{"id":1828,"date":"2017-01-17T08:39:55","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T14:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markmeckler\/?p=1828"},"modified":"2017-01-17T08:41:24","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T14:41:24","slug":"6-really-horrible-obama-scandals-media-hoping-forget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markmeckler\/2017\/01\/6-really-horrible-obama-scandals-media-hoping-forget\/","title":{"rendered":"6 really horrible Obama scandals the media is hoping you forget"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>If you\u2019ve heard it once, you\u2019ve heard it a million times.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>President Obama, for all his faults, ruled over a virtuous, scandal free Oval Office. Trump, with his free-wheeling ways, will bring who-knows-what to the pristine government over which President Obama ruled.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, he said it himself. \u00a0\u201cWe will\u2014knock on wood\u2014leave this administration without significant scandal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This narrative \u2014 the one the media will try to make you believe as you watch the inauguration \u2014 is designed to lead\u00a0Americans into some sort of political hero-worship\u2026 \u00a0an adulation that is not good for this nation.<\/p>\n<p>Not to mention, it\u2019s completely and utterly false. In fact, when John Fund and Hans Van Spakovsky wrote their article \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/obamas-scandal-free-administration-is-a-myth-1484611574\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama\u2019s Scandal Free Administration is a Myth<\/a>,\u201d I marveled at their ability to limit the \u201cmajor scandals\u201d to just six.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, here are six egregious scandals reporters want you to forget:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/155487084\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 68.686869% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/155487084?et=gHX-mUFDSFtQqVkOW62Uig&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=rZVOvXESyLilApM8txpAvLhYh83X06wjaLcuQ3FJhjg=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"408\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>1. <strong>Benghazi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Fund and\u00a0Van Spakovsky write:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others were killed in the attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Libya. With less than two months to go before the 2012 election, the State Department falsely claimed the attack was not a terrorist attack but a reaction to an anti-Muslim film. Emails from the secretary later showed that she knew the attack was terrorism. Justice Department prosecutors even convinced a magistrate judge to jail the filmmaker.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/478458194\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/478458194?et=FFbXg4PXQ1da5qc4WceUtA&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=NFPQflKu97CJRic2BxyCI4ZJcQQe7VBhtq5eJ1XXkvM=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>2. Hacking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019d think the biggest data breach in the federal government\u2019s history would qualify as a scandal, but that\u2019s only if you don\u2019t realize that reporters fail to hold their beloved favorite liberals to task. \u00a0President Obama\u2019s Office of Personnel Management had been warned repeatedly that their office was not secure. \u00a0Yet,\u00a0Director Katherine Archuleta did absolutely nothing to prevent the hacking. \u00a0Fund and\u00a0Van Spakovsky write that \u201cthe hack exposed the personnel files of millions of federal employees and may end up being used for everything from identity theft to blackmail and espionage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/465796246\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/465796246?et=dDizZorGQMlCq-CriF3TKQ&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=n_GtAdoo6KS3tDqJg3NWUC1JbNVAQWCic5NxcVPbI5I=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>3. \u00a0Hillary Clinton\u2019s terrible and illegal handling of State Department email<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With all the bitter rhetoric of the 2016 Presidential campaign and the on-again\/off-again nature of James Comey\u2019s investigation, it\u2019s easy to forget just how bad Obama\u2019s first secretary of state actually was. \u00a0Fund and\u00a0Van Spakovsky write, \u201cIn an effort to evade federal open-records laws, Mr. Obama\u2019s first secretary of state set up a private server, which she used exclusively to conduct official business, including communications with the president and the transmission of classified material. A federal criminal investigation produced no charges, but FBI Director James Comey reported that the secretary and her colleagues \u2018were extremely careless\u2019 in handling national secrets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/146210874\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 65.656566% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/146210874?et=8G6fpni3QO5uNmYS_NlO-Q&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=3I_WeJUezo2DFxUVC-uVPHre_r0x4TBbrXpqZts6YlM=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"390\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>4.\u00a0Operation Fast and Furious.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fund and\u00a0Van Spakovsky write:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Obama Justice Department lost track of thousands of guns it had allowed to pass into the hands of suspected smugglers, in the hope of tracing them to Mexican drug cartels. One of the guns was used in the fatal 2010 shooting of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. Congress held then-Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt when he refused to turn over documents about the operation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/476775043\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/476775043?et=KcqEbzDwT89TBxB00Uvtqg&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=Bgvl2sqwaKVN26iXSmB5W75h2x3hJoNZCwQzAd4q3oE=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>5.\u00a0IRS abuses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a stunning show of the Obama Administration\u2019s abuse of power, the IRS admitted at the highest levels to targeting, harassing and intimidating tea party, Christian, pro-Israel and other conservative groups. Their intimidation has undermined the ability of ordinary Americans to express themselves and freely participate in the democratic process.<\/p>\n<p>Then, the Justice Department \u201crefused to enforce Congress\u2019s contempt citation against the IRS\u2019s Lois Lerner, who refused to answer questions about her agency\u2019s misconduct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/464327516\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/464327516?et=kPKgjEqDQPVBNeg3a3NAiQ&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=fyEsja9ikfn50a6-PF4yaVbULOvz0JlRCwgBPPlgkic=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>6. \u00a0Veterans Affairs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s nothing more egregious than treating men and women who have served our national valiantly with careless disregard. \u00a0Well, that\u2019s exactly what happening under Obama\u2019s watch. \u00a0At least forty veterans died while waiting for appointments at one\u00a0VA facility. \u00a0It was then reveals that at least some of these veterans were on a \u201csecret waiting list\u201d\u00a0\u2014 between 1,400 and 1,600 veterans were forced to wait months\u00a0to see a doctor.<\/p>\n<p>Reprehensible. \u00a0Fund and\u00a0Van Spakovsky write:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A 2014 internal VA audit found \u201c57,436 newly enrolled veterans facing a minimum 90-day wait for medical care; 63,869 veterans who enrolled over the past decade requesting an appointment that never happened.\u201d Even Mr. Obama admitted, in a November 2016 press conference, that \u201cit was scandalous what happened\u201d\u2014though minutes earlier he boasted that \u201cwe will\u2014knock on wood\u2014leave this administration without significant scandal.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obama said it his administration was scandal-free.  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