David Axelrod: ‘There Hasn’t Been A Major Scandal’ Under Obama

In this photo provided by The University of Chicago, David Axelrod, senior strategist for President Obama's re-election campaign, reflects on the 2012 contest during a public forum in the Performance Hall of the Loga... In this photo provided by The University of Chicago, David Axelrod, senior strategist for President Obama's re-election campaign, reflects on the 2012 contest during a public forum in the Performance Hall of the Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. Axelrod will formally join the nonpartisan Institute of Politics as its inaugural director in January. (AP Photo/Courtesy of The University of Chicago, Robert Kozloff) MORE LESS
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Former presidential senior advisor David Axelrod touted the White House’s ethics record Monday, saying that “there hasn’t been a major scandal” since President Barack Obama assumed office in 2009, BuzzFeed reported Tuesday.

“I’m proud of the fact that basically you’ve had an administration that’s been in place for six years in which there hasn’t been a major scandal,” Axelrod said during a talk at the University of Chicago. “And I think that says a lot about the ethical strictures of this administration.”

Axelrod was responding to a question from an audience member about the “revolving door” between lobbyists and government.

“The rule is that there’s basically been a ban on such a revolving door,” Axelrod said, citing the “pretty strict strictures” that prevented him from taking new clients when he left his post as senior advisor in 2011.

Axelrod said the administration’s record might not be “pristine,” but that it was “light-years” ahead of previous administrations.

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  1. But…but…but… #BENGHAZI! #IRS! #AGENDA21! #NO BIRTH CERTIFICATE!

    Never fear… where there are no scandals, the GOP will make some up, and the MSM will show its “neutrality” by reporting on them as if they’re real.

  2. And that in and of itself is scandalous.

  3. Axelrod is right. It’s been shocking to see how unwilling members of the media (even those on the left) have been to accept this fact.

    It will be interesting to see how the Republicans, and their mainstream enablers, pivot from trying to paint Obama as “worse than Nixon” to trying to pretend that politicians like Christie, Walker, and Jeb are just victims of partisan witch hunts.

  4. Fool. We know the elephants are hiding in there, so of course you haven’t seen them. It’s simple Derp 101 modus ponens.

  5. Actually, if there is going to be a real scandal, right now is about the time that one would surface…half way through the second term.

    Not that I am superstitious or anything, but there is no reason to tempt the fates by calling that particular devil by name right now, Mr. Axelrod…wait two more years before making this comment.

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