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Uncovered docs: IRS flagged groups in 2011 based on 'anti-Obama
rhetoric'

By Doug Powers • September 18, 2013 03:00 PM

**Written by Doug Powers

Under Lois Lerner (who taxpayers are still sending paychecks to
by the way), things at the “apolitical” IRS got incredibly
partisan, as evidenced in this update to a “phony scandal”:

Newly uncovered IRS documents show the agency flagged political
groups based on the content of their literature, raising
concerns specifically about “anti-Obama rhetoric,” inflammatory
language and “emotional” statements made by non-profits seeking
tax-exempt status.

The internal 2011 documents, obtained by USA TODAY, list 162
groups by name, with comments by Internal Revenue Service
lawyers in Washington raising issues about their political,
lobbying and advocacy activities. In 21 cases, those activities
were characterized as “propaganda.”

Why would they do that? “Because they thought Obama would have
wanted it that way” according to one report.

The beauty of having fellow travelers who move regularly back
and forth between the utopian cities of Hope and Change is that
there often isn’t much of a paper trail because memos aren’t a
necessity — they just know what to do.

Ed Morrissey at Hot Air remembered this:

The 2011 date has one interesting parallel.

Two years ago (almost to the day), the White House rolled out
its own version of a lèse-majesté intimidation mechanism —
“Attack Watch.”

That didn’t last long in the sunlight, after widespread
criticism and derision forced the White House to shelve it,
although the Obama campaign tried to bring it back in February
2012 as the “Truth Team.”

So, did the IRS just feel inspired by Attack Watch, or did the
White House just transfer the effort?

Sure is a coincidence, eh?
 

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