Scandals in Washington and Ottawa: who's the sleaziest?

This post may be a tad incoherent. [Like that's never happened before! Ed.] It's just that the week has been so eventful that Walt finds it difficult to draw breath, let alone draw comparisons. But that's what we must consider -- the comparison between the scandals threatening to inundate the Oval Office and the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada.

First let's ask ourselves why America's Most Important Jew (pictured) is incandescent with rage. Dear reader, what you are seeing is the fury of disappointment, the shock of the realization that Barack Hussein Obama's supporters -- including Jon Stewart -- were played for fools.

Mr. Stewart (né Leibowitz) is shocked -- shocked -- to discover that the Prez, who offered Americans a change from "politics as usual", is just a politician like all the rest, intent on seizing and holding onto power... for its own sake and to advance his socialist, secular agenda.

For Jon-boy, seeing the depths to which Obama would sink to deceive the public and defeat  his enemies must have been like seeing the picture of Dorian Gray revealed as the real person.

Was Obama wrong to lie to the public -- during the election campaign, mind you -- about what really happened at Benghazi and who was responsible? Of course, but all politicians lie during elections.

Is it OK for the IRS to target conservative organizations and individuals for inquisitorial audits to deter them from expressing their opinions of Obama and his policies? Of course not, but the Prez says that he was shocked -- shocked -- to find out that this was done. Heads will roll, although not the head of the Head of State.

Is it right for Big Brother to demand details of AP's telephone calls -- or yours -- to find out who's "leaking" politically sensitive information? Certainly not, but here again the Prez has deniability.

It all adds up to "three strikes, but not out". The American system of government [Is dis a system? Ed.] is such that you have to be able to pin an impeachable offence on the President in order to force him out of office. Every once in a while -- hello, Richard Nixon! -- the people win. So far, in Obama's case, resignation or impeachment is not even on the radar.

What the Excited States of America needs is a scandal with a clear link to the President -- a scandal involving cold hard cash! And that's why, for once, Canadian politicians have surpassed Americans. Their Senate expenses scandal is waaaay sleazier. It has claimed two victims so far, threatens a third, and might even result in irreversible damage to the government of Steve "Stephen" Harper himself. Walt will give you the latest in the following post.