Scandals: the media departure vs. the Democratic double-down

Wow. Who knows how long it'll last (or if), but this is some departure for the mainstream liberal media from all the fawning we've seen since Obama's been in office. We've watched Obama's White House, as well as he himself (sorry, I pulled a 'there, there'), throw individuals under the proverbial bus...now it seems he's moving on to entire departments of his own branch!



And after the Carney-barker warned the media not to compare Obama to Nixon, well, that just provided an open invitation to draw the parallels...



Is D.C. turning on Obama? Even the non-lo-info-news outlets can't help but pile on...





So what do top Democrats Pelosi and Reid think about all of these scandals? Shockingly (not), we find a complete contrast. Not only the typical excuses of plausible deniability, but the standard blame the GOP or conservatives...or somebody besides our guy(s).

When it comes to Benghazi, Pelosi is dismissive and immediately points to a GOP 'obsession' with finding out the truth...



...because it had nothing to do with the 'magnificent job' of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State.

As for the IRS targeting of conservative groups, Pelosi says this is 'an opportunity.'

“As we look at this and we should — and I think it’s very wrong that they would have targeted them. We should be saying what are these groups — let’s have transparency, disclosure. Who are these contributors, A? B, let’s have accountability for what this is. This is a very vague law. We need a clear definition of what a 501-C4 is, that someone could give them money and they don’t have to pay taxes on it.”

Then there's dingy Harry, who says the GOP is 'hyperventilating' about the Benghazi cover-up 'to rile up the tea party base.'



And of the IRS scandal, Reid excuses the IRS by arguing that the government should review 'shadowy political groups' from 'masquerading as social welfare organizations.' Harry Reid basically justifies that the IRS needs to be given more power...

RUSH: "He is excusing the IRS from leaking illegal information to advance his political point of view."

And Obama? 'I know nothing'...'not my fault'...'go back to bed, America, your government is in charge.' Umm...apparently not...

NHUL: President Obama is right about one thing. The Benghazi affair is about politics. It was about the politics of ignoring and muddying the facts of the attack to protect his reelection chances last year; and now it is about the politics of deflecting responsibility for the lives lost and the lies told.

Ignoring or deflecting responsibility is the hallmark of this administration. The President now says he only learns of these blunders when he reads of them in the news. The IRS' Gestapo-like tactics in going after conservative groups? Obama is shocked.

The unprecedented scale of spying on The Associated Press? "The White House," a spokesman says, knows nothing about what the "Justice Department" may be doing.

Really? Will we next be told that President Obama knows nothing about what "The White House" may be doing?

Obama's administration is surely incompetent. It may also be incredibly calculating in its disregard for ethical governing. The two are not mutually exclusive.

If the American people sit still for anything short of full congressional investigations on these issues, they will have answered Hillary Clinton's haughty and dismissive question: What difference does it make?