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Do you approve of media confronting Lois Lerner in her neighborhood? (Reader Poll)
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| 10-8-2014
| Aleister
Posted on 10/08/2014 1:47:22 PM PDT by smoothsailing
Do you approve of media confronting Lois Lerner in her neighborhood? (Reader Poll)
by Aleister
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Do unto others? Or, what goes around comes around
(Reader Poll at bottom of post)
Jason Mattera of the Daily Surge recently filmed an unannounced confrontation with former IRS employee Lois Lerner in her own neighborhood.
Lerner fled his camera and tried (unsuccessfully) to seek refuge in a neighbor’s home: ...
This may seem invasive and inappropriate, but as Jason Mattera asks her in so many words, is it any more inappropriate than the way Lerner used her position at the IRS to target average Americans?
In fact, this is a tactic the left has been using for quite a while.
In 2010, busloads of SEIU protesters descended on the private home of a Bank of America executive who they perceived as a political enemy.
The house was empty, except for a teenager who hid in the bathroom fearing for his life.
Nina Easton, who you may know from her writing and media appearances, lived next door and described the scene: ...
I’d really like to know what Legal Insurrection readers think about this. Am I making an unfair comparison? Was Jason Mattera’s ambush of Lois Lerner unfair or is it what Glenn Reynolds describes as punching back twice as hard?
So what do you think. After viewing the video, and considering how it must feel for any controversial public figure (do unto others?) to be confronted where s/he lives, was the questioning of Lerner a good thing?
Poll Open until Noon (Eastern) on Thursday, October 9, 2014:...(Poll at link below)
(Excerpt) Read more at legalinsurrection.com ...
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Politics/Elections
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To: smoothsailing
Now she knows how it feels to be chased by an IRS agent holding handcuffs.
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posted on
10/08/2014 1:49:16 PM PDT
by
primatreat
("I suffer too" .My Obamacare medical plan ($380/month) being taken out of MY SSI check SUCKS!)
To: smoothsailing
YES - Strongly Approve 72.62% (244 votes)
YES - Somewhat Approve 11.9% (40 votes)
UNDECIDED 2.68% (9 votes)
NO - Somewhat Disapprove 7.44% (25 votes)
NO - Strongly Disapprove 5% (18 votes)
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posted on
10/08/2014 1:49:40 PM PDT
by
sickoflibs
(King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
To: smoothsailing
As noted - the left and the MSM have been using Ambush Journalism for years.
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posted on
10/08/2014 1:49:40 PM PDT
by
PeteB570
( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
To: smoothsailing
MSM thought it was lots of fun to publish the home addresses of gun owners.
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posted on
10/08/2014 1:50:05 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Thank you for self-censoring.)
To: smoothsailing
Cheap tabloid tactic that should never be expected to yield meaningful results.
Makes “us” look bad.
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posted on
10/08/2014 1:50:30 PM PDT
by
G Larry
(Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
To: smoothsailing
Normally I wouldn’t approve, but for someone who, as the reporter stated numerous times, targets others, I’m ok with it. Also, if she had been open and willing to tell the country the truth, rather than claiming the 5th, she might not have been confronted in this manner.
To: smoothsailing
“public figure”...”public figure”...”public figure”...”public figure”...”public figure”... Hmmm. Yep, public figures should have to sign away their privacy rights so the average joe would know exactly what these sleezeballs are up to at all times.
Yes, I don’t care she was ambushed by a reported. Good for him. The woman should be in prison. Used the IRS to target political enemies. Helped Obama win because our side was disarmed by OUR GOVERNMENT. Much worse should be done to this woman, life in prison. IMHO. Traitor. Hater. Evil.
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posted on
10/08/2014 1:51:03 PM PDT
by
FreedomStar3028
(Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
To: smoothsailing
The Left has been doing this stuff since the days of Alinsky. About damn time we returned fire.
To: smoothsailing
ABSOLUTELY!!!!
The IRS hounds people in the homes.
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posted on
10/08/2014 1:51:34 PM PDT
by
rfreedom4u
(Texas isn't just a state. It's a state of mind!)
To: smoothsailing
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posted on
10/08/2014 1:51:51 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
To: JudyinCanada
{insert home address and telephone number of Lois Lerner here}
To: smoothsailing; MeshugeMikey
Since we Federal Taxpayers pay for her $100,000 per year retirement, the Media is “entitled” to do whatever they want with the WICKED WITCH OF THE IRS!
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posted on
10/08/2014 1:52:47 PM PDT
by
Graewoulf
(Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
To: sickoflibs
YES - Strongly Approve 74.09% (266 votes)
YES - Somewhat Approve 11.42% (41 votes)
UNDECIDED 2.51% (9 votes)
NO - Somewhat Disapprove 6.96% (25 votes)
NO - Strongly Disapprove 5.01% (18 votes)
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posted on
10/08/2014 1:53:10 PM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
To: smoothsailing
Now she knows how those evil republicans felt about HER ACTIONS
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posted on
10/08/2014 1:53:45 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(Palin/Cruz 2016)
To: JudyinCanada
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posted on
10/08/2014 1:53:54 PM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
To: smoothsailing
i would prefer the media did its job at her work site, not her home (just out of common courtesy)
but I’m glad someone is asking her a couple questions at least, yes!!
the country is (at least) on the verge of an outright IslamoNazi military dictatorship, largely administered through her office... and the media has, by and large, been entirely complicant (or just on a permanent vacation, which amounts to at least enabling the creation of an oppressive regime)
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posted on
10/08/2014 1:54:14 PM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..))
To: smoothsailing
Yes, only because “H#LL YES!” was not an option.
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posted on
10/08/2014 1:54:32 PM PDT
by
Mygirlsmom
(Obama Legacy: Bush's fault. Next guy's problem.)
To: smoothsailing
It’s time to push back. Our Founders were not a bunch of wusses and we shouldn’t be either.
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posted on
10/08/2014 1:55:11 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: smoothsailing
NO - Needs to be tarred and feathered and run out of town, but wasn’t.
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