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But it's OK because your guy is in power now???
That's exactly right.
My first thought, when I came upon the story this morning, was that this was straight Nixon shit. Of course, the version I read didn't include the ridiculous quote about political bias playing no role.
The best part of this story is no one will give a fuck about it accept the lunatic fringe.....
Same with Benghazi.....it`s only the freaks who think the President is some sinister bad faith player bent on hurting America.....
Normal folks see a tragedy and not much more.....
Certainly not a nixonian level scandal.......like the lunatic fringe sees....
Rachel Madow made a great point....that the right has already pretty much blown their credibility because of the slew of false/ridiculous/weird charges made against the President....
From her blog:
"Remember the boy who cried wolf? It became easy to ignore him after he'd lost all credibility, which became problematic when he actually saw a wolf.
This has consistently been a problem for the right in the Obama era -- conservatives routinely become apoplectic, complaining about one perceived outrage after another, but their efforts to identify a genuine controversy have been for naught. After a while, it's easier to roll one's eyes than to take their Scandal of the Day seriously.
But sometimes, there's an actual wolf.
The Internal Revenue Service is apologizing for inappropriately flagging conservative political groups for additional reviews during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status.
Lois Lerner, who heads the IRS unit that oversees tax-exempt groups, said organizations that included the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their applications for tax-exempt status were singled out for additional reviews.
Lerner said the practice, initiated by low-level workers in Cincinnati, was wrong and she apologized while speaking at a conference in Washington.
Last year, a variety of conservative groups complained that the IRS was treating them unfairly, asking an inordinate number of questions to justify their tax-exempt status, and as of today, those complaints were well grounded. The boys who cried wolf may have dubious credibility, but to mix metaphors, even a broken clock is right twice a day.
I suppose one might argue that Tea Party groups were inherently partisan, and their claims for tax-exempt status were suspect given the movement's larger purpose, but it's a tough sell. The IRS is supposed to be even-handed, and in several cases, it seems clear that the agency was not.
This is the sort of thing that costs officials their jobs."
< Message edited by Owner59 -- 5/10/2013 7:45:47 PM >
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