I hate to brag about my record on the Obama Administration's "scandals," but unlike most Congressional Republicans, appear to be batting a perfect 1.000 at this point.
With regard to Benghazi, I noted that while there appeared to be a great deal of incompetence shown by the administration in the attacks themselves and the response to the attacks, the charge of a cover-up was unlikely. That appears to have been just the case.
I then stated that the biggest problem dealing with the IRS ordeal wasn't the targeting of certain political groups, which occurred during the Bush Administration as well, but the vague language used to establish 501(c)(4) tax-exempt status to certain groups as well as the Citizen's United ruling. I also confidently noted that the White House likely had nothing to do with the political targeting of groups. New information brought to light by Maryland Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings appears show that, as I contended, the White House was not involved in these cases of political targeting by the IRS.
In an interview with the House Oversight Committee, a man who worked for the IRS (the Cincinnati manager) and described himself as a "conservative Republican," said the following:
"I do not believe that the screening of these cases had anything to do other than consistency and identifying issues that needed to have further development."
and
"I have no reason to believe that." (when asked whether or not the White House was directly involved in the screenings of Tea Party cases)
I now seriously hope that the focus, as it should have been all along, is placed on the Department of Justice - the AP leaks and NSA spying. Unfortunately, I have a feeling that the media will be the only ones truly angered about the AP leaks and no matter how many people are uncomfortable with the NSA spying, it's highly unlikely majorities in both chambers of commerce will take action and overturn portions of the Patriot Act.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/09/democrats-say-conservative-irs-employee-refutes-charges-of-white-house-meddling/
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/06/09/2126151/irs-staff-undermine-gop-claims-that-washington-directed-targeting-of-conservative-groups-top-democrat-says/
With regard to Benghazi, I noted that while there appeared to be a great deal of incompetence shown by the administration in the attacks themselves and the response to the attacks, the charge of a cover-up was unlikely. That appears to have been just the case.
I then stated that the biggest problem dealing with the IRS ordeal wasn't the targeting of certain political groups, which occurred during the Bush Administration as well, but the vague language used to establish 501(c)(4) tax-exempt status to certain groups as well as the Citizen's United ruling. I also confidently noted that the White House likely had nothing to do with the political targeting of groups. New information brought to light by Maryland Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings appears show that, as I contended, the White House was not involved in these cases of political targeting by the IRS.
In an interview with the House Oversight Committee, a man who worked for the IRS (the Cincinnati manager) and described himself as a "conservative Republican," said the following:
"I do not believe that the screening of these cases had anything to do other than consistency and identifying issues that needed to have further development."
and
"I have no reason to believe that." (when asked whether or not the White House was directly involved in the screenings of Tea Party cases)
I now seriously hope that the focus, as it should have been all along, is placed on the Department of Justice - the AP leaks and NSA spying. Unfortunately, I have a feeling that the media will be the only ones truly angered about the AP leaks and no matter how many people are uncomfortable with the NSA spying, it's highly unlikely majorities in both chambers of commerce will take action and overturn portions of the Patriot Act.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/09/democrats-say-conservative-irs-employee-refutes-charges-of-white-house-meddling/
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/06/09/2126151/irs-staff-undermine-gop-claims-that-washington-directed-targeting-of-conservative-groups-top-democrat-says/
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