Truth, beyond all else, is the only cure for this administration. In light of the multiple scandals that plague the current administration, it may even be too late for truth to save them.
The people of the United States now face perhaps the most serious dilemma in the nation’s history. Faced with multiple scandals, which appear to have only one source (the politics of the current administration), it is time to decide if the struggle to right the ship is correct, or to allow the ship to sink and build anew. Many who have been following recent events continue to hear the same rhetoric. The Senate will hold a hearing to determine the facts; the House will hold a hearing to find who is responsible. The evidence is clear; it is “We The People” who are responsible.
Lord Northcliffe, a British Publisher, once said that “News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising”. It does appear that the Obama administration considers a lot of what is coming out to be news. What matters to the citizens of the USA is truth, beyond all else. The only mechanism that will drive the shadows of a secretive government away is truth. The administration seems to be doubling down on their bet that the American people are too stupid to know the truth, even if it jumped up and bit them in the proverbial backside. They are counting on scandal fatigue, just as they counted on fiscal cliff fatigue, Benghazi fatigue, Fast and Furious fatigue, and, well, you get the idea. After all, most of this was George W. Bush’s fault, right?
Valerie Jarrett has recently spoken out on the fact that Attorney General Holder isn’t going anywhere. It is rumored that nothing happens in the White House without her approval. The head of Obama’s election campaign said she was present at many of the meetings in which the head of the IRS was in the White House. If that is the case, should she be asked if Valerie Jarrett was also present? It could go a long way to explaining what might have happened.
My complaint in most of this lies with the fact that the administration is simply ignoring the House of Representatives’ requests and subpoenas for information regarding anything they are investigating (or even worse, as in Fast and Furious, claiming executive privilege.) The result is the same as the person who always threatens but does not carry out such a threat, or has no power to do so; the threats are simply ignored. Most people know someone who is guilty of acting that way; often, we simply count on our past experience and ignore them. Is this not what the administration has experienced? The House issues threats and even once held (for the first time ever for an Attorney General) Holder in contempt without consequences. Why should they be expected to act any differently than us?
Above and beyond every other reason, it is time the administration learned that there are consequences. Now is the time to act. Now is the time to abolish the IRS. If the IRS can hide behind the 5th amendment, then grant their immunity and get to the truth. For truth beyond all else in these dark times will finally begin to open the doors to rooms hiding the secrets for the American people. Once that door into what happened at the IRS is opened, the doors to many other scandals will open. Once those in power see that they are accountable, the rats will start to run.
For in reality, Truth, beyond all else, is the salve to heal the wounded nation.
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