Monday, June 10, 2013

Scandals Erode Politically Fatigued Public's Trust

June 10, 2013

Excerpt: First there was Benghazi, which had been around since Sept. 11, 2012, but broke wide open last month when Congress demanded the release of emails concerning the construction of White House talking points about the deadly terrorist attack.

That was followed by the Justice Department outing itself in a letter about obtaining Associated Press phone records.

Next, the IRS planted a question during a lawyers’ conference that revealed it has targeted Tea Party groups for unprecedented, unwarranted scrutiny.

And, late last week, word broke that the National Security Agency is cataloging the wireless activities of basically every American and extracting data directly from the nation’s nine leading internet companies.

Partisan fatigue is a real factor in American politics....

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