After having 8 months to sanitize 'em, IRS now says it will turn over Lerner emails
It's such a hoot watching how government officials "play" hard-working, taxpaying, rule-following Americans.
Let me explain: A year and a half ago conservative groups seeking "tax-exempt" status began comparing notes. They discovered that as part of the application process the IRS had demanded that virtually all conservative groups turn over every text, tweet and Facebook page, along with explanations of their political views, donor lists, membership lists and even statements of the religious beliefs of the executives. Liberal organizations didn't have to jump through any of those hoops.
The endless demands had the effect of delaying the grant of tax-exempt status for years--greatly reducing the ability of such groups to raise money.
Needless to say, such a discriminatory use of the IRS was and is illegal.
Eight months ago the Government Oversight Committee of the House of Representatives asked the IRS to turn over all official emails to and from one Lois Lerner, who has been implicated in the use of IRS tax rules to delay or deny tax-exempt status to conservative groups while fast-tracking the same applications from liberal groups.
The key phrase there is "eight months ago."
The IRS told the committee they'd decide whether they'd condescend to do that. Cuz, you know, the Obama administration has demonstrated time and again that it will do whatever it wants to, regardless of what congress does.
We've come a long *long* way since Watergate, eh folks? But back then we had a president who at least recognized the importance of the Constitution and the importance of all three branches of government.
Finally a couple of days ago the IRS announced that they were turning over "all relevant" Lerner emails.
Isn't that just so *gracious of 'em*?
They've had eight months to comb thru those emails and pull any that would incriminate any government official higher than some poor GS-2 who didn't know squat and can be safely sacrificed if necessary.
It's an axiom of powerful organizations that they *never* confess wrongdoing. Reason is that they've got an "in" with the administration, which ultimately controls virtually all investigations--unless congress stands up and does their constitutional duty, which they aren't about to start doing.
The immediate corollary is that a lawless gummint organization would never turn over the emails if its managers knew they contained a scintilla of evidence of wrongdoing.
The mere fact that the Obama administration announced that it would turn over the emails means they've scrubbed 'em. They've either deleted all incriminating ones or "redacted" (blacked out) "smoking gun" exchanges in the ones they've turned over.
But if you read liberal sites, the IRS agreeing to turn over a gazillion emails is absolute proof that they're cooperating fully with those mean, nasty Republicans to absolutely get to the bottom of this.
After all, the Emperor has already declared that there's "not a smidgen of corruption" in the IRS targeting of conservative groups. That means y'all don't need to take your investigation any further, see.
I lived through Watergate. This is the same thing all over again. But the Dems learned a big lesson from Nixon's response to that investigation: Always say you're cooperating fully--and then use your media allies to scream this point over and over again. And never, never turn over anything incriminating. Instead, quietly scrub and sanitize the files--all the while piously insisting that you're cooperating fully.
Compared to Obama, Nixon was an amateur.
Let me explain: A year and a half ago conservative groups seeking "tax-exempt" status began comparing notes. They discovered that as part of the application process the IRS had demanded that virtually all conservative groups turn over every text, tweet and Facebook page, along with explanations of their political views, donor lists, membership lists and even statements of the religious beliefs of the executives. Liberal organizations didn't have to jump through any of those hoops.
The endless demands had the effect of delaying the grant of tax-exempt status for years--greatly reducing the ability of such groups to raise money.
Needless to say, such a discriminatory use of the IRS was and is illegal.
Eight months ago the Government Oversight Committee of the House of Representatives asked the IRS to turn over all official emails to and from one Lois Lerner, who has been implicated in the use of IRS tax rules to delay or deny tax-exempt status to conservative groups while fast-tracking the same applications from liberal groups.
The key phrase there is "eight months ago."
The IRS told the committee they'd decide whether they'd condescend to do that. Cuz, you know, the Obama administration has demonstrated time and again that it will do whatever it wants to, regardless of what congress does.
We've come a long *long* way since Watergate, eh folks? But back then we had a president who at least recognized the importance of the Constitution and the importance of all three branches of government.
Finally a couple of days ago the IRS announced that they were turning over "all relevant" Lerner emails.
Isn't that just so *gracious of 'em*?
They've had eight months to comb thru those emails and pull any that would incriminate any government official higher than some poor GS-2 who didn't know squat and can be safely sacrificed if necessary.
It's an axiom of powerful organizations that they *never* confess wrongdoing. Reason is that they've got an "in" with the administration, which ultimately controls virtually all investigations--unless congress stands up and does their constitutional duty, which they aren't about to start doing.
The immediate corollary is that a lawless gummint organization would never turn over the emails if its managers knew they contained a scintilla of evidence of wrongdoing.
The mere fact that the Obama administration announced that it would turn over the emails means they've scrubbed 'em. They've either deleted all incriminating ones or "redacted" (blacked out) "smoking gun" exchanges in the ones they've turned over.
But if you read liberal sites, the IRS agreeing to turn over a gazillion emails is absolute proof that they're cooperating fully with those mean, nasty Republicans to absolutely get to the bottom of this.
After all, the Emperor has already declared that there's "not a smidgen of corruption" in the IRS targeting of conservative groups. That means y'all don't need to take your investigation any further, see.
I lived through Watergate. This is the same thing all over again. But the Dems learned a big lesson from Nixon's response to that investigation: Always say you're cooperating fully--and then use your media allies to scream this point over and over again. And never, never turn over anything incriminating. Instead, quietly scrub and sanitize the files--all the while piously insisting that you're cooperating fully.
Compared to Obama, Nixon was an amateur.
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