Obama Cannot be Blamed for the IRS Scandal. Here’s Why:

[DainBramaged]

Yes, the idiots at the Internal Revenue Service who are responsible for this idiocy need investigated and dealt with. But trying to tie this to the Prexy is nonsense. Here’s why:

Number A: the man in charge of the IRS when the activity was actually going on was an appointee of Bush The Dumber, held over while Obama tried to get Senate “Republicans” to confirm a new guy. The Bushie quit after a stop was put to the scandal crap.

Letter 2: the Obama administration still does not have one of their appointees in charge, because the aforementioned Repubs have blocked his nominees. So we’ve never had an Obaminoid in charge of the IRS, and that is the fault of the Puerile Pachyderms.

This means, Gentle Reader, that if one wishes to blame anyone at the top, that blame must be placed upon the Teapublicans.

Here’s a buck saying they never admit it. Any takers?

Mr. Blunt and Cranky

http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/obama-cannot-be-blamed-for-the-irs-scandal-heres-why/

[Buzz Clik]

1. Actually:

Yes, the idiots at the Internal Revenue Service who are responsible for this idiocy need investigated and dealt with.

That's been done.

http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/auditreports/2013reports/201310053fr.pdf

[BlueStreak]

2. Wrong. There is no scandal, but he already admitted there is, so he can just own it

Another in his continuing series of how not to be an effective President.

It didn't think it was possible for a person to be a lame duck for 4 years, but I was wrong.

[DainBramaged]

5. I said this was engineered by a Republican days ago, is it Obama's fault

we have an intransigent Congress?

[MNBrewer]

9. Kinda

actually, yeah.

[DainBramaged]

10. ....

[BlueStreak]

11. Obama is happy with the status quo. He hasn't used any of the tools available to him.

It is a fools errand to try to make some strategic sense out of Obama's moves this past year. The only explanation that makes any sense to me is that he figures he's done enough to be considered a successful President -- and the fact that he is the first black President, that is enough to get himself added to that list of Washington, Lincoln, FDR, and Kennedy -- the special short list of revered Presidents.

He does not have any interest in any further battles. He is on auto-pilot now. Three fake "scandals" dominate the news this week. What does he do? He instantly apologizes for 2 of them.

It is all about making it to the end of 8 years with a clean enough record to make it on that short list -- and in the process keep all the options open for a lucrative life after President.

This comes on the heels of his being willing to throw Medicare and Social Security under the bus, which came a month after signing into law 95% of Bush's reckless tax cuts, which will guarantee our national debt we will be well over 100% of GDP for the indefinite future, giving the GOP unlimited shots at destroying the rest of the middle class programs.

This guy is just not one of us. It saddens me greatly to say that, but that's how it is.

[1KansasDem]

3. The head of the IRS is a 5 year appointment.

The former head left after his 5 years was up.
The president has made no appointment to the position.

[DainBramaged]

4. Really?

Or is the truth that no appointee has passed Republican obstruction?

[1KansasDem]

6. He has made no appointment.

Secretary of commerce and labor have both been open for a long time.
He just made those appointments in the last couple of weeks.

[DainBramaged]

7. And do you wonder why? Or maybe whenever he's hinted at an appointment

he was informed that his choice would be blocked?


Blaming Obama is like blaming me for the Viet Nam War.



Have a nice night.

[1KansasDem]

8. I'm not "Blaming Obama"

Just stating a fact.

[BlueStreak]

12. But he didn't waste any time firing the poor schmuck who had to do the job

without the benefit of an appointment.

That sucks big time, especially considering that the facts seem to indicate there is no real "scandal". Only one 501(c)(4) applicant from the 2010 batch was denied and that was a liberal group. While some of the questions might have been a little over the top, they sent the same questions to liberal groups. Where is the scandal here?

The scandal is that we have a President who seems to have no interest in the job anymore.

[Safetykitten]

13. Oh yes he can, and worse? He will appoint a republican. Just wait and see.