Unhelpful Comparisons

For John, BLUF:  Keep calm and carry on.

Still with us, one of the two iconic Washington Post Reporters from the days of the Nixon meltdown in office, Mr Bob Woodward, is comparing Benghazi to Watergate.

I believe we should go slow here.  I don't think anyone should be hoping for an early exit by President Obama.  For one thing, the Vice President is Joe Biden.♠  For another, to have our first self-identified Black President go out under disgrace would harden lines for well into the future and that would be bad for all of us.  With an alert Congress we can endure just about anything.  The time of President Andrew Johnson shows us that.

We need investigations and hearings and the like, but there should be no talk of anything except correcting and improving the system.  And I doubt piling on more laws will help.  Likely they will harm.  Sunlight as disinfectant is the best solution.

Regards  —  Cliff

♠  And, for our Democratic Party friends, the Republican Speaker of the House, if Mr Biden succeeds President Obama, is only a heartbeat away until a new VP is sworn in.