Posted on 06/18/2013 3:42:15 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A manager from a U.S. Internal Revenue Service office in Cincinnati where staff have been accused of unfairly subjecting conservative groups to extra scrutiny has said his agents were not influenced by any political agenda.
John Shafer, who described himself as "a conservative Republican," told congressional investigators he sought advice from his boss on how to handle the first Tea Party application he and a lower-level agent came across in February 2010 because it was a new, high-profile issue.
The furor since then has led to the ousting of the IRS chief by President Barack Obama, an FBI investigation and a congressional investigation.
Leaks from the congressional investigation, now in its sixth week, have neither clearly supported allegations by Republicans of undue influence by Washington officials or the White House, nor ruled this out.
Some material has undermined the allegations by suggesting that the screeners - some of whom were managed by Shafer at the Cincinnati processing hub - acted largely on their own.
Shafer said his screeners knew when a new issue could be difficult and might need to be evaluated by superiors.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
A Democrat would be my guess. A Democrat who has been promised a promotion if he puts it over and a week extra vacation if he tries and gets outed. Fired “for cause” if NYT or WAPO outs him.
“Hi, I’m a conservative Republican from Wisconsin, and I think maybe capitalism is a little outmoded. I think, as a conservative Republican, maybe we should try...what’s it called...socialism...yeah, that’s right, because it hasn’t been tried correctly in places like Russia and China. We need social justice and redistribution of wealth like President Obama said. Did I mention I’m a conservative Republican?”
IRS Cincinnati office gave 75% of political donations to Dems
Saying conservative republicans in the IRS is like saying Evangelical Pastor at a UCC church, it is an oxymoron.
I’m sure there are some conservatives there, but I can’t possibly imagine this guy is one of them.
BINGO!
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