12 thoughts on “Putting The IRS Scandals To Rest”

1. The general pattern for such things:

   1. Deny it ever happened.
   2. When forced to admit it happened, accuse “rogue elements”.
   3. When the evidence shows it was a widespread abuse, promise to investigate.
   4. Stonewall any further attempts to gather information because it’s “an ongoing investigation.”
   5. Drag things out as long as possible.
   6. Claim that it’s “old news” and sweep everything under the rug.

   Lather-rinse-repeat as necessary.

   1. You left off “…and mock or vilify inquiries as either (or, of course, both) sheer stupidity or pure Evil.”

      It appends to steps 1-6.

   2. You’re forgetting blame the Republicans and the Tea Party.

   3. … or Bush.

2. I have to wonder, was there a political connection among those exposed, or is this a plausible case of incompetence?

3. When the story broke the GOP was trying to prove wrongdoing. Now they’re reduced to claiming that Dems haven’t proven an absence of wrongdoing. That’s exactly the progression you’d expect from a fizzling “scandal”.

   1. When the story broke the GOP was trying to prove wrongdoing.

      The IRS IG already did it. What GOP was proved was that the wrongdoing was more widespread than a few rogue agents outside of DC.

   2. When the story broke, the IRS admitted wrongdoing. They claimed it was limited in scale and done by a few rogue employees in the Cincinnati office. Further investigation has shown it was much more widespread and included the DC office.

      1. To be more specific, the GOP was trying to prove politically-motivated wrongdoing by the Obama administration. They haven’t done that. They haven’t even proven that the wrongdoing by low-level people in Ohio was politically motivated, and not just a poorly-chosen shortcut. To date the story remains “Bureaucrats make mistake and inconvenience citizens”, a routine dog-bites-man story. That’s why articles like the one linked above have to flip the burden of proof.

         1. Are you really that stupid? The IRS applied a standard to conservative organizations that they didn’t apply to liberal organizations and you’re dumb enough to believe that wasn’t politically motivated? God, you’re a moron.

            1. So explain why a self-described conservative Republican IRS agent used search terms that targeted the Tea Party. What was his political motivation?

            2. Are you really claiming that this was all the acts of one person who claims to be a Republican?

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