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DomKen -> RE: Congressional Dysfunction 101 (8/4/2014 8:22:39 PM)
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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri
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ORIGINAL: DomKen
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ORIGINAL: Sanity
If the IRS had targeted leftists under Bush, or Bush had been caught sneaking in illegal Republican voters that would harm the country as a whole, etc etc etc etc etc etc etc, the leftist riots would make the time they assaulted the old folks attending the Minneapolis RNC convention look like a cakewalk
Once again, without their hypocrisy leftists would have nuthin'
You mean like when the IRS did target leftists.
http://articles.latimes.com/2006/sep/16/local/me-allsaints16
Seriously? That's your proof?!? You're trotting out an already-exempt organization that may have crossed the law and got investigated, against groups applying for exemption whose only "suspect" activity is listing "tea party,""patriot," et. al. in their submission forms?!? Did the Church lost it's exemption while being investigated?
http://dev.ombwatch.org/node/3608
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The IRS concluded that All Saints Church violated the ban, while the NAACP did not. In a warning letter to the church, the IRS wrote that All Saints had committed political intervention, but that no further action would be taken. Both organizations retain their nonprofit tax exempt status.
So, they were determined to have crossed the line, but there were no sanctions?
http://articles.latimes.com/2007/sep/24/local/me-allsaints24
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One of Southern California's largest and most liberal congregations, All Saints came under IRS scrutiny after a sermon two days before the 2004 presidential election by a guest speaker, the Rev. George F. Regas. In his sermon, Regas, the church's former rector, imagined Jesus participating in a political debate with then-presidential candidates George W. Bush and John F. Kerry.
Regas did not endorse either candidate, saying that "good people of profound faith" could support either one. But he strongly criticized the war in Iraq and said that Jesus would have told Bush that his preemptive war strategy in Iraq "has led to disaster."
A letter from the IRS arrived in June 2005 stating that the church's tax-exempt status was in jeopardy. Federal law prohibits tax-exempt organizations, including churches, from intervening in political campaigns and elections.
The letter said the agency's concerns were based on a Nov. 1, 2004, article in the Los Angeles Times, which included three paragraphs about Regas' sermon in a lengthy national roundup of rhetoric from the pulpit on the Sunday before the election.
In its latest letter to All Saints, dated Sept. 10, the IRS said the church continues to qualify for tax-exempt status, but said that Regas' sermon did amount to intervention in the 2004 presidential race. The letter offered no details or explanation for either conclusion.
The IRS "targeted" a liberal church 8 months after finding out about the possible infraction (which they found to be not legal under the rules), when the infraction occurred 2 days before an election (also 8 months prior to the "targetting"), and still didn't take any action?
That's hardly the same situation, Ken.
Do you know how many conservative churches do the same thing and never got even a tiny whiff from the IRS?
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