Mns wrote:
More like they realized this is a gigantic non-scandal
This is fairly scandalous despite your wishful thinking.
Mns wrote:
despite their best efforts to try and pin it on Obama
Because it would be unfair to expect him to be accountable for anything since he's been given a pass for his first four years. I'm waiting to see what the second term version of "it's my predecessor's fault" is going to be. Nothing is ever President Obama's fault, and he's never responsible for anything, so I agree with you that trying to pin anything on a person like that is just silly.
Mns wrote:
No, someone being lazy by trying to corral the flood of people trying to get tax-free status (thanks to Citizens United) is not worse than the president giving orders to a neutral government body to undermine his political opponents through subterfuge.
If "someone being lazy" were only trying to "corral the flood of people trying to get tax-free status," why was it they somehow only managed to corral those of a certain political persuasion while opening the pens for those of a different political persuasion? The IRS's efforts against Tea Party and other conservative groups were selective. Even assuming for the sake of argument that the IRS was merely taking a nod from President Obama and others to "corral" groups seeking tax-exempt status, you fail to explain why only conservative groups were singled out for extra scrutiny. Despite your obvious distaste for Citizen's United ruling, you also fail to give any reason why a "neutral government body" would choose to ignore the law that allows these groups and their tax status and basically enforce President Obama's (and your own) preference that such groups not be allowed tax exempt status according to the letter of the law. This was nothing more or less than someone in the chain of command setting enforcement priorities that ran contrary to established law and focusing enforcement solely on groups that were at odds with the incumbent administration and its party.
Mns wrote:
Obama's popularity has risen in the past couple weeks despite the Republican Noise Machine going on full blast (even though its been going full blast since Obama got elected)
I didn't realize it was OK to break the law, piss on free speech, use the power of government to silence critics, and skirt responsibility so long as it was popular. I guess I can go on that rape-and-murder spree so long as I make sure my poll numbers are up.
Mns wrote:
Its alright though, we're going to go back to the Clinton years and try to impeach Obama for no reason, because that worked so well the last time.
There's enough history for even you to realize at this point that the Clinton impeachment was justified based on perjury, and probably would have stuck if republicans weren't such a bunch of goofballs that they got hung up on a hummer from a fat chick. Despite that, no one is talking about impeaching President Obama, and I haven't yet seen even the usual over-the-top idiots (Ann Coulter comes to mind) suggest he actually ordered this or was complicit in any wrong-doing.
EDIT:
So now I found someone who is saying President Obama is responsible but not really saying he ordered it.Your Pal,
Jubber