Obama administration called "greatest enemy" of the press (legal, election)

[urbanlife78]

Originally Posted by bluesjuke

You made that up.

No, but the IRS targeting right wing groups was a made up scandal.

[dsjj251]

Originally Posted by petch751

So you are saying that Obama supporters are stupid.

No, you did. And that is why it was an insult. Not the use of the phrase Obama supporter, but the insinuation behind it.

If you seriously didnt get why he said that the first time around,thats fine, but now you do. So dont play coy, and do this BS run around.



If i, for example post a picture of a misspelled sign , and then write "typically Tea Party member" next to it, then im insinuating that they cant spell. It is then an insult when i call them a Tea Partyer.

[shooting4life]

Originally Posted by urbanlife78

No, but the IRS targeting right wing groups was a made up scandal.

Except that they are real. The IRS commissioners are just resigning for the fun of it.

[urbanlife78]

Originally Posted by shooting4life

Except that they are real. The IRS commissioners are just resigning for the fun of it.

The IRS targeting right wing groups was a made up scandal, but if you want to believe that it was real then more power to you.

[shooting4life]

Originally Posted by urbanlife78

The IRS targeting right wing groups was a made up scandal, but if you want to believe that it was real then more power to you.

Did mother jones tell you that?

[nvxplorer]

Originally Posted by shooting4life

Except that they are real. The IRS commissioners are just resigning for the fun of it.

They were targeting political groups, not just those that are conservative. One of the flagged words was 'progressive,' so this wasn't an attempt to silence Obama's opposition. Silencing Obama's opposition: That is the made-up scandal.

[nvxplorer]

Originally Posted by shooting4life

Did mother jones tell you that?

Try this article: IRS targeting included liberal groups - CNN.com

[petch751]

And Louis Lerner claims the 5th for the fun of it too.


The Internal Revenue Service apologized for targeting groups with “tea party” or “patriot” in their names, confirming long-standing accusations by some conservatives that their applications for tax-exempt status were being improperly delayed and scrutinized.

Lois G. Lerner, the IRS official who oversees tax-exempt groups, said the “absolutely inappropriate” actions by “front-line people

IRS admits targeting conservatives for tax scrutiny in 2012 election

[shooting4life]

Originally Posted by nvxplorer

Try this article: IRS targeting included liberal groups - CNN.com

What was that?

Of the 298 applications that were collected and put on hold by the Internal Revenue Service between mid-2010 and mid-2012, 248, or 83%, were right-leaning, while 29, or 10%, were left-leaning.
New Breakdown of Groups Targeted by IRS - Washington Wire - WSJ

[nvxplorer]

Originally Posted by petch751

And Louis Lerner claims the 5th for the fun of it too.


The Internal Revenue Service apologized for targeting groups with “tea party” or “patriot” in their names, confirming long-standing accusations by some conservatives that their applications for tax-exempt status were being improperly delayed and scrutinized.

Lois G. Lerner, the IRS official who oversees tax-exempt groups, said the “absolutely inappropriate” actions by “front-line people

IRS admits targeting conservatives for tax scrutiny in 2012 election

Yes, the IRS was targeting political groups, which it is obligated to do. The fallacy is that it was targeting only conservative groups. Read the article I linked, which was published a month after the article you linked.