This is a quick word to let everyone know that my Obama’s Scandals List hit an early and ignominious milestone. In just 10 months in office the Obama Administration has racked up an alarming number of scandals. Today being an unusually heavy Friday news dump. My scandal count jumped from 99 to 102.
Like the Bush Administration before it, the Obama White House has fostered bad policy and unconstitutional acts across the board. This really should come as a surprise to no one since Obama has been continuing and extending so many policies and programs undertaken by Bush and Cheney. Still the range is impressive, foreign, domestic, legal, Constitutional, fiscal, economic, financial. Again no surprise with Bush and Clinton era retreads filling all the major policy slots.
Your mileage may vary (YMMV) but what comes across to me is a man whose policy and actions are completely at odds with his rhetoric. This has been said by many, including myself for a long time now. He invokes progressive language and images, even though he doesn’t have a shred of progressivism in him. There is no way to separate the resulting deceits from a deceptiveness and cynicism in Obama himself. I think many of us still see the boyish smile and think he really can’t mean to do what he and those around him are doing. My conclusion is, to paraphrase, "Yes, he can."
I have prepared a table of contents in addition to the entries for quick review. I have added a search function and also included a link to the archive of my old Bush scandals list.
Suggestions, corrections, and other feedback are welcome. Thanks.