Republicans call for Obama to step down amid scandal
Published: 2013 May 23 14:36:15 (4804 Views)
Arguing that the American people are sick and tired of hearing the word "scandal," a growing chorus of Republican lawmakers said they would stop using the word "scandal" in every sentence if President Obama resigns from office immediately.
"Mr. President, for the past week, the American people have heard nothing but scandal," said Rep. Darrell Issa (R-California). "Scandal, scandal, scandal, and more scandal.
"You have called for investigations to get to the bottom of these scandals," he added. "But the American thing to do is to quit."
As the probe continues into the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative and tea-party groups, it has been revealed the practice started coming to light in early 2012, but was ignored or suppressed by the national media.
The New York Times is now linking radio powerhouse Rush Limbaugh as one of the key reasons the press corps did not cover the emerging scandal.
Limbaugh wasted no time mocking the Times, the self-proclaimed paper of record, for not reporting the real news of significance.
"So the New York Times, in a story this morning, is trying to blame me for the media not uncovering the IRS scandals before the elections. Now I've heard everything! This takes the cake. I have now surpassed Bush, folks, in terms of being responsible for things that have gone wrong. I've got to put a notch in belt on this one or something."
Limbaugh noted found it ironic because he said national news pundits often say he's "irrelevant and inconsequential."
"The media … couldn't be bothered with any of the news about the IRS a year ago because of me," he said. "I was so distracting, I occupied so much of their time, the story was so fascinating, they had blinders on. They were unable to let any other news story in."
He also said there's no doubt the suppression of the IRS story had an effect on the 2012 presidential race.
"The fact that the IRS story was not reported before the elections is a huge factor in Obama winning, make no mistake about it," he explained.
"I want you to imagine that everything happening now was happening last May and going into last summer. Everything we're hearing about the IRS: targeting the tea party, and the IRS babe that was handling this now being promoted to handle Obamacare for the IRS – imagine all of this that's happening now, happening exactly one year ago. You think it would have had an impact in the election? Damn right it would have. And this is why it was suppressed. The entire effort … the politicizing of all of this was designed to keep it hidden and unreported prior to the election. Ditto Benghazi."
- WND
"Mr. President, for the past week, the American people have heard nothing but scandal," said Rep. Darrell Issa (R-California). "Scandal, scandal, scandal, and more scandal.
"You have called for investigations to get to the bottom of these scandals," he added. "But the American thing to do is to quit."
As the probe continues into the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative and tea-party groups, it has been revealed the practice started coming to light in early 2012, but was ignored or suppressed by the national media.
The New York Times is now linking radio powerhouse Rush Limbaugh as one of the key reasons the press corps did not cover the emerging scandal.
Limbaugh wasted no time mocking the Times, the self-proclaimed paper of record, for not reporting the real news of significance.
"So the New York Times, in a story this morning, is trying to blame me for the media not uncovering the IRS scandals before the elections. Now I've heard everything! This takes the cake. I have now surpassed Bush, folks, in terms of being responsible for things that have gone wrong. I've got to put a notch in belt on this one or something."
Limbaugh noted found it ironic because he said national news pundits often say he's "irrelevant and inconsequential."
"The media … couldn't be bothered with any of the news about the IRS a year ago because of me," he said. "I was so distracting, I occupied so much of their time, the story was so fascinating, they had blinders on. They were unable to let any other news story in."
He also said there's no doubt the suppression of the IRS story had an effect on the 2012 presidential race.
"The fact that the IRS story was not reported before the elections is a huge factor in Obama winning, make no mistake about it," he explained.
"I want you to imagine that everything happening now was happening last May and going into last summer. Everything we're hearing about the IRS: targeting the tea party, and the IRS babe that was handling this now being promoted to handle Obamacare for the IRS – imagine all of this that's happening now, happening exactly one year ago. You think it would have had an impact in the election? Damn right it would have. And this is why it was suppressed. The entire effort … the politicizing of all of this was designed to keep it hidden and unreported prior to the election. Ditto Benghazi."
- WND
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