I applaud the IRS.

[DMX7]

I see absolutely no problem whatsoever with what its done. Tea Party organizations are most certainly a higher risk for dodging taxes and should be targeted for that reason appropriately. Shame on Obama for cowering to to the media pressure. He needs to take on the personality of Dick Cheney and be like "yeah, I did it, bitch... which one of you mother fuckers is going to stop me? Bring it!". Instead, we're stuck with his sad display of fake outrage and surprise. Sad...

[TeyshaBlue]

smh

[boutons_deux]

http://nationalmemo.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/tea-party-irs.jpg

[SA210]

They could always actually do something meaningful and go after the Wall Street banksters..oh I forgot..those are Obama's buddies.

[angrydude]

I guess we'll find out who's to the left of Nancy Pelosi now

[DMX7]

They could always actually do something meaningful and go after the Wall Street banksters..oh I forgot..those are Obama's buddies.

lol, they are the repugs' buddies too.

[TSA]

I see absolutely no problem whatsoever with what its done. Tea Party organizations are most certainly a higher risk for dodging taxes and should be targeted for that reason appropriately. Shame on Obama for cowering to to the media pressure. He needs to take on the personality of Dick Cheney and be like "yeah, I did it, bitch... which one of you mother fuckers is going to stop me? Bring it!". Instead, we're stuck with his sad display of fake outrage and surprise. Sad...
Not sure if trolling.

[Clipper Nation]

lol, they are the repugs' buddies too.
So? They should be nobody's buddies in the government....

[boutons_deux]

These "social welfare" orgs are a total fraud, enabled by Repug SCOTUS assholes and their hated (Repug litigated ) Citizens United ruling.

[BobaFett1]

These "social welfare" orgs are a total fraud, enabled by Repug SCOTUS assholes and their hated (Repug litigated ) Citizens United ruling.

:lol boutons in denial

[Wild Cobra]

I see absolutely no problem whatsoever with what its done. Tea Party organizations are most certainly a higher risk for dodging taxes and should be targeted for that reason appropriately. Shame on Obama for cowering to to the media pressure. He needs to take on the personality of Dick Cheney and be like "yeah, I did it, bitch... which one of you mother fuckers is going to stop me? Bring it!". Instead, we're stuck with his sad display of fake outrage and surprise. Sad...
LOL...

Bigotry against Tea Party members...

How is that any different than bigotry against a race?

You should be ashamed of yourself with such preconceived notions.

[boutons_deux]

anybody have ANY EVIDENCE that any "social welfare" org performed any social welfare?

[SA210]

Stewart Destroys Obama Over IRS Scandal, Lack Of ‘Managerial Competence’: You’ve Vindicated Conspiracy Theorists


http://static01.mediaite.com/med/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/insdiejon-300x198.jpg

Jon Stewart (http://www.mediaite.com/power-grid/person/?q=Jon+Stewart) mercilessly tore into the Obama administration tonight over the revelation that the Internal Revenue Service specifically targeted Tea Party groups for scrutiny. Stewart slammed the government’s lack of “managerial competence” and said that thanks to this scandal, conspiracy theorists how have a level of vindication they’ve never had before.

After briefly responding to Bill O’Reilly (http://www.mediaite.com/power-grid/person/?q=Bill+O%27Reilly) going after him, Stewart mockingly opined that there is no possible justification for all the wild claims conservatives have made about government overreach, only to be caught up with the IRS scandal. Stewart said the whole tax-exempt status thing is “bullshit,” but it’s bullshit that should be granted equally.

Stewart slammed the IRS director who not only thought an apology was good enough for an IRS-related matter, but admitted she’s not good at math. Stewart snarkily replied, “That’s a good one, lady who works at the place that calculate people’s taxes!”

Stewart explained exactly why this scandal has changed the dynamic between the White House and its conservative opponents.



“Well, congratulations, President Barack Obama, Conspiracy theorists who generally can survive in anaerobic environments have just had an algae bloom dropped on their fucking heads, thus removing the last arrow in your pro-governance quiver: skepticism about your opponents.”



Stewart argued that this scandal has now “shifted the burden of proof from the tin foil-behatted to the government,” saying that the government lacks any real “managerial competence” when it wants to do good, but when it wants to flex some malevolent muscles, “you’re fucking Iron Man!”

Watch the video below, courtesy of Comedy Central:


http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-may-13-2013/barack-trek--into-darkness

[DMX7]

Pardon the IRS for believing that an organization that calls itself the "Taxed Enough Already Party" might be a potential tax liability.

[SA210]

.

ABC News' Trey Hardin: West Wing Of White House Authorized IRS-Gate Targeting


ABC News' Trey Hardin: West Wing Of White House Authorized IRS-Gate Targeting


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne8tTAsP8I8

[LnGrrrR]

LOL...

Bigotry against Tea Party members...

How is that any different than bigotry against a race?

You should be ashamed of yourself with such preconceived notions.

You're bigoted towards libtards. What does that say about you?

[Clipper Nation]

Pardon the IRS for believing that an organization that calls itself the "Taxed Enough Already Party" might be a potential tax liability.

LOL please.... this reeks of using the tax code to go after political enemies, tbh, like what Alabama's governor tried to do to MLK.... I can't stand the Tea Party, but Obama looks really bad for pulling shit like this and is validating his critics...

