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IRS v. Tea Party & DOJ v. AP are BOTH GOP-Fabricated Non-Scandals
IRS v. Tea Party & DOJ v. AP are BOTH GOP-Fabricated Non-Scandals
by ericlewis0
We'll debunk the IRS' extra scrutiny of Tea Party groups first. From USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/05/13/irs-tea-party-scandal-explained/2156009/
The head of the IRS when this began in March of 2010 was Douglas Shulman, appointed by George W. Bush in 2008. He continued as chief of the IRS until just about 6 months ago - Nov. 9, 2012.
And yet Mitch McTurtle and Marco Rubio are now calling for the current acting head of the IRS to step down? That is to LoLz
As for the made up flap doodle about the Department of Justice searching AP reporters' phone records, let's see what Talking Points Memo can report.
Here is Josh Marshall himself quoting TPM Reader SS:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/05/a_conflict_of_interest.php?ref=fpblg
Undaunted by Romney's spectacular loss last year, the GOP still thinks it can win with an all bullshit all the time strategy. Throw Benghazi into this turdapalooza and the deceitful Republican modus operandi is exposed for all to see. Please proceed, Goposaurs.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/13/1208891/-IRS-v-Tea-Party-DOJ-v-AP-are-BOTH-GOP-Fabricated-Non-Scandals
by ericlewis0
We'll debunk the IRS' extra scrutiny of Tea Party groups first. From USA Today:
According to a timeline compiled by independent IRS investigators, the IRS first began searching for Tea Party-related groups in March 2010. The policy underwent several revisions through 2011 and 2012 and now involves only organizations with "indicators of significant amounts of political campaign intervention."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/05/13/irs-tea-party-scandal-explained/2156009/
The head of the IRS when this began in March of 2010 was Douglas Shulman, appointed by George W. Bush in 2008. He continued as chief of the IRS until just about 6 months ago - Nov. 9, 2012.
And yet Mitch McTurtle and Marco Rubio are now calling for the current acting head of the IRS to step down? That is to LoLz
As for the made up flap doodle about the Department of Justice searching AP reporters' phone records, let's see what Talking Points Memo can report.
Here is Josh Marshall himself quoting TPM Reader SS:
The AP story on the Justice Department “secretly” obtaining phone records from AP strikes me as an unprofessional effort by the AP to make the Department look bad.
If you read the story you learn that Justice is in fact investigating a leak to the AP. The merits of such an investigation may be debated but for the AP to write this article in this fashion would be like a politician under investigation issuing a press release about the evil investigation against him. Everyone would understand it for what it is.
More important it is clear to anyone who understands what happens in this type of investigation that the Justice Department subpoenaed phone records. Those records came from the phone company not from AP. They relate to dates and times of phone calls not content. Under the law such a subpoena is perfectly proper and under the law Justice and the phone company must notify the party (in this case AP) that records were subpoenaed.
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/05/a_conflict_of_interest.php?ref=fpblg
Undaunted by Romney's spectacular loss last year, the GOP still thinks it can win with an all bullshit all the time strategy. Throw Benghazi into this turdapalooza and the deceitful Republican modus operandi is exposed for all to see. Please proceed, Goposaurs.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/13/1208891/-IRS-v-Tea-Party-DOJ-v-AP-are-BOTH-GOP-Fabricated-Non-Scandals
Frankly, I think Rubio asking for the acting head to resign (http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022836843) has something to do with this:
Leaked Data Could Result in Biggest Tax Evasion Investigation Into Offshore Accounts in History
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022837051
Who knows, maybe the plethora of bullshit news today is related to that too.
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And to pick on others....
And why do you defend tea parties?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2839366
You...You... Shut up! You're stifling my free speech with your opinions! Go away with that positive noise. Don't you have anything negative to say ( Insert some silly play on words: PROpaganda, No Sense...)?
