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2016 Postmortem

Rosa Luxemburg

(28,627 posts) Tue May 28, 2013, 07:20 PM May 2013

I think the IRS has uncovered something BIG [View all]

and the GOP is putting a lot of pressure on the Obama administration to cover it up.

Why else would the IRS delve into the shady dealings of the TeaParty and their sponsors?

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I think the IRS has uncovered something BIG [View all] Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 OP

They didn't look at Rove's fake charity. elehhhhna May 2013 #1

I personally believe that they are trumping this up so as to defang the IRS in time for 2014 Proud Liberal Dem May 2013 #2

Yep. Teabaggers see a lot of advantage in castrating the IRS Triana May 2013 #4

Yep, this is intended to deter future investigations. nt bemildred May 2013 #5

and taxes? robinlynne May 2013 #7

I think the "secret donor" part is what is attractive, the tax deduction is a fringe benefit. nt bemildred May 2013 #8

what I meant was, the right is anti-taxes. always. Messing with the IRS is similar to robinlynne May 2013 #16

Could be some knee-jerk anti-tax sentiment involved too. bemildred May 2013 #18

Defanging, yes Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #9

That makes sense, they are putting them on the defensive davidpdx May 2013 #20

I think they didn't... Triana May 2013 #3

Ahem! Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #6

I don't think it's "big" per se, the IRS was doing their job and clearly many of these NoMoreWarNow May 2013 #10

they were and more Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #11

It's just propaganda Half-Century Man May 2013 #12

that too Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #13

The bigger the GOP crimes...the more likely the forestpath May 2013 #14

This Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #15

The Tea Party lifted up a rock. hay rick May 2013 #17

still not too late Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #19