Could these two scandals dent Obama’s re-election lead?
With more and more unsavory details leaking out about the Secret Service Colombia sex scandal, it would come as no surprise if Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan were shown the gate before too long. The Obama White House has no compunction about firing underlings to try to blunt political controversy.
But it’s unlikely this mushrooming scandal will disappear any time soon, amid reports that nearly a dozen U.S. Secret Service agents and more than five military personnel caroused and consorted with prostitutes at a hotel in advance of Obama’s Colombia visit last week. And this comes on top of congressional hearings this week into revelations that General Services Administration officials squandered $823,000 on a Las Vegas retreat back in 2010 – complete with a $75,000 bicycle building exercise, a clown show and $6,325 spent on commemorative coins.
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Hope so.
Hope it’s a long, hot summer for Obama.
Logus on April 18, 2012 at 1:24 PM
Uh, what lead?
Bat Chain Puller on April 18, 2012 at 1:25 PM
As another poster said, ¨what about F&F?¨
derecho on April 18, 2012 at 1:26 PM
Already looking for excuses?
John the Libertarian on April 18, 2012 at 1:27 PM
There’s only two?
joekenha on April 18, 2012 at 1:28 PM
Its Bush’s fault/
vcferlita on April 18, 2012 at 1:29 PM
What lead?
swamp_yankee on April 18, 2012 at 1:29 PM
Uh, what lead?
JammieWearingFool on April 18, 2012 at 1:29 PM
Beat me two it. I guess if you count the 47 scandals the media have decided to ignore, then yeah, there are only two.
Kataklysmic on April 18, 2012 at 1:31 PM
“Lead”?
Scandals outnumbered the fired in this White House…
mjbrooks3 on April 18, 2012 at 1:33 PM
I think F&F has expended its political life. Nothing’s going to break the Justic Department’s stone wall on it.
Nice thing about the Obama administration, though, is that when Solyndra and Fast and Furious shuffle off, in comes Secret Service hookers and overfed bureaucrat swine. The scandal mill never wants for grist in the Age of Obama.
KingGold on April 18, 2012 at 1:33 PM
Fast and Furious ads on television showing guns and funerals might do the trick.
rhombus on April 18, 2012 at 1:37 PM
There’s no lead, only the traces of dog hair and a collar…
thebrokenrattle on April 18, 2012 at 1:37 PM
The Left:
The Boss Emeritus, just for 2011 alone.
IrishEyes on April 18, 2012 at 1:37 PM
In their dreams, one can only imagine how many there will be.
It must be really depressing to the National Socialist Left that even if Barack is able to keep on Downgrading the country that he will most likely be impeached.
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground. Thomas Jefferson
Chip on April 18, 2012 at 1:38 PM
If you haven’t read all the comments first, post at your own risk.
Bat Chain Puller on April 18, 2012 at 1:39 PM
Such blatant display of wasteful spending. In a sane world – the pitchforks would be out for anyone who said the government needs more revenue (see Buffett Rule beggars). But, here we are…
CycloneCDB on April 18, 2012 at 1:42 PM
Doubtful. They won’t help a man who insists on giving the government more money and more power over the American people, but let’s not kid ourselves. If Fast & Furious, Solyndra, and the NBPP case dismissal did nothing to harm him, what will?
That being said, Romney shouldn’t hesitate to remind voters of all of this every chance he gets.
Doughboy on April 18, 2012 at 1:43 PM
Neither Romney nor Obama have much to worry about at this point among the “true believers” of their respective parties. Both candidates are pulling in 90%+ of their respective partisans. What makes the difference in this election is the center; the ones who don’t carry water for either party.
These scandals are going to be vary harmful to those in the center that adhere to the adage that “personnel is policy”. They see the cultures of these departments to be illustrative of the culture at the top that put these people into power.
Now lets have a broader look:
We have a White House that vacations and parties and travels about on the taxpayer dime. A President who takes his leisure time on the golf course seriously. That party culture in the White House now seems to extend to the departments. Remember, this is the PEOPLE’S TAX MONEY that funded that Las Vegas event and the hookers and blow in Columbia.
The overall appearance is an utter contempt and lack of respect for the taxpayer. They are just up there having a great time raiding the US treasury to fund the party of their lives.
The individual events themselves taken as isolated incidents aren’t as important as is the overall appearance of a massive party on the taxpayer’s dime.
These people have GOT TO GO.
crosspatch on April 18, 2012 at 1:44 PM
Yes, all the scandals could put him further behind.
forest on April 18, 2012 at 1:49 PM
I agree. Individual serious scandals get downplayed by the media an obfuscated by the regime, and people don’t want to put in the effort to really dig in an understnad what happened.
But reports of coke snorting and hookers all over the place multiple times just makes leadership look terrible – an it’s real easy to visualize.
The ridiculous crap from the GSA will hurt Obama more than F&F which got hundreds of people killed. It’s kinda pathetic, but probably true.
forest on April 18, 2012 at 1:52 PM
“Faster than you can say furious” – Eric Holder
Lost in Jersey on April 18, 2012 at 1:56 PM
Duh. His lead with purple colored upwardly mobile partly hispanic height disadvantaged gender reassigned public assistance recipients in Oakland. Except the subset of said major grouping who are likely voters. I mean, jeez, get with the program. Obama is leeeeeaaaaadiiiing, dontcha get it?
Western_Civ on April 18, 2012 at 2:20 PM
DWS says
FTA:
dogsoldier on April 18, 2012 at 2:28 PM
Lead??? Where?
therightwinger on April 18, 2012 at 2:35 PM
Sshhh! Not if we don’t report on them! That means they don’t exist!
/MSM
Dirt McGirt on April 18, 2012 at 2:55 PM
What lead?
So far the only polls showing Obama in the lead are using skittle shitting unicorns in their sample forumae!
wildcat72 on April 18, 2012 at 2:59 PM