David Brooks: "The Obama Administration Has Been Remarkably Scandal-Free"

A progressive -- a progressive not named David Brooks, I mean -- made this claim a couple of years ago. I think it was Jonathan Alter, but I can't track that down.*

Now, with Obama having sent 18 emails to Hillary's secret, illegal email system, thus exposing himself as having lied, yet again, when he claimed, yet again, to have learned about the system when you did, from the papers -- David Brooks claims that Obama has not just run a scandal-free administration, but a "remarkably scandal-free" administration. (That's a Jim Geraghty column taking Brooks to task, not a Brooks column.)

* Apparently the progressive commentator I'm thinking of is David Brooks-- last year, he claimed Obama was running an "amazingly scandal-free" administration.

** Actually, it was Jonathan Alter first, back in 2011.

I accidentally wrote "Jonathan Adler," who is a libertarian-ish lawyer working with the Volokh Conspiracy, instead of Jonathan Alter, who is an all-in prog commentator, often with MSNBC. Apologies to Adler for that disgraceful conflation!

Posted by: Ace at 03:34 PM

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1 Not gonna click on a NYT article

Posted by: Greg at February 09, 2016 03:35 PM (6SFoW)

2 Adolph Hitler had a remarkably scandal-free administration too.

Posted by: OK, Thanks, Bye at February 09, 2016 03:36 PM (ucB75)

3 My life is remarkably reality-free.

Posted by: David Brooks at February 09, 2016 03:36 PM (pMGkg)

4 I stepped in dog crap this morning. I noticed it was smarter than David Brooks and had a more enticing odor.

Posted by: maddogg, now certified infrequently vile at February 09, 2016 03:37 PM (xWW96)

5 I'm going galt on MSM as much as possible. I'll trust good folks like Ace to give me the synopsis

Posted by: Greg at February 09, 2016 03:37 PM (6SFoW)

6 Liar, liar, well creased pants on fire.

Posted by: what a maroon at February 09, 2016 03:37 PM (H9MG5)

7 Scandals are only scandals if the MSM proclaims them to be. Therefore, scandal free.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 09, 2016 03:37 PM (kTF2Z)

8 I want his drugs. All of his drugs.

Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at February 09, 2016 03:37 PM (mf5HN)

9 And this is why we crowned him Supreme Overlord.

Posted by: Hikaru at February 09, 2016 03:38 PM (9TK8E)

10 And I am a ballerina.
A 70 year old, 250 lb. ballerina.
Yeah, that's it.

Posted by: navybrat at February 09, 2016 03:38 PM (8QGte)

11 Now he's just punking us

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2016 03:38 PM (r1fLd)

12 I'm wondering, does he define "administration" as Obama's dog?

Posted by: Flyguy at February 09, 2016 03:39 PM (3sOO0)

13 Also, there are no American tanks in Baghdad.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 09, 2016 03:39 PM (8ZskC)

14 I'll have what he's drinking.

Or smoking.

Or snorting.

Or injecting.

Whatever it is, it's pretty good stuff. I wonder what color the sky smells like in his world?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 09, 2016 03:39 PM (LUgeY)

15 This David Brooks guy has an amazingly gray-matter free head and it's stuffed so far up Obama's ass he truly cannot see a single scandal.

Posted by: 7Mike at February 09, 2016 03:39 PM (pxwEr)

16 Well....it IS true.

If no one reports it...well...it just aint a scandal.

Posted by: eleven at February 09, 2016 03:39 PM (fYChk)

17 Two or so years ago, I was marooned in traffic, and Mark Levin had an unusually long commercial break, so I tuned in to the local NPR affiliate, which was broadcasting the NewsHour, with guests E.J. Dionne and David Brooks. What a treat!

David Brooks referred to the "alleged" scandal of inadequate care at the VA.

"Alleged."

No circle of Hell sufficiently hot.

Posted by: torquewrench at February 09, 2016 03:39 PM (noWW6)

18 Why is the retard still breathing?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 09, 2016 03:39 PM (4ErVI)

19 Who are you going to believe, me or your lyin' eyes?

Posted by: David Brooks at February 09, 2016 03:40 PM (8ZskC)

20 Whatever it is, it's pretty good stuff. I wonder what color the sky smells like in his world?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 09, 2016 03:39 PM (LUgeY)
I'm guessing Obama's ass.

Posted by: maddogg, now certified infrequently vile at February 09, 2016 03:40 PM (xWW96)

21 Keep clapping David, and Tinkerbelle will come back to life.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Ashes, Sackcloth, Woe and Despair! Election and Lenten Specials at the Outrage Outlet! at February 09, 2016 03:40 PM (hLRSq)

22 Only Republicans have scandals. Democrats have "Whoopsies".

Posted by: Iblis at February 09, 2016 03:40 PM (9221z)

23 Lessee, IRS, Benghazi, Fast and Furious, dropping a case against two Black Panthers for voter intimidation that they had won, Solyndra, and more. Yep, a remarkably scandal free administration. I guess when you have your head that far up your own ass it must be hard to read or hear the news.

Posted by: Old Blue at February 09, 2016 03:40 PM (9iR5/)

24 I guess Brooks future as a writer is going to consist of telling everyone why Washington, Lincoln et al were pikers compared to well creased pant leg boy.

Posted by: Greg at February 09, 2016 03:41 PM (6SFoW)

25 Downgraded from amazing to remarkable.

About the same grades Davey gave the taste of Barry's semen in 2009 and today.

Posted by: S at February 09, 2016 03:41 PM (cLRu2)

26 Those must have been some freaking AMAZING pants creases.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 09, 2016 03:41 PM (8ZskC)

27 Of course, he could have meant "remarkably scandal free for someone who came up in Chicago, Illinois politics."

But probably not because that would (a) make sense and (b) imply that David Brooks has a sense of humor.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Ashes, Sackcloth, Woe and Despair! Election and Lenten Specials at the Outrage Outlet! at February 09, 2016 03:41 PM (hLRSq)

28 I have no idea how anyone could vote for Trump or Cruz.

Posted by: David Brooks, realist at February 09, 2016 03:41 PM (ZbV+0)

29 You know, if you're gulf-oil-spill enough to believe Obama has been Solyndra-free, I've got an Iran Deal for you, delivered Fast & Furious, and I'll bet the Park Service can make it as painful as possible.

Just watch out for the IRS.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at February 09, 2016 03:42 PM (bLnSU)

30 Convicted? ... No.

Posted by: John Barky Winger at February 09, 2016 03:42 PM (zc3Db)

31 Alter : http://tinyurl.com/zmrwcv7

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 09, 2016 03:42 PM (TJCSB)

32 Berghdal, don't forget Berghdal.

God what a debacle worth of the term "scandal"

Posted by: tsrlbke PhD(c), rogue bioethicist at February 09, 2016 03:43 PM (tM4uk)

33 Benghazi was just a routine change in diplomatic officers.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 09, 2016 03:43 PM (8ZskC)

34 "If no one reports it...well...it just aint a scandal. "

There ya go.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 09, 2016 03:43 PM (LA7Cm)

35 For openers, how about the crony deals that went to Obama bundlers. Solyndra, Obamacare website ....

Key to this was weaponized DOJ, and snopping on any whistleblowers.

IRS and Lois Lerner.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2016 03:43 PM (r1fLd)

36 See, I told you guys . . . .
'not a smidgen of corruption'

Posted by: TFG at February 09, 2016 03:43 PM (TQxRy)

37 29 lol

Posted by: Greg at February 09, 2016 03:43 PM (6SFoW)

38 if Obama does it, it's not a scandal.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 09, 2016 03:43 PM (HCQX9)

39 David Brooks: "The Obama Administration Has Been Remarkably Scandal-Free"

And Cam Newton was Remarkably Turnover-Free in the Super Bowl

Posted by: kbdabear at February 09, 2016 03:44 PM (192AM)

40 other than trying to take away citizen's civil rights through Fast & Furious and IRS audits in brazen criminal conspiracies he means.

Posted by: x at February 09, 2016 03:44 PM (nFwvY)

41 *rubs temples and groans*

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at February 09, 2016 03:44 PM (zYV5P)

42 Candide.

Posted by: Dave with a Brain at February 09, 2016 03:45 PM (0a1T6)

43 I would some of whatever it is Brooks is sniffing/shooting/inhaling --- bet them unicorns, rainbows and singing good 'n plenty sure are sparkly!

Posted by: ISIS Dir. of Western Outreach & Recruitment at February 09, 2016 03:45 PM (NOIQH)

44 Maybe Brooks just has to say stupid shit like this every so often to keep his job as the House Conservative at the New York Times.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 09, 2016 03:45 PM (8ZskC)

45 David Brooks: "The measure of a man is how well he creases his pants."

Posted by: Walter Freeman at February 09, 2016 03:45 PM (21hN3)

46 I lump Fox News in with the MSM cabal. I don't watch any of the main-stream outlets. I get my news either here or on twitter.

