Nope,there are a handful of us that are opposed to regulatory agencies being hamstringed and recognize the hypocrisy of political groups claiming credit for political candidates election while simultaneously declaring themselves social welfare groups.

The same groups that have no problem “targeting” Planned Parenthood have no problem whining when they are the subject of the “witch hunt. Boohoo.

And no one can EVER accuse me of being an Obama apologist. I didn’t even vote for the guy in either election. I’m non partisan all the way. This is a backdoor attempt to loosen regulatory control so that the really rich like Romney can hide millions from the IRS and claim it charitable while also carrying out a political agenda.

Yes. And I doubt the teatards would acknowledge that the very logical explanation of why things could take longer is that the government that they insist needs to be small enough to drown in a bathtub was unable to handle all of the requests and with sequester the IRS was unable to hire more government workers to keep up with demand and in fact will be closing its offices for days to offset its sequester costs.

As usual these folks get things all wrong. Less government can also mean less efficient. Size should be secondary to the ability to do the job required of you.

By nature, the TEA party IS a political group. Heck,they have claimed direct responsibility for several politcians elections.

http://irehr.org/issue-areas/tea-party-nationalism/tea-party-news-and-analysis/item/483-tea-party-group-protesting-irs-has-history-of-questionable-political-involvement

As usual this is shysters wanting to have their cake and eat it too. And surprise, surprise THIS particular group was caught in the act of engaging in political behavior in conflict of the statute AND the head ran afoul of the IRS to the tune of $680,000, over half a million owed to the IRS. So yeah, I do believe the IRS was responsible to ask more questions.

Meh, it’s political grandstanding for the GOP who OVERTLY have targeted groups like Planned Parenthood on a state level for the sake of politics. The whole thing smacks of shades of ACORN. Out of 27 groups “targeted” less than half(13 to be exact) were Tea Party. The Democrats are morons if they can’t see this complaining is politically motivated. I tend to agree with James Joyce, this is about dismantling the regulatory structure that asks questions about a privilege and would make it easier for right wing hacks to siphon resources to the GOP while enjoying a perk that regular Americans don’t enjoy. Mitt Romney needs some help hiding his millions from the IRS under the guise of charity.

Sigh. How sad is it that you’ve just summed up the race?

Sane corporate hack that dismantles more of public safety net or crazy nutball who also dismantles public safety net. Lucky lucky Virginians………

Ain’t that the truth. I’m pretty sure the guy is cuckoo for cocoa puffs. Some people are smarmy and disingenuous, you tend to think they’re saying what you want to hear. I get the impression this guy genuinely believes the crap he spouts. Scary.

The alternative is allowing Virginia to be Talibanland. I’m going to grudgingly vote for McAuliffe in this instance. I can not stand Kookinelli.

If you say I wish so and so was dead and that person dies, guess who shows up at your door?

You become a suspect based on your statements.

It absolutely makes sense that anti tax folks be investigated to ensure they aren’t using a privilege extended as a loophole.

Tax exempt status is a privilege. They weren’t being questioned because they were organizing, they were being questioned because they were seeking a status that has requirements.

As it is if I want to take a deduction I need to remit proof of eligibility should I be asked to provide it. Why should these bozos get “special” status for TAX EXEMPT? They shouldn’t.

Apparently he slept through the ACORN debacle. Conservatives are always in some useful snit or another and if you give them an inch, they’ll take a mile.

Heh

Aren’t you just thrilled? Apparently spying on Quakers who don’t support a war, is okay. Spying on people exercising their first Amendment rights and protesting banksters, absolutely peachy. Sending out memos suggesting that VETERANS might be susceptible to fringe groups and should be watched, also perfectly fine.

The administration has to draw the line at rich conservative PAC donors seeking tax exempt status though. Wouldn’t want their fee fees to be hurt with all the pesky questions.

Have I mentioned lately that I think that this administration may be the dumbest I’ve seen during my lifetime?

That’s my point, at this time it IS being applied uniformly. You have the GOP actively doing everything to defund Planned Parenthood due to political motivation but you aren’t going to hear them whine when THEY are the ones engaging in politically motivated acts. Oh no! No,they only whine whenever it’s their pet organizations that are being questioned and the rules inconvenience them. My thought on that is too freaking bad hypocrites.

Harassed?

Dude, since when is “harassment” to require that any politically motivated group comply with the law prior to getting a PRIVILEGE that only these groups enjoy?

It isn’t. There should be MORE scrutiny when it comes to allowing these groups to operate on a tax exempt basis,not less. And I’d add the same should go for churches that want to argue politics.

Tax exempt status is a privilege,not a right. It isn’t harassment to ensure that the privilege not be abused. It’s actually the government’s job to do so. That the GOP is coaching it as “harassment” isn’t surprising. They coach everything that doesn’t work out to their advantage as some big ol’ plot and utilize it as a means to decimate rules they don’t like.

You winz the internet for today. :)

Meh. I disagree with the false construct that has been set up by the Republicans AND Democrats on health care. I disagree with the Administration or Democratic viewpoint that in order for Americans to have health care we have to have a private system that guarantees for profit insurance companies gobs of money AND I disagree with the GOP that it isn’t a governmental responsibility that it regulate the health industry and exercise due diligence to ensure that every man,woman, and child have access to a standard quality of care when faced with an illness.

So technically I don’t think this particular vote is for anyone other than the status quo proles who are simply arguing on which party deserves all that sweet,sweet insurance money kickbacks.

The Republicans and Democrats play games. Sadly whenever either party opens their mouth the first thing ANY of us should be thinking is how exactly do they plan on using this to screw me over. If you think that way then 90% of the time you aren’t going to be far off.

Republicans whining that wealthy PACS weren’t able to easily get tax exempt status because mean ol’ IRS people asked them questions and made them wait is real low on my Washington get er’ done priority list. Tax exempt organizations SHOULD be scrutinized in my opinion. They are getting a privilege, not a right.

Admitting what truth?

The truth that Washington DC is full of political people who have objectives and sometimes those objectives clash based on ideology?

If people didn’t realize that until now then they haven’t been paying much attention. It’s been that way for years and will likely continue to be that way for years.

Who determines what is nefarious though and what is simply a human reaction?

It’s going to be an individual call and it’s going to be based on values.

In the big scheme of things these IRS workers did EXACTLY what is being done to Planned Parenthood in a sundry of states. I don’t see the Republicans frothing at the mouth about that though. Oh wait, that’s because THEY are the ones doing it in a variety of states. So much for the whole government shouldn’t be political arguement.

There are times I truly believe I could work with people within the TEA party and then one of them opens their mouth and calls what is happening socialism and I get turned off again all over.

I do wish them well in affecting the GOP party though. I get the whole entire uphill battle when you don’t have the millions in bribe money the affluent have.

Exactly!

Politicians are going to act like politicians. They’ll play on the outrage to obtain objectives. Activists need to keep what the objective is when a politician starts foaming at the mouth about a subject. Then they need to determine whether that objective is helpful or harmful to their belief set and act accordingly.