Scandal Summer 2013 (Watergate 40th Anniversary?)

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Scandal Summer 2013 (Watergate 40th Anniversary?)

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Jim Geraghty at NRO knocks it out of the park
The Mask Is Ripped Off of 'Hope and Change'
By Jim Geraghty

...When there is evidence of scandalous or bizarre behavior on the part of a political figure, and no reasonable explanation is revealed within 24 to 48 hours, then the truth is probably as bad as everyone suspects.

Nobody withholds exculpatory information. Nobody who’s been accused of something wrong waits for “just the right moment” to unveil information that proves the charge baseless. Political figures never choose to deliberately let themselves twist in the wind. It’s not the instinctive psychological reaction to being falsely accused, it’s not what any public communications professional would recommend, and to use one of our president’s favorite justifications, it’s just common sense.
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