15 Obama Administration Scandals

[OmaHusker]

Going to war in Libya without first seeking congressional approval.

• The administration's screwing of the primary GM investors so he could give the company to his buddies in the UAW.

• Offering Joe Sestak a White House job to drop out of the Senate race against Arlen Specter

• Offering Andrew Romanoff a White House job to drop out of the Senate Race against Michael Bennett.

• Dropping an already won case against the New Black Panther's.

• Refusing to prosecute African Americans for Civil Rights violations.

• Ignoring a court order to ease up on restrictions against deep water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, instead issuing tougher restrictions.

• Circumventing the Senate by setting up a "shadow cabinet" of Czars.

• Obama's Justice Department’s refusal to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Ignoring his constitutional responsibility to defend laws passed by Congress.

• Firing (and slandering) AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin after because he was investigating Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson a friend of the Obamas.

• Practicing crony capitalism and wasting taxpayer money with Green energy loans to Solyndra and other failing companies.

• No bid contract given to a company owned by major Obama donor for a small pox vaccine that doesn't work.

• Fast and Furious: Giving guns to Mexican drug cartels in an attempt to take away guns from law abiding Americans.

• Making recess appointments when congress was not in recess.

• Trampling on the Catholic Church's first amendment rights by forcing them to pay for procedures and drugs that their faith bans.

• The GSA and Secret Service scandals neither of which should be blamed on Obama directly, both of which show his poor management of the federal government.

Yid with Lid

[Big Red Rick]

Wow. All that from a pure-as-the-driven-snow democrat? Say it ain't so...

Can't help but notice the lack of Obamacare violations in there as well, the big one being the requirement of all to maintain health care coverage or pay a fine.

[CombatTargeteer]

lying to the American people

[Pops]

Think you'll find a lot of false statement in those blogs you posted.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-me...ion-not-pursu/

[RedBlack&Blue]

"Yid with a Lid" ... I wonder if he's one of those pajama wearing bloggers Palin spoke of?

Not a credible source, to say the least.

[OmaHusker]

Think you'll find a lot of false statement in those blogs you posted.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-me...ion-not-pursu/

When none of the defendants filed any response to the complaint or appeared in federal district court in Philadelphia to answer the suit, it appeared almost certain Justice would have prevailed by default. Instead, the department in May suddenly allowed the party and two of the three defendants to walk away. Against the third defendant, Minister King Samir Shabazz, it sought only an injunction barring him from displaying a weapon within 100 feet of a Philadelphia polling place for the next three years—action that's already illegal under existing law.

Wall Street Journal

[Pops]

Wall Street Journal

still another opinion piece....find us some facts.
THey are pointed out on politifact

[FLA4NEB]

"Yid with a Lid" ... I wonder if he's one of those pajama wearing bloggers Palin spoke of?

Naw he is employed and doesn't live with his mother.

Not a credible source, to say the least.

Well than it should be pretty easy for you to debunk them. Lets start with the first one. Your non credible source is the WSJ:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1243...html#printMode

Have at it.

[OmaHusker]

The facts are the same, Pops. You and Politifact just want to draw different conclusions.

On January 7, 2009, a couple weeks before Obama took office, the Department of Justice filed a civil action in federal court accusing the two men, as well as the New Black Panther Party and its leader Malik Zulu Shabazz, of engaging in voter intimidation. Although none of the defendants responded to the complaint, the Department decided last year to drop its case against all but King Samir Shabazz, the one with the nightstick. The department asked for, and got, an injunction prohibiting Shabazz from displaying a weapon within 100 feet of a Philadelphia polling location until 2012.

Politifact

In the first week of January, the Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party and three of its members, saying they violated the 1965 Voting Rights Act by scaring voters with the weapon, uniforms and racial slurs.