[DMX7]

LOL please.... this reeks of using the tax code to go after political enemies, tbh, like what Alabama's governor tried to do to MLK.... I can't stand the Tea Party, but Obama looks really bad for pulling shit like this and is validating his critics...

Oh please, you're kidding yourself if you think he micro-manages to this degree. He most certainly had no clue this was going on.

[TeyshaBlue]

He most certainly had no clue this was going on.

Sums up the cluelessness of the OP, tbh.

[Nbadan]

Given the internal battle over the soul-less GOP between the Rove and tea bagger supporters I don't understand why the board Obama enemies naturally assume that it was Obama micro managing this....

[Wild Cobra]

You're bigoted towards libtards. What does that say about you?
LOL...

Libtards are a special class of liberals. it's like saying I hate murderers.

To hate people who are tea party members... That's a wide range of people.

[boutons_deux]

When the IRS Targeted LiberalsWhile few are defending the Internal Revenue Service for targeting some 300 conservative groups, there are two critical pieces of context missing from the conventional wisdom on the “scandal.” First, at least from what we know so far, the groups were not targeted in a political vendetta — but rather were executing a makeshift enforcement test (http://www.salon.com/2013/05/13/how_irs_scandal_could_help_karl_rove_and_dark_mone y/) (an ugly one, mind you) for IRS employees tasked with separating political groups not allowed to claim tax-exempt status, from bona fide social welfare organizations. Employees are given almost zero official guidance on how to do that, so they went after Tea Party groups because those seemed like they might be political. Keep in mind, the commissioner of the IRS at the time was a Bush appointee.

The second is that while this is the first time this kind of thing has become a national scandal, it’s not the first time such activity has occurred.

“I wish there was more GOP interest when I raised the same issue during the Bush administration, where they audited a progressive church in my district in what look liked a very selective way,” California Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff said on MSNBC Monday. “I found only one Republican, [North Carolina Rep. Walter Jones], that would join me in calling for an investigation during the Bush administration. I’m glad now that the GOP has found interest in this issue and it ought to be a bipartisan concern.”
The well-known church, All Saints Episcopal in Pasadena, became a bit of a cause célèbre on the left after the IRS threatened (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-allsaints9-16-06,0,7778020.story) to revoke the church’s tax-exempt status over an anti-Iraq War sermon the Sunday before the 2004 election. “Jesus [would say], ‘Mr. President, your doctrine of preemptive war is a failed doctrine,’” rector George Regas said from the dais.

http://www.salon.com/2013/05/14/when_the_irs_targeted_liberals/

[TeyshaBlue]

Given the internal battle over the soul-less GOP between the Rove and tea bagger supporters I don't understand why the board Obama enemies naturally assume that it was Obama micro managing this....

I'm not sure either. There's alot of "The Buck Stops Here" enforcement on this issue. Ultimately, I guess that's true. But operationally, not really.

[Sportcamper]

IRS…"OK Mistakes were made"…Try that when you get audited….

[TeyshaBlue]

IRS Office That Targeted Tea Party Also Disclosed Confidential Docs From Conservative Groups

http://www.propublica.org/article/irs-office-that-targeted-tea-party-also-disclosed-confidential-docs

[coyotes_geek]

IRS…"OK Mistakes were made"…Try that when you get audited….

:lmao

No shit. Not a very good defense on their part.

[Clipper Nation]

It's funny how boutons can always bring up an article about Bush doing the same thing whenever Obama has a scandal.... shouldn't that tell you your messiah is just Dubya with a D next to his name? :lol

[boutons_deux]

It's funny how boutons can always bring up an article about Bush doing the same thing whenever Obama has a scandal.... shouldn't that tell you your messiah is just Dubya with a D next to his name? :lol

Just proving how your bubba right-wingers only attack Barry (personally, when he wasn't involved) when dubya did as much or worse while all y'all rednecks stayed silent. "funny"? glad you enjoyed being bitch slapped.

[Clipper Nation]

I'm far from a "bubba right winger"... I'm not even a registered Repug :lol

Just common sense: if everything Obama does mirrors shit Bush did, they clearly aren't very different.... deal with it, and own up, son :lol

[boutons_deux]

they clearly aren't very different

I agree, bitch, is why I say that if a fake progressive like Obama is the best the Dems can do, which is so much better than Bishop Gecko/Ryan, and add in Repug obstructionism, America is Fucked and Fuckable.

[Winehole23]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/15/fbi-irs-investigation_n_3278230.html

[Clipper Nation]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/05/14/irs-tea-party-progressive-groups/2158831/


WASHINGTON -- In February 2010, the Champaign Tea Party in Illinois received approval of its tax-exempt status from the IRS in 90 days, no questions asked.


That was the month before the Internal Revenue Service started singling out Tea Party groups for special treatment. There wouldn't be another Tea Party application approved for 27 months.


In that time, the IRS approved perhaps dozens of applications from similar liberal and progressive groups, a USA TODAY review of IRS data shows.


As applications from conservative groups sat in limbo, groups with liberal-sounding names had their applications approved in as little as nine months. With names including words like "Progress" or "Progressive," the liberal groups applied for the same tax status and were engaged in the same kinds of activities as the conservative groups.

[TeyshaBlue]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/05/14/irs-tea-party-progressive-groups/2158831/

YOU LIE! False equivalence. GFY....etc.....