>By "leaving them alone", you mean "has investigated them numerous times at the urging of various conservatives, and found they didn't violate the law". No, I

>By "leaving them alone", you mean "has investigated them numerous times at the urging of various conservatives, and found they didn't violate the law". No, I don't mean that at all. The IRS has decidedly not applied the same standard. I would have thought the fact that the president himself has described the IRS's conduct as "outrageous" as he tries to run away from the scandal would clue you in a bit.