Posted by: Stay out da bushes at February 09, 2016 03:45 PM (rZJS9)

47
This would be what they call 'gas-lighting' no ?

making us think we're all crazy and not seeing what we are actually seeing

Posted by: McCool at February 09, 2016 03:45 PM (TQxRy)

48 Krystal Ball said the same thing : http://tinyurl.com/jjrrbpl

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 09, 2016 03:45 PM (TJCSB)

49 Krystal Ball said the same thing : http://tinyurl.com/jjrrbpl

Yeah, but who listens to what a stripper says?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 09, 2016 03:46 PM (8ZskC)

50 I notice David Brooks is remarkably free of brains, character, and looks. That makes him a pristine example of the modern drooling imbecile.

Posted by: maddogg, now certified infrequently vile at February 09, 2016 03:46 PM (xWW96)

51 Is he grading on a curve? Even so, I am pretty sure the current admin stacks up pretty well against even the Grant and Harding administrations.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2016 03:47 PM (iHjB5)

52 Together We Thrive!

Win The Future!

1-800-FU1CKYO!!!

Posted by: Barky at February 09, 2016 03:47 PM (zc3Db)

53 And I think taking *all* of Brooks' drugs at this point would be bad for your internal organs. I'd not try it if I were female. Or under 160 pounds. Or not named "Keith Richards"

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 09, 2016 03:47 PM (HCQX9)

54 If you like your scandal free administration, you can keep your scandal free administration.

Posted by: Emperor Clusterfuck I at February 09, 2016 03:47 PM (YFFpo)

55 "Krystal Ball said the same thing "

That is still one of the sillier names out there. Parents...?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 09, 2016 03:47 PM (LA7Cm)

56 I had to leave out most of the scandals, the AGs, corruption investigations, multiple e-mail scandals from the IRS to EPA to State Dept, the Auto bailouts (including corruption in dealer selection and reorganizations), foreign election contributors, other non-F&F weapons scandals, Benghazi, and on and on and on and on....

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at February 09, 2016 03:47 PM (bLnSU)

57 Can I just take the blue pill and forget that I know everything ?

living in blissful ignorance would have its advantages

my blood pressure would probably be alot lower

Posted by: McCool at February 09, 2016 03:47 PM (TQxRy)

58 Remember when the MSM referred to Marco Rubio drinking a lot of water during a televised speech a "scandal"?

I'd love to hear what Brooks considers a scandal.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2016 03:48 PM (NOIQH)

59 If you read this POS article and think it is real you will get stressed.....
but if you realize, instead, that this is David Brooks written proposal for playing Captain Louis Renault of movie Casablanca fame then you will realize that Brooks was born for the part.

Posted by: Lower Class person whose opinions need to be guided at February 09, 2016 03:48 PM (fC+Kl)

60 David Brooks: "The Obama Administration Has Been Remarkably Scandal-Free"
- ace
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He misspelled "morality."

Posted by: Chi at February 09, 2016 03:48 PM (OUpHg)

61 C'mon Ace - it *has* been both Amazing and Remarkable that the press has been so successful at protecting Barry from scandals.

Posted by: Bigby's Eyepoke at February 09, 2016 03:49 PM (3ZtZW)

62 'not a smidgen of corruption'

Posted by: TFG at February 09, 2016 03:43 PM (TQxRy)

Correct "A VLCC loaded to the Plimsoll mark" is definitely not a smidgen.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Ashes, Sackcloth, Woe and Despair! Election and Lenten Specials at the Outrage Outlet! at February 09, 2016 03:49 PM (hLRSq)

63 It is like they only vacation on this planet.

Posted by: Picric at February 09, 2016 03:50 PM (QnQ+g)

64 "Given what scumbags and idiots inhabit it, the Obama Administration Has Been Remarkably Scandal-Free."

It's all in the editing, Dave.

Posted by: JB1000 at February 09, 2016 03:50 PM (16OL0)

65 David Brooks is a World Class Troll. Remarkable.

Posted by: Fritz at February 09, 2016 03:50 PM (UzPAd)

66 I have determined it is rather pointless to address Ace on his own blog. The only reason he might be here is he got mixed up and thinks this is Hot Air.

Posted by: maddogg, now certified infrequently vile at February 09, 2016 03:51 PM (xWW96)

67 Let's not forget the GM bankruptcy union payoffs with creditors money, and the selective closure of mainly conservative-owned Gm dealerships; the political persecution of Gibson guitars . . . .

Posted by: David Putty at February 09, 2016 03:51 PM (3dOE/)

68 Well, David Brooks is a highly paid New York Times reporter, television personality, media pundit and political commentator.

He has layers and layers of editors, fact checkers and other minions who rigorously investigate each and every word he says and prints.

You're a blogger.

Who are we suppose to believe?

Posted by: jwest at February 09, 2016 03:51 PM (Zs4uk)

69 People seem to be taking this as that David Brooks is stupid or ignorant.

I am going to go with the theory that David Brooks is an evil man who is trying to gaslight us. He knows that what he is saying is a lie but he says it any way because he knows that some people will doubt the evidence of their own eyes.

If I were President, I would have a Special Ops team drop off David Brooks in some ISIS occupied town and then have a drone orbiting overhead to watch what happens. Maybe I would make sure that he had a satellite phone to provide audio.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at February 09, 2016 03:51 PM (QHgTq)

70 Wikipedia:

"A scandal can be broadly defined as an accusation or accusations that receive wide exposure."

Makes sense. If David Brooks and his buddies bury it, it doesn't 'receive wide exposure', and thus does not meet the criteria. Scandal-free!

Posted by: Van Secundus at February 09, 2016 03:52 PM (j5Ys7)

71 That is still one of the sillier names out there. Parents...?

...probably just called her "That Baby Girl Thingy" until she was around ten years old.

Then they let her pick her name.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 09, 2016 03:52 PM (LUgeY)

72 The Stalin administration has been remarkably famine free. Comrade.

Posted by: The Ghost of Walter Duranty at February 09, 2016 03:52 PM (YFFpo)

73 Well if you ignore Fast and Furious, a predatory IRS, a pissed away in the wind Solyndra loan, Benghazi, the debacle in Syria, the debacle in Libya, the withdrawal from Iraq, a lawless EPA, an attack on the coal industry, taking credit for fracking--well if you ignore all that and a few hundred other things, Brooksie just might be on to something. If you don't or can't ignore it, then Brooksie is simply a babbling idiot.

Posted by: Comanche Voter at February 09, 2016 03:52 PM (Sda6L)

74 Apparently Brooks decided that he needed to top the stupidity of the "creased pants" piece. Well done sir...

Posted by: Timon at February 09, 2016 03:52 PM (KSonr)

75 neither link is to the NYT. the first link, which people assumed is the NYT link, is actually Jim Geraghty at NRO taking Brooks to task.

Posted by: ace at February 09, 2016 03:52 PM (dciA+)

76 Blago pay for play for Obama's seat.

Posted by: rebel flounder at February 09, 2016 03:52 PM (3dOE/)

77 the second link was mediaite, and the third (which I added in an update) is bloomberg.

Posted by: ace at February 09, 2016 03:53 PM (dciA+)

78 >>I am going to go with the theory that David Brooks is an evil man who is
trying to gaslight us. He knows that what he is saying is a lie but he
says it any way because he knows that some people will doubt the
evidence of their own eyes.

Yup, he's just reinforcing the Obama-approved narrative.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2016 03:53 PM (NOIQH)

79 Ah, yes, Operation Choke Point, otherwise known as Operation Threaten Banks Who Do Business With People We Dislike.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at February 09, 2016 03:53 PM (bLnSU)

80 Scandal is in the eye of the media, I guess.

I like how the press or Democrats (BIRM)can create a controversy about something, and then label that thing controversial.

A supreme court nominee is controversial. Or an event is a scandal.

If they just don't call it a scandal, it isn't a scnadal.

Voila.

Scandal free.

Posted by: blaster at February 09, 2016 03:53 PM (2Ocf1)

81 I'll have what's he's drinking

Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2016 03:53 PM (HWcaz)

82 Brooks is like those guys who stand up for the virtue and dignity of stupid white girls who post their picture on the internet hoping that somehow she'll read it and invite him over for Netflix and chill.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 09, 2016 03:53 PM (39g3+)

83 Oh, and by the way, Fox News, Drudge and blogs do not count as 'exposure', as they are not Of The Body.

Posted by: Van Secundus at February 09, 2016 03:53 PM (j5Ys7)

84 I have determined it is rather pointless to address Ace on his own blog. The only reason he might be here is he got mixed up and thinks this is Hot Air.

===

I go to different blogs and start asking for Ace in the comments section. "Ace? Ace? You here?"

Posted by: Bigby's Eyepoke at February 09, 2016 03:53 PM (3ZtZW)

85
David Brooks: "The Obama Administration Has Been Remarkably Scandal-Free"
__________________________

And transparent too. Don't forget transparent...

Posted by: Kudzu King at February 09, 2016 03:54 PM (HSmrB)

86 Can we bring back flogging? Some Brit Admiral said something along the lines of "A man who has never been flogged, is a man who have never been taught."

Brooks should get one lash for every scandal ... then he will know.

Probably not.

Posted by: Paladin (Moderately Nefarious) at February 09, 2016 03:54 PM (E1aoU)

87 These pundits make me sick. 95 million Americans out of work and these assholes pull down $200+/year to go on PBS and publicly lick the JEF's bunghole. All of the FOX lineup are becoming more of the same too. Once a month they all get together to give each other awards, then they jet to the Hamptons to attend parties with the Clintons.
In Latin America real journalists die from publishing the actual truth about things. Here the NYT sells tourist trips to Tehran while their reporters are held in prison.

