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To: depressed in 06

Are you calling Grassley treasonous? If so, why?


10 posted on 02/11/2010 11:17:16 AM PST by stillafreemind
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To: stillafreemind
Are you calling Grassley treasonous? If so, why?

I don't know if you would call it treason but I lost all respect for Grassley for his actions surrounding the release (or lack thereof) of the Barrett report.

What is the Barrett report? I am sure few here remember it, but I have not forgotten. The best thing to do is to Google it for a full explanation.

A synopsis of the report would include the fact that politicians (especially the Clintons) used the IRS to harass their political enemies. Barrett was the last of the independent counsels who was charged with investigating such allegations.

His final report was sealed by a three-judge federal panel at the insistence of many democrat politicians (while the Republicans were in control of Congress). However, the judges stated that the report could be made public by any member of Congress by simply having it read into the public record.

Grassley, who was the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee (that has oversight of the IRS) at the time, swore to Tony Snow on the air that if the report did not come out through normal legal channels, he would have it read into the public record.

When the report was not forthcoming, Grassley started an elaborate dance to avoid his promise of publication. He even attempted to deny that he had made such a promise to Tony Snow.

Soon after, Tony Snow resigned from his radio show as he became President Bush's Press Secretary and, of course, has since passed on.

So Grassley sided with the dark side of Congress when he had a chance to show some leadership. The Barrett report, to this day, remains sealed and Congress remains as corrupt as before.

I will forever hold Grassley in contempt for his lack of action on this issue.

P.S. Please Google the "Barrett Report" and read for yourself.

35 posted on 02/11/2010 1:36:17 PM PST by JohnG45
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To: stillafreemind
Are you calling Grassley treasonous? If so, why?

The Fraud is John Kerry. Harkin and the Fraud committed treason going to Sandanista Nicaragua.

41 posted on 02/11/2010 2:27:10 PM PST by depressed in 06 (Tea parties today, Lexington tomorrow.)
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