Barack Obama has tried to distance himself from three major scandals this past week by blaming everyone except himself. David Axelrod even appeared on the Sunday shows and offered an excuse which caused Rush Limbaugh to chuckle and agree. Axelrod said the government was just too big for the President to control.
But as the layers of denial and deflection have been batted away what appears at the core of these serious problems is at best an incompetent and at worst the architect of perhaps the greatest threat to liberty to ever occupy the office.
Now the Wall Street Journal has had enough. In an article yesterday the mask was pulled off of Obama and full blame for the actions of the IRS laid right at his feet.
Was the White House involved in the IRS's targeting of conservatives? No investigation needed to answer that one. Of course it was.
President Obama and Co. are in full deniability mode, noting that the IRS is an "independent" agency and that they knew nothing about its abuse. The media and Congress are sleuthing for some hint that Mr. Obama picked up the phone and sicced the tax dogs on his enemies.
But that's not how things work in post-Watergate Washington. Mr. Obama didn't need to pick up the phone. All he needed to do was exactly what he did do, in full view, for three years: Publicly suggest that conservative political groups were engaged in nefarious deeds; publicly call out by name political opponents whom he'd like to see harassed; and publicly have his party pressure the IRS to take action.
Breitbart has a meme which hits the same message.
And as I said as soon as this IRS scandal broke, this is the one that will fire up everybody, liberals and conservatives alike, because it is proof that the President is capable of abusing power and that is someting only the most dedicated communists and dictators love.
You can yell "TYRANNY" over anything else you want, but this IRS scandal is the spark in the presence of the powder keg that all Americans despise.
Seriously, if there was ever a time for updating the taxing system in the United States it is now.
Which elected official will be the bold one, to capture the nation's attention, to rally a nation behind him/her and call for the elimination of the IRS and the shift to the Fair Tax for our future?
One comes to mind. Mitch, now is your moment to make history.
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