Posted by: Hoped Up On Something at February 09, 2016 03:54 PM (NHtMs)

88 Fast and Furious
Imelda's Emails
Obamacare "Launch"
The whole effing VA
Benghazi
Solyndra
IRS Political Targeting
Sebelius and the Hatch Act
Pigford
The GSA goes Caligula
All the other Email Aliases
Libya without Congress

And on and on....

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 09, 2016 03:55 PM (659DL)

89 Brooks is like the guys who yell the loudest at the Emmanuel Goldstien 5 minutes' hate, hoping the cute girl from MINITRU notices.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 09, 2016 03:55 PM (39g3+)

90 Why do people hang out here every day if they have such complaints?
Feel free to move along...

Posted by: Chi at February 09, 2016 03:55 PM (OUpHg)

91 David Brooks referred to the "alleged" scandal of inadequate care at the VA.

Obama's scandalous opponents have not been able to interview a single veteran who died under the program.

Not.

One.

Posted by: David Brooks at February 09, 2016 03:55 PM (2lndx)

92 David Brooks: "The Obama Administration Has Been Remarkably Scandal-Free"
__________________________

And transparent too. Don't forget transparent...

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One word sums up the Obama administration: crispy.

Posted by: SH at February 09, 2016 03:55 PM (gmeXX)

93 Sharyl Attkisson hacks; Obamacare tits-up website by a crony . . . .

Yup. Nothing to see here.

Posted by: rebel flounder at February 09, 2016 03:55 PM (3dOE/)

94 Bwahahahah

Posted by: Lois Lerner at February 09, 2016 03:55 PM (oFSUK)

95 He's actually right: The Obama Administration has been, technically speaking, "Scandal-free."

This isn't because Obama hasn't committed daily treason and innumerable outrages against common sense, legality and the nation's well-being; it's because a "scandal" is a multi-pronged concept that involves the cooperation of the media and "opposition" politicians.

In other words: No matter what outrageous malfeasances Obama commits on a daily basis, none of them rise to the level of "scandal" unless the media deems it as such and/or unless the opponents in government pursue fruitful official investigations.

Since the MSM is Obama's lap-dog, and the GOPe are toothless losers, Obama commits crimes agains the nation all the time, and yet is in factual reality "scandal-free."

Posted by: zombie at February 09, 2016 03:56 PM (jBuUi)

96 I do so love the taste of Muslim Man-Meat.

Posted by: David "Fluffer" Brooks at February 09, 2016 03:56 PM (e6z6y)

97 The phrase "If we don't cover it, it's not a scandal" comes to mind.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at February 09, 2016 03:56 PM (bLnSU)

98 OT: A helicopter from USS Eisenhower rescued five from a disabled sailing vessel off of Miami.

Bravo Zulu guys.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Ashes, Sackcloth, Woe and Despair! Election and Lenten Specials at the Outrage Outlet! at February 09, 2016 03:57 PM (hLRSq)

99 neither link is to the NYT. the first link, which people assumed is the NYT link, is actually Jim Geraghty at NRO taking Brooks to task.

Which will pale in comparison to what Teh Horde will do to him and his imbecilic rantings.

I can see his panicked IT intern trying to block this place from him.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 09, 2016 03:57 PM (LUgeY)

100 If a scandal occurs in a forest, and there's no msm to report it, do you you still get the reflex to scrape your should sole?

Posted by: bergerbilder at February 09, 2016 03:57 PM (IeXP9)

101 Has Brooks ever said anything uncritical of conservatives? Or clearly conservative? Or critical of Democrats? Seriously wondering.

Posted by: Northernlurker, muzungo at February 09, 2016 03:57 PM (01E0s)

102 They declare everything they do wrong not wrong, not a crime, not a scandal. They redefine everything. It's sick.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 09, 2016 03:57 PM (iQIUe)

103 Fast and Furious
Imelda's Emails
Obamacare "Launch"
The whole effing VA
Benghazi
Solyndra
IRS Political Targeting
Sebelius and the Hatch Act
Pigford
The GSA goes Caligula
All the other Email Aliases
Libya without Congress

And on and on

EPA
BLM
Parks Service and kidnapping of tourists.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2016 03:58 PM (Y42RP)

104 Poor David just can't quit sucking Obama's cock.

Posted by: steevy at February 09, 2016 03:58 PM (B48dK)

105 What was everyone expecting from Obama fella toes like Brooks, Kathleen Parker and Peggy Noonan? OK, Peggy now writes negatively about him but will not admit that she was wrong in 2008.

But Brooks is still love struck, it will be a while before another sharp trouser crease enters his field of vision.

Posted by: Decaf at February 09, 2016 03:58 PM (0lF3x)

106 it's because a "scandal" is a multi-pronged concept that involves the cooperation of the media and "opposition" politicians.

True. You can be guilty of malfeasence, corruption, incompetence, treason, and lawbreaking but is it a scandal if the press ignores it?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 09, 2016 03:58 PM (39g3+)

107
Wow! Just WOW!

Posted by: David Brooks, admiring The Emperor's new clothes at February 09, 2016 03:58 PM (oFSUK)

108 The mind boggles.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor with equal or greater value at February 09, 2016 03:58 PM (evdj2)

109 All of David Brooks' columns are shovel-ready.

Posted by: Furious George at February 09, 2016 03:59 PM (3GAnN)

110 No, I can't help you move. Got a back case of conflation goin' on.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at February 09, 2016 03:59 PM (u5gzz)

111 True. You can be guilty of malfeasence, corruption, incompetence, treason, and lawbreaking but is it a scandal if the press ignores it?
Posted by: Christopher Taylor

Exactly.

By the same criteria, Mugabe's reign in Zimbabwe has been entirely scandal-free!

Posted by: zombie at February 09, 2016 04:00 PM (jBuUi)

112 Muslim Man Meat? Tastes like pork!

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 09, 2016 04:00 PM (iQIUe)

113 EPA
BLM
Parks Service and kidnapping of tourists.
Posted by: rickb223
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Iran, hijacking U.S Sailors.
Bowe Bergdahl.
WH Ghey Lightshow

Posted by: David Brooks, admiring The Emperor's new clothes at February 09, 2016 04:01 PM (oFSUK)

114 May I PLEASE lick your pants-crease Mistress Barack?

Posted by: David Brooks at February 09, 2016 04:01 PM (zxnPQ)

115 Keep clapping David, and Tinkerbelle will come back to life.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Ashes, Sackcloth, Woe and Despair! Election and Lenten Specials at the Outrage Outlet! at February 09, 2016 03:40 PM (hLRSq)

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WTF? Tinkerbell's dead?

Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2016 04:01 PM (Fmupd)

116 WH Ghey Lightshow

That really ticked Me off.... What a F You....

Posted by: donna at February 09, 2016 04:01 PM (/dSsq)

117 Years ago, someone started an "Obama Scandals" wite. I think they got up to about 300 before they threw up their arms and quit.

Honestly, between the partisan bureaucracy and the partisan media, the one nation that *could* maintain a measure of stability worldwide is about to fail.

You see, this is one of the reasons I post (and read) less now. That an the 3,243,914th re-statement of why My Candidate is Best, You Poopy-Heads.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at February 09, 2016 04:01 PM (bLnSU)

118 The Stalin regime was remarkably free of purges.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 09, 2016 04:02 PM (AEEhl)

119 Dont forget Secret Service getting drunk, partying with hookers and letting guys hop over the WH fence and run up to the WH entrance

Posted by: McCool at February 09, 2016 04:02 PM (TQxRy)

120 Sure he didn't mean "sandal-free"? Easy mistake to make, especially with auto-cucumber.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2016 04:02 PM (Z8fuk)

121 The alley behind AoSHQ is remarkably free of dead hobos.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at February 09, 2016 04:03 PM (21hN3)

122 You see, this is one of the reasons I post (and read) less now. That an the 3,243,914th re-statement of why My Candidate is Best, You Poopy-Heads.

The Candidate poopy head stuff is really getting out of hand....

Posted by: donna at February 09, 2016 04:03 PM (/dSsq)

123 A burning sensation upon urination may be a case of conflation.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Whale Inc at February 09, 2016 04:03 PM (0x/TW)

124 Scandals must be racist so they don't get reported ergo they don't exist.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 09, 2016 04:03 PM (493sH)

125 Remarkably Scandi Free, mebbe?

Posted by: eleven at February 09, 2016 04:03 PM (fYChk)

126 117 Years ago, someone started an "Obama Scandals" wite. I think they got up to about 300 before they threw up their arms and quit.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith

I think that was me. Too weary to even go dig it up.

Posted by: zombie at February 09, 2016 04:04 PM (jBuUi)

127 112
Muslim Man Meat? Tastes like pork!

More likely, goat.

Or Reggie's ass.

