It's starting to seem like it was the Obama Administration that made
the following saying famous: "A crisis is a terrible thing to waste."
The idea behind this quip was that when a big crisis came, the White House should use it to push its big-government agenda.
In an ironic twist, the current triple scandals (IRS, Benghazi, and Associated Press) are accomplishing exactly the opposite.
The White House and indeed most of the executive branch is spending a
great deal of its energy right now dealing with the scandals. The
result is that less money, time and effort are being spent on spreading
big government.
At the same time, more Americans are paying attention to what is
happening in Washington. The word "scandal" seems to create more
interest in what it happening than business as usual.
The more citizens who pay close attention to what the government does, the better for freedom.
In short, we're experiencing at least two positive side effects of the current scandals...