Drip. Drip. Drip.
Few sounds are
more annoying than a water faucet that won't stop dripping in the night,
particularly for those desperately trying to nod off from reality. One sound
that is likely far more annoying for President Obama and his allies in Congress
and on the Left side of the media-sphere is the steady drip of the IRS scandal. More drips fell Thursday as Rep. Darrell Issa's House Oversight and
Government Reform Committee continued to unravel the back story of the federal
tax agency's illegal harassment and intimidation of conservative, evangelical
and Tea Party groups
applying for non-profit status between 2010 and 2012.
The president and
his backers initially dismissed the harassment as merely the work of two rogue
IRS agents in Cincinnati. Then the cover story became a little bit wider, but
still contained the scandal in Ohio. The scary tactics evidenced by demands for
lists of donors and descriptions of the political views of applicants were
nothing more than over-zealous public servants trying to "manage more
efficiently," in the words of former acting IRS Commissioner Steven T.
Miller. Nothing to see here, so move along, folks, move along……To Read More…..
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