Posted on 05/14/2013 6:36:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Barack Obama said Tuesday the Treasury Department inspector general's report examining how the Internal Revenue Service allowed for the targeting of "tea party" and other groups shows some IRS employees "failed" to act in a way "that's worthy of the public's trust."
"Regardless of how this conduct was allowed to take place, the bottom line is, it was wrong," the president said.
In his statement, Obama said he's directed Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew "to hold those responsible for these failures accountable, and to make sure that each of the Inspector General's recommendations are implemented quickly, so that such conduct never happens again."
Poor management and lax oversight at the Internal Revenue Service allowed for the targeting of "tea party" and other groups, resulting in lengthy delays in the processing of their applications for federal tax exempt status, according to a report from the agency's inspector general obtained Tuesday by CNN.
The report found that for more than 18 months beginning in early 2010 the IRS developed and followed a policy that used "inappropriate criteria" to identify potential political applications and then forwarded those applications to a team of specialists for review.
"The IRS used inappropriate criteria that identified for review Tea Party and other organizations applying for tax-exempt status based upon their names or policy positions instead of indications of potential political campaign intervention," according to the report, obtained by CNN from a congressional source.
The IRS said that it welcomed the release of the Treasury inspector general's report, saying that it agreed that aspects of its original approach in handling the influx of tax-exempt applications was inappropriate....
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Let’s hope they don’t go down quietly.
They didn’t fail, they just got caught.
OBAMA FAILED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Blame some more you dip wad!
So according to his own standard, Obama should resign. Got it.
Woe to the land that’s governed by a child!
-Richard III, Act 2 Scene 3
If CNN keeps it up with these hard hitting stories they are long to lose three of their five viewers.
I don’t know his name but his initials are Barack Hussein Obama. You’re in charge now Barry just as Bush was. You like to blame EVERYTHING on Bush. It’s time for you to man up and start taking some heat you lowlife coward. How ‘bout putting a little skin in the game and stop hiding in the corner like a baby.
Well, at least give him credit this time he didn’t blame G.W Bush
“failed” to act in a way “that’s worthy of the public’s trust.” , As in the president has.................
A new word for crime?
A man was sent to prison because he committed the ‘fail’ of larceny.
The man committed the ‘fail’ of bigamy.
The hoodlum was caught for the ‘fail’ of grand-theft auto.
YOU LIE!
YOU FAILED!
Horse puckie, it came from the top of this rotting marxist dead fish called the Obama administration.
How much more Blame can the American People stomach!
This man is no more than the average drug adict on skid row blaming his peacock for his miserable life!
And Americans gave him their trust! Or maybe they didn’t they just wanted their section 8 housing obummer phone and all the food stamps they can black market! This sucker was loser from day one his attribute was BLACK that’s it, the only this ass is in the Most coveted and protected person in the country!
Winds up to be just another thug from Chicago! He could have done as well being Dailys lap boy! Maybe Rham has a place for the new bottom feeder! This CAT MAke me sick! Can I get disability because my POTUS Shafted me!
"Mistakes were made. That's old news. Now it's time to move on.
I have a lot of important work to do for the people."
no bogarting the crackpipe
THAT was my first thought....Failed to NOT get Caught...
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