Is Operation Fast and Furious Obama's Watergate?

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Is Operation Fast and Furious Obama's Watergate?

Postby surfsteve » Fri Jun 22, 2012 6:53 pm

Umm. Probably? Damn. Look at the timing! I thought they couldn't get any worse than Obama. Eww. Is Romney really going to be the next crook to be pardoned? He makes my skin crawl. Why can't we have someone like Ron Paul for president? Even for a day! (That's all he would probably last.)

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Re: Is Operation Fast and Furious Obama's Watergate?

Postby cactuspete » Sat Jun 23, 2012 7:05 am

QUESTION: Is Operation Fast and Furious Obama's Watergate?
ANSWER: Nope! It's more comparable with the hurricane Katrina situation. Ultimately, Bush was criticized for what people below him failed to do well, but it wasn't a situation that Bush directly mishandled. Bush could have been more pro-active, but he couldn't be everywhere all the time. Same goes for Obama. He can't micromanage every little decision made by law enforcement officials. The GOP will try to get all the mileage they can out of this situation, but ultimately it will run out of gas pretty quickly!
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Re: Is Operation Fast and Furious Obama's Watergate?

Postby sandman » Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:58 am

Fast And Furious 'Gun Control' Conspiracy
The odd thing about Fast and Furious is it sounds like the kind of thing that was probably dreamed up and promoted by conservatives in order to more effectively wage their war against drugs. Now that this operation has failed, the blame goes to the Obama Administration although the whole thing was almost certainly dreamed up and put into operation by a group of conservative law enforcement types.
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Re: Is Operation Fast and Furious Obama's Watergate?

Postby surfsteve » Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:07 am

And Watergate was not perused by democrats?
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Re: Is Operation Fast and Furious Obama's Watergate?

Postby desertrat » Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:24 am

'Fast And Furious' Scandal BS?
Why isn't this surprising?
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Re: Is Operation Fast and Furious Obama's Watergate?

Postby surfsteve » Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:35 am

This seems more and more just like Watergate! The problem wasn't the break in then either. It was only a petty misdemeanor at worst! Seems like the problem is Obama testified that he didn't know anything about the operation and then used executive privilege to cover it up. How could he know that it needs to be covered up if he didn't know anything about it in the first place? It doesn't seem to be important whether the operation it's self was legal or not. Only that he must have been lying about it one way or the other. Was he lying when he testified he didn't know anything? Or was he lying later on when he claimed the authority to use executive privilege? He can't have it both ways.
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Re: Is Operation Fast and Furious Obama's Watergate?

Postby surfsteve » Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:56 am

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Re: Is Operation Fast and Furious Obama's Watergate?

Postby cactuspete » Fri Jun 29, 2012 7:18 am

surfsteve wrote:This seems more and more just like Watergate! The problem wasn't the break in then either. It was only a petty misdemeanor at worst! Seems like the problem is Obama testified that he didn't know anything about the operation and then used executive privilege to cover it up. How could he know that it needs to be covered up if he didn't know anything about it in the first place? It doesn't seem to be important whether the operation it's self was legal or not. Only that he must have been lying about it one way or the other. Was he lying when he testified he didn't know anything? Or was he lying later on when he claimed the authority to use executive privilege? He can't have it both ways.

No, this sounds less and less like Watergate, and more and more like the GOP trying to create a scandal out of a possibly botched law enforcement operation that had little or nothing to do with the Obama administration. Kind of like beating a dead horse: Not sure why the do it, but they apparently derive some form of gratification from the activity!
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Re: Is Operation Fast and Furious Obama's Watergate?

Postby surfsteve » Sat Jun 30, 2012 11:28 am

A. The president testified and said he didn't know anything about Fast and Furious

B. He used executive privilege to cover it up.

Are you saying these things didn't happen?

Remember Martha Stewart? She never did anything illegal but was convicted and served time for lying to investigators about it. How is Obama different? If he didn't lie then he must have seriously misused executive privilege and it should be overturned.
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Re: Is Operation Fast and Furious Obama's Watergate?

Postby a2z » Sat Jun 30, 2012 3:20 pm

The Wrath of Cons - Operation Fast and Furious
According to the GOP this is Obama's fourth Watergate! :laughingx2:
LINK: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-26-2012/the-wrath-of-cons---operation-fast-and-furious?xrs=share_copy
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Re: Is Operation Fast and Furious Obama's Watergate?

Postby surfsteve » Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:33 am



Sure make fun of it.


http://video.foxnews.com/v/126498777600 ... watergate/


"Nobody died in Watergate."
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Re: Is Operation Fast and Furious Obama's Watergate?

Postby shadylady » Sun Jul 01, 2012 7:47 am

a2z wrote:The Wrath of Cons - Operation Fast and Furious
According to the GOP this is Obama's fourth Watergate! :laughingx2:
LINK: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-26-2012/the-wrath-of-cons---operation-fast-and-furious?xrs=share_copy

Brilliant video showing how Fox likes to take events out of context and sensationalize them! Operation Fast and Furious doesn't have much to do with Obama, but Fox News does its best to spin it in such a way as to suggest that Obama did something wrong. The airheads who watch Fox probably fall for that trick, but the rest of us see right through it! BTW (suggestion to person in charge of board), is there anyway to embed the videos from Comedy Central on this message borad?
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