Democratic trackers posting videos of Republican candidates’ homes online
posted at 7:10 pm on July 9, 2012 by Allahpundit
I started this story fully expecting that it would end with a caught-in-the-act ass-covering scramble by the DCCC to blame it all on “overzealous trackers” or whatever. Of course the leadership didn’t know its opponents’ homes were being filmed, they’d say. Surely a party that spent weeks demagoging Sarah Palin for using crosshairs on a campaign map wouldn’t go and post video of politicians’ homes on YouTube. They’re cynical, but they’re not that cynical.
But no. Turns out they knew, and they’re totally fine with it.
That ratcheting up of the video surveillance game is unnerving Republicans who insist that even by political standards, it’s a gross invasion of privacy. Worse, they say, it creates a safety risk for members of Congress and their families at a time when they are already on edge after a deranged gunman shot former Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords 18 months ago…
In [Reid] Ribble’s case, a clip of his northeastern Wisconsin home appeared online June 18. The soundless video — which lasts 38 seconds — is taken from a car sitting just outside the house. The shot pans across the large home, showing it from several different angles…
“House Republicans have spent this entire Congress trying to hide that they’re protecting benefits for millionaires and perks for themselves instead of protecting the middle class, but we won’t let them keep it secret any longer,” Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spokesman Jesse Ferguson wrote in an email.
Democratic officials said placing the videos on the DCCC’s website and YouTube serve a useful purpose, most notably making the footage available to friendly outside groups for use in TV commercials. That way, they don’t violate laws against coordinating with those groups.
Says New York mag, “So it’s creepy and undermining-campaign-finance-laws-y. Impressive.” I’m not posting the vids but you’ll find links at the Politico piece up top if you’re curious. The one of Ribble’s place does indeed look like stalker video, something you’d shoot if you were casing a place; the home itself is nice but not especially large or impressive, which tells you how seriously you should take the “exposing Republican wealth” excuse. (If they’re intent on crude panders aimed at class resentment, they could have stuck with publicizing their opponents’ estimated net worth.) The goal in posting this, obviously, is to intimidate, notwithstanding all the precious rhetoric devoted last January to “tone” after a horrible incident that actually had nothing to do with tone. I’m tempted to accuse them of hypocrisy, but that would require believing that the “tone” nonsense was ever meant as anything more than an opportunistic political bludgeon. Oh well.
Exit question: If you’re hot for ways to attack Republicans along wealth lines, why not do what the media does and gawk at the expensive cars and fine couture at a big Romney fundraiser, none of which you’d ever find at an Obama fundraiser?
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…I was rather surprised!…I always use ph yet…there was myiq2xu‘s word…in living color!
KOOLAID2 on May 15, 2013 at 11:21 PM
WryTrvllr on May 15, 2013 at 11:22 PM
Thanks ziff. I hope my brain tells me what you said.
SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:23 PM
Update, Jeezus Edith, DOJ also vid tapped dem women’s dressing room.
arnold ziffel on May 15, 2013 at 11:23 PM
Dallas is a mess. Grapefruit size hail??
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/05/15/deaths-multiple-injuries-confirmed-from-granbury-tornado/
katy on May 15, 2013 at 11:23 PM
Yes. Do you know your punctuation is upside down?
KCB on May 15, 2013 at 11:23 PM
Injuries in 3 figures with fatalities in Hood County – WBAP
workingclass artist on May 15, 2013 at 11:23 PM
Obama’s thuggery is on full display for everyone to see what we’ve known all along, yet Democrat sycophants like Dan Rather keeping pushing the line ‘There’s no proof that the President was involved.’ Well, yeah, there’s no smoking gun, but I am sure the Obama administration are masters of constructing enough layers of separation to create ‘plausible deniability.’ They are better at covering their tracks than Nixon.
What I think is going to happen is the press will get tired of this eventually and will go back to giving fellatio to the Chocolate Jesus soon enough.
The only thing that’s going to change is that Obama won’t be able to push his agenda because Republicans will never work with him again and Democrats in red states may also refuse to because they are probably really worried about the tea party in 2014. Obama has succeeded in uniting Republicans.
Corporal Tunnel on May 15, 2013 at 11:24 PM
Different location, papers instead of eavesdropping, parties reversed, but other than that…no.
Nixon used outside operatives. 0bama is using the government itself.
cozmo on May 15, 2013 at 11:24 PM
I don’t know anything about any Barksdale Air Force Base or . . . lol, aliens.
