NYT Declares That Obama Has Lost "All Credibility" on Transparency;
Have They Overreached?

And, more importantly, is this about Racism Straight-Up Hatin' on Black Man?

Is "has lost all credibility on accountability and transparency" the new, slightly-cumbersome N-word? I mean, it's a bit long and chewsome, isn't it?

I'd prefer sticking with the old racist standby, "IRS." So brutal in its brevity. But you haven't come here to read about my preferences in new racial slurs. So, on with the NYTimes' pretend one-day outrage:

Those reassurances have never been persuasive — whether on secret warrants to scoop up a news agency’s phone records or secret orders to kill an American suspected of terrorism — especially coming from a president who once promised transparency and accountability. The administration has now lost all credibility. Mr. Obama is proving the truism that the executive will use any power it is given and very likely abuse it...

Mr. Obama clearly had no intention of revealing this eavesdropping, just as he would not have acknowledged the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen, had it not been reported in the press. Even then, it took him more than a year and a half to acknowledge the killing, and he is still keeping secret the protocol by which he makes such decisions.

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It is the very sort of thing against which Mr. Obama once railed, when he said in 2007 that the Bush administration’s surveillance policy “puts forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we provide.”

Look, sometimes, when your lady is angry, she makes a show of anger. It doesn't mean she doesn't love you and it doesn't mean she's leaving you. It just means she's asking for some sweet, sweet soothing words, a warm kiss on the forehead and a lingering kiss on the lips, and then all is better again.

Don't mistake the NYTimes' outburst for anything but a spat between lovers, easily repaired and quickly forgotten, with just the slightest show of contrition and the most trivial offering of faithfulness by its paramour.

And don't forget that liberals have collectively decided that empty shows of emotional upset are a fine substitute for actual accountability and action.

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