Tom Toles: 'Scandals'

[flpoljunkie]

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. That's it, exactly. n/t

[Berlum]

2. Republicans are ignoring America altogether

...to focus on their campaign of hate, negativity, and FAIL. No wonder Americans have zero respect for the GOP.

[flpoljunkie]

3. And, the media pretty much lets them get away with it.

Shame on them for not doing their jobs!

[Wounded Bear]

4. "Lets"?

I think "abets" would be a better term.

[John2]

6. I would like

to know what is the scandal behind a video of IRS workers dancing? What are the media pundits trying to say? I can't comprehend, what they are accusing these workers of? Is it because they are not good dancers or just having some fun? I just don't get it?

[DFW]

5. Actually kind of mean, I thought

It implies that if it weren't for the economy, Obama might be mired in these conjured-up scandals. That might be true, but it's not because of the economy that Obama will get through this. although it might speed things up. I would like to think that the real reason Obama will emerge unscathed from these so-called "scandals" is that they weren't scandals to begin with.

I'm happy that Toles remembers to put the "scandals" in quotes, as they are hardly real scandals at all. Iran-Contra was a scandal. Iraq was a scandal. Outing Valerie Plame was a scandal. None of this current crop of issues is anywhere near a scandal, no matter how much they may be touted as such by "Darryl and the Issadopes."

[lunatica]

8. Let's hope they're left eating his dust

as he leaves them far behind.