IRS Scandal: Some Interesting Numbers

I have not commented much on the current crop of scandals affecting the White House and the Administration.  In terms of the health of the country, scandals are not desired.  However, if funny business is going on behind the scenes, where the Constitution and the Law is being subverted, then scandals are necessary.

I commented extensively the past three years on Fast and Furious, the first of the extra-legal endeavors by the DOJ and ATF. I believe it reaches to the White House and certainly to Eric Holder.  It progresses in Oversight Committee hearing and investigations.

Lately we have the Benghazi debacle where the President outright lied about the whole affair.  I can forgive him and his staff of incompetency on the night of September 11, 2012, but not of the lying afterward.

And then there are the secret email accounts of Administrators like Lisa Jackson (Richard Windsor) of the EPA and Kathleen Sibelius (KGS2@hhs.gov.) of HHS.   Sibelius' nom-de-crook even got commendations.  Three years in a row, "he" was awarded a Certificate for Ethical Behavior, and was also given a certificate for completing cyber-security training courses.  So much for the "most transparent administration."  See here:  US-Secret-Emails

Then came the James Rosen of Fox News scandal where DOJ has been reading his emails, listening to his phone calls and accusing him of being a co-conspirator in espionage.  Rightly, this case has had a chilling effect on the nation's press corps, who already are scared to ask tough questions of the Administration.

Now we have the IRS scandal of abusing conservative groups who were seeking 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 status.  This is the most chilling of all, since it deals directly with the practice of tyranny in arguably the most important government department, the IRS.  And worst, it now appears that the impetus for the extra and biased scrutiny was coming from the Administration.  This is my allegation and not proved yet, but the circumstantial evidence is mounting.

So, to the Interesting Numbers:

The Daily Caller has studied the White House visitor logs.  Do they suggest complicity or at least opportunity to influence to you?

157 visits - IRS Director Schulman during entire Obama presidency

118 visits - IRS Director Schulman during years of enhanced IRS scrutiny, 2010 to 2012.  (Includes two election cycles.)

90 visits - Deputy Director IRS during entire Obama presidency

100 visits - VP Joe Biden  during entire Obama presidency

62 visits - AG Eric Holder during entire Obama presidency

<50 visits each - Treasury Sec Geitner and HHS Secretary Sibelius

1 visit - IRS Director during entire Bush presidency

Then it comes to light that not just conservative groups but also religious and educational groups.  Where is the justification for the IRS to request the text of prayers that religious groups say?  See here:  Are-you-now-or-have-you-ever-been-a-christian?

Now, let's add to this the amazing coincidence of how some conservative groups and individuals have been audited by the IRS in the past few years.

For instance, Wayne Allen Root won a tax court case against an IRS audit in 2011.  Five days later the IRS started another audit.  Root was a classmate of Obama at Columbia, but never heard of or met the man.  He is an outspoken commentator who appears to be targeted by the Administration.  See here: why-is-the-leftist-media-going-after-the-irs-victims or Root's Story on Radio and especially Root's IRS Story

Through all of this I am reminded of the story of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170.  King George II eventually became exasperated with his bishop because he actually tried to be a bishop and serve the poor, among other transgressions against the King.  George at one point famously said, "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?"  It wasn't long before four knights took it upon themselves to kill Becket, perceiving a Royal edict.  I am afraid Obama and crew operate similarly - expressions of wishes get carried out without direct orders being issued.  Thus the President can say, "The first I knew of the IRS scandal was from the press reports."  But all along the bureaucracy has been interpreting and executing those desires.