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Yes, that is the Republican spin. Do you feel "open source software" is the political enemy of the president? That received the same level of scrutiny along wi

Yes, that is the Republican spin. Do you feel "open source software" is the political enemy of the president? That received the same level of scrutiny along with "progressive". http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-15/irs-sent-same-letter-to-democrats-that-fed-tea-party-row.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-15/irs-sent-same-lette... It was a keyword based list based on types of organization the IRS had the most issues with. The Democrats were hit in 2011. Years before this was an "issue". Oddly enough, the Republicans were fine with that but mysteriously they: 1) Ignore the non-partisan, non-political, and liberal groups that were targeted under the same policy. 2) Only complain about the targeting of potentially conservative groups. And even if you claim "the IRS goes after political opponents of the president", you blame the President for not keeping them on a tight enough leash. You don't blame the people enforcing the Presidential policies.

refurb 12y ago
Wait a second. You claim it's Republican Spin and the evidence you provide is that the IRS targeted three Democratic non-profits?
- opendais 12y ago
  One of which was stripped of their status. Of the targeted group, less than a third were Republicans. If you bothered to put any effort into researching it you'd turn up the keyword list that includes the keywords. I'm not sure why I get downvotes because I don't do all the work for people making accusations. Since you are lazy: http://www.thewire.com/politics/2014/04/new-documents-show-the-irs-targeted-progressive-and-tea-party-groups-for-extra-scrutiny/361125/ http://www.thewire.com/politics/2014/04/new-documents-show-t... http://www.scribd.com/collections/4492912/IRS-Be-On-the-Look-Out-docs http://www.scribd.com/collections/4492912/IRS-Be-On-the-Look... etc. Provide evidence it isn't Republican Spin since you two are the ones making the accusations? http://www.politicususa.com/2014/09/05/senate-report-confirms-republicans-lied-irs-targeting-conservatives.html http://www.politicususa.com/2014/09/05/senate-report-confirm... http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/investigations/reports http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/investigations/rep... This wasn't some witch hunt. Everything with potential political leanings as well as a number of other non-political categories were flagged. This was because of Citizens United and the fact people were pushing the boundaries.
  - refurb 12y ago
    You keep posting links that don't support your claims. Let's see, from your first link: According to ThinkProgress's analysis of the heavily redacted "be on the lookout" lists, the IRS may have targeted a higher number of progressive groups than conservative groups overall. Really? ThinkProgress, a left-leaning organization, did an analysis that showed they weren't targeting conservatives, in fact they were mostly targeting progressive groups. Provide a decent source and we can have a conversation.
    - opendais 12y ago
      ...I provided you the actual documents as well as articles with links to actual government reports from Congress. Okay. So what your saying is, no source is acceptable.

refurb 12y ago

Wait a second. You claim it's Republican Spin and the evidence you provide is that the IRS targeted three Democratic non-profits?

opendais 12y ago
One of which was stripped of their status. Of the targeted group, less than a third were Republicans. If you bothered to put any effort into researching it you'd turn up the keyword list that includes the keywords. I'm not sure why I get downvotes because I don't do all the work for people making accusations. Since you are lazy: http://www.thewire.com/politics/2014/04/new-documents-show-the-irs-targeted-progressive-and-tea-party-groups-for-extra-scrutiny/361125/ http://www.thewire.com/politics/2014/04/new-documents-show-t... http://www.scribd.com/collections/4492912/IRS-Be-On-the-Look-Out-docs http://www.scribd.com/collections/4492912/IRS-Be-On-the-Look... etc. Provide evidence it isn't Republican Spin since you two are the ones making the accusations? http://www.politicususa.com/2014/09/05/senate-report-confirms-republicans-lied-irs-targeting-conservatives.html http://www.politicususa.com/2014/09/05/senate-report-confirm... http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/investigations/reports http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/investigations/rep... This wasn't some witch hunt. Everything with potential political leanings as well as a number of other non-political categories were flagged. This was because of Citizens United and the fact people were pushing the boundaries.
- refurb 12y ago
  You keep posting links that don't support your claims. Let's see, from your first link: According to ThinkProgress's analysis of the heavily redacted "be on the lookout" lists, the IRS may have targeted a higher number of progressive groups than conservative groups overall. Really? ThinkProgress, a left-leaning organization, did an analysis that showed they weren't targeting conservatives, in fact they were mostly targeting progressive groups. Provide a decent source and we can have a conversation.
  - opendais 12y ago
    ...I provided you the actual documents as well as articles with links to actual government reports from Congress. Okay. So what your saying is, no source is acceptable.