<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - democrat</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/democrat</link><description>Newsvine - democrat</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 20:40:43 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 09:12:46 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Yes, the 37th Obamacare repeal vote matters</title>
<description><![CDATA[
It&rsquo;s easy to write off these votes as pure political spectacle with no substantial meeting. Members of Congress can tell their constituents that they voted to repeal Obamacare and move on to other issues.
But there&rsquo;s actually a compelling case on the other side, th&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18325245-yes-the-37th-obamacare-repeal-vote-matters</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18325245-yes-the-37th-obamacare-repeal-vote-matters</guid><category>politics</category><category>republican-party</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>democrat</category><category>repeal</category><category>aca</category><category>public-perception</category><category>kaiser-family-foundation</category><category>obamacare</category><category>affordable-care-act</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 20:40:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Benghazi: &quot;What Difference, At This Point, Does It Make?&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[When the government said it was a spontaneous reaction to unfettered online speech, the media,&nbsp;by and large, believed what officials said. Now the president would like us to believe it&rsquo;s all just a&nbsp;sideshow, even as&nbsp;important questions&nbsp;remain unanswered.&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[secaa23]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[secaa23]]></source><link>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18320243-benghazi-what-difference-at-this-point-does-it-make</link><guid>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18320243-benghazi-what-difference-at-this-point-does-it-make</guid><category>media</category><category>terrorism</category><category>politics</category><category>corruption</category><category>government</category><category>obama</category><category>democrat</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:06:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa23D42FCDBC-1B22-22D5-8530-5B1CF3F2DA93.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa23D42FCDBC-1B22-22D5-8530-5B1CF3F2DA93.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Tea Party leaders vent anger at the IRS for being targeted</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tea Party leaders from around the country gathered in Washington Thursday to vent outrage at the Internal Revenue Service for targeting them and other conservative organizations seeking tax-exempt status and threatened to sue the agency for damages.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[secaa23]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[secaa23]]></source><link>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18320858-tea-party-leaders-vent-anger-at-the-irs-for-being-targeted</link><guid>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18320858-tea-party-leaders-vent-anger-at-the-irs-for-being-targeted</guid><category>corruption</category><category>government</category><category>irs</category><category>liberal</category><category>obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>democrat</category><category>leftist</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:46:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa238DDE79F0-7AA0-D13A-E0BE-366814B445C6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa238DDE79F0-7AA0-D13A-E0BE-366814B445C6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ousted IRS Chief Miller Regrets Treatment of Tea Party</title>
<description><![CDATA[The ousted head of the IRS apologized to Congress on Friday for his agency's tougher treatment of tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[secaa23]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[secaa23]]></source><link>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18323705-ousted-irs-chief-miller-regrets-treatment-of-tea-party</link><guid>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18323705-ousted-irs-chief-miller-regrets-treatment-of-tea-party</guid><category>corruption</category><category>bias</category><category>obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>democrat</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 18:26:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why Barack Obama's imperial presidency is imploding</title>
<description><![CDATA[
This has been a nightmare week for Barack Obama, without a doubt the worst of his presidency so far. Steven T. Miller, acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service&nbsp;has resigned&nbsp;over his agency&rsquo;s targeting of conservative groups, which even&nbsp;The Washin&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18321532-why-barack-obamas-imperial-presidency-is-imploding</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18321532-why-barack-obamas-imperial-presidency-is-imploding</guid><category>ap</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>political</category><category>irs</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>democrat</category><category>debacle</category><category>benghazi</category><category>eric-holder</category><category>implode</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:33:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Has the Obama Team Finally Lost the Juice?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A&nbsp;perfect storm&nbsp;of scandals has been&nbsp;brewing&nbsp;for years, and events are finally coming together that indicate that Team Obama is as bad as some of us have been claiming. &nbsp;Vindication? &nbsp;That is not at all what we are looking for. &nbsp;Predictions of&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18321124-has-the-obama-team-finally-lost-the-juice</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18321124-has-the-obama-team-finally-lost-the-juice</guid><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>comparison</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>richard-nixon</category><category>democrat</category><category>correlation</category><category>team-obama</category><category>jimmy-carater</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:05:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-8888E2C7BBF6-3DC0-20F6-A303-E45D1BA899C0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="222" width="175" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-8888E2C7BBF6-3DC0-20F6-A303-E45D1BA899C0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama Slow Walking into Scandal Swamp</title>
<description><![CDATA[
In the politics of a scandal, speed can kill.
That&rsquo;s why the Obama White House, faced with an ever-growing stack of ethical and legal woes, is looking to slow things down.