Posted by: Joe Mama at February 09, 2016 04:04 PM (e6z6y)

128 In related news, the Titanic was an astoundingly tragedy free ship.

Posted by: David Brooks at February 09, 2016 04:04 PM (hHFOx)

129
The administration is Scandi free too

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 09, 2016 04:04 PM (493sH)

130 Using the NEA for the first time ever to produce propaganda for the administration. Forcing GM to fire their board and giving part of the company to the Union, then putting conservative dealerships out of business.
Attacking Libya illegally and then telling Congress it didn't need to notify them because the UN had been notified.
Changing the work requirements in the Welfare law even though it is stated specifically in the law that the Executive Branch cannot alter it in anyway.
Pretending there was a coup in Honduras and destroying relations with their democracy just so Venezuela would realize that Obama was a progressive too.
This is possibly the most lawless, scandal-ridden administration in our history. Also our first under the new one party system.

Posted by: Hopped Up On Something at February 09, 2016 04:04 PM (NHtMs)

131 >>>1 Not gonna click on a NYT article
Posted by: Greg at February 09, 2016 03:35 PM (6SFoW)

And I'm not gonna click on an NRO article.

Posted by: m at February 09, 2016 04:04 PM (S/1cF)

132 Does not having a budget for the past 8 years count? I feel it would count if there was an R after his name. Of course I just saw some BS on how the GOP is refusing to hear his latest one racist, so that might be sticking in my craw a little.

Posted by: Flyguy at February 09, 2016 04:04 PM (3sOO0)

133 Peggy Noonan?

She's smart.

She has dramatic pauses and a breathless delivery, so even if the actual words are really stupid, it comes off as smart.

Which is what matters.

Posted by: jwest at February 09, 2016 04:04 PM (Zs4uk)

134 the Press has been remarkably silent on the Obama administration's scandals.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 09, 2016 04:04 PM (AEEhl)

135 Wait... Benghazi is not a scandal?

I know most want to lay that at Hillary's feet, but it was NOT her decision not to send troops that night... it was the WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM... ie the National Security Advisor..

Posted by: Don Quixote at February 09, 2016 04:05 PM (f7rv6)

136 I accidentally wrote "Jonathan Adler," who is a libertarian-ish lawyer working with the Volokh Conspiracy, instead of Jonathan Alter, who is an all-in prog commentator, often with MSNBC. Apologies to Adler for that disgraceful conflation!

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Bullshit

It was Jonathon Addaller.

Posted by: Bigby's Eyepoke at February 09, 2016 04:05 PM (3ZtZW)

137 The Stalin regime was remarkably free of purges.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 09, 2016 04:02 PM (AEEhl)

A purge in this case is defined as the liquidation of people who are *NOT* enemies of the state.

Posted by: Van Secundus at February 09, 2016 04:05 PM (j5Ys7)

138 "Peggy Noonan? She's smart."

Yeah, she puts her glasses on her head and everything.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at February 09, 2016 04:05 PM (u5gzz)

139 David Patreus.... not a scandal..

Posted by: Don Quixote at February 09, 2016 04:05 PM (f7rv6)

140 If a scandal falls in the Beltway, did it happen?

Posted by: Joe Mama at February 09, 2016 04:06 PM (e6z6y)

141 Fast and Furious..... not a scandal...

Posted by: Don Quixote at February 09, 2016 04:06 PM (f7rv6)

142 Honestly, between the partisan bureaucracy and the partisan media, the one nation that *could* maintain a measure of stability worldwide is about to fail.

Empires fade. Pax Americana wasn't going to last.

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster at February 09, 2016 04:06 PM (uURQL)

143 Bowe Bergdahl

Completely forgot that one. Ye gods.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 09, 2016 04:06 PM (659DL)

144 I just checked the NYT website to look at the comments. About 1 out of 10 is like "What Glue are you sniffing?" Hey that is progress.

Posted by: Picric at February 09, 2016 04:06 PM (QnQ+g)

145 the Press has been remarkably silent on the Obama administration's scandals.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 09, 2016 04:04 PM (AEEhl)

The North Korean media is more honest than the MFM.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 09, 2016 04:07 PM (493sH)

146 That pig at the poll in New Hampshire is fortunate.

His cousins who made that mistake in Iowa met with a more sizzling end.

Posted by: Ponsonby Britt at February 09, 2016 04:07 PM (tNSR3)

147 Hillary played a big role in the decision to kill Osama. She said so several times last week. Of course President Jarrett gave the actual order.

Posted by: Hopped Up On Something at February 09, 2016 04:07 PM (NHtMs)

148 Yeah...that glasses on the head thing is pretty impressive.

Posted by: eleven at February 09, 2016 04:07 PM (fYChk)

149 All the high level Admirals and Generals who have been relieved.... not scandalous.

Posted by: Don Quixote at February 09, 2016 04:07 PM (f7rv6)

150 121 The alley behind AoSHQ is remarkably free of dead hobos.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at February 09, 2016 04:03 PM (21hN3)

There is no Val-U-Rite at the AoSHQ. *burp*

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster at February 09, 2016 04:07 PM (uURQL)

151
Can I hump your leg now?

Posted by: David The Triumph Hack at February 09, 2016 04:07 PM (JBggj)

152 If its multiples of scandals, what's the term for that?

a Raft of Scandals, isn't it? Maybe a Rash.

Posted by: Bigby's Eyepoke at February 09, 2016 04:07 PM (3ZtZW)

153 Lois Lerner.... perfectly OK for the IRS to do what they did...

Posted by: Don Quixote at February 09, 2016 04:07 PM (f7rv6)

154 If you pretend it didn't happen is it a scandal?

And I imagine any of the things he would concede might be a scandal like fast and furious it would be a case of Bush did it too!

Posted by: Buzzion at February 09, 2016 04:07 PM (z/Ubi)

155 I'm telling you that people on that side of the fence **points to that side of the fence** really truly believe the shit that comes out of the NYT's cornhole......I work with then

Posted by: MrKnowItAll at February 09, 2016 04:08 PM (egzLR)

156 Posted by: Picric at February 09, 2016 04:06 PM (QnQ+g)

I assume the rest are taking huge huffs from the ether-soaked rag that is Progressiveism?

Posted by: Van Secundus at February 09, 2016 04:08 PM (j5Ys7)

157 That should be changed to "Remarkably scandal- filled but un- charged.....

Posted by: donna at February 09, 2016 04:08 PM (/dSsq)

158 WTF? Tinkerbell's dead?

She's just pining for the fjords ...

Posted by: Adriane the Children's Literature Critic ... at February 09, 2016 04:08 PM (AoK0a)

159 Scandal-free!

And if you don't agree, expect to hear from your friendly local IRS agent.

Posted by: Meremortal at February 09, 2016 04:08 PM (3myMJ)

160 VA.... still not a scandal.... even with Veterans dieing...

Posted by: Don Quixote at February 09, 2016 04:08 PM (f7rv6)

161 If its multiples of scandals, what's the term for that?

A..wait for it...congress of scandals.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 09, 2016 04:08 PM (659DL)

162 I saw this earlier today and couldn't even finish it. What a delusional asswipe.

Posted by: jewells45 at February 09, 2016 04:08 PM (l/N7H)

163 Lois Lerner.... perfectly OK for the IRS to do what they did...

Loretta Lynch thought so....

Posted by: donna at February 09, 2016 04:09 PM (/dSsq)

164 138 "Peggy Noonan? She's smart."

Yeah, she puts her glasses on her head and everything.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at February 09, 2016 04:05 PM (u5gzz)

She even uses those glasses to see, just like a smart person.

Not like Palin who only wears glasses to get that smoking hot librarian look.

Posted by: jwest at February 09, 2016 04:09 PM (Zs4uk)

165 Non Prosecution of Black Lives Matter, and occupy folks... no scandals there...

Posted by: Don Quixote at February 09, 2016 04:09 PM (f7rv6)

166 Bernie to have waffles and chicken with Al Sharpton in Harlem tomorrow.

Oh ... my!

Posted by: Paladin (Moderately Nefarious) at February 09, 2016 04:09 PM (E1aoU)

167 Obama could set an orphanage on fire for insurance money and shoot burning children as they struggled to escape. This would be an example of his cool detachment, keen financial instincts, and deep compassion for suffering kids.

Posted by: GalosGann at February 09, 2016 04:09 PM (xuqeb)

168 You keep using this word, "free".

Posted by: Inigo at February 09, 2016 04:10 PM (hHFOx)

169 Barry and his cronies don't even have to lie and cover up because the MFM does it for them

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 09, 2016 04:10 PM (493sH)

170 wishcasting

Posted by: brak at February 09, 2016 04:10 PM (MJuTN)

171 And let's dispel once and for all with this fiction that Barack Obama doesn't know what he's doing. He knows exactly what he's doing.

Posted by: Marco Polo at February 09, 2016 04:10 PM (dQJCS)

172 Mr Brooks what about Fast and Furious?

Brooks: That doesn't count

What about Acorn?

That doesn't count

What about Solyndra?

That doesn't count

What about the IG firing?

That doesn't count

What about the IRS targeting conservative groups?

That doesn't count

What about Benghazi cover up?

That doesn't count

Why don't these things count?

Mr. Brooks: I was told they didn't count and I do what I'm told.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 09, 2016 04:10 PM (AEEhl)

173 The vodka conspiracy, that's taterish for sure!

Posted by: The Common Tater at February 09, 2016 04:10 PM (98J/K)

174 WTF? Tinkerbell's dead?

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Cmon everybody, start clapping! Clap louder!

