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12. And we all know there's no such thing as conspiracies, right?

Sat May 18, 2013, 10:25 AM

May 2013

“Just two days prior to the planted question, Lerner was given an opportunity to address the situation at a House subcommittee hearing, but said nothing about any wrongdoing.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/05/17/lawyer-says-irs-question-was-planted/

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Exclusive: Woman Who Asked IRS's Lois Lerner Scandal-Breaking Question Details Plant [View all] notadmblnd May 2013 OP

There's nothing wrong with this. There was something wrong in the IRS. Buzz Clik May 2013 #1

You're right something is wrong in the IRS notadmblnd May 2013 #4

All scandals are politicized. All of them. Buzz Clik May 2013 #5

I know. But the IRS is not supposed to be political notadmblnd May 2013 #7

Seems a little complicated and conspiratorial. Buzz Clik May 2013 #9

And we all know there's no such thing as conspiracies, right? notadmblnd May 2013 #12

Clearly the GOP Congressional delegation conspired to make a big deal out of this. Buzz Clik May 2013 #24

Really? Please point me to the thousands of links about the IRS investigating Doctor_J May 2013 #48

What is wrong with this? timdog44 May 2013 #10

Many of the groups targeted wanted tax exempt status . . . brush May 2013 #44

That is what I thought. timdog44 May 2013 #46

Speaking as a career civil servant, I must disagree that there's nothing wrong with this. At a 24601 May 2013 #22

Just because we do not like what she did and how she did does not make her actions wrong. Buzz Clik May 2013 #25

It's really that the Treasury Report IG was going to reveal it and she moved to get ahead of the 24601 May 2013 #43

What about the requirment that these 501c(4) groups do no political endorsements? brush May 2013 #45

You're wrong brush May 2013 #47

huh? this is just too strange to understand... wtF! explanation?? BREMPRO May 2013 #2

Just remember, there is no such thing as a conspiracy. zeemike May 2013 #3

Correct. timdog44 May 2013 #11

Sniff - Sniff - Sniff Berlum May 2013 #6

Things that make me say........hmmmmmmmm! rdharma May 2013 #8

I've read on Crooks and Liars where Rove said he has gotten about 25 letters from the irs and ignore okaawhatever May 2013 #28

Gee, I visit the Crooks & Liars blog quite often and have seen no such thing........ rdharma May 2013 #33

Here: It's from back in January, I think this is the one. They have been watchiing this way b4 now okaawhatever May 2013 #36

Thanks, but .... there's not any ACTUAL IRS action taken! rdharma May 2013 #39

I never said an audit took place, just that crossroads had received letters from the irs probably okaawhatever May 2013 #41

I don't know how you can "ignore" a letter requesting additional information from the IRS. eom rdharma May 2013 #42

She just happens to be out of the country and she has lawyered up too Botany May 2013 #13

Someone here said that she was a Bush appointee notadmblnd May 2013 #14

I don't know if the President appoints people @ her level to the IRS but the .... Botany May 2013 #18

No, Bush did not appoint her. Bush appointed the guy that selected her for that position notadmblnd May 2013 #27

She is a Bush appointee mainer May 2013 #19

I'm the one that said that based on an article I read early on. It said the position was new I okaawhatever May 2013 #38

I've read she's a dem, but alot of that was old info. She is a civil servant and had been with two okaawhatever May 2013 #29

The U.S. has got to be . . . FairWinds May 2013 #15

Sheldon Adelman DallasNE May 2013 #17

Adelmam made enough money in the us to pay for those election dollars BUT I say that because he has okaawhatever May 2013 #30

What Is The Timeline On Events Here DallasNE May 2013 #16

Instead of dredging up scandal, why wasn't she fixing things? mainer May 2013 #20

I disagree with the clause "the agency was inappropriately targeting conservative groups." John1956PA May 2013 #21

That is what I'm saying. John2 May 2013 #26

You and I agree 100%. As an aside, here is my LTTE of yesterday to a local newspaper. John1956PA May 2013 #31

Let me get this straight... ewagner May 2013 #23

501(c)(4)s cynzke May 2013 #34

I agree with your analysis that the IRS "took the expedient route focusing on names." John1956PA May 2013 #37

Part of the problem we have with this is the bogus hearings in congress. Their questions are very okaawhatever May 2013 #32

And what is that "predictable outcome"? eom rdharma May 2013 #35

Lois Lerner snitched on herself marshall May 2013 #40