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Organizations Masquerading as Tax-Exempt is the Real IRS Scandal
Tweet Share on Facebook May 22, 2013 CommentIn September 1802, journalist James Callender published the first of a series of articles detailing a long-term affair between President Thomas Jefferson and his household slave Sally Hemings. The story was a sensational revelation that definitively fit the definition of political scandal: The exposure of corruption, illegal or unethical practices, or a moral violation committed by public officials. Jefferson broke 19th century norms of anti-miscegenation by committing racial admixture.
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E.W. Jackson Proves the Tea Party Learned Nothing
Tweet Share on Facebook May 22, 2013 CommentYou'd think the conservative base would have learned its lesson in 2010, when, in a fever pitch of epic magnitude, it nominated Christine O'Donnell, Ken Buck, Sharron Angle and Joe Miller to run for the U.S. Senate. Suddenly, what looked like a prime opportunity for Republicans to flip the upper chamber and send Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., packing turned into an example of a party letting its base lead where the rest of America dared not follow. Or perhaps in 2012, when Indiana Senate nominee Richard Mourdock was sunk by an extremely ill-advised and incorrect rape comment.
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IRS, AP and Benghazi Are Not Obama Scandals
Tweet Share on Facebook May 22, 2013 CommentI have to confess that I am the only Washington political junkie who has not watched the series "Scandal," or even the much acclaimed "House of Cards." Maybe that makes me not competent to comment on what is going on in Washington these days – IRS, Benghazi, Associated Press reporters tracked. I hope not.
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Democrats Should Be Worried About Polls After Obama Scandals
Tweet Share on Facebook May 22, 2013 CommentDemocrats are relieved. Despite the trio of political scandals encircling the White House, President Obama's approval rating has remained steady over the last few weeks.
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Tea Party IRS Rally Should Wait Until After Moore Tornado Recovery
Tweet Share on Facebook May 22, 2013 CommentThe headline story this week is the devastating storm that hit Moore, Oklahoma on Monday, killing 24, seven of whom were children. Mother Nature showed her power and her wrath once again.
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God Bless America and the Boy Scouts
Tweet Share on Facebook May 22, 2013 CommentWhat could be more quintessentially American than the song "God Bless America," a tune Irving Berlin wrote to boost the spirits of U.S. troops during World War II?
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IRS, AP and Benghazi Show the Failure of Obama's Big Government
Tweet Share on Facebook May 21, 2013 CommentThe leadership failures and bureaucratic dysfunction exposed by the Internal Revenue Service scandal should be a wake up call to anybody who believes bigger government can solve this nation's problems.
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Coburn Wants Oklahoma Tornado Aid Offset With Budget Cuts
Tweet Share on Facebook May 21, 2013 CommentA massive tornado ripped through Moore, Okla. and surrounding cities yesterday, leaving scores of Americans dead. Photos from the scene show complete and total devastation, nothing but dirt and timber where once whole neighborhoods stood.
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Crowdfunding Zack Braff's Film And Robert Griffin's Gifts Is a Mistake
Tweet Share on Facebook May 21, 2013 CommentIt's understandable that not everyone gives money to the poor. Sometimes people can't spare enough from their own budgets to give to the needy. Some people believe their tax dollars should serve this purpose in a more targeted manner. And there are those who believe that we are all responsible for ourselves and should make our own economic futures.
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Poll Shows Americans Find Obama's IRS Story Barely Believable
Tweet Share on Facebook May 20, 2013 CommentYou don't have to believe in the tooth fairy or that the U.S. government has hidden the bodies of space aliens at Area 51 to think something is fishy in the way the news broke that the Internal Revenue Service had been singling out conservative political groups for special, even extraordinary, scrutiny.