Posted by: Bigby's Eyepoke at February 09, 2016 04:10 PM (3ZtZW)

175 In other news, Beyonce -- inspired by the patriotic rendition of 'the Star Spangled Banner' by Lady Gaga, had her dancers form the letter 'X' on the Super Bowl playing field to show her appreciation for 'the happy hooker' Xaviera Hollander.

Posted by: zika bearing mosquito at February 09, 2016 04:10 PM (fbovC)

176 *grabs dictionary

an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage.

Nope, haven't changed the definition.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 09, 2016 04:11 PM (YqcVw)

177 Telling lies to the US Electorate through manipulation of Data by Dept. of Labor...

No scandal....

nor is the manipulation of data by the Treasury... showing no inflation...

nor is the manipulation and outright modification of data by NASA on Temps to show Global Warming...

Nope.. nothing to see... move along...

Posted by: Don Quixote at February 09, 2016 04:11 PM (f7rv6)

178 Berghdal, don't forget Berghdal.
God what a debacle worth of the term "scandal"
Posted by: tsrlbke PhD(c), rogue bioethicist at February 09, 2016 03:43 PM (tM4uk)

Pretty sure the Serial Podcast is going to show us how that was all cool...

Posted by: Lea at February 09, 2016 04:11 PM (lIU4e)

179 Mmm...vodka...

Posted by: eleven at February 09, 2016 04:11 PM (fYChk)

180 let's dispel once and for all with

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dispense with

Posted by: Bigby's Eyepoke at February 09, 2016 04:12 PM (3ZtZW)

181 Cmon everybody, start clapping! Clap louder!

Posted by: Bigby's Eyepoke at February 09, 2016 04:10 PM (3ZtZW)

Want a job?

Posted by: !JEB! at February 09, 2016 04:12 PM (/CXhS)

182 Maybe he means the scandals have all been given gratis.

Posted by: Mega at February 09, 2016 04:12 PM (hHFOx)

183 What Brooks really needs is just a good, hard punch to the face.

Posted by: Eli Cash at February 09, 2016 04:12 PM (a+WIL)

184 166 Bernie to have waffles and chicken with Al Sharpton in Harlem tomorrow.

Oh ... my!
Posted by: Paladin (Moderately Nefarious) at February 09, 2016 04:09 PM (E1aoU)

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The perfect setting for Triumph.

Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2016 04:12 PM (Fmupd)

185
The alley behind AoSHQ is remarkably free of dead hobos.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at February 09, 2016 04:03 PM (21hN3)

The dumpster on the loading dock, however......

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2016 04:13 PM (smLWk)

186 If a scandal breaks in the newsroom, and the leftists there refuse to report it, does it make a sound?

Posted by: radar at February 09, 2016 04:13 PM (kQfqk)

187 Scandal free? Yes of course, that happens when the press are in reality just fawning fanbois and the DoJ plus other executive departments completely ignore the law.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 09, 2016 04:13 PM (GGCsk)

188 Bernie to have waffles and chicken with Al Sharpton in Harlem tomorrow.

Oh ... my!
Posted by: Paladin (Moderately Nefarious) at February 09, 2016 04:09 PM (E1aoU)

Pssssst.... Hey, Al-- He's *Jewish*

Posted by: Van Secundus at February 09, 2016 04:13 PM (j5Ys7)

189 wodka

Posted by: eleven at February 09, 2016 04:13 PM (fYChk)

190 The lesson of the Obama administration:

The only way to get away with lying is to lie about everything all the time.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at February 09, 2016 04:13 PM (u5gzz)

191 When demand is low but supply is high, prices drop and that's why the administration's scandals are now free.

Posted by: Mega at February 09, 2016 04:13 PM (hHFOx)

192 David Brooks is a royal courtier. Once you've taken the King's shilling, you do the King's bidding.

Posted by: mrp at February 09, 2016 04:14 PM (JBggj)

193 To be fair to Brooks. No one has caught Obama cheating on Mooch with a woman.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 09, 2016 04:14 PM (XtAzU)

194 152 If its multiples of scandals, what's the term for that?

a Raft of Scandals, isn't it? Maybe a Rash.
Posted by: Bigby's Eyepoke

The official group-name plural of "scandal" is "a sharkado of scandals."

Posted by: zombie at February 09, 2016 04:14 PM (jBuUi)

195 Full Soviet. All the time.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 09, 2016 04:14 PM (Z8DIA)

196 I think that was me. Too weary to even go dig it up.

Posted by: zombie at February 09, 2016 04:04 PM (jBuUi)

Learned Helplessness might kill us all.

I can understand, though, a few people fight back and every TLA in government audits them, and no one covers it but blogs.

The far left loved the Soviet Union so much, they're recreating it.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at February 09, 2016 04:15 PM (bLnSU)

197 The perfect setting for Triumph.

Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2016 04:12 PM (Fmupd)

LOL.... kinda scary.... Triumph...

rearrange the letters a bit... you get Hi Trump....

Posted by: Don Quixote at February 09, 2016 04:15 PM (f7rv6)

198 >>Hillary played a big role in the decision to kill Osama. She said so
several times last week. Of course President Jarrett gave the actual
order.

I read that Jarrett kept convincing Obama to *not* approve it, and that when the 3rd opportunity to strike came up it was Leon Panetta who gave the order while Obama was golfing or something. Richard Miniter wrote a book about it...

Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2016 04:15 PM (NOIQH)

199
To be fair to Brooks. No one has caught Obama cheating on Mooch with a woman.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 09, 2016 04:14 PM (XtAzU)

True. But now I'm wondering just what that Vera chick was REALLY doing with JugEars.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2016 04:15 PM (smLWk)

200 "a sharkado of scandals." = "a sharknado of scandals."

Sigh. So much for that joke.

Posted by: zombie at February 09, 2016 04:15 PM (jBuUi)

201 Fish rots from the head down, all the way down to Lois Learner and teh IRS

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 09, 2016 04:15 PM (voOPb)

202 "Sure he didn't mean "sandal-free"? Easy mistake to make, especially with auto-cucumber."

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That would go well with the "fella toes" misspelled in my last comment, should have been fellaters.

Posted by: Decaf at February 09, 2016 04:15 PM (0lF3x)

203 I thought it had been named long ago as a Lewinsky of scandals.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 09, 2016 04:16 PM (AEEhl)

204 Here's one of my favorite Obama-era scandals.

You'll recall that during the Ebola scare, Obama appointed a DC lawyer to be his Ebola Czar. This was cover for there already being a senior official at CDC who was responsible for co-ordinating our national response to pandemics but who had to be kept hidden from the public. That's because Doctor Nicole Lurie was the point for pushing through a $500 million no-bid CDC contract for the development of a small pox vaccine that wasn't needed. The major stockholder of this company was Ron Perelman, a billionaire takeover artist and big Obama bundler. No vaccine was ever produced. Andy Stern head of the progressive union SEIU was on the board and given stock. Literally no "private" individual has visited Obama in the White House more than Andy Stern.

What made Lurie radioactive during the Ebola crisis was that another company had unsuccessfully protested the no-bid contract saying that it could produce a vaccine that was not only good for small pox but other diseases as well -- including Ebol! This company actually delivered, but its supply was in short supply during the crisis. Couldn't let that come to light.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2016 04:16 PM (r1fLd)

205 Barack Obama is exactly what conservatives say they want in a man. He is the black version of a Father Knows Best 50s style man. He's a fundamentally decent, intelligent, thoughtful, competent man who has led this country ably out of a period of serious crisis, to a point of relative calm and steady growth. The deficit has been cut by more than half. Same with unemployment. The stock market has nearly tripled from it's lows. According to the Pew polls America is far more respected by other countries than when he took office.

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Fucking TWANLOC.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 09, 2016 04:16 PM (/CXhS)

206 LOL.... kinda scary.... Triumph...

rearrange the letters a bit... you get Hi Trump....

Why yes, yes you do.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2016 04:16 PM (Y42RP)

207 It's only a scandal if the public knows and cares about it. For the LIV's everything is going swimmingly. So Brooks is right, in a blind pig kind of way.

Posted by: Hand of Count Petofi at February 09, 2016 04:17 PM (1BQGO)

208 You get the Richard Rich vibe from Brooks.

"But, for Wales?"

Posted by: mrp at February 09, 2016 04:17 PM (JBggj)

209 205 Barack Obama is exactly what conservatives say they want in a man. He is the black version of a Father Knows Best 50s style man. He's a fundamentally decent, intelligent, thoughtful, competent man who has led this country ably out of a period of serious crisis, to a point of relative calm and steady growth. The deficit has been cut by more than half. Same with unemployment. The stock market has nearly tripled from it's lows. According to the Pew polls America is far more respected by other countries than when he took office.

This is a joke right?

Posted by: donna at February 09, 2016 04:17 PM (/dSsq)

210 >>> I have determined it is rather pointless to address Ace on his own blog. The only reason he might be here is he got mixed up and thinks this is Hot Air.

it's happened.

Posted by: ace at February 09, 2016 04:17 PM (dciA+)

211 Did you mean Jonathan Addled?

Yeah, I can see him writing that.

