{"id":18767,"date":"2013-05-13T14:02:52","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T18:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=18767"},"modified":"2013-05-13T14:02:52","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T18:02:52","slug":"its-an-old-story-but-we-are-just-now-hearing-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=18767","title":{"rendered":"It’s An Old Story But We Are Just Now Hearing It"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a lot of information coming out today about the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)<\/a> targeting conservatives for excessive scrutiny.\u00a0 On Saturday, I posted an article which included some of the extra questions conservative groups were asked when they applied for their tax exemption<\/a> status (rightwinggranny.com<\/a>).\u00a0 The use of the IRS and other groups to target political opponents is not new–the Clintons turned it into an art form. The Obamas<\/a> have also learned to use it frequently.<\/p>\n

In May of 2012, I posted an article about Intimidation of one Romney<\/a> donor (rightwinggranny.com<\/a>). Frank VanderSloot<\/a>, the CEO of Melaleuca Inc.was subjected to the same kind of scrutiny that normally be reserved for a political candidate. Today’s Daily Caller<\/a> details some of what Mr. Vandersloot was subjected to.<\/p>\n

Fox News<\/a> posted a story today showing how the initial interest of the IRS into the Tea Party Movement<\/a> was expanded:<\/p>\n

The article at Fox<\/a> explains:<\/p>\n

The internal IG timeline shows a unit in the agency was looking at Tea Party and “patriot” groups dating back to early 2010. But it shows that list of criteria drastically expanding by the time a June 2011 briefing was held. It then included groups focused on government spending, government debt, taxes, and education on ways to “make America<\/a> a better place to live.” It even flagged groups whose file included criticism of “how the country is being run.”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

By early 2012, the criteria were updated to include organizations involved in “limiting\/expanding government,” education on the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and social economic reform.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I remember that when Barack Obama was elected, many people were complaining that we were about to enter Jimmy Carter’s second term. I don’t think that is right. I think Barack Obama has morphed into the third term of Richard Nixon.<\/p>\n

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