IRS scandal: I've seen this movie before

WND ^ | July 11, 2013 | Joseph Farah

[Perseverando]

If there was one scandal I thought might actually stick on Barack Obama, it was his widespread use of the Internal Revenue Service to target his political enemies.

I should have known better.

I witnessed a scandal of this magnitude forgotten about by the media, by Congress and by other investigators after initial outrage was expressed. And that’s exactly what appears to be happening this time around.

To review what happened this year, with this administration, the IRS initially admitted holding up tax-exempt letters for tea-party organizations. For days, and even weeks, it was a steady drip, drip, drip with new admissions, new revelations, officials pleading the Fifth Amendment, resignations, etc.

The scandal grew beyond the tea-party movement to other conservative groups and individuals. There were audits. There was harassment. There was stalling. There were excuses.

House Republicans promised they would not let go of this scandal.

But then they did.

No more coverage in the daily news cycle. No more hearings. A few members of Congress vowed to use the scandal to end the IRS. But the momentum was gone. Once again, Obama was allowed to regain his political balance to reset the nation’s talking points to subjects he was more comfortable with.

I don’t know how I got fooled again.

I had seen this movie before – when I was an active participant in blowing the scandal wide open.

That was back when Bill Clinton was in the White House. He, too, was caught red-handed using the IRS to go after his political enemies. Anyone and everyone who opposed Clinton politically, anyone and everyone who defied him or got in his way, anyone and everyone who asked tough questions were hounded by the IRS.

[Sun]

Thanx for the link. Good idea to use it.

[Taxman]

You are most welcome.