REPUBLICANS PREFER PSEUDO-SCANDALS TO THE REAL DEAL

From the Huffington Post:

Mitch McConnell Defends Obama Administration On AP Scandal

But during an appearance on NBC's "Meet The Press," McConnell declined to attack the administration over the issue.

"Actually, I do think these national security leaks are very important and it looks to me like this is an investigation that needs to happen because national security leaks, of course, can get our agents overseas killed," McConnell said.

And

"What I am supportive of is investigating national security leaks that endanger Americans around the world," McConnell said. "Any time you're leaking national security information, if it endangers Americans around the world, it's a serious matter."

More here.

And McConnell doesn't care if the White House has to hogtie the first amendment in order to plug the leaks, either.

This is frustrating, but not unexpected.  The Republicans have been handed what amounts to a political silver bullet for taking down the President they hate with this very real, very disturbing misuse of federal power.  So what do they do?  They ignore it in order to focus on bullshit like Benghazi or the IRS trying to figure out if the Tea Party is a political group or a social welfare organization.  Or, worse, as in the case of the Senate Minority Leader, they actually support it--I mean, of course, conservatives hate the "liberal" media, so some collateral Constitutional damage in the "War on Terror" is just fine.

Just a little more evidence that our republic is, without a doubt, totally broken.  Our leaders see relative trivialities as scandal, and massive violations of the Constitution as good governance.  I had hoped for more from the GOP, but that probably makes me a fool, too.

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