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still_one

(92,060 posts) Wed May 15, 2013, 12:00 PM May 2013

So let me understand this, the head of the IRS during this "scandal" was a bush appointee, and

The president couldn't appoint a new head because the republicans have been blocking Obama's appointees

The scandal is that the media is so inadequate and inept in this country that it is pathetic

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So let me understand this, the head of the IRS during this "scandal" was a bush appointee, and (Original Post) still_one May 2013 OP

speaking of the media look at usa today leftyohiolib May 2013 #1

yep n/t EC May 2013 #2

My understanding is 1KansasDem May 2013 #3

leftyohiolib

(5,917 posts)

1. speaking of the media look at usa today

Reply to still_one (Original post)

Wed May 15, 2013, 12:31 PM

May 2013

"IRS gave liberals a pass" at the top of the front page...

Yeah, nothing misleading or sensationalist about that headline

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022846202

EC

(12,287 posts)

2. yep n/t

Reply to still_one (Original post)

Wed May 15, 2013, 12:31 PM

May 2013

1KansasDem

(251 posts)

3. My understanding is

Reply to still_one (Original post)

Wed May 15, 2013, 01:19 PM

May 2013

the President has not appointed a new head of the IRS. Just as commerce and labor went without a secretary for months, until his recent appointments.
The President must make an appointment before it can be blocked.

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