]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18321883-obama-slow-walking-into-scandal-swamp</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18321883-obama-slow-walking-into-scandal-swamp</guid><category>politics</category><category>scandal</category><category>irs</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>democrat</category><category>swamp</category><category>obamacare</category><category>ap-benghazi</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:53:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>White House scandals turn enthusiastic supporters into critics</title>
<description><![CDATA[The unfolding scandals involving the&nbsp;Internal Revenue Service&nbsp;targeting conservative groups and the&nbsp;Justice Department&rsquo;s seizure of phone records have unified figures across the political spectrum in outrage amid calls for a far-flung investigation to protect&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[secaa23]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[secaa23]]></source><link>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18321085-white-house-scandals-turn-enthusiastic-supporters-into-critics</link><guid>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18321085-white-house-scandals-turn-enthusiastic-supporters-into-critics</guid><category>media</category><category>politics</category><category>corruption</category><category>progressive</category><category>government</category><category>liberal</category><category>obama</category><category>democrat</category><category>tea-party</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:03:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa23B0022116-BF56-272C-F316-38A6BB5F68E4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa23B0022116-BF56-272C-F316-38A6BB5F68E4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>House chairman sees IRS errors as pattern of intimidation by Obama</title>
<description><![CDATA[The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee says the Internal Revenue Service's improper targeting of tea party and conservative groups seems to be part of a culture of cover-ups and political intimidation by the Obama administration.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[secaa23]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[secaa23]]></source><link>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18319972-house-chairman-sees-irs-errors-as-pattern-of-intimidation-by-obama</link><guid>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18319972-house-chairman-sees-irs-errors-as-pattern-of-intimidation-by-obama</guid><category>corruption</category><category>law</category><category>ethics</category><category>government</category><category>obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>tea-party</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:50:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa2381A8FC67-141D-D76D-B6FF-8BBA7DE4B841.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa2381A8FC67-141D-D76D-B6FF-8BBA7DE4B841.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Uh oh: Second appeals court invalidates Obama's questionable recess appointments </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Remember that time in 2012&nbsp;when President Obama unilaterally declared the Senate in recess&nbsp;so he could make &ldquo;recess&rdquo; appointments? During the &ldquo;recess,&rdquo; he appointed three people to the National Labor Relations Board and controversial Richard Co&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18303258-uh-oh-second-appeals-court-invalidates-obamas-questionable-recess-appointments</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18303258-uh-oh-second-appeals-court-invalidates-obamas-questionable-recess-appointments</guid><category>court</category><category>politics</category><category>decision</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>democrat</category><category>recess-appointments</category><category>unilateral</category><category>invalidate</category><category>nlrp</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:33:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Joseph Grant, IRS Official, Retiring Amid Tea Party Controversy: Agency Memo</title>
<description><![CDATA[
As second top Internal Revenue Service official has announced plans to leave the agency amid the controversy over the targeting of tea party groups.
An internal IRS memo says Joseph Grant, commissioner of the agency's tax exempt and government entities division, will retire Ju&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18302985-joseph-grant-irs-official-retiring-amid-tea-party-controversy-agency-memo</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18302985-joseph-grant-irs-official-retiring-amid-tea-party-controversy-agency-memo</guid><category>politics</category><category>resignation</category><category>scandal</category><category>internal-revenue-service</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>democrat</category><category>tax-exempt</category><category>scrutiny</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:14:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama says he didn't know anything about IRS targeting of conservative groups </title>
<description><![CDATA[
President Obama insisted Thursday that he knew nothing about the internal investigation into the IRS' practice of singling out conservative groups for special scrutiny before it was made public, a day after he sought to tamp down the controversy by announcing the resignation of&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18300369-obama-says-he-didnt-know-anything-about-irs-targeting-of-conservative-groups</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18300369-obama-says-he-didnt-know-anything-about-irs-targeting-of-conservative-groups</guid><category>laws</category><category>politics</category><category>watergate</category><category>irs</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>richard-nixon</category><category>democrat</category><category>abuse-of-power</category><category>news-conference</category><category>dereliction-of-duty</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:40:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>IRS Scandal: Low-level Cincinnati workers say they simply followed bosses' orders</title>
