I mean, even if one assumes that there was some big bungle and a cover-up to boot — neither of which assertion is anywhere near a certainty — then we're talking something that's a serious embarrassment, a blemish on history, a failure that will be mentioned in the history of this administration … but that's about it.
But it seems to me that hyperbole has ceased to mean anything in Washington. And we've graduated from silly accusations of fascism and resemblances to the Third Reich to downright shameless, if not simply crackers, comparisons to profound tragedies, lengthy and systemic wrongdoings, and attempts to subvert the electoral process of our democracy.
That Watergate, Iran-Contra, and 9/11 all took place under Republican administrations has, I'm sure, nothing to do with it.
Reshared post from +Talking Points Memo
“Of all the great cover-ups in history — the Pentagon papers, the Iran-Contra, Watergate and all the rest of them — this … is going to go down as the most serious, the most egregious cover-up in American history." http://bit.ly/13n69Ix
Inhofe Suggests Obama May Be Impeached Over Benghazi
Calling last year’s deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya the “most egregious cover-up in American history,” Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) predicted Thursday that President Barack Obama will soon face calls of impeachment. “Of all the great cover-ups in history — the Pentagon papers, the Iran-Contra, Watergate and all the rest of them — this … is going to go down as…
As though you could quantify those, like there was some numeric scale they fell on. "This scandal is a kilo-Watergate."
Nah, that would look too much like science.