The problem is the IRS BOLO list looks like it was aimed at conservatives.

[John1956PA]

16. I read one "burdensome" question was "Provide summaries of the books discussed in your meeting."

I read that a particular Tea Party group, a 501(c)4 applicant, stated on its application that part of its activities involved holding book discussion meetings. The IRS asked for a list and summary of the books discussed in those meetings. The head of the group became indignant. He fumed that he his time was too important to write book reviews. Instead, he mailed to the IRS copies of the discussed books.

From what I read, there were only two books which had been discussed. One book was a Glenn Beck title. If I were the head of the group, I would have foregone the theatrics and merely wrote to the IRS providing it with the titles of the two books, their authors, and summaries consisting of few sentences taken from Amazon.com. Everyone knows who Glen Beck is. The IRS would not expect the group to draft its own in-depth review of his book.

I think that, if any of these "aggrieved" Tea Party groups want to beat the drum about how the IRS requests have been overly burdensome on them, the tactic is going to backfire on them.