A paradigm shift has occurred. In a story published just six minutes before this post began, The Los Angeles Times headlined:
White House Ok'd Spying on Allies, US Intelligence Officials Say.

That means Obama lied. The story describes a "push-back" by the spooks who are livid that the Obamas hung them out to dry by trying, disingenuously, to distance themselves from NSA spying by claiming they didn't know. Erstwhile spook Protector-in-chief Senator Dianne Feinstein said,

"With respect to NSA collection of intelligence on leaders of U.S. allies — including France, Spain, Mexico and Germany — let me state unequivocally: I am totally opposed." Senator John McCain said the question posed here now has to be asked: 

"Obviously, we're going to want to know exactly what the president knew and when he knew it."

It is not clear to this idiot blogger what precisely caused this paradigm shift. The Times report says:

France, Germany, Italy, Mexico and Sweden have all publicly complained about the NSA surveillance operations, which reportedly captured private cellphone conversations by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, among other foreign leaders. On Monday, as Spain joined the protest, the fallout also spread to Capitol Hill.

That is old news at this point. But something happened. Maybe Feinstein and McCain believe that the  President lied to Merkel and lied to them. That would probably do it, along with throwing NSA under the bus, in contemporary patois. For McCain to ask the Watergate question is serious indeed. This I.B. does not know if lying to foreign leaders, which this report concludes Obama did, is an impeachable offense, nor if lying to Congress is an impeachable offense, but it is not good and some powerful, reasonable Senators are now coming pretty close to saying somebody's head(s) are going to roll, maybe Obama's. It says here heads should roll, maybe Obama's, I don't know enough on this late story. Obama is the incredible shrinking president at least now.

Both Feinstein and McCain have promised to curtail NSA spying on foreign leaders. That is the best thing. If they bag the Great Pretender, this page will be in grief, but justice produces grief.

An important development, an important day. Perhaps America is beginning to regain its soul. If jettisoning Barack Obama does that, it is a "sacrifice" well worth making.