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Political optics overlooked in 'Tea Party' review: IRS official
Reuters ^
| June 16, 2013
| By Kim Dixon and Kevin Drawbaugh
Posted on 06/17/2013 6:13:48 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
... ah... so the problem was “optics”.
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posted on
06/17/2013 6:16:02 AM PDT
by
Fido969
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Of course not. Having to answer detailed, intrusive, and difficult questions in the time period leading up to an election had no political implications whatsoever. /s
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posted on
06/17/2013 6:16:39 AM PDT
by
coloradan
(The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
If their lips are moving, they’re lying. With so much blatant, unbelievable lying, who but a moron would think anyone in this administration is credible?
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posted on
06/17/2013 6:16:43 AM PDT
by
txrefugee
To: Oldeconomybuyer
In doing so, Paz said, the employees likely did not consider that their decisions and practices could be perceived as politically motivated. Sorry, but this doesn't even pass the laugh test, much less the smell test.
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posted on
06/17/2013 6:16:55 AM PDT
by
justlurking
(tagline removed, as demanded by Admin Moderator)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Doesn’t pass the smell test, Ms. Paz...
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posted on
06/17/2013 6:17:28 AM PDT
by
txrangerette
("...hold to the truth; speak without fear". - Glenn Beck)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
More Dem leaks. Boehner is such a weak POS.
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posted on
06/17/2013 6:18:25 AM PDT
by
lodi90
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Too bad that we need laws in effect to protect innocent people form federal bureaucracies. It goes to show that they do not understand individuals rights and their responsibilities to all peoples rights. Liberals are not good for America.
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posted on
06/17/2013 6:18:26 AM PDT
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The very first sentence in this article is a damned lie
It was the white house that ordered this, not some rogue employees in Cincinnati
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posted on
06/17/2013 6:18:29 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: mountainlion
Uh, that’s the reason for the Bill of Rights, to protect people from the government
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posted on
06/17/2013 6:19:20 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
06/17/2013 6:19:35 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
To: Oldeconomybuyer
and chose some applications from Tea Party-aligned groups for closer scrutiny. They put Tea Party groups under a magnifying glass ... just like a little boy burning some ants with one.
On the news reports on the radio this morning it looks like the administration has given up on the idea that it was a few rogue agents in Cincinnati doing this, but that everyone was susceptible to the extra scrutiny, not just Tea Party groups. I wonder if the press will swallow that or if they will ask which left wing groups where asked how they prayed.
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posted on
06/17/2013 6:22:00 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(This message has been recorded but not approved by Obama's StasiNet. Read it at your peril.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
How about the “violent backlash for election tampering” angle? They must have overlooked that as well.
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posted on
06/17/2013 6:22:08 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
06/17/2013 6:23:30 AM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Sen Ted Cruz, Sen Mike Lee, and Sen Rand Paul are my adoptive Senators)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
"..likely did not consider the political implications"Um, right...
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posted on
06/17/2013 6:23:47 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Internal Revenue Service employees in Ohio, who singled out conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status for extra scrutiny, likely did not consider the political implications, an IRS official in Washington has told congressional investigators.
But hoped that it would come to the notice of the higher ups and result in a nice annual effectiveness report and maybe a promotion. They all knew and shared the Obama dream of "Dictatorship of the Ruling Class".
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posted on
06/17/2013 6:25:30 AM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: Oldeconomybuyer
If only black groups - or ONLY gay groups had been singled out would the MSM buy this crap about them not knowing?
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posted on
06/17/2013 6:25:43 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Why don't Democrats waste their time trying to win the votes of gun owners? - Coulter)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
“likely did not consider the political implications,”
Flat out bald face lie.
Holly Paz Cant Understand Normal Thinking.
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posted on
06/17/2013 6:26:03 AM PDT
by
Slambat
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