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IRS, Benghazi, AP: The Problems Pile Up for Obama
realclearpolitics.com ^ | 5/14/13 | Alexis Simendinger

Posted on 05/13/2013 9:48:57 PM PDT by Justaham

Sometimes when it rains on second-term presidents, they need more than an umbrella.

President Obama tried Monday to dismiss as “political games” persistent questions about how the White House handled last year’s attacks in Benghazi, Libya, while at the same time a new uproar about IRS scrutiny of conservative advocacy organizations ignited on Capitol Hill. Obama said if IRS agents willfully exercised political bias, responsible personnel must be “held accountable.”

As he was speaking, the reactions of House and Senate lawmakers suggested Obama did little to tamp down the Benghazi controversies, which have persisted since extremists killed four Americans there in September. Nor did he temper the bipartisan outrage following Friday’s news of an IRS inspector general draft report citing the agency’s mishandling of conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status, dating back to March 2010.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ap; benghazi; irs; navyseals; obamaspeople; terrorism; threatmatrix
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1 posted on 05/13/2013 9:48:57 PM PDT by Justaham
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To: Justaham

Oh My!
Barry’s feet are getting wet.


2 posted on 05/13/2013 9:53:36 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear what is unlawful.)
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To: Justaham

3 posted on 05/13/2013 9:57:17 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Justaham

“The AP protested the data-gathering in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, who was already scheduled to testify Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee.”

A good, old-fashion Roast be very entertaining.


4 posted on 05/13/2013 10:01:42 PM PDT by gasport (I ain't got no guns.)
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To: Justaham

” ...responsible personnel must be ‘held accountable.’”

Ignore him/her. He never takes responsibility for anything, anyway.

Investigate Valerie Jarrett instead—take the limelight off Bath-House Barry and he’ll throw a psychotic tantrum...especially if he feels he’s being relegated to a level BENEATH Valerie Jarrett.


5 posted on 05/13/2013 10:03:08 PM PDT by Mortrey (Impeach President Soros)
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To: Justaham

POTOMAC WATCHJuly 19, 2012

Strassel: Obama’s Enemies List—Part II

First an Obama campaign website called out Romney donor Frank Vandersloot. Next the IRS moved to audit him—and so did the Labor Department.

By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444464304577537233908744496.html


6 posted on 05/13/2013 10:07:49 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: gasport; All
Obama is the one responsible for all these abuses of power. But in all this don't forget the country destroying Amnesty bill they are trying to sneak through Congress ( call them tell them not to vote to pass this bs)

Impeach Obama

Obama using the IRS to target conservative groups during the election:
1.Invalidates the 2012 election
2. Is illegal and unconstitutional
3.is one of many abuses of power

Below is what McConnel says:
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http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/05/13/Exclusive-McConnell-comment-IRS

On Monday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) fired back on assertions by the IRS that its efforts to target conservative groups were relegated to low-level employees. “Of course not,” he told Breitbart News. McConnell noted that he had raised the issue of IRS targeting of conservatives in 2012, and further noted that the Washington Post “dismissed it as a bunch of red herrings.”

The scandal, McConnell said, extends up the chain. “The Obama effort to shut up opponents isn’t limited to the IRS,” he stated. “It applies to the FCC [Federal Communications Commission], SEC [Securities and Exchange Commission], FEC [Federal Elections Commission], HHS [Department of Health and Human Services] …. And you remember, the Obama campaign last year published a list of eight businessmen who it believed were enemies.”

McConnell further noted reports that the Department of Health and Human Services had been contacting businesses “skeptical about the implementation of Obamacare and asking them to contribute money to sell the program to the American people. That’s absolutely improper if not illegal. This administration will stop at nothing to get its way. It will do anything it can to silence its critics.”

McConnell said would not trust any Democrat-led investigation into the IRS scandal. He added with regard to a House investigation of the IRS’ activities, “I’

7 posted on 05/13/2013 10:07:53 PM PDT by Democrat_media (D's & Mary Landrieu voted 4 UN to take away our 2nd amendment rights)
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To: Justaham
Impeach Obama

Abolish the IRS

repeal the income tax( 16th amendment) and replace that “sorely” needed revenue for fake global warming studies by replacing the income tax with a tax on China imports.

But don’t forget that they are trying to sneak pass an Amnesty destroying bill through Congress( call Congress)

8 posted on 05/13/2013 10:15:44 PM PDT by Democrat_media (D's & Mary Landrieu voted 4 UN to take away our 2nd amendment rights)
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To: Justaham

All this at once is no coincidence. Just like the email leak from East Anglia that destroyed the “global warming” scam was no coincidence. Even the feared and mighty Chicago mob is a pack of little children compared to some people.


9 posted on 05/13/2013 10:19:20 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Justaham
Actually, he has another couple of serious problems. ObamaCare has his name on it and is going to be a train wreck and the Gun Owners of American including the NRA is going to leave no stone unturned to make his life hell.

The mid-term elections are quite likely to be an utter disaster for the Democratic Party and the Obama legacy is going to be a joke. The Big Zero will go down in history as making Jimmy Carter look like a man who got things done.

10 posted on 05/13/2013 10:22:58 PM PDT by Robert357 (D.Rather "Hoist with his own petard!" www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223916/posts)
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To: Mortrey
Investigate Valerie Jarrett instead

She had nothing to do with the handling of the Benghazi incident, or the Bin Laden Incident, or the IRS incident, or the AP incident.

The person in charge, one of the most powerful men in our government, is sitting in the key position between the Military and Secretary of State. He was running the show that night, and he was running the show the night of the Benghazi Incident. He even states so during an interview.

This is the MAN BEHIND THE THRONE. Gosh, it even says so on Wikipedia.

11 posted on 05/13/2013 10:30:46 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: Windflier

If the shrink assessments are correct, we should see some delamination soon- or else a period of vacation/travel/general inaccessability.


12 posted on 05/13/2013 10:31:48 PM PDT by One Name (Ultimately, the TRUTH is a razor's edge and no man can sit astride it.)
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To: Lancey Howard

Who was behind the East Anglia e-mail leak?
Who are these “some people”?


13 posted on 05/13/2013 10:31:53 PM PDT by married21
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To: Democrat_media

bkmk


14 posted on 05/13/2013 10:33:32 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: Windflier

Lol at that pic.


15 posted on 05/13/2013 10:34:58 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs stay silent.)
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16 posted on 05/13/2013 10:38:26 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: Justaham
...well...if Obama had an umberella....he wouldn't know how to use it....

.....snicker

17 posted on 05/13/2013 10:51:24 PM PDT by spokeshave (The only people better off today than 4 years ago are the Prisoners at Guantanamo.)
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To: Justaham

Bammy still needs to prove he is a NBC.


18 posted on 05/13/2013 10:55:17 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: annieokie; penelopesire; maggief; Protect the Bill of Rights; thouworm; SE Mom; Nachum; onyx; ...
I am not going to ping repetative articles on Benghazi anymore, It's too many with too much of the same info. Remember though, ALL the articles will still be in the Index as long as Benghazi is in the keywords.

In the meantime, keep your eye on the prize. The perp is obama and the charge is TREASON. Everything else is distraction.

Anyone wanting on or off this ping list, please advise.


Benghazi Index

19 posted on 05/14/2013 12:01:52 AM PDT by MestaMachine
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The only crime AP sees is the one against it.

FUAP.


20 posted on 05/14/2013 12:04:07 AM PDT by Gene Eric (The Palin Doctrine.)
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