Department assault on the Associated Press and the ugly politicization of the Internal Revenue Service have left the administration's credibility deeply, probably irretrievably damaged. They don't look jerky now, they look dirty. The patina of high-mindedness the president enjoyed is gone. Something big has shifted. The standing of the administration has changed. As always it comes down to trust. Do you trust the president's answers when he's pressed on an uncomfortable story? Do you trust his people to be sober and fair-minded as they go about their work? Do you trust the IRS and the Justice Department? You do not. The president, as usual, acts as if all of this is totally unconnected to him. He's shocked, it's unacceptable, he'll get to the bottom of it. He read about it in the papers, just like you. But he is not unconnected, he is not a bystander. This is his administration. Those are his executive agencies. He runs the IRS and the Justice Department." [url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323582904578487460479247792.html]This Is No Ordinary Scandal - WSJ.com[/url] [/QUOTE]
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