Thread by @politicalmath

I talk a lot about how the Romney campaign was a turning point in American politics but I had forgotten how the Romney campaign's finance co-chair was audited by the IRS and the Dept of Labor *during the campaign* as a strategy to destroy him

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Van…

I'm reviewing a bunch of old stuff and @NateSilver538 defended these audits as totally normal and, quite frankly, that was a bunch of stupid bullshit

archive.nytimes.com/fivethirtyeigh…

@NateSilver538 Frank VanderSloot was obviously, clearly, transparently targeted by the Obama admin as punishment for his support for Romney

Duh. This is a "no shit sherlock" situation. The man had never been audited in his life and suddenly he gets three audits? Don't play dumb.

I honestly think Nate has gotten better and I honestly think he wouldn't write that piece today. I think he's more cynical than he was back then.

But this is part of how we got to where we are. Because honest people weren't skeptical enough and ran defense for corruption.

That is the legacy of Barack Obama. He took the honesty of the "benefit of the doubt" people and manipulated it. He engaged in deep corruption knowing his press handlers would run defense for him.

This is why Biden ran for a second term. He thought (or his wife thought) that the press would run point for their corruption and lies because it worked so well for Obama. They thought they would get the loyalty that was given to Obama.

Ha.

Ha ha ha.

It is still, even as we all complain about it, underrated how much good will Obama burned. He took advantage of every ounce of goodwill and left the country in a disaster state of suspicion. He came in as an agent of hope and utterly destroyed the idea of hope for a generation.