Calling Darrell Issa a piece of sh*t is an insult to legitimate excrement

[marmar]

WASHINGTON -- A new report by the Congressional Research Service finds that Rep. Darrell Issa's (R-Calif.) probe of the Internal Revenue Service is veering into territory last trod by Congress in the McCarthy era.

Issa, chairman of the House Committee On Oversight and Government Reform, has been investigating the IRS's botched scrutiny of tax-exempt groups -- most of them conservative, as well as a handful of progressive groups. He has suggested the White House may have been involved in targeting groups for IRS inquiry.

Key to Issa's case is former IRS official Lois Lerner, who at one point ran the department in charge of determining whether organizations qualified for tax-exempt status as "social welfare" groups under section 501(c)4 of the tax code, or whether they carry out too much political activity, which is illegal.

Lerner has twice invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself in response to Issa's questions. During her first appearance before his committee, she maintained that she had done nothing wrong. .................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/09/darrell-issa-mccarthy_n_5115014.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013

[Snotcicles]

1. Yeah, what did poo ever do to you?. nt

[BeyondGeography]

2. At least it can be used as fertilizer

[dsc]

6. so can Issa eventually

dust to dust and all that.

[el_bryanto]

3. That's idiotic.

Let's be fair - if Obama or people at the IRS did target Conservative Groups that's cause for alarm, but this tactic which should clearly fail based on precedent is just asinine.

Bryant

[DURHAM D]

5. To be clear -

Are you suggesting that the IRS may have targeted Conservative Groups exclusively?

Are you also suggesting that the President (or the White House) may have been directing the IRS activities?

[el_bryanto]

7. No I am not.

I am saying that if this was a legitimate investigation i'd be a justified one - but this is a partisan inspired hack job.

Bryant

[xchrom]

4. du rec.

[malaise]

8. GTA Issa is the definition of a

ReTHUG scumbag.

[MoonRiver]

9. He's illegitimate shit,

but he sure plays a piece well.

[WhiteTara]

10. The article makes it sound like there were MANY progressive

groups, but only a handful were investigated. Of course, the truth is there are very few progressive groups and the KBs have purchased lots and lots of right wing group titles.