Who said the Bushies were advocating the same underhanded (and criminal) tactics of the Clintons? The Bush Administration is "interested" in the Simon case in the sense that they would like to track down who misused the IRS for political purposes -- and we already know one of the conspirators, the Fairfax County liberal Dem.
What the Bush Administration should do is fire any IRS agent who has abused his power, and urge Congress to pass a law that prohibits members of the legislative and executive branches of government from requesting IRS audits. The IRS, if it can't be abolished, should at least be independent of the scoundrels who would use it as a personal life-ruining police force.
Who said the Bushies were advocating the same underhanded (and criminal) tactics of the Clintons?
The article says:
Republicans in Congress display little curiosity about IRS harassment of conservative organizations. Nor have Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill or Attorney General John Ashcroft pursued abuses
Not 'the same tactics' but we should expect better....but this administration has shown no interest in dealing with government corruption. Turning a blind eye is just a tad better than being corrupt.
I know full well what the Bush admin should do, but I don't expect them to do any such thing. If they do, it will be totally out of character for an administration which allows its security service to threaten a summons server with arrest. The Bushites will defend whatever this administration does. That's what makes them indistinguishable from the Clintonites.