Posted on 12/24/2014 12:26:42 PM PST by Nachum
A new congressional report on the IRS persecution of conservative groups in the run-up to the 2012 election? Nothing to see here, the New York Times' headline blared. Both the paper's headline writer and reporter David Joachim set the bar sky-high for anti-Obama scandal, using the evident lack of a smoking gun linking IRS persecution to the White House as an excuse to completely dismiss the scandal in a rather brief story, no matter what "strident" Rep. Darrell Issa, the Republican who chaired the hearings, might think. The Washington Post was little better.
Joachim's story was buried on page A13 of Wednesday's Christmas Eve edition of the Times: "Inquiry Into I.R.S. Lapses Shows No Links to White House."
An 18-month congressional investigation into the Internal Revenue Service’s mistreatment of conservative political groups seeking tax exemptions failed to show coordination between agency officials and political operatives in the White House, according to a report released on Tuesday.
The I.R.S. has admitted that before the 2012 election it inappropriately delayed approval of tax exemption applications by groups affiliated with the Tea Party movement, but the I.R.S. and its parent agency, the Treasury Department, have said that the errors were not motivated by partisanship.
Republican lawmakers, dismissing the Obama administration’s denials, have suggested that the delays were not only politically motivated but also orchestrated by the White House.
Some of the most strident comments have come from Representative Darrell Issa, Republican of California and the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, which has issued subpoenas to compel testimony from administration officials and held a series of tumultuous hearings on the I.R.S. scandal.
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Lies. lies and more lies.
If it doesn’t advance the narrative, it does not get reported.
If the WaPo and NYSlimes ever print the truth it is only by accident.
The senate hasn’t held hearing yet. Let’s see what they come up with. The senate also needs to investigate Benghazi too.
Oh, and since when has the NY Times become the final word on anything?
I’m quite certain that the GOP will give the same or similar gift.
Of course not.
The links are funneled thru IRS <-> OFA <-> VJ <-> Obummer
I’d be willing to bet OFA people work for the IRS in key locations.
Austin, TX, Ohio, Kentucky and Florida
This is where I would put them if I wanted to control the GOP
Remember how they gave Bush and Chaney the benefit of the doubt over Valerie Plame? The Marxist Media is so transparent.
Pray America is waking
In prior investigations, the New York Times and Washington Post could find no link between King Henry II and the murder of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. (”Will no-one rid me of this troublesome priest?” was a simple question, not a command.)
Liars lie...that is what they do.
Have a Merry Christmas!
OBS.
Gosh,what a surprise./s
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"AAAAaaannnnd I would like to add, not even mass coverup - - not even a smidgen of a coverup" - His Royal Heinous - Barrack Hussein Milhouse Obama, Emperor I
The DOJ had the New York Times do the investigation ? LOL
Therefore, by default the White House is Guilty!!!
This coming from the paper at the bottom of a bird cage
You think they're gonna cop to Obama's political oppression? When they cover for communism's direct murders?
I don't think so.
.....strident Representative Darryl Issa.....? When was Issa ever strident? I din’t think I’ve ever even seen him give the impression that he actually gave a crap.
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