Shades of Watergate! The Hits Keep Coming!

What I find so bizarre about the Obama Spying on Trump story is that each time the Media and the Progressives (but, I repeat myself) manage to twist the truth to convince their people that the story is OVER, another facet of it pops up.

And, then, The Donald tweets about it.

Leading to another frenzied rush to pretend that this is just business as usual, nothing to see.

For those not satiated with the news coverage, here is a link to a roundup of posts/articles about it.

...and coming, and coming, and...

...and coming - in case you've forgotten some of the abusive actions, here they are.

But, but, but...

Obama had a Scandal-Free Administration!

No, he did not. He had a Journalist-Ignoring-Scandals Administration.

Just like the Old Watergate Days, when Entitled Elites (trademark pending) were appalled - not at the abuses of power, but that non-elites would Question their decisions - Who Did Those Peasants Think They WERE!

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Abuse of Power

The Spying on US Citizens is looking more and more like Business as Usual, and less like a one-time thing for Obama's administration.

There are many ways to deal with this besides prosecuting it as a crime. There is administrative - investigate, and if there is a finding that Rice abused her powers, yank her pension, right to use her former position as a reference, and allow those persons injured to sue and collect damages from her.

Put her under subpoena, and order her to testify - under oath - who knew about this abuse, besides her.

How can we determine whether this was an abuse?

...how do we know whether unmasking is a massive abuse of power or a perfectly appropriate exercise of discretion? We apply common sense.

Was the questionable unmasking a single, isolated instance, or was it part of a pattern?

Obama's time in office was FULL of patterns of behavior, almost all unacceptable in a republic of citizens.

There is much evidence of a pattern:

• In Mideast negotiations, the spying was real, and, at least in part, directed at Americans supporting Israel.
• OTHER administration officials - besides Susan Rice - are not cooperating with the investigation.
• 11 Things the Media won't tell you - the OFFICIAL MEDIA, that is.
• The Adolescent Excuse from Obama's People - "Yes, we did it, but EVERYONE ELSE did so, too."

And, yes, I do believe that it's time for use to start asking:

What did he know, and when did he know it?

On a POSITIVE note, Dr. Ben Carson's appointment to Head of HUD seems to have been a GOOD thing - at least for the taxpayers. $500 BILLION in errors - some of them unauditable (That's accountant-speak for - the people spending the money, or committing us to spending the money - have little to no paper trail. That means that they spent money that wasn't theirs without receipts/contracts/proof that the recipient did what they said they would do for the money)

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More on the Politically-Charged Spying 'Game'

This is one of the most lucid explanations of the current situation, and what it all means.

TECHNICALLY, Obama and the senior officials might not have been guilty of a crime, 'only' an abuse of power.

That's like saying, TECHNICALLY, Capone wasn't guilty of racketeering. He was 'only' guilty of tax evasion.

People of character still considered him a dirty, vicious, thuggish head of a criminal enterprise - who was not above getting his hands in the mess.

That should be the legacy of Obama - head of a dirty, vicious, thuggish group of criminals.  He should be shunned by decent people.

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Wiretapping? Or Just Politics As Usual, For Liberals

To hear the disgust that Liberals hold for politicians that use the Executive powers for snooping on their political enemies, just ask them about Nixon. Stand back, for the spittle-laced rage has not abated in 34 years.

Then, ask them what they think about the Obama administration's use of covertly-acquired information about Donald Trump.

Crickets.

Or, worse, a defense.

Now, was it TECHNICALLY wiretapping? It may not have fit that definition, but it WAS covert. More importantly, SOME of the people involved in the process did release personal information about an American citizen, against law and bureaucratic policy.

THAT'S why an investigation of the episode is warranted.

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