Axe on May 15, 2013 at 11:24 PM
Maybe’s the US Flag,should be hung upsidey down,
in solidarity that Fence Post Turtle Hopey should
be ImPeached,er,DeThroned!!
(sarc)
canopfor on May 15, 2013 at 11:24 PM
So IRS employees gave disproportionately to Obama in his race against Romney. Ironically Romney voters gave disproportionately to the IRS.
CW on May 15, 2013 at 11:24 PM
Documents: IRS Letters Harassing Conservative Groups Came From Washington, DC Headquarters And From California Offices, Despite Inspector General’s Focus On Cincinnati Employees
Resist We Much on May 15, 2013 at 11:24 PM
A LOOOOONG Time……..
If you can hold your breath……
For A LOOOOONG, LOOOOONG TIME!…………
williamg on May 15, 2013 at 11:25 PM
Oh so help me I am overloaded!
Axe Cozmo be safe you guys!!!
Good evening Ken and all!! :-)
WTF is going on? (rhetorical)
I been reading off and on all day, this is insanity!!
And more stuff comes out? Sheesh, it’s been a hellluva week so far.
Scrumpy on May 15, 2013 at 11:25 PM
As seen on the interwebs tonight:
The President is doing so bad right now, even the Kenyans are saying he was born in Hawaii.
can_con on May 15, 2013 at 11:25 PM
Hence the honor bestowed upon him. Or her, whatever the case may be.
cozmo on May 15, 2013 at 11:26 PM
The House Cloak Room was tapped…?
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/05/breaking-holder-justice-department-also-tapped-house-of-representatives-cloak-room/
UnderstandingisPower on May 15, 2013 at 11:26 PM
Which is in Asia, according to bat Face.
tom daschle concerned on May 15, 2013 at 11:26 PM
So it’s worse. Great.
Sadly, my inner cynic is saying not much will come of this.
nobar on May 15, 2013 at 11:26 PM
Sparky, he said Issa should have called him a miserable coxsucker. Now that is open to interpretation. Miserable at that particular function or overall.
arnold ziffel on May 15, 2013 at 11:27 PM
One link? That’s not even enough to stop shaking. Hold on, let me use a RWM decoy, try to lure her back for another link or something:
ΘΘΘ
Axe on May 15, 2013 at 11:27 PM
I don’t know what happens, but when the false face falls off, generally things get ugly.
At least that’s how I’ve read history.
Barky doesn’t care. He hid long enough.
It’s about power.
They get through this? They are home free from here on out.
They’ll do whatever they want.
wolly4321 on May 15, 2013 at 11:27 PM
The most dangerous aspect of the IRS corruption scandal is the leaks of Governor Romney’s confidential IRS information. That’s not intimidation.
It’s likely a conspiracy between parties in the IRS and Sorosian-type media organizations to tilt a presidential election, and it worked.
slickwillie2001 on May 15, 2013 at 11:27 PM
Is Susan Rice getting promoted?
KCB on May 15, 2013 at 11:28 PM
If you CAN YOUR Breath…….for a LOOOOOOONG TIME!!
williamg on May 15, 2013 at 11:28 PM
lmao!
tom daschle concerned on May 15, 2013 at 11:29 PM
Sounds vaguely like Iron Sheik on Twitter…”go F*** yourself. Buy my #1 T-shirt!”
socalcon on May 15, 2013 at 11:30 PM
Abuse of power.
Past is prologue. <– twerpy phrase. Not Texan phrase.
SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:30 PM
Nixon’s operatives wanted the scoop on the Dems campaign and broke into the DNC.
Obama is using government to intimidate and coerce citizens, not to mention his subversion of the Constitution, letting people die for the sake of his political narrative, and his nepotism and cronyism on steroids.
Nixon is the driven snow compared with Obama.
INC on May 15, 2013 at 11:30 PM
How can the administration “mitigate the damage it has caused? Are we talking pinky swear never to do it again or Pigford II?
Cindy Munford on May 15, 2013 at 11:31 PM
Yep. That’s another scandal. Try to keep up¿ It’s impossible.
SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:31 PM
No red meat from Ted Cruz tonight?
can_con on May 15, 2013 at 11:32 PM
Yes, but the method they used to slant it is what is at the core of the IRS scandal.
