How Obama Can Rescue His Presidency From Faux Scandals
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May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Here’s the White House view of thecurrent trilogy of so-called scandals: Republicans are trying todestroy President Barack Obama’s second term by magnifyingbureaucratic miscues and distorting policy realities. This isn’twithout some merit.
On none of these issues -- the deadly debacle at the U.S.diplomatic outpost in Libya, the Internal Revenue Service’stargeting of conservative groups, or the Justice Department’ssecret and sweeping seizure of Associated Press phone records inan anti-leaks case -- is there any suggestion of wrongdoing byObama.