IRS stalled conservative groups, but gave speedy approval to Obama foundation

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9. The Obama Foundation is a 501(c)3. Not a 501(c)4

So the Obama Foundation was applying to be a charity. Not public welfare group like the new Tea Party organizations. Apparently the IRS also retroactively approved their status. This likely due to the Foundation already possibly having a track record of what their actual business was. Unlike all the newly minted conservative groups.

On Edit: I helped set up our fraternity housing corporation as a 501(c)3. We got through the process very quickly. I'm sure it was, in some measure, due to us being a type of entity the IRS has dealt with. The IRS has already mentioned they with slammed with more 501(c)4 applications than they'd ever had before. There were obviously mistakes made on how to process these applications.

Do I believe the Obama Foundation might have gotten some express service when someone in the office saw Obama's name? Sure, that's not only possible but probably likely. What don't believe is that the Foundation got their status unfairly or that the President had anything to do with express service if that's what happened.

Until I see someone in a witness chair testifying that Obama greased the skids I'm going to go with not believing he did that. It would be incredibly stupid to do that during the first year of his first term.