Posted by: Hank at February 09, 2016 04:17 PM (IFEDx)

212 >>The official group-name plural of "scandal" is "a sharkado of scandals."

Heh. I was thinking a flood of scandals, or maybe a mudslide of scandals, as in they are up-to-their-necks soaking in it scandals.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2016 04:18 PM (NOIQH)

213 Primary example of how liberal pathology does not allow its victim's brain to even comprehend a counter argument. "I say, old chap, the admin that jerk off to every morning is remarkably scandal free. In fact, I'm a bit concerned about the...ah...wonk gap...or ideological divide, epistimilogical closure that would allow the brain dead inbred republicans to thinks so. So, they say Benghazi, IRS, OPM, fast and furious, rapefugee, and Iran secret deals, I'm just perplexed at how one could seriously look at these as scandals, since Obama told me in a dream that they didn't happen. case closed."

Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at February 09, 2016 04:18 PM (EjBTO)

214 174 WTF? Tinkerbell's dead?

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Cmon everybody, start clapping! Clap louder!
Posted by: Bigby's Eyepoke at February 09, 2016 04:10 PM (3ZtZW)

Please clap.

Posted by: Jeb at February 09, 2016 04:18 PM (z/Ubi)

215 mudslide of scandals

A gaggle of scandals....

Posted by: donna at February 09, 2016 04:18 PM (/dSsq)

216 Don't forget how he suspended credit card checks during the last election cycle so he could get foreign money.

The last 8 years have been the largest joint exercise in willful ignorance that I've ever seen in my 45 years on this earth.

Posted by: Brass Bancroft at February 09, 2016 04:18 PM (hAFla)

217 ...probably just called her "That Baby Girl Thingy" until she was around ten years old.

Then they let her pick her name.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 09, 2016 03:52 PM (LUgeY)

I had a 'great great?' aunt whose parents called her 'girl' until she got 6 or so. then she picked her name. And she picked something like Bernice.

Posted by: Lea at February 09, 2016 04:18 PM (lIU4e)

218 When ace goes to Hot Air we beat the dog.

Posted by: eleven at February 09, 2016 04:19 PM (fYChk)

219 every once in a while a piece of mine gets linked at Hot Air, and I go over there to read the comments. To see what people who aren't regulars here (and therefore, assumedly, on my "side") think about what I said.

You know what they say?

Nothing. They don't reference the post at all, they just argue amongst themselves about whatever topic they're arguing about.

So.... Pretty much the same!

Posted by: ace at February 09, 2016 04:19 PM (dciA+)

220 Posted by: Paladin (Moderately Nefarious) at February 09, 2016 04:09 PM (E1aoU)

I see Al Sharpton thumbing a ride on Bernie's bus.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Ashes, Sackcloth, Woe and Despair! Election and Lenten Specials at the Outrage Outlet! at February 09, 2016 04:19 PM (hLRSq)

221 59 If you read this POS article and think it is real you will get stressed.....
but if you realize, instead, that this is David Brooks written proposal for playing Captain Louis Renault of movie Casablanca fame then you will realize that Brooks was born for the part.

Posted by: Lower Class person whose opinions need to be guided at February 09, 2016 03:48 PM (fC+Kl)

Renault was 1. did not have his head up his ass - he perfectly aware that there was gambling going on, 2. was far more entertaining and witty than Brooks will ever be, and 3. sided with the good guys at the end.

So let's not slander even a fictional movie character by comparing him to the craven sack of pus that is David Brooks.

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at February 09, 2016 04:19 PM (u0lmX)

222 I think it is a general rule that people just don't read the articles.

Posted by: ace at February 09, 2016 04:19 PM (dciA+)

223 Heh. I was thinking a flood of scandals, or maybe a mudslide of scandals, as in they are up-to-their-necks soaking in it scandals.

A "Palmolive" of scandals.

Posted by: Madge at February 09, 2016 04:19 PM (LUgeY)

224 Full Soviet. All the time.

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Well no. That's coming, sadly.

One of the things that depressed me so much about the Threeper people shooting their mouths off - and nothing else. They kept shouting "No More Wacos" and then another Waco happened. Then Malheur. And no response.

They now know, of a fact, that even the most stirred-up crazed anti-govt gun nuts will not lift a finger if they start killing folks. Beyond screaming on the web, like in a hurricane.

So fk it, its a Go.

Posted by: Bigby's Eyepoke at February 09, 2016 04:20 PM (3ZtZW)

225
Please clap.

Posted by: Jeb at February 09, 2016 04:18 PM (z/Ubi)
__________________

*golf clap....

Posted by: Kudzu King at February 09, 2016 04:20 PM (HSmrB)

226 Nothing. They don't reference the post at all, they just argue amongst themselves about whatever topic they're arguing about.

So.... Pretty much the same!

Posted by: ace at February 09, 2016 04:19 PM (dciA+)

They like Crossbows??? Philistines!

Posted by: Don Quixote at February 09, 2016 04:20 PM (f7rv6)

227 A congress of scandals.

Posted by: Hank at February 09, 2016 04:20 PM (IFEDx)

228 anyway, it's somewhat ironic that maddogg and others say I don't read their posts.

Hey -- you first, buddy!

smiley face emoji

Posted by: ace at February 09, 2016 04:21 PM (dciA+)

229 I always read the articles. But not this one.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at February 09, 2016 04:21 PM (u5gzz)

230 This is a joke right?

Posted by: donna at February 09, 2016 04:17 PM (/dSsq)

Nope.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 09, 2016 04:21 PM (/CXhS)

231 Crap, I'm making stupid grammatical errors. It's been a long day.

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at February 09, 2016 04:21 PM (u0lmX)

232 Barack Obama is exactly what conservatives say they want in a man. He is the black version of a Father Knows Best 50s style man. He's a fundamentally decent, intelligent, thoughtful, competent man who has led this country ably out of a period of serious crisis, to a point of relative calm and steady growth. The deficit has been cut by more than half. Same with unemployment. The stock market has nearly tripled from it's lows. According to the Pew polls America is far more respected by other countries than when he took office.

WHAT? Was there some drug addled anti-American fruit on Father Knows Best?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 09, 2016 04:21 PM (493sH)

233 Just read Dennis Prager' weekly column on Barak's speach at the mosque, well worth reading.

Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2016 04:21 PM (HWcaz)

234 196 I think that was me. Too weary to even go dig it up.

Posted by: zombie at February 09, 2016 04:04 PM (jBuUi)

Learned Helplessness might kill us all.

I can understand, though, a few people fight back and every TLA in government audits them, and no one covers it but blogs.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith

OK, here it is:

https://pjmedia.com/zombie/2012/11/02/why-was-there-no-october-surprise/

The Complete List of Barack Obama's Scandals, Misdeeds, Crimes and Blunders

This only really covered the first 3.5 years of his administration. And it was a fairly half-hearted effort. Even so, I made it up to a couple hundred scandals before quitting.

Tragically, the commenters added about 300 more in the comment section, but they were all deleted when PJM switched systems.

Posted by: zombie at February 09, 2016 04:21 PM (jBuUi)

235 I always read the articles. But not this one.

Yeah, I just can't go there....

Posted by: donna at February 09, 2016 04:21 PM (/dSsq)

236
I think it is a general rule that people just don't read the articles.

Posted by: ace at February 09, 2016 04:19 PM (dciA+)

The Andrew Breitbart Doctrine.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2016 04:22 PM (smLWk)

237 Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at February 09, 2016 04:19 PM (u0lmX)

Yup.... at the end of the movie Renault and Rick go off to fight the Nazis...

Posted by: Don Quixote at February 09, 2016 04:22 PM (f7rv6)

238 For the LIV's everything is going swimmingly.

With the occasional 'refugee' turd floating amongst the happy crowd. A turd more jam-packed with e-coli than a Chipotle lunch special.

Posted by: zika bearing mosquito at February 09, 2016 04:22 PM (fbovC)

239 231 Crap, I'm making stupid grammatical errors. It's been a long day.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at February 09, 2016 04:21 PM (u0lmX

2nd Monday of the week Baby, only 3 moar to go

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 09, 2016 04:22 PM (voOPb)

240 222 I think it is a general rule that people just don't read the articles.

Posted by: ace at February 09, 2016 04:19 PM (dciA+)

Oh, we read them. We're just a little too stupid to understand them.

(we're in flyover country)

Posted by: jwest at February 09, 2016 04:22 PM (Zs4uk)

241 Well in a sense he is correct, if the
MSM doesn't want something to be a scandal it simply will not be a scandal.

Any noise made by the "opposition" party such as it is will be chalked up to partisan bickering and deemed illegitimate.

Posted by: Kreplach at February 09, 2016 04:22 PM (ppPti)

242 "And she picked something like Bernice. "

That was my grandma's middle name. She haaaated it. For a long time she told me her middle name was just B.

Posted by: Lauren at February 09, 2016 04:22 PM (f3Iw2)

243 David Brooks' readership have never heard of AoSHQ and I'm going to go out on a limb and say that no one who regularly reads Ace's posts gives a sh*t what David Brooks thinks about anything.

