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38. Seriously ... we're JUST hearing about this NOW ... BECAAAAAUSE?!?

Tue Jun 25, 2013, 04:17 AM

Jun 2013

Now that the entire world has heard (from some news outlet or another) roughly 100 times by now that "ZOMG the IRS was targetting the Tea Party!!111!!!'

NOW ... we finally get the actual TRUTH?

This is a MAJOR WTF right here. Assuming this story is true, then the way this whole thing went down absolutely STINKS to high heaven.

Especially pissed about the way the WaPo handled this friggin' story. Faux, I expect the coverage THEY have given it, along w/Issa. BUt the NYT and WaPo have done every bit as much of an irresponsible hatchet job if you ask me.

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REVEALED: The IRS Targeted Groups Containing 'Tea Party,' 'Progressive,' 'Occupy,' And 'Israel' [View all] tpsbmam Jun 2013 OP

Of course this won't get the same play in the M$M, cause the initial uproar was "juicier".Rating$$$. Tarheel_Dem Jun 2013 #1

It won't get any outrage here. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #4

The "Occupy" angle will get some play, in terms of mean old Obama picking on them nt geek tragedy Jun 2013 #12

And yet we only heard about the tea party cases. NutmegYankee Jun 2013 #2

Who is doing the most cheating, and the most whining? Berlum Jun 2013 #3

Issa is having a hissy fit right now wordpix Jun 2013 #33

think progress article alp227 Jun 2013 #5

You wanna know why they were being checked? Its because many of them actually are political groups cstanleytech Jun 2013 #6

Exactly.... paleotn Jun 2013 #15

+1000, let's see Issa scream about the IRS preventing tax fraud across the board, I can't wait wordpix Jun 2013 #34

Well that pops Fux New's HUGH scandal......... Grassy Knoll Jun 2013 #7

you think that will stop them? NewJeffCT Jun 2013 #10

Did I miss a brilliant new term? Daemonaquila Jun 2013 #20

Yep, it really is. n/t TDale313 Jun 2013 #26

I think so, too wordpix Jun 2013 #35

Funny that ALL we heard about was "FASCIST OBAMA IRS IS HARRASSING OUR TEA PARTY!!" nt 99th_Monkey Jun 2013 #8

But I thought he was a socialist.... paleotn Jun 2013 #13

I don't think the Tea Party brain is wired correctly 99th_Monkey Jun 2013 #16

Wait, "brain?" Daemonaquila Jun 2013 #19

Game over tea party! obama2terms Jun 2013 #9

Waiting for the DUers who claimed "the federal government was using the IRS to harass geek tragedy Jun 2013 #11

I'm waiting for all the jabberwockys on Faux to eat their words. Boomerproud Jun 2013 #25

Quotation marks suggest you are quoting somebody. hay rick Jun 2013 #45

Eh, the search function will provide those. geek tragedy Jun 2013 #46

Any occupy group is going to be way less partisan than any Teaparty group. /nt Ash_F Jun 2013 #14

Maybe Occupy is more ethical and smarter LeftInTX Jun 2013 #21

First come first examined Luschnig Jun 2013 #17

Very important - let's spread this everywhere! Daemonaquila Jun 2013 #18

Serves the "Tea Party" interests to only tell half the truth... jimlup Jun 2013 #22

I'm not sure I'd call that "targetting". JoeyT Jun 2013 #23

But nobody else whines like a tea-bagger ThoughtCriminal Jun 2013 #24

Why didn't they say this from day one? rucky Jun 2013 #27

Well of course 'progressive', 'occupy' and 'Israel' were reasonable. Kablooie Jun 2013 #28

Kick n/t Tx4obama Jun 2013 #29

New York Times Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #30

That's terrible Lugal Zaggesi Jun 2013 #31

LOL. Doing a proper enforcement job has now been declared "targeting" by the corporate/state media PSPS Jun 2013 #32

Of course. That is why the only group denied tax exempt status was a progressive org. nt SunSeeker Jun 2013 #36

you wanna know something lcordero2 Jun 2013 #37

Seriously ... we're JUST hearing about this NOW ... BECAAAAAUSE?!? brett_jv Jun 2013 #38

The delay in the truth coming out is may be because the IRS Eric J in MN Jun 2013 #41

The story raises several issues. merrily Jun 2013 #39

It's not even a scandal if it wasn't based on viewpoint discrimination. geek tragedy Jun 2013 #42

BS Lugal Zaggesi Jun 2013 #44

On NPR this morning, the teaser for this story said, "IRS Targetting More Extreme" Eric J in MN Jun 2013 #40

Time to eliminate this 501(4)(c) section question everything Jun 2013 #43

From what I see, the story is that Issa commissioned a politically biased audit Thor_MN Jun 2013 #47