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Why no outrage over the IRS' tea party targeting?
Baltimore Sun ^
| June 29, 2014
| by Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
Posted on 06/29/2014 8:26:11 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s column appears Sundays. The former Maryland governor and member of Congress is a partner at the law firm King & Spalding and the author of "Turn this Car Around" and "America: Hope for Change" books about national politics.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
"Why no outrage over the IRS' tea party targeting?" For the same reason Pravda didn't make a stink about the gulags.
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posted on
06/29/2014 8:29:23 AM PDT
by
Enterprise
("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
They have been told that the Tea Party is Evil by the Super Evil Democratic party over and over and over again ,Democrats repeat things so much that people think it’s true
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posted on
06/29/2014 8:30:02 AM PDT
by
molson209
(Blank)
To: molson209
The reaction is precisely what one expects of governments dominated by fascism.
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posted on
06/29/2014 8:31:30 AM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
(This The author is corrects a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The comments are most enlightening, seems that the constitution does apply equally. Rights for us, but none for thee.
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posted on
06/29/2014 8:31:39 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Oldeconomybuyer
For the same reason that the senior Senator from Chappaquiddick never spent a single moment in jail.
To: molson209
65% of the electorate don’t pay income taxes. They don’t even know what IRS stands for.
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posted on
06/29/2014 8:31:56 AM PDT
by
Galtoid
( .)
To: Enterprise
"For the same reason Pravda didn't make a stink about the gulags." An excellent comparison. A perfect comparison of apples with apples.
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06/29/2014 8:33:48 AM PDT
by
Wonder Warthog
(Newly fledged NRA Life Member (after many years as an "annual renewal" sort))
To: Enterprise
Well said. That explained it all in one short sentence. Bravo!
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posted on
06/29/2014 8:34:14 AM PDT
by
cdcdawg
To: Wonder Warthog
“A perfect comparison of apples with apples.”
Red apples at that!
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posted on
06/29/2014 8:35:04 AM PDT
by
cdcdawg
To: Oldeconomybuyer
because the Tea Party isn’t PC
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posted on
06/29/2014 8:35:04 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
( My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: All
There is plenty of outrage! Just wait until we take back the Senate!
To: Galtoid
"They (65% of the electorate who don't pay taxes) don't even know what IRS stands for."
That would make a great question for Fox's Jesse Watters to ask on his "man on the street" gig....i.e., "What do the initials IRS stand for?"
Bill O'Reilly, are you reading this?
(...I know, dumb question of the year...sorry).
Leni
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posted on
06/29/2014 8:40:55 AM PDT
by
MinuteGal
(The Infernal Revenue Service - forever to be known as the BS-IRS)
To: Oldeconomybuyer; GeronL
Why is there no liberal outrage over Obama’s war crimes, spying, dirty tricks, partian attacks, etc... PING!
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posted on
06/29/2014 8:42:09 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Because this is a country of lambs being led to the slaughter.
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posted on
06/29/2014 8:42:39 AM PDT
by
chris37
(heartless)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Could it be that some GOPe members were involved? That would mute interest on both sides of the aisle.
The media’s lack of attention is understandable since they use the same bias in their reporting; it just seems natural to them that a government agency would be used to win elections.
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posted on
06/29/2014 8:43:56 AM PDT
by
DBrow
To: MinuteGal
Must protect The Precious (TM).
To: Galtoid
IRS Records were illegally examined?
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posted on
06/29/2014 8:45:04 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Why no outrage? That’s easy. Because for the uniparty, the political infrastructure...and let’s face it...the majority of the electorate, the ends justify the means.
You don’t fix that by reference to a rigged electoral system. You fix that by getting a divorce.
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posted on
06/29/2014 8:45:07 AM PDT
by
RKBA Democrat
(Be a part of the American freedom migration: freestateproject.org)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
In part because few know about it. In part because a larger case needs to be made. Our side describes it as ‘targeting the tea party’. It needs to be discussed as using the IRS for political gain and revenge. Make it more general and get it out beyond the highly engaged newsies. Say these are actions that would make Nixon blush.
It’s largely about effective messaging. Something our side continues to do poorly. The tea party has effectively been painted as some fringe group even as many who share every view of the movement think they aren’t part of it.
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posted on
06/29/2014 8:45:57 AM PDT
by
ilgipper
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