Same ol shit!!! Effin liars, the whole bunch of them and the lying press as well!
*********************** IRS agents testified before Congress that the agency’s political targeting did not apply to progressive groups as Democrats and the media have claimed, according to a bombshell new staff report prepared by the House Oversight Committee chairman, Rep. Darrell Issa.
IRS agents testified before Oversight that ACORN groups were scrutinized because the agency thought they were old organizations applying as new ones. Emerge America was scrutinized for potential “improper private benefit.” No evidence exists that the IRS requested additional information from any Occupy Wall Street group.
“Only seven applications in the IRS backlog contained the word ‘progressive,’ all of which were then approved by the IRS, while Tea Party groups received unprecedented review and experienced years-long delays. While some liberal-oriented groups were singled out for scrutiny, evidence shows it was due to non-political reasons,” according to the Oversight staff report, which was obtained by The Daily Caller.
“[T]he Administration and congressional Democrats have seized upon the notion that the IRS’s targeting was not just limited to conservative applicants,” the report states. “These Democratic claims are flat-out wrong and have no basis in any thorough examination of the facts. Yet, the Administration’s chief defenders continue to make these assertions in a concerted effort to deflect and distract from the truth about the IRS’s targeting of tax-exempt applicants.”
“[T]here is simply no evidence that any liberal or progressive group received enhanced scrutiny because its application reflected the organization’s political views,”
This is one of those instances where common sense says if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, & quacks like a duck, it is a duck even if it denies it is a duck on the basis it is not carrying around a sign stating 'I am duck'..
Quote: algernonpj wrote in post #2Highly suspicious misapplication of the rules.
This is one of those instances where common sense says if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, & quacks like a duck, it is a duck even if it denies it is a duck on the basis it is not carrying around a sign stating 'I am duck'..
It sure is! Think of it like this: if these criminals didn't play these tortuous word games they'd be forced to admit, "Yeah, we lied". but, but we had "inappropriate guidelines" yes you did, go directly to jail.
The Clintons altered the course of congressional interrogation history with their evasive rephrasing of the simplest terms to create unlimited ambiguity.
******************* "The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly." Abraham Lincoln
"Either the Republican party will reform itself or its going the way of the wind." Pat Caddell at CPAC