Hyperbolic and contra-factual. Clinton 'declare

Hyperbolic and contra-factual.

Clinton 'declared' a campaign, the Republicans just think it's a war against them. As they should, and as the Dems will consider the Republicans attacks on them. Have you heard anything from any of the GOP candidates, Rubio in particular, that makes it sound like a game of bean bag?


http://www.politicususa.com/2014/02/05/busted...andal.html

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In fact, a few months after the story of the report broke, new documents came to light showing more of the extent of scrutiny of progressive groups. At the time, Alex Seitz-Wald described the landscape this way.

But now, almost two months later, we know that in fact the IRS targeted lots of different kinds of groups, not just conservative ones; that the only organizations whose tax-exempt statuses were actually denied were progressive ones; that many of the targeted conservative groups legitimately crossed the line; that the IG’s report was limited to only Tea Party groups at congressional Republicans’ request; and that the White House was in no way involved in the targeting and didn’t even know about it until shortly before the public did.

Needless to say, especially disturbing is the idea that Issa conveyed to the IG his wish that the investigation focus on conservative groups to the exclusion of progressive ones. The IG later said that initial report was inaccurate, but he didn't say what was inaccurate about it or offer any explanation of why his spokesperson would have said Issa told them to produce a one-sided report.

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All summer long, the editors at Politicus told you the IRS “scandal” was not real. There was no evidence of targeting conservatives, in fact, both “sides” were “targeted”, also known as the IRS attempting to do its job.


Then came the endless hearings during which Darrell Issa only allowed the soundbites that furthered the GOP narrative to air. All of this was assisted along by a press happily willing to play possum and pass along Republican aides’ interpretations of alleged documents and events as fact.

Then Democrats called Republicans on deliberately burying evidence that proved their conspiracy theory wrong from the beginning. Democrats presented irrefutable evidence of this fact that Issa’s investigation had redacted. Yet Republicans had no problem making accusations back then, knowing that they were misleading people.

Cut to February 2014, nine moths later, and there is no IRS scandal. The evidence that came forward only revealed one scandal, and that was Darrell Issa suppressing evidence that did not correspond with the Republican story.

And maybe it was scandalous that the press laid down and played dead once again in their desperation for some kind of scandal the public could latch onto, because it was summer and news was slow. Republicans excel in crafting a cynical circus show during slow news periods when it will get the most play and the least questions.

So now what do we hear from Republicans, who have moved on with nary a moment of reflection or shame, into pretending there is an Obamacare scandal? Now we hear that we should not jump to conclusions on their other accusations (if you’re keeping track, their Benghazi accusations were also a bust, and once again, the facts actually point the finger at them for failing to fund security).

Yes, the very people who jumped to conclusions and urged you to jump of the reality cliff with them or rather for them, now urge caution. Now that the facts are out, and the facts make Republicans look like shameless con artists busted selling snake oil at a tent revival, now they urge you not to jump to conclusions.

The Ways and Means Committee Democrats noted some facts: “The IRS has 150 employees working full-time to accommodate the investigations. Since May, the agency has turned over more than 500,000 pages of documents to Congress. Five dozen interviews have been conducted with current and former IRS employees. And yet, as the President noted Sunday, not a single piece of evidence has emerged showing any political motivation.”

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