<description><![CDATA[Four IRS workers claim "they simply did what their bosses ordered. The Office of Inspector General states that senior IRS officials knew agents were targeting Tea Party groups as early as 2011.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[secaa23]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[secaa23]]></source><link>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18299194-irs-scandal-low-level-cincinnati-workers-say-they-simply-followed-bosses-orders</link><guid>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18299194-irs-scandal-low-level-cincinnati-workers-say-they-simply-followed-bosses-orders</guid><category>corruption</category><category>government</category><category>irs</category><category>obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>democrat</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:14:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa231974A672-5715-ED60-212E-A8CE3B367205.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="205" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa231974A672-5715-ED60-212E-A8CE3B367205.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="62" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Deja vu: IRS boss of Tea Party probes targeted anti-Clinton group in 1990s</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Steven T. Miller, the acting IRS commissioner who managed the division that has admitted targeting anti-Obama Tea Party groups, was one of several agents who investigated anti-Clinton organizations including Judicial Watch during that Democrat's administration, according to cou&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18298124-deja-vu-irs-boss-of-tea-party-probes-targeted-anti-clinton-group-in-1990s</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18298124-deja-vu-irs-boss-of-tea-party-probes-targeted-anti-clinton-group-in-1990s</guid><category>white-house</category><category>investigation</category><category>politics</category><category>scandal</category><category>irs</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>democrat</category><category>political-motivations</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:51:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ten Festering Wounds in the Obama Administration's IRS Scandal</title>
<description><![CDATA[
"Drip, drip, drip:&nbsp;Having unleashed a firestorm that wouldn&rsquo;t go away, the IRS hastily convened a telephone press conference, during which Lerner presented some additional information but obfuscated and dodged reporters&rsquo; questions as best she could, leaving Dav&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18297740-ten-festering-wounds-in-the-obama-administrations-irs-scandal</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18297740-ten-festering-wounds-in-the-obama-administrations-irs-scandal</guid><category>congress</category><category>abuse</category><category>politics</category><category>scandal</category><category>irs</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>democrat</category><category>partisan</category><category>nonprofits</category><category>doug-schulman</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:23:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-88887452D9A5-37C7-F844-CEEE-0EFBE6439CAA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-88887452D9A5-37C7-F844-CEEE-0EFBE6439CAA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama: It's a &quot;cliche&quot; to say America is &quot;the greatest country on earth&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Obama told attendees at a&nbsp;Democratic National Committee&nbsp;event Monday that it is a &ldquo;cliche&rdquo; to call America the greatest country on earth.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[secaa23]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[secaa23]]></source><link>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18297546-obama-its-a-cliche-to-say-america-is-the-greatest-country-on-earth</link><guid>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18297546-obama-its-a-cliche-to-say-america-is-the-greatest-country-on-earth</guid><category>usa</category><category>americans</category><category>government</category><category>us-news</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>tea-party</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:08:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa230ACDABCD-212C-F80A-151C-B879458D1FA8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="307" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa230ACDABCD-212C-F80A-151C-B879458D1FA8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>As IRS Scandal Grows, So Does Obama's Irresponsibility</title>
<description><![CDATA[
When an IRS official apologized for targeting Tea Party and patriot groups for harassment, at first it was President Bush&rsquo;s fault because the office manager who was ordering his employees to stall conservatives&rsquo; nonprofit applications had been appointed under the Bu&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18283968-as-irs-scandal-grows-so-does-obamas-irresponsibility</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18283968-as-irs-scandal-grows-so-does-obamas-irresponsibility</guid><category>treasury</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>resignation</category><category>scandal</category><category>irs</category><category>lies</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>blame</category><category>democrat</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 02:31:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>PolitiFact: Obama Claim Benghazi Review 'Investigated Every Element' Is Pure Fiction</title>
<description><![CDATA[
On Monday, President Obama tried this ruse again. But now that the media has finally woken up from a five-year infatuation, he isn't getting away with it. PolitiFact has labeled as "mostly false," Obama's claim that&hellip;.
Over the last several months, there was a review boa&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18283861-politifact-obama-claim-benghazi-review-investigated-every-element-is-pure-fiction</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18283861-politifact-obama-claim-benghazi-review-investigated-every-element-is-pure-fiction</guid><category>attack</category><category>investigation</category><category>security</category><category>politics</category><category>political</category><category>lies</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>democrat</category><category>accountability</category><category>benghazi</category><category>perpetrators</category><category>arb</category><category>politifact</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 02:25:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama struggles with rocky start to second term - CNN.com</title>
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Secretly accessing phone records of journalists. IRS targeting of conservative groups. Misleading statements last year about the Benghazi terrorist attack.