When none of the defendants filed any response to the complaint or appeared in federal district court in Philadelphia to answer the suit, it appeared almost certain Justice would have prevailed by default. Instead, the department in May suddenly allowed the party and two of the three defendants to walk away. Against the third defendant, Minister King Samir Shabazz, it sought only an injunction barring him from displaying a weapon within 100 feet of a Philadelphia polling place for the next three years—action that's already illegal under existing law.

WSJ

[Pops]

The pubs are hard at work as they should be but, if we are going to be honest lets be honest.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-me...fact-checking/

[RedBlack&Blue]

Naw he is employed and doesn't live with his mother.



Well than it should be pretty easy for you to debunk them. Lets start with the first one. Your non credible source is the WSJ:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1243...html#printMode

Have at it.

Nope. I simply don't have the time to dumpster dive into petty partisan politics, especially when the "proof" used to back up a partisan blog is a link from partisan opinion piece (to make it even less credible, the author's main qualification is being a "retired trade worker").

I try to keep my links from HuffPost to a minimum, as well was links from other obviously left wing (and right wing) sources. It'd be nice if the far right would do the same, but since that's all many of them read, I'm not holding my breath.

[Big Red Rick]

still another opinion piece....find us some facts.
THey are pointed out on politifact

I dunno, man. I clicked the links to Yid with a Lid from the OP, and random posts I checked from that site all seemed to link back to traditional news sources, not just opinion pieces.

[Pops]

Nope. I simply don't have the time to dumpster dive into petty partisan politics, especially when the "proof" used to back up a partisan blog is a link from partisan opinion piece (to make it even less credible, the author's main qualification is being a "retired trade worker").

I try to keep my links from HuffPost to a minimum, as well was links from other obviously left wing (and right wing) sources. It'd be nice if the far right would do the same, but since that's all many of them read, I'm not holding my breath.

This

[McKinneyTXHusker]

The pubs are hard at work as they should be but, if we are going to be honest lets be honest.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-me...fact-checking/

Uh, ok - except no one had mentioned health care and Obamacare as a scandal in this thread. So who are you arguing against?

[McKinneyTXHusker]

I try to keep my links from HuffPost to a minimum, as well was links from other obviously left wing (and right wing) sources. It'd be nice if the far right would do the same, but since that's all many of them read, I'm not holding my breath.

Thanks for that. But it would be nice if the far right AND the far left here would do the same, interesting that you only call out the far right. How many threads has RP started with HuffPost articles in the last couple weeks here? Way too many to count!

[Pops]

Uh, ok - except no one had mentioned health care and Obamacare as a scandal in this thread. So who are you arguing against?

did I say anyone was....I was pointing out how the lies are flying off the presses on just about anything anti Obama...Sorry its hard for you to keep up

[RedPhoenix]

Wow. All that from a pure-as-the-driven-snow democrat? Say it ain't so...

Can't help but notice the lack of Obamacare violations in there as well, the big one being the requirement of all to maintain health care coverage or pay a fine.

Uh, ok - except no one had mentioned health care and Obamacare as a scandal in this thread. So who are you arguing against?

You're having a tough morning.

[Pops]

Thanks for that. But it would be nice if the far right AND the far left here would do the same, interesting that you only call out the far right. How many threads has RP started with HuffPost articles in the last couple weeks here? Way too many to count!

lol, well the other side does it so why cant we argument...nice!

[RedPhoenix]

Thanks for that. But it would be nice if the far right AND the far left here would do the same, interesting that you only call out the far right. How many threads has RP started with HuffPost articles in the last couple weeks here? Way too many to count!

Yup. And I hate Huffpost.

Tell ya what, if you can get those on the right responsible for posting far right wing rhetoric opinion pieces to stop. You'll never see another Huffpost article from me. I never used to post or read Huffpost material, but we needed it to balance out the abundance of right wing whackos around here.

[McKinneyTXHusker]

You're having a tough morning.

OK, you're correct and I'm wrong on this one, I hadn't noticed Rick's comment, didn't see Obamacare in the original list.