Posted on 05/22/2013 2:12:59 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
“The power to tax is the power to destroy.”-
JOHN MARSHALL McCulloch v. Maryland
Lerner is probably at home downing her second Fifth after she heard that.
I watched the hearing and if my memory hasn't failed me, the lady in question claimed she was innocent but claimed the 'fifth' to protect others who were innocent as well...I had always thought that claiming the fifth was for the purpose of not incriminating yourself, not others...
Bad news for Barry...keeps it in the news cycle.
What did the President know and when did he know it?
When did he find out about Jeremiah Wrights racist rants?
These things don’t happen by accident. Surely her counsel knows the law. And knew that the Republicans have a former prosecutor on their committee so they wouldn’t miss it either. So she took this big risk to just be able to say she’s innocent under oath, when she could just as easily announced it on the steps of the Capitol a few minutes later? Unlikely.
More likely:
1. She’s aware of the law, and it doesn’t force her to keep answering questions; or
2. It’s a setup. She wanted the committee to say “now we’ve got you. stay right there. answer these questions or we’ll throw you in jail for contempt of Congress!!” and to be seen to be beating up on her and denying her her rights. It could have been a long-shot attempt to provoke a scene that she could later claim was “reminiscent of McCathyism”. Remember that this was the woman who staged the whole setup Q&A where she just ‘suddenly’ admitted something that would be coming out in the IG report a few days later.
I don’t think these things happen by accident and I don’t think there’s anything to be gained by dragging her back. Much better to focus on getting all the emails.
Trey Gowdy is awesome! Republicans need to take some lessons from him!
Especially if they ask just the right questions that can cause people to start asking and answering questions of their own about the IRS and what it's done!
When a setup is planned in the context of lying, sometimes it can be defeated in a counterattack. Such a time is when your opponents have reached the point of smothering themselves with their own lies.
All that has to be done is expose the truth.
McCarthyism? With the right amount of guts and some wit, anyone could show with a few well placed words that accusations of “McCarthyism” are themselves reminiscent of McCarthyism. Believe me, it wouldn’t be difficult.
The white house. I suspect she's got the goods and is scared to death to reveal them.........
In a court of law, you cannot take the stand, and then when things do not go your way, plea the fifth.
Nor can you make a statement.
Issa is not a lawyer. So he did not catch this immediately, but he is 100% correct, he can recall her and force her to testify.
No, FM, there is a presidency on the cancer, this time.
the fake prez didn’t just “know” ....he DID IT!....IMO of course.
“What did the President know and when did he know it?”
The liar in Chief blocked the military from responding to the Muslim terrorist attack in Benghazi.
The liar in Chief lied to hide the fact that Muslim terrorist in an organized terrorist attack killed Americans in Benghazi.
The liar in Chief directed the IRS to go after conservatives. To think otherwise means your effective IQ is not even approaching room temperature.
The liar in Chief directed ATF and others to dump guns into Mexico in a traitorous scheme to prove US weapons were the cause of Mexico’s arms problems.
ETC.
The liar in Chief is a traitor working to destroy America. The average American is so brainwashed that he will not even consider that the acts by Obama are so traitorous that even an idiot should be outraged. Obama can do these things because Americans can no longer think without the government through the controlled press telling them what the answers are. Don’t believe it? Look at the following video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQLxlSBGwMY
Biden?
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