It’s Whitewater all over again

[DonViejo]

Obama's "scandals" are not like Nixon's. They're a fishing expedition to stop his agenda and find something bigger

BY STEVE ALMOND

It is always disheartening when Bob Woodward shows up on our televisions. As a dashing young investigative reporter at the Washington Post, Woodward was part of an intrepid team whose reporting revealed that President Richard Nixon had personally directed a cover-up of crimes paid for by his re-election committee, and executed against his political enemies.

Watching the Woodward of today pimp his personal brand on cable TV—call it innuendo with gravitas—is something like seeing a former Hall of Famer dispense motivational tips at a business seminar in Topeka.

And yet no event is more emblematic of our historical moment than Woodward’s appearance last week on Morning Joe, an MSNBC program devoted to the promotion of overpriced coffee, with a side dish of political hype.

Asked about the various “scandals” confronting the Obama administration, Woodward dutifully hit his mark. “I know there have been these comparisons to Watergate,” he told host Joe Scarborough. “I would say not yet, Joe … You’ve got to investigate all of these things.”

full article
http://www.salon.com/2013/05/21/recent_scandals_are_whitewater_redux_not_watergate/

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. woodward fell into fame because of a leaker.

The rest of his career has been a waste of ink and air time.

Kind of like winning the lottery, then claiming that you are a self made man.

[grasswire]

2. it becomes clear that "scandal" is an industry unto itself

Full employment for gossips, scolds, dopes and dupes.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

3. "There's SOMETHING that needs to be investigated and we'll investigate and investigate...

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and investigate some more until we find SOMETHING wrong!" "Forget about doing anything productive for the country. We need to find SOMETHING to arrest/fire/impeach somebody over!"

[davidpdx]

4. How many "gates" are Republicans investigating?

It's hard to keep track of the circus clowns when they are blowing shit out their ass.