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Editorial: Appoint special counsel for IRS targeting probe
Orange County Register (CA) ^ | June 17, 2014 | Editorial

Posted on 06/18/2014 9:47:41 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

When the Internal Revenue Service announced late Friday that, somehow, it lost two years worth of emails to and from Lois Lerner, the former IRS official at the center of the agency’s unfair placement of Tea Party and other conservative groups on its secret “Be on the Lookout List,” our thoughts turned to, well, “Saturday Night Live.”

We imagined IRS commissioner John Koskinen explaining to the Church Lady, a character played by the actor Dana Carvey, that a computer crash caused the emails to disappear. That almost certainly would prompt the Church Lady to reply, skeptically, “Well, isn’t that convenient,” as the audience laughed.

We share the view of the nearly 60 percent of Americans who, according to the Gallup Poll, believe that high-ranking IRS officials were aware the IRS had a practice of targeting conservative political groups for greater scrutiny in recent years.

The emails that conveniently disappeared after the alleged computer crash at the IRS might have confirmed those suspicions. And since the Obama Justice Department has shown little interest in getting to the bottom of the agency’s wrongdoing, it should pass off its investigation to a special counsel.

(Excerpt) Read more at ocregister.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election2012; failure; irs; lerner; scandal; teaparty

1 posted on 06/18/2014 9:47:41 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This administration has corrupted our entire government.
They believe the sheeple are really stupid enough to buy any lie they spread no matter how silly the lie is.


2 posted on 06/18/2014 9:49:53 AM PDT by IC Ken
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To: IC Ken

Democrats think all people are as stupid as their supporters.


3 posted on 06/18/2014 9:59:56 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Investigation by a special counsel will never happen. Our communists BLACK ars Holder will never appoint one. And even if he did it would be another communists corrupt jackass and the investigation will never result in anything.
4 posted on 06/18/2014 10:00:09 AM PDT by Logical me
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To: IC Ken

They don’t care if we believe it or not, they know the “opposition” is impotent.


5 posted on 06/18/2014 10:01:14 AM PDT by JohnnyP
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To: Logical me

“Investigation by a special counsel will never happen. Our communists BLACK ars Holder will never appoint one. And even if he did it would be another communists corrupt jackass and the investigation will never result in anything. “

Have congress do it.


6 posted on 06/18/2014 10:05:49 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz ("Heck of a reset there, Hillary")
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Have congress do it..... Do what? They haven’t done anything for 9 years that I’m aware of.


7 posted on 06/18/2014 10:10:22 AM PDT by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz; Oldeconomybuyer
I believe the Independent Counsel law has expired.

Restore Independent Counsels

Even Republicans thought it was a good idea to let the law expire, as the Democrats abused it with the Scooter Libby non-crime. But no one could foresee the absolute LAWLESSNESS of someone like Obama coming upon the American political scene.

8 posted on 06/18/2014 11:12:07 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: IC Ken
They've only been able to get away with it because the GOP House has conspired with them.

John Boner. Titular head of the un-indicted co-conspirators.

9 posted on 06/18/2014 1:12:35 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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