[workerbee]

They want them to go after the Tea Party because the Tea Parties are an outside threat to their power hold. I'm telling you, the lobbying-consultant class of the Republican Party and Republican leadership, who have been attacking the Tea Party and alienating them, they want the IRS to do this. That's why there hasn't been any establishment Republican pushback on the IRS. It's almost safe to say the Republican establishment might be willing to lose a couple of elections if it meant getting rid of the Tea Party; because it's clear, folks, they don't want to win any elections the Tea Party can claim any credit for.

Ping for your interest/commentary.

[Qbert]

Thanks for the ping, workerbee.

Caddell, as usual, is spot on.

Skeptics, of course, will ask, “Well, why would the GOP-e even have the IRS scandal hearings in the first place if they wanted the IRS to go after the Tea Party?” The answer is simple: there was a lot of speculation at the time that the only reason the GOP-e was rolling out all of the scandal hearings (IRS, Benghazi, etc.)... was to distract Conservatives from the big amnesty push going on at the same time in the Senate. Pure speculation, of course, but it rings true in light of the circumstances (and knowing how the Establishment operates).

The GOP-e got what they wanted- the amnesty vote in the Senate, and that was it. Benghazi has languished since then, and now that the Establishment realizes that it’s in its best interest for the IRS to go after the Tea Party, nothing will happen.

It’s truly disgusting- as many have pointed out, the leaking of information by IRS officials about private groups is a CRIMINAL offense, and yet the GOP-e could care less.