Folks, it just won't do to say "the IRS did nothing wrong" when it has already admitted that it DID

[BlueCaliDem]

8. The IRS should admit they wrote law and THAT is the wrong that they've done.

That is the scandal here.

They've changed the wording under 501(c)4 exemption from "exclusively" to "primarily", which opened the floodgates to the many corporate-backed/Koch-funded TeaBagger Party "social welfare" entities where donors could remain anonymous and pour in as much cash from god knows where, to fund attack ads against their political opponents.

Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code defines tax-exempt social welfare groups like this:

"Civic leagues or organizations not organized for profit but operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare."

In 1959, under the administration of Dwight Eisenhower, the meaning of this section was changed dramatically when the IRS decided the word “exclusively” could, in effect, be read as “primarily.”

“For 54 years, the IRS has gotten away with the crime of changing the word ‘exclusively’ to ‘primarily,” said Lawrence O’Donnell on The Last Word Monday. “The IRS took a hard, clear word like ‘exclusively’ and changed it into a soft word ’primarily’ and then left it to the IRS agents to determine if your organization was primarily concerned with the promotion of social welfare.”
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51873128/t/odonnell-real-irs-scandal-happened/#.UZTspaLOFr8

That's where the wrong and scandal really lies.

NO ONE in their right mind, not drunk on Koch Koolaid, that is, believes that any of those groups, especially Rove's Crossroads GPS, was working in the best interest of social welfare. No. One.