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   From: dead@gone.com   
      
   On Mon, 13 May 2013 20:18:18 -0700, Jeanne Douglas wrote:   
      
   > In article , Zepp  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Mon, 13 May 2013 19:23:29 -0800, linuxgal wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > Zepp wrote:   
   >> >> On Mon, 13 May 2013 18:54:50 -0800, linuxgal wrote:   
   >> >>   
   >> >>> >deep wrote:   
   >> >>>> >>Just another case of Republicans trying to destroy a good   
   >> >>>> >>President simply because he's a Democrat and because they can't   
   >> >>>> >>win on the issues.   
   >> >>> >   
   >> >>> >If Bush used the IRS to harass Move On.org would that be an   
   >> >>> >"issue"?   
   >> >> The problem is that the head of the IRS, whose term ended in   
   >> >> November of 2012, was a Bush appointee.  It was he, not Obama, who   
   >> >> determined IRS policy.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> It was his assistant, the acting commish, an Obama appointee, who   
   >> >> revealed this was going on and apologized.   
   >> >   
   >> > They want to hang this one one office in Cincinatti but the targets   
   >> > were nationwide.   
   >>   
   >> Another point is that at least some of the targets may have been   
   >> legitimate.  Any sleazy asshole can form a 501(k) with the word   
   >> "Patriot"   
   >> in the title, and quite a few have.   
   >   
   > And, unfortunately, no matter what investigations they did, the IRS   
   > didn't turn any of these organizations down, as they should have.   
      
   The SC has made a complete fucking hash of what are public interest   
   groups and what are flat-out political organizations.   
      
   It's pretty much destroyed democracy in America.   
      
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