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#1 | Sens. McCain and Levin urged IRS to target Tea Party, conservative groups datum

Sun Apr 12, 2015 7:56 am

Government documents obtained by a top "Inside the Beltway" watchdog group and released on Thursday reveal that Internal Revenue Service's Lois Lerner was strongly urged by Sen. Carl Levin, D-Michigan, and Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, her assistance in attacking certain non-profit political groups. The organizations they selected for targeting by Lerner were part of the Tea Party and conservative movements.

http://www.examiner.com/article/sens-mcc..._alerts_article

Poster's comment: Anyone surprised?

Elect Hillary - qualifications are overrated

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#2 | RE: Sens. McCain and Levin urged IRS to target Tea Party, conservative groups datum

Sun Apr 12, 2015 9:50 am (Last edited: Sun Apr 12, 2015 9:51 am)

I am slightly surprised by McCain. Not sure why. I guess I thought he did have a shred of decency left.

Member of the "Oh, Hell No! Party"

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#3 | RE: Sens. McCain and Levin urged IRS to target Tea Party, conservative groups datum

Sun Apr 12, 2015 11:15 am

Quote: Rufus T Firefly wrote in post #1
Government documents obtained by a top "Inside the Beltway" watchdog group and released on Thursday reveal that Internal Revenue Service's Lois Lerner was strongly urged by Sen. Carl Levin, D-Michigan, and Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, her assistance in attacking certain non-profit political groups. The organizations they selected for targeting by Lerner were part of the Tea Party and conservative movements.

http://www.examiner.com/article/sens-mcc..._alerts_article

Poster's comment: Anyone surprised?

Not in the least.

There's a reason why McCain was nicknamed '

Illegitimi non Carborundum

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#4 | RE: Sens. McCain and Levin urged IRS to target Tea Party, conservative groups datum

Sun Apr 12, 2015 11:37 am

Quote: Rufus T Firefly wrote in post #1
Government documents obtained by a top "Inside the Beltway" watchdog group and released on Thursday reveal that Internal Revenue Service's Lois Lerner was strongly urged by Sen. Carl Levin, D-Michigan, and Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, her assistance in attacking certain non-profit political groups. The organizations they selected for targeting by Lerner were part of the Tea Party and conservative movements.

http://www.examiner.com/article/sens-mcc..._alerts_article

Poster's comment: Anyone surprised?

I saw this claim regarding McCain urging the Tea Party be targeted by the IRS and wanted to check the sources to validate. I couldn't find the claim being made anywhere else so it made me wonder if it was true. It has the ring of suspicion to me. If true it is despicable. Can anyone find a second source for the claim?

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