63% of Tea Party applicants withdrew their applications for 501C4 status which had a huge affect on the 2012 race.
katy on May 15, 2013 at 11:32 PM
This is all nice and good after the fact, but to understand how this happened and to fight back against it happening again, you have to go back to the beginning…
Seven Percent Solution on May 15, 2013 at 11:33 PM
And even if it doesn’t go all the way to the top, this had better at least lead to the downfall of the IRS.
FloatingRock on May 15, 2013 at 11:33 PM
Sounds like the same kind of proof you relied upon to conclude that Romney was willing in the polls in the days leading up to the last election.
The IRS commissioner in charge when the scandalous behavior started was a Bush appointee. That fact along flies in the face of all the accusations that it was a blatantly partisan effort coordinated by the White House. As Krauthammer pointed out, sometimes it’s better to let the facts speak for themselves. You might listen to him for once.
bayam on May 15, 2013 at 11:33 PM
Hugo Chavez dictator sulfur smell went rogue and is stinking up DC. Peels off wall paper in Lincoln bedroom.
SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:34 PM
Why is Jay Carney even part of this discussion? He’s just a someone who regurgitates what he’s told.
Cindy Munford on May 15, 2013 at 11:35 PM
I think Ed and the guys(and gals) should always start using
Sargeant Schultz picture instead of Obama’s since he never seems to know anything
gerrym51 on May 15, 2013 at 11:35 PM
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Resist We Much on May 15, 2013 at 11:35 PM
Because O’bozo isn’t bright enough to be held accountable as much as we all want. He is a puppet. Carney is a willing accomplice.
WryTrvllr on May 15, 2013 at 11:35 PM
k. paid the bills & stuff. can now lose interwebs without fiscal discomfort. checked emails & comments & stuff . . . all caught up there. forgetting something
Axe on May 15, 2013 at 11:36 PM
“I’M LOSING COMMAND!!! I’M LOSING COMMAND!! I’M ALONE!! I’M LOSING COMMAND!!”
Are you – OUTTA YOUR VULCAN MIND!!!!
williamg on May 15, 2013 at 11:36 PM
May 14, 2013, 10:48 a.m. ET
Richard Milhous Obama
*********************
The left-wing publication Pro Publica admitted Monday that it obtained from the Internal Revenue Service illegally leaked confidential tax forms from nine organizations. All of the groups whose records were improperly released were conservative.
Pro Publica says it obtained the forms from the IRS “in response to a public records request.” It then published the names of the organizations in January and accused the groups of being “controversial dark money” organizations that unlawfully engaged in “politics” rather than policy advocacy. On Monday, it again published the names of the organizations, over the repeated objections of the lawyers representing these organizations, who told ProPublica that this was an illegal act.
What is the motivation for leaking these documents? The answer is that the left is trying to dry up the money of tea party and conservative groups by intimidating donors.
Two months ago, several dozen attorneys who represent policy and political organizations on the left and right wrote a scathing letter of protest to the IRS. They complained that the “unlawful disclosures” only reinforce “the view that the IRS or its employees are biased against those [with conservative] ideologies.” To the money issue, the attorneys charged that “donors may be deterred from giving if they fear their contributions might be improperly disclosed.”
Adds Jeff Altman, an attorney at Whiteford Taylor Preston who represents conservative policy organizations, “This kind of unlawful disclosure of IRS tax forms can have a chilling effect on donors. No organization wants contributors to know their IRS applications are being help up for special review and might never be approved.”
For donors who are seeking anonymity in their giving, the fear that their names will be disclosed is a big deterrent to contributing at all. Two conservative organizations—the National Organization for Marriage and the Texas Public Policy Institute—have had their donor lists illegally leaked and the names reported by the media in recent years. Last month, the confidential donor list of the Republican Governors Association was made public. This information could have come from one of two sources: IRS officials with a political ax to grind, or the organizations themselves.
No one knows yet who leaked the IRS data. But the targeting of conservative groups suggests that the Obama administration, in Nixonian fashion, is using the leverage of government to defund political adversaries.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323716304578482852932646798.html
canopfor on May 15, 2013 at 6:49 AM
canopfor on May 15, 2013 at 11:37 PM
Oh, puhlease. Nixon went after the John Birch Society, too.
