Obama Using 'Nixonian' Tactics to Scare Off GOP Donors
Yankee Traveler
2012/06/30 21:04:00
IRS should be probing the obama administration for illegal campaign donations from places around Europe!!!!!!
An IRS probe into pro-Republican groups to determine whether they are
violating their tax-exempt status by spending too much on partisan
activities is a Nixonian move by a “reckless and ruthless
administration,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tells
Newsmax.TV.
McConnell was commenting on recent revelations that the IRS was looking
into the 501(c)4 organizations. The groups, such as the Karl
Rove-affiliated group Crossroads GPS, are tax-exempt because they are
considered social welfare groups. The status allows them to keep donor
lists private but the groups must limit their spending to issue ads
designed to educate the public.
Critics charge the groups have crossed the line with their ads and they should be forced to disclose donors like Super PACS.
Well it’s more of the same,” McConnell said of the IRS probe, claiming
the Obama administration is also using the Federal Communications
Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission to go after its
political adversaries.
"It’s very Nixonian, reminiscent of the Nixon years where there was an
enemies list at the White House. This is a reckless and ruthless
administration that will do anything to quiet the voices of its
opponents.”
The probe, in concert with one in New York by the Democratic state
attorney general into spending by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is
designed to “scare donors away from any groups that are critical of the
administration,” McConnell charged.
“They’re using the power of the federal government to quiet the voice of
their critics,” he added. “As I said, that is very reminiscent of the
Nixon administration.”
McConnell said members of Congress are going to be in touch with the
government agencies to tell them not to “be involved in partisan
political activities.”
“It’s inconsistent with the duties of their offices and ought to be
criticized in the most aggressive way and we intend to do that,” he
said.
An IRS probe into pro-Republican groups to determine whether they are
violating their tax-exempt status by spending too much on partisan
activities is a Nixonian move by a “reckless and ruthless
administration,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tells
Newsmax.TV.
McConnell was commenting on recent revelations that the IRS was looking
into the 501(c)4 organizations. The groups, such as the Karl
Rove-affiliated group Crossroads GPS, are tax-exempt because they are
considered social welfare groups. The status allows them to keep donor
lists private but the groups must limit their spending to issue ads
designed to educate the public.
Critics charge the groups have crossed the line with their ads and they should be forced to disclose donors like Super PACS.
Well it’s more of the same,” McConnell said of the IRS probe, claiming
the Obama administration is also using the Federal Communications
Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission to go after its
political adversaries.
"It’s very Nixonian, reminiscent of the Nixon years where there was an
enemies list at the White House. This is a reckless and ruthless
administration that will do anything to quiet the voices of its
opponents.”
The probe, in concert with one in New York by the Democratic state
attorney general into spending by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is
designed to “scare donors away from any groups that are critical of the
administration,” McConnell charged.
“They’re using the power of the federal government to quiet the voice of
their critics,” he added. “As I said, that is very reminiscent of the
Nixon administration.”
McConnell said members of Congress are going to be in touch with the
government agencies to tell them not to “be involved in partisan
political activities.”
“It’s inconsistent with the duties of their offices and ought to be
criticized in the most aggressive way and we intend to do that,” he
said.
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Temlakos~POTL~PWCM~JLA~☆ 2012/06/30 22:11:16
for what???...uh huh...
clooney raising money over there as well...
pretty much a no-brainer...eh???
persons donating to Romney' PACs, which he will not release...... Would you?
The Liberals have the names of the Koch brothers and Karl Rove, and the Liberals
are doing everything they can to discredit them.............. No one knows what
0bama is doing behind the scenes, like using the IRS, etc.
There has not been a more vicious vindictive dirtier campaigner since Nixon, and
I doubt if Nixon thought of a fraction of the things that this dirty Chicago style
politics have done.
It may not be to some people's likings but unless they can prove otherwise.... tough chit.