The Return of Clintonian Politics
Stephen Hayes’s scoop on Benghazi is probably more significant than it may have seemed at first glance, even though he didn’t provide much in the way of new information. His article was built around...
View ArticleThe 2012 Election Is Over; the Benghazi Scandal Is Not
I have a somewhat different take than that of Seth Mandel, who says that Stephen Hayes’s scoop on Benghazi “is probably more significant than it may have seemed at first glance, even though he didn’t...
View ArticleThe Benghazi Scandal Grows
National Journal’s Michael Hirsh, in writing about the House hearings on the September 11, 2012 attacks on the American consulate in Benghazi, said, “Benghazi was a tragedy. It will, almost certainly,...
View ArticleLiberal Denial Can’t Derail Benghazi Probe
Eight months after al-Qaeda-linked terrorists murdered four Americans in Benghazi, liberal talking heads, columnists and editorial writers don’t need Hillary Clinton’s State Department mafia or the...
View ArticleThe Obama Administration’s Tower of Fabrications Begins to Crack
We continue to learn more disturbing things about the Benghazi scandal. In addition to the story by ABC’s Jonathan Karl, which Jonathan Tobin referenced, Stephen Hayes–who has been doing fantastic...
View ArticlePickering Apart Benghazi
The testimony of three State Department whistle blowers raises fours issues regarding Benghazi: (1) Who pushed the notion that a YouTube video rather than premeditated terrorism was the cause of the...
View ArticleThe Corruption of Jay Carney
On November 28, 2012, during a press briefing, White House press secretary Jay Carney–in addressing the matter of the talking points the Obama administration used to characterize the attacks on the...
View ArticleThe Liberal Wall of Benghazi Denial Cracks
On Friday, I wrote about what seemed to be a solid wall of liberal indifference to the recent revelations about Benghazi. The chorus of “move along, there’s nothing to see here” admonitions from...
View ArticleAll the Banality That’s Fit to Print
I rarely read editorials by the New York Times anymore, not because they’re liberal (Michael Kinsley is liberal and worth reading) but because they’re banal. I was reminded of this when I actually did...
View ArticleObama Doubles Down on Benghazi Denial
President Obama faced the press briefly today in a joint press conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron. He got out in front of the IRS scandal by condemning the actions of officials who...
View ArticleThe Real Libya Scandal
The dramatic testimony of Gregory Hicks, former U.S. deputy chief of mission in Libya, has shone the media spotlight on what happened in Benghazi on September 11, 2012, when U.S. Ambassador Christopher...
View ArticleAre Obama’s Scandals Reaching Critical Mass?
Last week was one of the worst for Obama in his presidency. This week looks no better. Indeed, it may be a long, hot summer for the White House. As Jonathan has pointed out, the IRS scandal is growing...
View ArticleObama Is Counting on a Double Standard
As the Obama administration seems to stagger under the weight of dealing with three scandals at the same time, Republicans who have been frustrated by the president’s seeming golden touch the last four...
View ArticleObama is the Ultimate Ad Hominem President
At a fundraising event earlier this week in New York City, President Obama said this: What’s blocking us right now is a sort of hyper-partisanship in Washington that I was, frankly, hoping to overcome...
View ArticleDavid Axelrod, Limited Government Conservative?
David Axelrod was once Barack Obama’s closest chief political adviser. He now comments for MSNBC, where he trotted out the latest defense of President Obama, who is being buffeted by three unfolding...
View ArticleObama’s Defenders: He’s Not Corrupt, Just Dishonest and Incompetent
There was a running joke in the fall of 2008 that John McCain should simply re-air Hillary Clinton’s “3 a.m. phone call” ad, which highlighted Barack Obama’s lack of experience and meager knowledge of...
View ArticleBob Woodward on Benghazi
The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward, America’s greatest living investigative reporter, was on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and said this: “I would not dismiss Benghazi. It’s a very serious matter.” Mr....
View ArticleObama, Not GOP, Should Be Scandal Focus
Throughout a long week of scandal, the growing evidence of wrongdoing in the executive branch has buffeted Democrats. Like President Obama, who was slow to realize the danger to his presidency, his...
View ArticleObama’s Courtiers at the New York Times
In a New York Times story about how President Obama is seeking a path forward beyond his troubles, we’re told this: “In the last few days, the administration appears to have stopped the bleeding. The...
View ArticleBlame the Middle Manager for Benghazi?
Nine months after the terrorist attack in Benghazi that cost four American lives, we’re finally finding out who it was that the State Department thinks is responsible for the debacle: the middle...
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