* 57% Want IRS Offenders Jailed or Fired
* Just 16% of Likely U.S. Voters believe the IRS investigations of these groups were a coincidence
* 57% think the investigations were politically motivated
* 55% think it is at least somewhat likely that President Obama or his top aides were aware that Tea Party and other conservative groups were targeted by the IRS
* Only 7% of voters believe no disciplinary action should be taken against the IRS employees involved in the investigations
Resist We Much on May 15, 2013 at 11:38 PM
….ahhhh……should we be watching this?……
williamg on May 15, 2013 at 11:38 PM
If they get away with all of this, they’ll know they can do anything.
That’s not good.
wolly4321 on May 15, 2013 at 11:38 PM
Souter.
WryTrvllr on May 15, 2013 at 11:39 PM
¿(๏๏)¿
Axe the alien is wearing ear rings again outside his space Helmet.
SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:39 PM
Romney wasn’t willing?
As far as who appointed whom, the Bush family has its own set of progressive tendencies, and could hardly be described as tea party supporters.
Who nominated Souter, anyway?
wolfsDad on May 15, 2013 at 11:40 PM
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rotf — i don’t even know what i’m looking at, except it really sweet and cute or something. or, i’d say that if i were a woman. i’m not though, so i’m just staring and trying to look mean & and not grin.
Axe on May 15, 2013 at 11:40 PM
canopfor on May 15, 2013 at 11:37 PM
Thanks for copying that cuz when I clicked the link nothing showed!!
Scrumpy on May 15, 2013 at 11:40 PM
No Sh*T!
This is a gobsmacker development…What will Sheila Jackson Lee have to say about this?
workingclass artist on May 15, 2013 at 11:13 PM
She will have to pause, wipe her tire hairdo and get the c-phone ringing in her purse.
arnold ziffel on May 15, 2013 at 11:40 PM
I thought Romney was willing. After all, he ran and everything.
KCB on May 15, 2013 at 11:41 PM
Obama didn’t like the Citizens United decision, so he sent the IRS after Tea-Party groups in an effort to intimidate them so that they would be less effective in motivating their voters to the polls.
It worked. Republicans stayed home in droves and Romney lost.
Bush’s appointee had nothing to do with it. That’s a Red Herring.
Corporal Tunnel on May 15, 2013 at 11:41 PM
Magic 8 Ball says:
Next scandal will hit airwaves in 6 minutes.
Prepare for bowshock to ionosphere.
SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:41 PM
It never happened my friend.
arnold ziffel on May 15, 2013 at 11:42 PM
Chrissy and Sophie! It just got way smarter and prettier here in the Glade!
KCB on May 15, 2013 at 11:42 PM
Powerline picked up the Nunes story from Hewitt show…
“This S— Just Got Real
I’ve been skeptical if not dismissive of all the loose talk that the multiple scandals piling up around Obama would be sufficient to bring about his impeachment–until this afternoon. Let’s remember that impeachment didn’t work out too well with Clinton, and the evidence of his bad behavior was a lot more direct that it is (so far) with Obama. In the case of Nixon, it will be recalled, it required a tape recording of his collaborating in the obstruction of justice to bring about the final tipping point that doomed his presidency. But for that tape, he might have been able to tough it out as Clinton did.
But there’s always been an important contrast between the Nixon and Clinton cases–and the unfolding Obama mess–that tends to get lost in the Standard Heroic Narrative that liberals and journalists tell themselves at Watergate revival campfires. Nixon had deeply angered members of both parties in Congress with his attempts to gain control of pork barrel spending, such that his support among Republicans was already somewhat diminished when the storms of Watergate broke.
Hence the news this afternoon that the Obama administration may have even secretly obtained phone records for members of Congress is going to be a bombshell if true…”
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/05/this-s-just-got-real.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+powerlineblog%2Flivefeed+%28Power+Line%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
workingclass artist on May 15, 2013 at 11:43 PM
Four Cincinnati IRS agents claim they were doing what their bosses order…
d1carter on May 15, 2013 at 11:43 PM
Those four IRS employees who say they were following orders from superiors (where have I heard that before!) may bring down the house. They don’t seem willing to take the rap for their bosses.
INC on May 15, 2013 at 11:44 PM
And yet ANOTHER good nw name for the Redskins.
WryTrvllr on May 15, 2013 at 11:44 PM
…STFU1…you braying azzhole!
