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Showing Original Post only (View all)Phony IRS “Scandal” — We’ve Been O’Keefe’d Again [View all]
...It turns out the IRS was NOT singling out Tea Party groups for audits. The IRS was scrutinizing ALL groups applying for c4 status by asking additional questions. No audits. And only SOME (1/3) of those groups were conservatives OTHERS were liberal, etc. Doesnt matter, the right put out a victimization story making it sound like only conservatives were targeted for political reasons. (And Christians are a persecuted minority, Whites are discriminated against, etc.) The mainstream news media picked up and spread the lie, and here we are.
Again: Only 1/3 of the organizations that received extra scrutiny were conservative. The rest are not identified, but liberal and progressive organizations are reporting that their applications received the same scrutiny as conservatives. (And by the way almost 70% of the applications that were flagged WERE engaged in campaign activity that would disqualify them from c4 status.)...
Look at how MANY of us fell for one more pimp costume story.
James OKeefe never wore a pimp costume into an ACORN office, and conservative groups were not singled out for scrutiny by the IRS. But because of the rights ability to spread these smears both are now firmly true in the public mind. Partly because the rest of us fell for it and helped amplify it.
http://seeingtheforest.com/phony-irs-scandal-weve-been-okeefed-again/
Again: Only 1/3 of the organizations that received extra scrutiny were conservative. The rest are not identified, but liberal and progressive organizations are reporting that their applications received the same scrutiny as conservatives. (And by the way almost 70% of the applications that were flagged WERE engaged in campaign activity that would disqualify them from c4 status.)...
Look at how MANY of us fell for one more pimp costume story.
James OKeefe never wore a pimp costume into an ACORN office, and conservative groups were not singled out for scrutiny by the IRS. But because of the rights ability to spread these smears both are now firmly true in the public mind. Partly because the rest of us fell for it and helped amplify it.
http://seeingtheforest.com/phony-irs-scandal-weve-been-okeefed-again/
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When you are targeting "tea party" and leave "progressive" alone, you've got a problem.
dkf
May 2013
#3
That was Issa's spin from a month ago, please be accurate, even if it means foregoing a chance to
geek tragedy
Jun 2013
#23
It just doesn't matter. So the IRS did NOT single out Tea Party groups................
wandy
May 2013
#7
IMHO, the IRS was right to heighten the scrutiny of 501(c)4 applications from Tea Party groups . . .
John1956PA
May 2013
#8
Thanks. I appreciate your post of yesterday evening, May 14, about the Tea Party seeking grants.
John1956PA
May 2013
#16