Saturday, November 5, 2016
The IRS Scandal, Day 1276: George Will On The 2016 Presidential Election And The IRS Scandal
Washington Post op-ed: A Fitting Final Chapter to 2016’s Sleaze Sweepstakes, by George F. Will:
It is grimly hilarious to hear it said that the Justice Department, by not holding Comey to established protocols concerning discussions of ongoing investigations, and concerning pronouncements close to elections, has tainted itself. ... The department has enabled, by not seriously investigating, the IRS’s suppression of political advocacy by conservative groups. Or of the IRS’s subsequent destruction of subpoenaed emails pertinent to this. So, unsurprisingly, the most intrusive and potentially punitive federal agency continues to punish conservative groups for being conservative, according to Cleta Mitchell, a lawyer for political groups who confirms there are indeed conservative organizations who were targeted by the IRS and have still not received their tax-exempt status.
In 2013, President Obama professed himself “angry” about “inexcusable” IRS behavior, before he decided there was not a “smidgen” of IRS corruption. He claimed to have learned about the IRS behavior from the media. Now he claims that he learned from the media about Clinton’s email abuses, although they had exchanged emails using her private server. Perhaps.
The defining scandal of the Obama era has been the media’s lackadaisical consensus that Obama’s administration has had no serious scandal. This, although with the Justice Department protecting the IRS, the administration has (in the words of Richard Nixon’s White House counsel John Dean) used “the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies.”
Clinton, the ultimate author of her current agony, resembles no one so much as Nixon in her paranoia and joyless pursuit of joy. Her government career began with the House committee preparing Nixon’s impeachment. Twenty-two years earlier, he had saved his career by addressing a supposed scandal with his nationally broadcast “Checkers speech,” which was mawkish, abasing and effective. How fitting it would be for a Clinton “Checkers speech” to end our long national nightmare that this campaign has been.
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1275: The Impact Of The IRS Scandal On The Investigation Of The Clinton Foundation (Nov. 4, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1274: Koskinen Says It Is Time To 'Move Beyond' The Scandal And Restore The IRS's Budget (Nov. 3, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1273: Harry Reid And James Comey (Nov. 2, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1272: Why The IRS Scandal Still Matters To Republicans And Democrats (Nov. 1, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1271: President Obama Lied About The IRS’s Targeting Of Conservatives (Oct. 31, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1270: Why The IRS Matters This Election (Oct. 30, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1269: The Dark Art Of Political Intimidation (Oct. 29, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1268: Sen. Whitehouse — Republicans Are Using Koskinen Impeachment To Bring IRS To Heel On Dark Money Campaign Financing (Oct. 28, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1267: Court Orders IRS to Give Account For Targeting Conservatives (Oct. 27, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1266: Obama Denies Any ‘Major Scandals’ In His Administration — What About The IRS Scandal? (Oct. 26, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1265: Treasury & IRS CIOs Receive IT Leadership Awards (Oct. 25, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1264: Light Meet Tunnel (Oct. 24, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1263: The Denial Of Probe Into IRS Disclosure Of Taxpayer Information Is ‘Alarming’ (Oct. 23, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1262: Z Street Receives 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Status, Seven Years After Filing Application (Oct. 22, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1261: George Will And Donald Trump Are Wrong — Elections Are Not Rigged, And The IRS Is Not Rigging Them (Oct. 21, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1260: Cleta Mitchell — Use Of The IRS Against Republican Critics Likely Will Persist In A Clinton Administration (Oct. 20, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1259: George Will — Trump Is Right That Elections Are Rigged, And The IRS Is Exhibit A (Oct. 19, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1258: Judge Orders IRS to Clear Tea Party Application Backlog Within Month (Oct. 18, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1257 (Oct. 17, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1256: The IRS Spent $12 Million For Microsoft Cloud-Based Email Archive That Was Incompatible With Its On-Premises Email System And Never Used (Oct. 16, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1255 (Oct. 15, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1254 (Oct. 14, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1253 (Oct. 13, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1252 (Oct. 12, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1251: Bill O'Reilly Calls For A Special Prosecutor (Oct. 11, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1250 (Oct. 10, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1249 (Oct. 9, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1248 (Oct. 8, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1247 (Oct. 7, 2017)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1246 (Oct. 6, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1245 (Oct. 5, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1244 (Oct. 4, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1243 (Oct. 3, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1242 (Oct. 2, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1241 (Oct. 1, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1240 (Sept. 30, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1239 (Sept. 29, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1238 (Sept. 28, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1237 (Sept. 27, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1236 (Sept. 26, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1235 (Sept. 25, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1234 (Sept. 24, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1233 (Sept. 23, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1232 (Sept. 22, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1231 (Sept. 21, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1230 (Sept. 20, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1229 (Sept. 19, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1228 (Sept. 18, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1227 (Sept. 17, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1226 (Sept. 16, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1225 (Sept. 15, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1224 (Sept. 14, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1223 (Sept. 13, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1222 (Sept. 12, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1221 (Sept. 11, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1220 (Sept. 10, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1219 (Sept. 9, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1218 (Sept. 8, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1217 (Sept. 7, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1216 (Sept. 6, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1215 (Sept. 5, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1214 (Sept. 4, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1213 (Sept. 3, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1212 (Sept. 2, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1211 (Sept. 1, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1210 (Aug. 31, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1209 (Aug. 30, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1208 (Aug. 29, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1207 (Aug. 28, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1206 (Aug. 27, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1205 (Aug. 26, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1204 (Aug. 25, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1203 (Aug. 24, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1202 (Aug. 23, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1201 (Aug. 22, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 1101-1200 (May 14, 2016 - Aug. 21, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 1001-1100 (Feb. 4, 2016 - May 13, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 901-1000 (Oct. 27, 2015 - Feb. 3, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 801-900 (July 19, 2015 - Oct. 26, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 701-800 (April 10, 2015 - July 18, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 601-700 (Dec. 31, 2014 - April 9, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 501-600 (Sept. 22, 2014-Dec. 30, 2014)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 401-500 (June 14, 2014 - Sept. 21,2014)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 301-400 (Mar. 6, 2014 - June 13, 2014)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 201-300 (Nov. 26, 2013 - Mar. 5, 2014)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 101-200 (Aug. 18, 2013 - Nov. 25, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 1-100 (May 10, 2013 - Aug. 17, 201
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2016/11/the-irs-scandal-day-1276george-will-on-the-2016-presidential-election-and-the-irs-scandal.html
"How fitting it would be for a Clinton 'Checkers speech' to end our long national nightmare that this campaign has been."
Except Secretary Clinton won't deliver any such speech, because the modus operandi of her entire political career has been to mislead the public until the facts come out that refute such deception, and then to no longer make any public statements either true or false on the matter.
The goal is the Presidency, and upon achieving the office I suspect a President Clinton will make every assurance that the DOJ is staffed with only loyal Democratic career lawyers who will bury any and all investigations into Clinton-related influence peddling, violations of national security, and false statements to Congress, no matter what evidence there may be. That will certainly solidify the anti-law reputation of the Democratic Party, which it's already been building to under the current President. But America deserves the President it chooses, with all the illegal baggage that will entail.
Of course, we ordinary citizens who have no friends in bureaucratic circles or law enforcement are routinely raked over the coals for failing to pay our parking tickets on time...
Posted by: MM | Nov 5, 2016 12:48:18 PM