Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Things that are scandals, and things that are not

So this past week has seen scandals involving both the IRS and the State Department (on the response to the Benghazi attack).  You might have heard about these, but you need to remember that these are not scandals.

We know that these are not scandals, because nobody has resigned.  This is a hard and fast axiom that we can use to see what Washington thinks is a scandal.  Remember, Citizen, Washington thinks differently than you do.  Washington thinks better than you do.

So what is a scandal, in the last week or two?  Well, sumd00d at the Heritage Foundation published a paper that says that the Illegal Immigration amnesty currently mooted by a bi-partisan "Gang Of Eight" will cost the Republic north of $6 Trillion.

And so he had to go.  There's your scandal, folks.  We know it's a scandal because someone was forced out of their job and into an Obamaeconomy breadline.

I dunno - maybe his old job was one of the ones that Americans just won't do anymore these days.

Anyone who thinks that the Republican Party will somehow save the Republic from the current Obama administration are invited to explain this scandal, and these non-scandals.
SENATE, n. A body of elderly gentlemen charged with high duties and misdemeanors.
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

4 comments:

New Jovian Thunderbolt said...

Patreus resigned over Benghazi. Oh sure, people SAID it was the floozy, but...

Old NFO said...

Good points...

Bob said...

Patrick Buchanan talks about the Heritage scandal here. The real reason they were chuffed was the IQ distribution aspect of it.

Goober said...

Funny, you and I must think alike. I had a similar post up about the long chain of screwups that this administration has given us, and the public's non- reaction to them all thanks to the cover-up press. Needless to say I agree with you.