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No, but now there is proof, which should make a difference. How are all of these not cases for impeachment? If Fox News thought Obama should be impeached over Benghazi, they should love this.

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This point, more than any other, is what gives me the most concern about all of this. This is an epic level news story. This should be hitting the front page and leading every news cycle on all newspapers and news networks. I mean, the story is concrete and the headlines are a century in the making: "Orwell Arrives: U.S. Government Spys on Every American."

In fact, with all of the "scandals" right now, there's an even greater motivation to run this story.

So what's the motivation that's holding this story back?

Well this story did break 2 or 3 hours ago ...

Funny thing though... if Fox goes after Obama over this, it's tacitly admitting that Bush was evil too. I doubt they'll do that.

That's suggesting that they have even the slightest compulsion to not be hypocritical. I'd expect them to hit him hard on this (and good for them, even if their reasons for doing so might be dishonest).

It's entirely possible to have disliked Obama AND GWB.

I hope you're right. FWIW, if they plan to cover this, they are biding their time. I just spent an hour watching Fox News, and saw: A car run into a Taco Bell, a sea-lion get onboard a boat, Holder testifying before congress about leak investigations and prosecuting journalists, and some other random crap... and not one word about PRISM, or even the earlier reveal about the phone call logs.

Oh I dunno. Having watched The Daily Show for years, Fox have no problem with some incredible contradictions and saying the exact opposite of what they one said. If they can label Obama as a Muslim communist traitor, they will forget that Bush ever existed.

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