It has been a long time since our previous ObamaNation.  Things seemed too serious to joke about and it’s tough being funny every weekend.  But, once again, ObamaNation is back with an extra helping of sarcasm.

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There are, currently, three scandals swirling around the Obama administration: the Benghazi embassy attack, the IRS targeting Conservative groups, and the monitoring of telephones at the Associated Press.  Each scandal involves a different part of the Government and carries with it different consequences for Obama.

Benghazi

There was an embassy attack, the administration likely did not do enough to help one the diplomatic grounds were under attack, and they tried to cover their butts after so as to not appear weak on the terrorism front.

At the end of the day, the meat of Benghazi comes down to three things: The White House, the State Department, and the Central Intelligence Agency.  Who knew what and ordered whom to “cover it up.”  Since Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State at the time there is the potential to damage her 2016 presidential campaign however I think there are simply too many layers between the truth and President Obama for him to be damaged.

And let’s face it… Obama haters are going to be the main group upset at this.  For most Americans they will simply thing those 4 who died had a dangerous job and, while tragic, that’s what happens.

Associated Press

Eric Holder has recused himself from this scandal.  20 phone lines were monitored at the Associated Press and calls were recorded, numbers and names taken down, and sources likely exposed.

The American people don’t really understand this “scandal” nor is it hard to see how this is going to damage Obama,,, except his media lapdogs might get riled at the thought of their Dear Leader listening in to them.

And so the greatest fall out from this scandal may simply be the fact that the media, which has been overly compliant since Obama ran for president, might begin to question a few things.  But in terms of Obama keeping his job I don’t foresee any complications.

IRS

Evidence suggests the IRS gave intense scrutiny towards and non-Liberal group… Tea Party organizations, Christian organizations, anti-abortion groups… you name it.  Analysis has also shown that if your organization had the word “progressive” in it, you’d sail right through the tax exempt application process.

This scandal is, perhaps, the only one that could gain traction.

It involves an organization most people hate: The IRS.  It also involves politics, revenge, and taking money away from hardworking Americans.  Tellingly, this is the only scandal that someone has been fired over (though he was going to retire in a month, anyway).

People can easily understand the scandal and the many Conservative groups who feel that they have been abused by the IRS are free to speak out.  THe “evidence” is plentiful and out in the open.

I do not feel that any of these scandals, however, are going to bring Obama down.

But they will take his shine away and slow him down.

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It wasn’t the most important thing that happened, but it is worth mocking the president for… having two U.S. marines hold umbrellas during a Rose Garden press conference with the Turkish prime minister.

It was the dismissive way in which Obama spoke about the marines that riled so many people:

I am going to go ahead and ask folks why don’t we get a couple of, uh, marines… they’re going to look good next to us cause I, uh, I’ve got a change of suits but I don’t know about uh, our prime, uh, prime minister.

And so… here’s the best of the satire:

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Or are they just out to get you?

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It’s looking like 2013 is going to be a long one for the Obama administration. With the Benghazi investigations heating up, revelations about the IRS targeting Conservative, religious, and Jewish/Israeli groups we now have sauce for the goose: The U.S. Department of Justice monitored up to 20 phone lines at the Associated Press:

The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative’s top executive called a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into how news organizations gather the news.

In all, the government seized the records for more than 20 separate telephone lines assigned to AP and its journalists in April and May of 2012. The exact number of journalists who used the phone lines during that period is unknown, but more than a hundred journalists work in the offices where phone records were targeted, on a wide array of stories about government and other matters.

Attorney General Eric Holder has recused himself from the investigation and denied knowing what was going on:

“I don’t know what the circumstances were here….I frankly don’t have the knowledge of those facts,” Holder said when asked about the AP phone tapping, adding that he believes DOJ officials followed all proper subpoena procedures. “This administration has put a real value on the rule of law.

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Many Conservatives will read that last part about “put[ting] a real value on the rule of law” and say t themselves:

Sure.

Why the press continues to cover for Obama and make excuses for him baffles many and just goes to show the depth and derangement of his “fans.”

So although Fast and Furious appears to have gone nowhere, there appear to be three other scandals that may or many not lead back to the White House which could tie up Obama’s agenda for the rest of his second term, cost his party big in the 2014 elections, or lead to his impeachment.

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