Because we know what he is and the scam he's pulling with the whole Conservative Opinion writer for the NYT. That's an oxymoron on the same level with kosher pork chops.

Posted by: CozMark at February 09, 2016 04:22 PM (CbGSW)

244 I think Brooks' claim holds up. That is, if this:

"The Obama Administration Has Been Remarkably Scandal-Free"

means this:

"The Obama Administration Has Been Remarkably Scandal-Free" as reported by the NY Times.

OK, now that makes sense.

Posted by: OregonMuse at February 09, 2016 04:23 PM (maOV6)

245 RickB223,
Thanks!

Posted by: Carol at February 09, 2016 04:23 PM (sj3Ax)

246 Ace is the place with the helpful hardware....

Face?
Case?
Mace?

I can't remember how that old ad jingle goes. My mind requires a rhyme.

Posted by: Brass Bancroft at February 09, 2016 04:23 PM (hAFla)

247 217 ...probably just called her "That Baby Girl Thingy" until she was around ten years old.

Then they let her pick her name.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 09, 2016 03:52 PM (LUgeY)

I had a 'great great?' aunt whose parents called her 'girl' until she got 6 or so. then she picked her name. And she picked something like Bernice.
Posted by: Lea at February 09, 2016 04:18 PM (lIU4e)

Remember Peekaboo Street? Yeah she got to pick her name.

Posted by: buzzion at February 09, 2016 04:23 PM (z/Ubi)

248 " He's a fundamentally decent, intelligent, thoughtful, competent man who has led this country ably out of a period of serious crisis, to a point of relative calm and steady growth"

Can I get some of whatever the hell they're smoking?

Posted by: Lauren at February 09, 2016 04:24 PM (f3Iw2)

249 I read most of the articles, but sometimes I would just like the Cliff note version...

Posted by: donna at February 09, 2016 04:24 PM (/dSsq)

250 Fast and Furious, even if one accepts the lame lies of the Obama regime (the there as no malicious scheme, the weapons just kind of got away from us) would still be one of the worst scandals ever of govt. incompetence and idiocy. Heads should have been rolling for anybody remotely involved just for the cover story.

But no, no scandals here.

Posted by: Hand of Count Petofi at February 09, 2016 04:24 PM (1BQGO)

251 For a black guy.

Posted by: Press double standard committee at February 09, 2016 04:24 PM (DL2i+)

252 ok, can we write this Brooks guy off for good please

Posted by: Feh at February 09, 2016 04:24 PM (mrHIi)

253 >>Here's one of my favorite Obama-era scandals.

Ugh, yes, there was so much about how Obama handled the Ebola outbreak that was scandalous, from steadfastly refusing to bar entry to people who were coming from/recently visited Ebola outbreak zones (needlessly putting travelers and hospital staff at risk) to the CDC's utter incompetence and misspent funds that should have been used for Ebola prevention/detection purposes instead going to useless, no doubt donor-enriching expenditures (I forget the details, but it was bad).

Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2016 04:24 PM (NOIQH)

254 One of the things that depressed me so much about the Threeper people shooting their mouths off - and nothing else. They kept shouting "No More Wacos" and then another Waco happened. Then Malheur. And no response.

They now know, of a fact, that even the most stirred-up crazed anti-govt gun nuts will not lift a finger if they start killing folks. Beyond screaming on the web, like in a hurricane.

Bundy ranch and the one out in Oregon with a body count.
Had more than a few people show up.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2016 04:24 PM (Y42RP)

255 Someone else had a detailed list, with references, Zombie. A lot of people have worked on it, in part, it's just that the list is too big.

Someone else had a list of like 1200 Obama lies, with sources and references.

None of this makes the MFM, except maybe one at a time, with excuses.

We have a free press, and it's worth every penny for all the good it does when the chips are down (and the cows come home, sorry about the cliches).

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at February 09, 2016 04:24 PM (bLnSU)

256 So, I gotta ask.

Was downgrading the intelligence analysis from Syria a scandal?

No?

Okay.

Posted by: Hank at February 09, 2016 04:24 PM (IFEDx)

257 That was my grandma's middle name. She haaaated it. For a long time she told me her middle name was just B.
Posted by: Lauren at February 09, 2016 04:22 PM (f3Iw2)

I definitely had an aunt Bernice (I mean, my dad did), but I can't remember if she's the one who named herself.

I also have an uncle whose middle name is actually 'B', because my great grandfather didn't know his battle buddies actual middle name or something...

Posted by: Lea at February 09, 2016 04:25 PM (lIU4e)

258 2nd Monday of the week Baby, only 3 moar to go

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 09, 2016 04:22 PM (voOPb)

It's still Monday? Well, damn I have been here a long time.

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at February 09, 2016 04:25 PM (u0lmX)

259 Posted by: ace at February 09, 2016 04:19 PM (dciA+)

Thread Winner. I think. Admittedly I didn't read the entire post.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 09, 2016 04:25 PM (AEEhl)

260 So.... Pretty much the same!

Posted by: ace at February 09, 2016 04:19 PM (dciA+)

Yes, but they are pretty much the most humorless people I have ever read. The titanium rods up their rears are firmly wedged in and only the half-gallon of prune juice and vinegar they drink every morning loosens those at all.

Whereas most of us here are funny if a little long winded.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Ashes, Sackcloth, Woe and Despair! Election and Lenten Specials at the Outrage Outlet! at February 09, 2016 04:25 PM (hLRSq)

261 243 David Brooks' readership have never heard of AoSHQ...

And it's not like they're going to get curious after seeing someone in an AoS sweatshirt or hat.

Posted by: jwest at February 09, 2016 04:25 PM (Zs4uk)

262 246 Ace is the place with the helpful hardware....

Face?
Case?
Mace?

I can't remember how that old ad jingle goes. My mind requires a rhyme.

Man.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2016 04:25 PM (Y42RP)

263 "now when a conservative mentions the idea that admin officials were using off the book private emails to conduct official business so as to avoid the public learning of their ultimate goals and motivations, I'd say that this is clearly the product of delusional phobias, homophobia, xenophobia, obamaphobia, that must be dealt with harshly. After all, the relevant admin officials have either stated they were innocent or pled the fifth, thus rendering the inquiry closed to all decent minds. In fact, if one were to consult with Speaker Ryan and Speak Boehner, you'd see that they've accepted the admin's rather generous statements as gospel and moved on to solidify the admin's open border vision of a brave new America, composed of whoever can touch base here."

Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at February 09, 2016 04:26 PM (EjBTO)

264 Faux News released results!

http://tinyurl.com/zth2xns

Posted by: Carol at February 09, 2016 04:26 PM (sj3Ax)

265 Stalin puged all his purges. Not quite the same thing as scandal free, but it could be.

Posted by: Rob in Katy at February 09, 2016 04:27 PM (uaYXs)

266 Looks like someone sent their Valentines gift early. About 5 days early.

Posted by: Picric at February 09, 2016 04:27 PM (QnQ+g)

267 Oh my. This is troubling. Poor dear. This Brooks fellow needs some serious help. At least NRO bolsters its conservative creds with this fascinatingly stoopid precept for an article.

Posted by: oddnot not liking these times at February 09, 2016 04:27 PM (g1MTt)

268 Obama was crucial to the creation of ISIS.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 09, 2016 04:27 PM (AEEhl)

269 In Brooks' bubble, everything is great. I doubt he talks to anyone outside of the bubble.

Posted by: WOPR at February 09, 2016 04:27 PM (LTDSy)

270 Because we know what he is and the scam he's pulling with the whole
Conservative Opinion writer for the NYT. That's an oxymoron on the same
level with kosher pork chops.
======================

I'm so old I remember when David Brooks was the "conservative" counterpart to Mark Shields in each episode of the PBS spectacular "Washington Week In Review".

Posted by: mrp at February 09, 2016 04:27 PM (JBggj)

271
So.... Pretty much the same!

Posted by: ace at February 09, 2016 04:19 PM (dciA+)

Yes, but they are pretty much the most humorless people I have ever read. The titanium rods up their rears are firmly wedged in and only the half-gallon of prune juice and vinegar they drink every morning loosens those at all.

Whereas most of us here are funny if a little long winded.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Ashes, Sackcloth, Woe and Despair! Election and Lenten Specials at the Outrage Outlet! at February 09, 2016 04:25 PM (hLRSq)

Not to mention the average IQ in the HotAir comments seems to be about 80-85.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2016 04:27 PM (smLWk)

272 Remarkably Scandal-Free

On days not ending in y.

Posted by: DaveA at February 09, 2016 04:28 PM (DL2i+)

273 So, I gotta ask.

Was downgrading the intelligence analysis from Syria a scandal?

No?

Okay.

***

"these are the unintelligible ravings of a right wing lunatic. Why, the idea that my dream lover Obama would do anything wrong, even if the idea of what was wrong 2 years ago to today is different, is basically snake waving, gibbering rubbish"

Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at February 09, 2016 04:28 PM (EjBTO)

274 Let me be clear. Those lied I told? Those were teeny tiny white lies I told you for your own good.

I didn't want you losing any sleep over how bad I f'd things up.

Posted by: Hank at February 09, 2016 04:28 PM (IFEDx)

275 The way I put it is that Brooks is a Democrat with the word "Democrat" crossed out and the word "Republican" written on in crayon.

