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Sorry, Politico, But Lois Lerner Is Not A Victim
The Federalist ^ | September 22, 2014 | David Harsanyi

Posted on 09/22/2014 2:11:36 PM PDT by right-wing agnostic

Lois Lerner. Hero. Servant. Brownie-baking puppy lover. Sister of the Blessed State.

This is about all a person reading Politico’s new exclusive “interview” with the former head of the I.R.S. division that oversees tax-exempt groups, might take away. “I didn’t do anything wrong” claims Lerner, who, like any innocent person, is flanked by a major law firm’s partner, two personal attorneys and her husband – a lawyer. “I’m proud of my career and the job I did for this country.” And in around 3,700 obsequious words, Politico seems to agree.

What exactly did she do for her country, you ask? Well, sitting in her $2.5 million house in Bethesda, Maryland, this question, like most others, goes unanswered. But even before Lerner fails to respond to queries about corruption or cover-ups, the most obvious problem with the piece is the lack of perspective. A few very obvious things to remember:

Lerner is already guilty It’s worth noting that this humble servant of the American people worked for an organization that – like many others in Washington after the election of Barack Obama in 2008 – found a renewed purpose. From fiscal 2009 to 2013, the IRS averaged around 3,500 criminal referrals a year, a 38.4 percent increase over the past administration, according to the Wall Street Journal. In 2013, the Justice Department prosecuted 30.6 percent more than in 2012 and the most it had since 1997.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: irs; loislerner; nastypoliticalhack; politico

1 posted on 09/22/2014 2:11:36 PM PDT by right-wing agnostic
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To: right-wing agnostic

Neither was Alger Hiss.


2 posted on 09/22/2014 2:14:13 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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To: right-wing agnostic
Lerner, who, like any innocent person, is flanked by a major law firm’s partner, two personal attorneys and her husband – a lawyer.

Isn't she also a lawyer, herself?

3 posted on 09/22/2014 2:36:27 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: a fool in paradise

She KNEW what she was doing, WHEN she was doing, TO WHOM she was doing, FOR WHAT she was doing it, she knew HOW to do it, so she IS NO VICTIM, and —for the record — it is my humble opinion that her carcass (how that happened I won’t venture), should be suspended from the yardarm in the Navy yard at Alexandria.


4 posted on 09/22/2014 2:51:22 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: right-wing agnostic

She should be elected Time magazine’s “Liar of the Year”


5 posted on 09/22/2014 3:12:19 PM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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To: Terry L Smith

And Alger Hiss knew he was working for the Commies...


6 posted on 09/22/2014 3:15:03 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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To: right-wing agnostic

Here's another culprit

7 posted on 09/22/2014 3:15:27 PM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: right-wing agnostic

Pleading the 5th always brings a mountain of suspicion along with it. If anyone can’t see they’re destroying evidence and obstructing justice at this point then they’re just imbeciles.


8 posted on 09/22/2014 3:34:37 PM PDT by Bullish (You ever notice that liberalism really just amounts to anti-morality?)
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To: a fool in paradise

I wish that she imitate Mssr hiss’s present state.


9 posted on 09/22/2014 3:38:52 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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can't you see her halo? It resembles obozo’s, Holder's and the hildahag’s.
10 posted on 09/22/2014 3:58:54 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: right-wing agnostic

“I didn’t do anything wrong and I refuse to talk about it.”


11 posted on 09/22/2014 4:52:06 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Liberals were raised by women or wimps. And they're all stupid.)
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