[COLUMN] What’s going on in Obama’s Washington?

I’m not one to toss the I-word (impeachment) around lightly. The current administration, however, is making it easier to call for that drastic step.

Three things should have even his most ardent supporters questioning President Barack Obama’s continued occupation of the White House.

The first is the Benghazi, Libya, coverup. Not the attack, necessarily, but the coverup. Then there was the tapping of media telephone lines. Finally, there was the revelation that the IRS was targeting conservative tea party groups.

What the heck is going on in Obama’s Washington? The media these days are replete with comparisons between Obama and President Richard Nixon, which is odd considering the media have been Obama’s water carrier for the last five or more years.

But those comparisons aren’t completely apt, given that Nixon, who came into office a mature, seasoned and experienced leader was by far a greater president than Obama could ever hope to be.

But I digress.

The Benghazi coverup alone should be enough to question the ability of Obama to govern.

James S. Robbins, deputy editor of Rare, accurately breaks it down:

“Benghazi was an al Qaeda-linked attack when al Qaeda was supposed to be largely destroyed. It was planned in advance but either not detected, not stopped, or both. State Department officials on the ground requested extra security before the fact, and were ignored. The Libyan militia hired to guard the consulate had terrorist ties. The attack took place on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks when everyone should have been on alert. U.S. forces on hand that might have been used to help defend the Benghazi consulate or intimidate the attackers were either told to stand down, never stood up, not available or never thought of, depending on which story you believe. And four Americans were killed, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.”

Afterward, the administration lied and tried to coverup the whole thing by blaming it on an obscure Internet video as a means of hiding either it culpability, its incompetence or both. Emails and the drafts of the now-notorious talking points prove the coverup as do the missing emails

Then the IRS admits that it targeted conservative tea party groups.

Obama’s IRS treated organizations with the name “patriot” or “tea party” in the name as criminals and terrorists, giving them extra scrutiny as they sought nonprofit status. Obama claims no knowledge, but IRS workers said they were following orders. It stretches credulity to believe that those orders did not originate in the White House or, at the very least, from a political appointee.

This was a blatant attack on the First Amendment, especially the requirement of providing membership lists. The government used to do that to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People as a way to intimidate. Intimidation certainly had to be a factor in this case as well.

Finally, the Department of Justice wiretaps on the press and on the congressional cloakroom should make every freedom-loving American cringe.

The Justice Department, led by Attorney General Eric Holder, was on a fishing operation covering cellphones, office and home phones of not only reporters and editors but of multiple bureaus and general switchboard numbers. The AP was never alerted about the records request.

Again, Obama and Holder, of Fast and Furious fame, claimed ignorance. In other words, the Obama administration was unaware of what the Obama administration was doing. (President Richard Nixon also claimed ignorance and blamed subordinates.)

This is par for the course with this administration. It is, perhaps, one of the most secretive administrations in history. It is skirts the law whenever it can. It believes it has the right to kill Americans without due process. It does not hesitate to use the powers of government against its political foes.

And, in the end, Obama and his minions claim ignorance or they blame others, most notably President George W. Bush.

This is why you should oppose big government and its reckless spending. The more money and power concentrated in Washington, the less liberty everyday Americans have.

If you don’t believe that after watching the Obama shenanigans the last two weeks, you are being intentionally ignorant and blind.