KOOLAID2 on May 15, 2013 at 11:45 PM
Resist We Much on May 15, 2013 at 11:46 PM
And you Trixie, might want to lay low for awhile and let your butt heal from the spanking you got over the last few days.
arnold ziffel on May 15, 2013 at 11:46 PM
It was stupid of the DOJ to go after the MSM and Congress. Those two groups may not pay attention to us, but when their own ox is gored they feel the pain and act.
INC on May 15, 2013 at 11:47 PM
Memory hole is clogged. The truth is piling up around the edges. Ministry of informative is in panic mode. Cancelled three minutes of tea party hate.
SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:47 PM
Hey, folksies!
Resist We Much on May 15, 2013 at 11:48 PM
especially from AAPL.
WryTrvllr on May 15, 2013 at 11:48 PM
I know. I miss “smart power”..
KCB on May 15, 2013 at 11:49 PM
Guys, the Cloak Room was a number called, it wasn’t tapped and it could have been anyone the AP was talking to.
Cindy Munford on May 15, 2013 at 11:49 PM
Also, speak or something, later or whatever, please or whatever. I accidentally got way into it.
http://predicthistunpredictpast.blogspot.com/2013/05/art-deco-london.html
Axe on May 15, 2013 at 11:50 PM
Hi. Got anything I can blockquote¿
SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:50 PM
;-)
KCB on May 15, 2013 at 11:50 PM
ROFLMAO.
More like “the cruel, low-iq demeanor that has long been a defining feature of the Obama White House”
ThePrimordialOrderedPair on May 15, 2013 at 11:51 PM
Chris Matthews Discovers THE JOY OF RACISM!!!
williamg on May 15, 2013 at 11:51 PM
Hi Cindy!
KCB on May 15, 2013 at 11:51 PM
Cindy Munford on May 15, 2013 at 11:49 PM
Ok. That puts the number of scandals into single digits for now.
SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:52 PM
Good evening Sophie!! cute little bears? Cute!!
Scrumpy on May 15, 2013 at 11:52 PM
Hey, RWM!
On your long comment quoting MM, I think there is so much corruption packed behind the walls of this WH, if the dam breaks—which it seems to be doing—it’s going to be the political equivalent of the Johnstown Flood.
INC on May 15, 2013 at 11:52 PM
We go back to 2012,when Libs won the Election:
Was it a thought,or a REAL THREAT!!!
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The Media Embarrassed Itself by Asking if Obama Wants to Destroy
…www.politicususa.com/media-embarrassed-obama-destroy-republican-pa…CachedJan 24, 2013 – The Media Embarrassed Itself by Asking if Obama Wants to Destroy the … working with Republicans as well as Democrats to get things done. … John Boehner Thinks Obama Wants to Shove the GOP to the ‘Dustbin of History’
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…Dems “want to destroy” Republicans because of pro-life positions
…www.jillstanek.com/…/pro-life-activist-democrats-cant-stand-republicans…CachedMar 1, 2013 – “Democrats want to destroy the Republican Party because of their pro-life stand.” ~ Alfonzo Rachel, PJTV.
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Is Obama Trying to Destroy the GOP? -
NationalJournal.comwww.nationaljournal.com/…/is-obama-trying-to-destroy-the-go…Cachedby Jill Lawrence
Jan 22, 2013 – The president pokes at the GOP and asks citizens to put the pressure on. … foreign policy and Republicans who want to extend the 11-year U.S. … Bush believed in those causes and peeled off as many Democrats as he could
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…Obama’s No. 1 Second-Term Gol—Destroy Republicans And Win
…news.investors.com › IBD EditorialsCachedJan 18, 2013 – His primary mission in his second term is to destroy the opposition … Enough Republicans actually do believe Obama and Democrats want to
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…Obama’s Secret Plot to End the GOP – The New
Republicwww.newrepublic.com/…/republican-self-pity-obamas-secret-plot-end-g…CachedFeb 27, 2013 – The GOP, which once delighted in mocking Democratic sissies, … in Slate, urging Obama to “destroy” the Republican Party if he wants his …
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http://www.google.com/search?as_q=Democrats+want+to+Desyroy+the+GOP&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=&as_occt=any&safe=images&tbs=&as_filetype=&as_rights=
canopfor on May 15, 2013 at 11:52 PM
If that’s not the tipping point, there won’t be one.
Curtiss on May 15, 2013 at 11:53 PM
Top Ten Reasons Obama is Innocent
By Stanley Kurtz
10. Obama admires Abraham Lincoln.
9. Saul Alinsky died in 1972.
8. Campaign 2012 was an aberration.
7. “Punish your enemies” was an aberration.