News headlines of the past week portray an administration engulfed in potential scandal, providing opponents of President&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[A-king]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[A-king]]></source><link>http://a-king1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18282595-obama-struggles-with-rocky-start-to-second-term-cnncom</link><guid>http://a-king1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18282595-obama-struggles-with-rocky-start-to-second-term-cnncom</guid><category>mexico</category><category>senate</category><category>immigration</category><category>violence</category><category>politics</category><category>guns</category><category>murder</category><category>obama</category><category>hispanic</category><category>romney</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>gun-control</category><category>budget-deficit</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:05:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a-king17827F3AA-F917-200B-293D-1C377E7D3AE8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a-king17827F3AA-F917-200B-293D-1C377E7D3AE8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> As new scandals show, people who love power are prone to abuse it</title>
<description><![CDATA[Note that the AP subpoena story broke soon after the IRS harassment of Tea Party groups was exposed and President Obama dismissed the Benghazi talking points firestorm as a mere "political sideshow." This trio of scandals are not strangers to one another.&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[secaa23]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[secaa23]]></source><link>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18280483-as-new-scandals-show-people-who-love-power-are-prone-to-abuse-it</link><guid>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18280483-as-new-scandals-show-people-who-love-power-are-prone-to-abuse-it</guid><category>politics</category><category>corruption</category><category>ethics</category><category>government</category><category>democrat</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 21:42:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa236AAC715E-077D-BE8A-4707-7D1CD09C7670.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa236AAC715E-077D-BE8A-4707-7D1CD09C7670.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Left, Right and Center Tag Obama as Nixonian</title>
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Many things were widely predicted for Barack Obama when he first ran for the White House five years ago, and many recent presidents were seen as likely role models. One side of the great partisan divide forecast historic achievements in the mold of FDR, while the other side for&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18276593-left-right-and-center-tag-obama-as-nixonian</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18276593-left-right-and-center-tag-obama-as-nixonian</guid><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>watergate</category><category>lies</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>richard-nixon</category><category>crook</category><category>democrat</category><category>ideology</category><category>enemies</category><category>nixonian</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:40:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-8888C485B0DC-3FD1-3F86-BECD-C484B0A50110.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="90" width="120" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-8888C485B0DC-3FD1-3F86-BECD-C484B0A50110.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Day the Obama Administration Went All Nixon On Us</title>
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Spoiler alert: That day was May 7, 2012... but first a quick history lesson
The premise of our action was the strongly held view within certain precincts of the White House that the president and those functioning on his behalf could carry out illegal acts with impunity if the&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18276663-the-day-the-obama-administration-went-all-nixon-on-us</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18276663-the-day-the-obama-administration-went-all-nixon-on-us</guid><category>politics</category><category>watergate</category><category>illegal</category><category>lies</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>richard-nixon</category><category>democrat</category><category>similarity</category><category>nixonian</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:33:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>      Obama's Enemies List: IRS Demanded Names Of Tea Party Members</title>
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The IRS targeting of tea party and conservative groups was designed to intimidate organizations ahead of the 2012 election. Overwhelming these organizations with burdensome requests for detailed information caused several to abandon setting up non-profits. Breitbart News has re&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18275142-obamas-enemies-list-irs-demanded-names-of-tea-party-members</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18275142-obamas-enemies-list-irs-demanded-names-of-tea-party-members</guid><category>constitution</category><category>politics</category><category>incompetence</category><category>irs</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>enemy</category><category>democrat</category><category>information</category><category>enemies-list</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:31:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-88880902BD6A-12BA-784B-E062-29CB0C004FFA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-88880902BD6A-12BA-784B-E062-29CB0C004FFA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The scandal is that the White House is always in the dark</title>
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The "scandal a day" Obama administration&nbsp;gave us something else to react to:

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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18273930-the-scandal-is-that-the-white-house-is-always-in-the-dark</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18273930-the-scandal-is-that-the-white-house-is-always-in-the-dark</guid><category>ap</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>associated-press</category><category>justice-department</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>democrat</category><category>doj</category><category>phone-records</category><category>jay-carney</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 13:12:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-888830859B2E-04EC-BD4D-234A-F8D7008D2C5F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="222" width="175" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-888830859B2E-04EC-BD4D-234A-F8D7008D2C5F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dem Senator Pressured IRS To Investigate Nonprofits</title>
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Sen. Carl Levin (D., Mich.) repeatedly pressed the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the tax-exempt status of specific conservative nonprofit organizations in letters to then-IRS commissioner Doug Shulman and director Lois Lerner in 2012.
Levin said he was concerned nonp&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18259289-dem-senator-pressured-irs-to-investigate-nonprofits</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18259289-dem-senator-pressured-irs-to-investigate-nonprofits</guid><category>politics</category><category>pressure</category><category>senator</category><category>irs</category><category>internal-revenue-service</category><category>obama</category><category>democrat</category><category>tea-party</category><category>lois-lerner</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 01:06:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin71851FF8-4AC8-0485-3457-D74E6D8F88C6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="155" width="276" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin71851FF8-4AC8-0485-3457-D74E6D8F88C6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>