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Senator Rand Paul: Obama has Lost his "Moral Authority to Lead the Nation"

by Greg Campbell

On Sunday, Tea Party Senator Rand Paul, who has already taken issue with many of President Obama's heavy-handed policies, questioned the President's moral authority to lead the nation as one scandal after another shines a light on the prevalence of corruption within the administration that was once claimed by Obama as being an "administration of transparency."

On ABC's This Week, Senator Paul questioned the ability of the president to lead a nation when he and his administration have been shown to be ethically compromised.

Discussing the Benghazi scandal, the AP scandal and the IRS scandal, in which Tea Party and various conservative organizations had been targeted for harassment by the IRS, Paul spoke of Obama's apparent inability to lead.

Rand Paul: I think we have to get to the bottom of this. I think these three scandals really takes away from the president's moral authority to lead the nation. No one questions his legal authority; I think he's losing the moral authority to lead this nation. He really needs to put a stop to this. I don't care whether you're a Democrat or Republican, no one likes to see being punished for your political belief.

Anchor: You called for a special counsel? Do you see any evidence that a crime has been committed thus far?

Paul: I don't think we know so far. The main woman from the IRS that's involved has taken the Fifth Amendment. She's no longer cooperating. So, I have called for her suspension. The president has suspended her, but he's still paying her. I think there needs to be a resolution. I think the president is in danger of losing his moral authority to lead the nation. The president said that he's going to listen to his commissioner, his new IRS commissioner in 30 days, the investigation has been going on for over a year. If he goes beyond 30 days and no one is fired over this, I really think it's going to be trouble for him trying to lead the next four years.

Obama has, so far, weathered the storm of criticism as one scandal comes down after another. So far, his administration's tactics to try and shift focus off of the scandals have been unsuccessful and while Obama's approval rating still hovers around the 50% mark, many Americans have grown very concerned about the politically-motivated attacks on Americans, free speech and the free press.

A former contributor for The Oregon Commentator, a conservative journal of opinion, Greg is now a lead contributor for The Tea Party News Network, DustinStockton.com and a regular contributor for RightWing News. His main field of expertise is firearms and Second Amendment-related issues. He lives in the Northwest with his wife, Heather, and enjoys writing, marksmanship and the outdoors. View all posts by Greg Campbell →

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