Pretty sure the administration had nothing to do this.

[Adam]

Obama is a man of principle, Geoff.

[Spirit]

Obama is a man of principle, Geoff.

 

 

And a strong leader.

[arch stanton]

And a strong leader.

And transparent.

[Spirit]

And transparent.

 

He's the invisible man.

[RallyMo]

And transparent.

 

It's true. At this point we can pretty much see right through everything he does/says.

[nate]

It's true. At this point we can pretty much see right through everything he does/says.

 

When it is dark I can't even find him.

[Count Orlok]

From what I've heard they flagged 300 groups and about 75 of them were tea parties/freedom patriots/etc. Has there ever been any mention of what the other 225 were?

[Vegas Halo Fan]

To fairly perform their duty without partiality.  Bottom line.  It's actually pretty simple.

 

They are meant to collect revenue, not to monitor or harass individuals or organizations, regardless of what part of the political spectrum they represent.

[Spirit]

It was nice (comical) to see the president finally come around and show his "outrage" for this.

[Jason]

It was nice (comical) to see the president finally come around and show his "outrage" for this.

He should be outraged since he was kept in the dark about it until we all found out about it. Amazing he's not in the know.

[Spirit]

I have as many 2013 MLB wins as Blanton and I know everything the President knows when he knows it.

 

I didn't realize how important I was! 

[Lhalo]

Congress (especially Mike Kelly) are going off on IRS commissioner Steve Miller right now. It's definitely one of the more colorful hearings I've seen in a while.

[Spirit]

I feel better knowing this was all a silly mistake, that the IRS officials have absolutely nothing to hide and are willing to answer all questions to clear things up.

 

Orrrrrrr ...  http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/lois-lerner-could-plead-the-fifth-rep-cummings-says-91686.html

[Spirit]

Lerner's making this a rough day for the administration.

[Blarg]

He should be outraged since he was kept in the dark about it until we all found out about it. Amazing he's not in the know.

Plausable deniability?

[Spirit]

Man, this lady (sorry Adam, I mean "broad") is digging herself (and the administration) a deeper and deeper hole.

 

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/darrell-issa-irs-lois-lerner-91755.html?hp=t3_3

[Lhalo]

Man, this lady (sorry Adam, I mean "broad") is digging herself (and the administration) a deeper and deeper hole.

 

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/darrell-issa-irs-lois-lerner-91755.html?hp=t3_3

Hahaha!!!!

She must be extremely happy with her legal counsel right about now!

[Adam]

I'm sure she doesn't know anything, certainly not anything that might shine a negative or questionable light on President Obama or his administration

[Spirit]

I'm sure she doesn't know anything, certainly not anything that might shine a negative or questionable light on President Obama or his administration

 

Nooooooo.  She's completely in the dark.

[Spirit]

I feel bad that Lerner got suspended ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

... and not fired.

[Jay]

IRS Agent Who Wrote Threatening Letters Gets Promotion, Now a Supervisor

 

http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/30/irs-agent-who-wrote-threatening-letters-gets-promotion-now-a-supervisor/

[Taylor]

Thanks Obama!

[red321]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/05/us/politics/irs-scrutiny-went-beyond-the-political.html?hp&_r=2&

 

I'm sure it was just a matter of time so I figured I would help y'all out, I'm sure you were probably busy watching the extensive conservative news coverage highlighting Grand Theft Issa's fake scandal being blown out of the water before updating this thread.

 

A nice passage

 

The controversy that erupted in May has focused on an ideological question: Were conservative groups singled out for special treatment based on their politics, or did the I.R.S. equally target liberal groups? But a closer look at the I.R.S. operation suggests that the problem was less about ideology and more about how a process instructing reviewers to “be on the lookout” for selected terms was applied to any group that mentioned certain words in its application.

Organizations approached by The New York Times based on specific “lookout list” warnings, like advocates for people in “occupied territories” and “open source software developers,” told similar stories of long waits, intrusive inquiries and bureaucratic hassles that pointed to no particular bias but rather to a process that became too rigid and too broad. The lists often did point to legitimate issues: partisan political campaign organizations seeking tax-exempt status, or commercial businesses hoping to cloak themselves as nonprofit groups. But even I.R.S. officials say lookout list warnings were often pursued in a ham-handed or overly rigid way....

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/gop-lawmakers-say-irs-scrutiny-likely-not-politically?ref=fpa

 

 

A pair of Republican lawmakers told The New York Times in a story published Thursday that the Internal Revenue Service scandal that rocked the agency may not have been politically motivated as previously thought.

 

 

 

Asshattery and poor implementation? Yep. Scandal of epic proportions...probably not. Grand Theft tack back to Benghazi or try and keep pushing this angle?

[Spirit]

Anyone else find it odd that the IRS and/or administration couldn't identify the (apparent) fact that Left Wing groups were targeted too? 

[Spirit]

BTW ... this is the 2nd time I've seen you use "Grand Theft Issa."  Is this something the left is trying to make happen?