6. Nobel Peace Prize.
5. Campaign 2008 was an aberration.
4. Obama taught constitutional law.
3. The War on Fox News was an aberration.
2. Obama’s past was an aberration.
1. There are no red taxpayers or blue taxpayers, only American taxpayers.
Resist We Much on May 15, 2013 at 11:53 PM
Make sure you give that chicken a kiss while you fornicate it.
xblade on May 15, 2013 at 11:54 PM
Someone on another thread (or this one?) mentioned a type of pattern analysis that could be done that would give a grest deal of info.
INC on May 15, 2013 at 11:54 PM
I knew you wouldn’t dig these pigtails.
*pulls rubber bands dejectedly*
*straightens tube top*
Axe on May 15, 2013 at 11:54 PM
“Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) introduced a bill Wednesday that would revoke the IRS’s ability to audit taxpayers until Congress has investigated the scandal surrounding the agency’s targeting of conservative and Tea Party groups.
“Today I’m calling on Congress to halt the audit authority of the IRS until Congress has had a chance to get to the root of the misconduct within that agency,” Fleming said in a Wednesday statement. “For years the IRS has been using the power of the audit as a political weapon. Consequently, Congress must act to disarm the IRS… The IRS has breached the trust of the American people and its misuse of the authority to audit must be stopped while Congress investigates the breadth of this scandal.”
According to a release from Fleming’s office, the “Audit the IRS” bill would suspend the IRS’s audit powers for 180 days.
“What’s especially stunning is that the President, the Attorney General, and the IRS are all suggesting that this was not a coordinated attack on conservative groups or individuals,” Fleming said. “Instead, they claim this was just the misguided work of low-level employees. If that’s true, then our worst fears about the IRS may be true: countless IRS agents are going rogue and using their government-backed power to carry out personal and political vendettas.”
He countered, “I’m not convinced that’s the case, and Congress needs to investigate to find out who authorized this policy.”
Fleming noted that the IRS is “poised” to start “enforcement of Obamacare,” so he argued that Congress “must act quickly and decisively to investigate this scandal.”
“My bill will suspend the authority of the IRS to perform any new audits for 180 days, stopping the threat of coercion and intimidation while Congress carries out its full responsibility to examine how audits were misused and who is responsible for any criminal actions,” Fleming said. “Audits should not be allowed to resume until we complete a Congressional audit of the IRS and can assure the American people that this kind of government strong-arming won’t happen again.”
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/05/15/Congressman-introduces-bill-to-revoke-IRS-audit-power-while-Congress-investigates
workingclass artist on May 15, 2013 at 11:54 PM
Hi, Ken! How’s the new job going?
Cindy Munford on May 15, 2013 at 11:55 PM
Yep, and the fallout for the suck-up media is going to resemble Jonestown.
Resist We Much on May 15, 2013 at 11:55 PM
The CIA Director on 9/11/2001 was a Clinton appointee who was carried over. He got no blame from your Party.
F-
Del Dolemonte on May 15, 2013 at 11:55 PM
Hey, there!
ThePrimordialOrderedPair on May 15, 2013 at 11:56 PM
Yer killin me. I actually pictured the tube top.
KCB on May 15, 2013 at 11:56 PM
Found it. This is from the Green Room thread on the House phone records:
INC on May 15, 2013 at 11:56 PM
Are Howard and Stanley Kurtz married or just fellow travelers?
arnold ziffel on May 15, 2013 at 11:57 PM
Obama has officially jumped the shark.
What’s really fascinating in ALL of this is, someone in the WH is leaking like crazy. They are risking all and probably taking full advantage of the momentum.
Can’t imagine the paranoia going on in the admin right now.
katy on May 15, 2013 at 11:57 PM
~~wink, wink~~
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Resist We Much on May 15, 2013 at 11:57 PM
Yes. Except, this bugs me:
That’s hardly “zeal.” –but, you know, maybe if they get flooded, they all have no real option but to tread.
Axe on May 15, 2013 at 11:58 PM
Not too bad. It’s a new position, not a vacated one so it is still getting defined. Hey, I am headed back to VA in June! Gonna see my young’uns and grand young’uns!
KCB on May 15, 2013 at 11:59 PM
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Axe on May 15, 2013 at 11:59 PM
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