Rules don’t apply to the left, obviously...
2004
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has begun reviewing the tax-exempt status of the NAACP, citing concerns over a speech by Chairman Julian Bond at the group’s annual convention last July.
In an Oct. 8 letter released Thursday, the IRS told the NAACP it had received information that Bond conveyed “statements in opposition of George W. Bush for the office of presidency” and specifically “condemned the administration policies of George W. Bush in education, the economy and the war in Iraq.”
The letter reminded the association that tax-exempt organizations are legally barred from supporting or opposing any candidate for elective office.
Bond’s speech on July 11 included sharp criticism of the Republican Party, Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for their positions on issues important to black Americans.
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The IRS was holding up issuing tax exempt status to the conservative groups (by asking for more private information which was none of their business) not auditing them for POLITICAL activity which is against IRS rules like what the NAACP did.
VERY DIFFERENT!!!
Harry, get back to me when the IRS demands the donor list & other private information from the NAACP. But you will see these talking points which have been issued to distract from the facts!
Thanks for that information. Now I see why the idiot Bond was spewing his nonsense on Hannity. It’s so funny to hear them still clinging to the racist angle and citing the passing of obamacare as their evidence!