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Noonan: A Bombshell in the IRS Scandal
The Wall Street Journal ^ | July 18, 2013 | Peggy Noonan

Posted on 07/19/2013 11:50:02 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty

The IRS scandal was connected this week not just to the Washington office—that had been established—but to the office of the chief counsel.

That is a bombshell—such a big one that it managed to emerge in spite of an unfocused, frequently off-point congressional hearing in which some members seemed to have accidentally woken up in the middle of a committee room, some seemed unaware of the implications of what their investigators had uncovered, one pretended that the investigation should end if IRS workers couldn't say the president had personally called and told them to harass his foes, and one seemed to be holding a filibuster on Pakistan.

Still, what landed was a bombshell. And Democrats know it. Which is why they are so desperate to make the investigation go away. They know, as Republicans do, that the chief counsel of the IRS is one of only two Obama political appointees in the entire agency.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: corruption; democrats; govtabuse; irs; obama; scandals
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Why isn't there an Independent Prosecutor already pursuing this, Fast and Furious and Benghazi?

It doesn't take much imagination to figure out that Hussein 0bama instructed the IRS to hit The Tea Party, while saying that he "wasn't going to be Swiftboated by them". There are clearly enough leads to indicate that this scandal goes right into the Oval Office and stops at the Lincoln desk where the kenyan usurper parks his butt and his dirty feet (when not playing golf or on vacation).

If the GOP had any real leadership, Hussein 0bama would be on the run.

1 posted on 07/19/2013 11:50:03 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Now we know why Obama came out a “Racist in Chief” today mute that story


2 posted on 07/19/2013 11:51:27 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Maybe that Hussein has so much info on so many corrupt congressmen that all we hear from the house and senate is purring?


3 posted on 07/19/2013 11:52:05 AM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

also

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3044844/posts


4 posted on 07/19/2013 11:53:41 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: The Sons of Liberty
If the GOP had any real leadership

The CORE ISSUE revealed.

You're right as rain, NO LEADERSHIP.

Without it expect little or nothing to happen in terms of followup justice.

5 posted on 07/19/2013 11:54:21 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: The Sons of Liberty
If the GOP had any real leadership, Hussein 0bama would be on the run.

There is no GOP. It went away a long time ago. Now there is only the Democrat Party. Totally serious. I think it's a massive infiltration and takeover -- look at McCain: the 2008 Republican candidate for president is, for all practical purposes, one of the biggest Democrats in Congress.

6 posted on 07/19/2013 11:55:03 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (21st century. I'm not a fan.)
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To: al baby

Bingo! All white people are racist, especially republicans in congress. Holder is saying it, CNN is saying it, Chrissy Mathews is saying it......Trayvon’s death is going to be used to save obama. His life is worth more than that of an ambassador.


7 posted on 07/19/2013 11:57:09 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican (If you vote for evil because you can't see evil, you ARE evil!)
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To: The Sons of Liberty
A Bombshell in the IRS Scandal

Today's reality is that there is no longer the idea of a "bombshell."

The truth is that Obama won't act on it, or feel compelelled to act on it, Holder will shrug it off, the Senate will huff and puff, and Boehner will mumble something and walk away.

The rule of law is no longer being enforced by anyone.

Except if YOU stand your ground and refuse to allow it to continue.

-PJ

8 posted on 07/19/2013 12:01:39 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: sneakers; PennsylvaniaMom

Bumping. This is what I was mentioning this morning.


9 posted on 07/19/2013 12:05:49 PM PDT by prisoner6 (Tea Party, Constitution, patriot, DOMA, NRA , pro-life...can you hear me now big ears?)
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To: prisoner6

bump


10 posted on 07/19/2013 12:06:22 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: VerySadAmerican
Trayvon’s death is going to be used to save obama. His life is worth more than that of an ambassador.

the post of the year

11 posted on 07/19/2013 12:10:01 PM PDT by Cyclone59 (I wish people would get their heads out of their butts and their noses out of everyones business)
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To: The Sons of Liberty
I said this once and I'll say it to my dying day.

A couple years ago when all the people marched on Washington DC, we saw Marine One flying over the Capitol. There is only one person who has the authority to fly over that piece of turf.

I knew at that moment that Obama marked us as his enemy.

12 posted on 07/19/2013 12:10:01 PM PDT by mware
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To: The Sons of Liberty

“Are congressmen that stupid?

Mr. Cummings is not, and his seeming desperation is telling.”

Wrong answer. Mr. Cummings is that stupid.


13 posted on 07/19/2013 12:12:11 PM PDT by satan (The tree of liberty is dying in the drought.)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

What should happen is that everybody from the top down goes to jail. But it wont. The public is already tired of the irs scandals and is more interested in justin peeper and the mop bucket.


14 posted on 07/19/2013 12:13:24 PM PDT by I want the USA back (If I Pi$$ed off just one liberal today my mission has been accomplished.)
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To: Political Junkie Too
Today's reality is that there is no longer the idea of a "bombshell."

You are absolutely correct. That has become apparent as people are murdered due to the illegal gun running of Fast and Furious or by being abandoned in Benghazi and the public responds with a collective yawn. Not that long ago all channels would have been running 24 x 7 demanding impeachment!

16 posted on 07/19/2013 12:22:04 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (A Quiet Rage is Building All Across America!)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

> “It doesn’t take much imagination to figure out that Hussein 0bama instructed the IRS to hit The Tea Party...”

Obama may have had help from the GOPe.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3044540/posts?page=26#26

It is abundantly clear that the federal level of the United States is controlled by one party, the ruling class party. The two factions of the ruling class, the democrats and the GOPe, are as two mafia families that divide territory and operations. The Tea Party is a true second party and both GOPe and democrats are united against it.


17 posted on 07/19/2013 12:46:57 PM PDT by Hostage (Be Breitbart!)
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To: al baby

That could be. But with this administration, there could be something even bigger coming, that they are even more afraid of. Can’t help but wonder about Hastings, and what he was looking into. Really bizarre times.


18 posted on 07/19/2013 1:08:57 PM PDT by AnonymousConservative (Why did Liberals evolve within our species? www.anonymousconservative.com)
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To: Political Junkie Too

My nephew played golf with Scott Walker on Tuesday and likes him. I asked him what he thought about Boehner and he said he was not impressed at all.

How the heck did this weak link get to be Speaker???


19 posted on 07/19/2013 1:45:26 PM PDT by Aria ( 2008 & 2012 weren't elections - they were coup d'etats.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

The GOP is like those famous people who, when they die, one is surprised because you thought they were already dead.


20 posted on 07/19/2013 1:48:43 PM PDT by Anima Mundi (At least we don't need to run away from home to join the circus these days.)
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