Like Frum.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at February 09, 2016 04:28 PM (bLnSU)

276 Any link that goes to anything Brooks writes is automatically recognized as bullshit, same with all the rest of the MFM.

There's really no point in reading any of it.

If Brooks were to suddenly awaken from his self-imposed stupor and write the truth about TFP, now that would be worth reading.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 09, 2016 04:29 PM (LUgeY)

277 Bundy ranch and the one out in Oregon with a body count.
Had more than a few people show up.

===

So? Fkn toothless, the lot. They talked a great deal more than they were willing to do. Yes they did their hairy eyeball thing. But now they know.

Posted by: Bigby's Eyepoke at February 09, 2016 04:29 PM (3ZtZW)

278 Its not a scandal is YOU believe its not a scandal.

Posted by: George Costanza at February 09, 2016 04:29 PM (LXJ1e)

279 Nood muscular scripts

Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2016 04:29 PM (Y42RP)

280 "I also have an uncle whose middle name is actually 'B', because my great grandfather didn't know his battle buddies actual middle name or something.."

That's pretty funny. My grandpa had to have his birth certificate amended when he joined the army I believe because he was just "baby boy [last name]" because he was born at home.

My grandparents' documentation is all kinds of screwed up. I don't think their marriage was valid. They lied about my grandma's age on the certificate.

Posted by: Lauren at February 09, 2016 04:29 PM (3DIzJ)

281 Except for foreign policy, domestic policy, rent seeking, incompetent bureaucrats, tax persecution of political opponents, EPA destruction of our waterways, FCC suppression of free speech, imprisonment of Copt film makers, dead ambassadors, ignorance of Constitutional duties and general administration of every aspect of federal law, I would have to agree this administration has been remarkably scandal free.

Posted by: The New Hampshire Voting Pig at February 09, 2016 04:29 PM (TxJGV)

282 It's just funny, that these are the scandal we know about. And the ones we can assume happened, sort of like how we can assume from the motion of the planets that there's a 10th planet.

The shit they've gotten away with that we don't even know about...wow.

All I can say is I hope president trump packs up every rapefugee and moves them to whatever island of HAwaii this asshole communist moves to.

Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at February 09, 2016 04:30 PM (EjBTO)

283 Apologies to NRO and Messr. Geraghty for poor phrasing. Omitted the "dissecting" after "with".

Posted by: oddnot not liking these times at February 09, 2016 04:31 PM (g1MTt)

284 Oh, and complete submarining of the Fourth Amendment. Thats been a bit scandalous.

Posted by: The New Hampshire Voting Pig at February 09, 2016 04:31 PM (TxJGV)

285 In Brooks' bubble, everything is great. I doubt he talks to anyone outside of the bubble.

===

He's that LEGO guy.

Posted by: Bigby's Eyepoke at February 09, 2016 04:31 PM (3ZtZW)

286 True dat, Bigby.
I was actually talking about the media, but as far as the wider society goes, yup, absolutely, it's coming.
They're training the Cheka and the Red Guards right now, at colleges everywhere.
But it's not gonna be some tacticalled-out threeper who starts the storm, it's gonna be some skinny old fart in a sweater vest who is suddenly just not gonna take it any more.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 09, 2016 04:32 PM (Z8DIA)

287 let's see, old Brooksie chap, it appears to this old bean that BOA and Morgan Stanley are down about 30%, Citi is trading at 6.5x earnings, and only seven (7) stocks on the dear olde S&P didn't post losses

but pip pip and all that

Posted by: Feh at February 09, 2016 04:32 PM (mrHIi)

288 And not showing up to work until 10:30 every morning. That probably hasn't looked so good.

Let's not forget to mention the million dollar trips to the Vineyard and Hawaii, complete with a separate plane for the dog-who-is-named-after-Obama, because that bass definitely been scandalous. Ugly stuff there, extremely ugly.

Posted by: The New Hampshire Voting Pig at February 09, 2016 04:33 PM (TxJGV)

289 Tragically, the commenters added about 300 more in the comment section, but they were all deleted when PJM switched systems.

What, like wiped with a cloth ?
Doncha hate when that happens ?!

Posted by: Hillary! at February 09, 2016 04:33 PM (TQxRy)

290 David Brooks also wrote the famous book in the Lincoln assassination, entitled "It Really Wasn't A Bad Play At All".

Posted by: The New Hampshire Voting Pig at February 09, 2016 04:35 PM (TxJGV)

291 Amy Schumer probably could lift lots of Brooks-authored jokes about this idea of the TFG administration being scandal free, except she thinks they're serious points.

Posted by: The New Hampshire Voting Pig at February 09, 2016 04:37 PM (TxJGV)

292 The Complete List of Barack Obama's

If nothing is ever done right then nothing stands out as scandalous.

Posted by: DaveA at February 09, 2016 04:39 PM (DL2i+)

293 That would go well with the "fella toes" misspelled in my last comment, should have been fellers.

I sort of like "fella toes" as an autocorrect, and they all have a foot fetish.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2016 04:40 PM (w4NZ8)

294 The Obama Administration has been remarkably RESPONSIBILITY-FREE, now that would be correct.

Posted by: acethepug at February 09, 2016 04:42 PM (Z6yF/)

295 Obama's foreign policy in Libya was a scandal. Obama's foreign policy in Egypt was a scandal.
Obama's foreign policy in Syria is an ongoing scandal.

Obama's foreign policy in Africa, and Afghanistan is a scandal, and Obama's foreign policy with Iran is a scandal. And when details of the Trans Pacific Partnership leak out, that will be seen as a scandal.

Brooks is blinded by prejudice.

Posted by: Brian Min336 at February 09, 2016 04:44 PM (pLRiN)

296 "The Obama Administration Has Been Remarkably Scandal-Free"

That is an extraordinary statement. Stuff like this makes me think ofmen like George Orwell and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Vaclev Havel and how brave they were (Solzhenitsyn and Havel especially) and how perceptive they were and how truly fucked we are because they warned us and they warned us but oh no we wouldn't listen and now here we are: 'The Obama Administration has been remarkably scandal-free.'

I despair sometimes.

Posted by: troyriser at February 09, 2016 04:45 PM (WuTfJ)

297 "The Obama Administration has been remarkably scandal-free"

Maybe he forgot the "By third world standards..." lead in. Just a typo.

Posted by: Hand of Count Petofi at February 09, 2016 04:48 PM (1BQGO)

298
Sooo horde, what do you think they are blackmailing Brooks with?
Cause nobody's that stupid. Nobody's that disconnected.
Certainly not if your job is collecting and sifting political information.
Somone really needs to pin this little crap weasel down and make him confess.

Posted by: simplemind at February 09, 2016 04:52 PM (JTwsP)

299 I don't know why, but I actually bothered to read the Brooks column in full. The bit about "scandal-free" asinine though it may be, actually is of the least offensive statements in the whole thing. The rest is a series of paragraphs slobbering over what a magnificent human being Obama allegedly is. Just Brooks' sort of chap, you see!

The bit about Obamacare has to be read to be believed.

Posted by: radar at February 09, 2016 05:00 PM (kQfqk)

300 Ace: You've misspelled "pouffe piece", but otherwise, yeh.

Posted by: Yos at February 09, 2016 05:04 PM (0C3G8)

301 Remarkably scandal-free? Is that a veiled way of saying , "If you only knew the half of the crap that's gone on...Should've been a scandal a week, but merely had 12 or 14 major scandals."

Posted by: jd at February 09, 2016 05:11 PM (cIj06)

302 Obama's poll numbers have also gobe up

Posted by: Bubba at February 09, 2016 05:24 PM (n6Omg)

303 Let's wait unitl Christie is at the DOJ, then we will see.

They really don't understand the concept of totalitarianism at all.

If it gets hushed up, it didn't happen.

Posted by: petunia at February 09, 2016 05:30 PM (VoCyE)

304 Scandal:

I guess the VA deaths, the IRS targetting, the phony EPA emails & targeting, the Colorado River polution, the Flint water cover-up, Hillary's emails, lying about Obamacare, lying about Gruber, Benghazi, putting weapons in hands of drug lords, swapping five high-level jihadis for a deserter.

These things aren't "scandals." Because the press doesn't treat them as scandals. See how that works?

Posted by: Sam in VA at February 09, 2016 05:31 PM (bNi5D)

305 I know I'm late to the party but any mention of David Brooks triggers something in me. And that something is ...

**********************************

What does ***************************** mean? It means nothing. It is a place. It is an Asshole. It is THE Asshole. A black hole Asshole. Twin blackhole assholes revolving around one another.

And the trigger I get is a gravitational signal.

Posted by: MaxMBJ at February 09, 2016 06:22 PM (Uq9ly)

306 oh yes......most scandal-free government in the history of the world.....

yup......

just aks them, they'll tell ya.......

damn, i wish i could have my america back........

Posted by: chuck at February 09, 2016 11:33 PM (akPGv)

307 Translation: The Obama administration has been remarkably free of scandals that the media/left give a crap about. Remember, it's only a scandal if a) the administration is Republican b) it affects a leftist cause or politician c) can be exploited by the leftist media to push their agenda and candidate d) can be used by a demoncrat in the next election

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