I don't think perjury and lying under oath bother many government officials. Oh, sure. They may serve jail time and be marked as felons for the rest of their lives, but those cushy pensions are waiting for them when they get out of prison. No worries. And they can always "write their memoirs."

Google Valerie Jarrett's promise to those who disagreed with the Left after the 2012 election was over. "Payback time," she called it. I call it a ramping up of the treatment conservative groups and individuals have been receiving since before the election. Auditing, letters from the IRS asking questions about past tax returns, etc. Abuse of power? You bet. Shine the light and watch the Progressive cockroaches run for cover.

Can't add a thing to what Rep. Kelly had to say.

Every damned one of these elected and appointed officials who is involved in scandal of ANY kind should be summarily removed from office and LOSE THEIR CUSHY GOVERNMENT PENSIONS. These people can write books about their "experiences in public service" to earn money from the low information voters (who can read) to support themselves.

When Charlie Rangel, of all people, tells Obama he needs to "come forward and share," you know you're in deep doo-doo because THAT man has never drawn an honest breath. His constituents in Harlem, part of the low-information voter demographic that elected Obama, don't know what "being honest" means, either.

Message to toadies who think it will work out well if they support people blindly based on an assumption that powerful people give a rat's behind about those in the lower levels: IT DOESN'T MATTER TO THEM WHAT YOU DO. They only care about themselves and they'll throw you off the boat to keep it afloat for them a bit longer. Wise up.

Of COURSE they were "just following orders." When people get caught in criminal behavior, that's what they say. Seems to me Hitler's generals mouthed the same lame excuses when they were in Nuremberg. Lower level staffers who speak up or who refuse to do as they were told are fired. Toadies follow directions.

No honor among thieves, boys. No honor among thieves. Even the schoolyard bully's toadies find themselves on the line. Bullies push the toads in front of them to protect themselves at all costs. Lessons learned by MOST of us when we were in the schoolyard. Lessons ignored by the unicorn-fairy dust-rainbow crowd. Got news for you: Disney's song "Wishing Will Make It So" is NOT true.

Let's hope the conservative media and bloggers, columnists and others can keep all the players straight in this unfolding drama. Glad you mentioned Joe the Plumber, Michelle, because when he reported his records had been searched through--seems like he owed $4500 or something in back taxes or unemployment taxes or some such--I thought it was typical of the Progressive machine to go after ANYONE who dared question The One. The only charge missing in Joe's case was "Racist."

Rush Limbaugh calls AP the "Administration Press" because they already carry Obama's water. Why would the DOJ secretly monitor one of their toadies? Why not go after Fox News or any one of a number of talk radio hosts??

Mark Sanford ended his term as governor, divorced his wife and is marrying the woman with whom he had the affair ( I believe he called her the love of his life or his soulmate or something). He has done, in other words, the honorable thing at the end. Look at how many pols from the other side who get caught with their pants down or their hands in the cookie jar or their tax returns in a mess--or, like Dianne Feinstein, funneling government contracts to their spouses' companies without so much as batting an eye--and who run for re-election and win. There is no shame on the Left side of the aisle. None.