Obama’s recent comments on “phony scandals” that are somehow preventing the awesomeness of his policies to be fully appreciated is drawing widespread criticism and derision.

For example, the mother of a slain victim of the Libyan embassy attack was deeply offended, as her son’s death was very real.

Hillsdale College student Conner Dwinell is also deeply disturbed by the President’s remark:

I don’t use words like “phony” and “fraudulent” liberally.  To do so would be hypocritical and in effect would be contradictory to the very essence of what I was saying; these words imply certainty and are intended to expose the intentional inaccuracy of a claim or idea.  So when I hear President Obama as well as White House Press Secretary Jay Carney parroting back talking points that call recent scandals “phony”, I become not only suspicious of this language, but disturbed by it.

President Obama mentioned on Wednesday the 24th in a speech at Knox College that Republicans in Congress are “distracting” from the economy and other issues with “phony scandals”.  Essentially, he claims that almost five years of economic turmoil, the disaster that has been the delay of Obamacare, and the number of Americans on food stamps reaching 47.5 million is caused by Republicans’ inability to function effectively as they focus on trivial, unimportant issues.

The irony of this is just stunning.  Democrats plan to spend 700 million dollars advertising Obamacare to the masses, advocating the effectiveness of the very legislation that is being delayed for its negative impact on businesses.  Somehow, this is conveniently forgotten when the Obama administration omits this information and claims that Republican Congressmen are hurting the economy by focusing on issues like Benghazi, the scandal involving the Department of Justice, and the IRS targeting conservative groups.

….As Obama and the Economy Tour continue around the country ripping Republicans for calling for “indiscriminate cuts” and vaguely referencing their acceptance of the dominating and ominous “one percent”, the Presidents approval ratings  continue to drop, and questions remain about the White House’s involvement in recent scandals.

Even if the President and others are not involved, it is in the best interest of the American people to uncover exactly what circumstances surrounded the scandals with the DOJ, Benghazi, and the IRS.  We pay these people to run our country, and it should be disturbing that such behavior is being disregarded.  As Thomas Paine said “A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody”.