I'm off today. So I had a chance to watch the hearing with the former "Acting Director" from the IRS about the scandal. I found out he is just like everybody else in Obama's world. Delaying, denying, acting ignorant, spinning desperately to avoid answering any question at all.
He knew about the targeting of conservative groups, but then claimed he had nothing to do with it. He was exposed as lying in a previous session with the congressional committee, but flatly denied it by saying, "I stand by my earlier testimony". He refused to name names, over and over again, when asked, "Who authorized this?" He blamed low-level functionaries in Cinncinnati, but admitted that the hierarchy knew about it. His testimony was full of contradictions. His self-defense seems to be incompetence, yet somehow he knew what was going on and even tried to defend it by saying it was done to improve efficiency.
He's already out. In a just world his government career is over (but just watch, Obama will reward him with a cushy appointment somewhere else in the government). So why can't he just honestly tell the nation what happened?
What do I think happened? I have a theory.
After the "Citizens United" case was decided at the Supreme Court, Obama was angry. He thought it was outrageous that conservative candidates might now have the opportunity to raise money from their natural constituencies in Corporate America, just as Democrats have been raising money for generations from Unions and Trial Lawyers and Leftist billionaires like Soros. Everybody in Obama's circle shared his outrage, including the Bureaucrat class.
Whenever they gather, they talk about the unfairness of it all. Why now the horrible Tea Party and other extreme right wing groups would be allowed to set up their own tax-exempt organizations in direct competition with Media Matters and MoveOn.org which might result in Obama being replaced by Mitt Romney! The IRS bureaucrats didn't need direction from the Obama campaign to know they didn't want that to happen.
So they created this system. Pull out all obviously right-wing applications for tax exempt status. Delay, harass, and attempt to collect private information about their donor lists and their political activities. Deny their applications whenever you can. Leak their donor lists to the Democrat activist groups when you think you can get away with it.
Of course Obama knew. Obviously Axelrod knew and approved. They would give a hearty pat on the back and "Well Done" to Miller and the other bureaucrats whenever they saw them. But they of course were careful not to put anything incriminating in writing. Miller made sure the IRS did everything they could to help the Obama campaign by throwing up obstacles in front of all the conservative groups. Obama is very thankful.
So nobody's going to come clean with the information sought by the investigation. This one will go the way of Fast & Furious and most likely Benghazi. Obama will slam the door on all investigations so no evidence can be collected. He will make sure everyone with direct knowledge of what actually happened is intimidated or bribed in whatever way is necessary to keep them quiet.
And for the next three years, America will have nothing but the uneasy feeling that their government is terribly corrupt and possibly even tyrannical. But nobody at the top who is actually responsible will ever go to jail, or even lose their job.
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