In no uncertain terms and with no hedging, The New York Times reports that the Obama Administration was aware of the fact that the IRS was targeting Tea Party groups as far back as June of 2012. The Treasury Department's Inspector General confirmed that he told senior Treasury officials in June of 2012, a full five months before Election Day:
The Treasury Department’s inspector general told senior Treasury officials in June 2012 he was investigating the Internal Revenue Service’s screening of politically active organizations seeking tax exemptions, disclosing for the first time on Friday that Obama administration officials were aware of the matter during the presidential campaign year.
We still don’t know for sure what the President knew or when he knew it, but this does confirm that the Administration was aware of the fact that Obama's political enemies were under fire by the IRS and covered that fact up during an election year.
Quote: Frank Cannon wrote in post #2It is going to get tougher and tougher for Zero to say he didn't know anything as the circle of people informed get closer to the Oval Office.
I hope you're right about this but the lying and evasive answers are getting on my nerves.
According to Obama, he didn't know nothing about nothing...and no one else did. By this time next week, they'll have fired a few low levels and chide the republicans to move on... they need to concentrate on the business of looking after the American people.
I hope you're right about this but the lying and evasive answers are getting on my nerves.
According to Obama, he didn't know nothing about nothing...and no one else did. By this time next week, they'll have fired a few low levels and chide the republicans to move on... they need to concentrate on the business of looking after the American people.
The bigger point being made here is the most important. To believe that the WH didn't know anything, you have to agree that the Federal Govt' is too big and vast that there just isn't any way to be in charge of it. The Regimes whole reason for being is that a massive sized Govt' is the ONLY way to have a successful America. As these revelations come out about corruption and incompetence and the Regime is forced to say "We didn't know what was going on", they are effectivly giving Conservatives a solid example and argument why their ideas are a failure. A govt' too big to control is dangerous and unnecessary.
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