Managing partner, U.S. Government Relations Intl., LLC :
This burgeoning GSA scandal is certainly a major political embarrassment for President Obama, but the problem for the president is that these “embarrassments” throughout his Administration are beginning to pile up like cord wood. Fast and Furious, Solyndra (and a half a dozen other green energy misfires at DOE), Secret Service, GSA, etc. The list is now the size of my right arm.
This GSA sandal in particular smells on so many levels; lavish parties, rap videos on government time, federal employees goofing off, and now the potential of criminal referrals from the GSA Inspector General involving bribery and kickbacks. This is the culture that is born when leaders view taxpayer dollars as an endless stream of cash. We threw a party costing hundreds of thousands of dollars; that’s okay, tax the people more!
Any one of these scandals, especially Fast and Furious, would have made the main stream media calling for the resignation of the president and the individual cabinet member in the Bush Administration. With President Obama, however, these scandals, individually and collectively, are met with a giant yawn by the Fourth Estate. There is only one conclusion to make - the press loves the man!
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