Sarah Palin’s incoherent attempted fingering of President Obama as the IRS scandal mastermind demonstrates how Republicans have killed this potential scandal with their complete lunacy.
Palin emerged from her secure and undisclosed Facebook bunker long enough to post some Obama conspiracy laden gibberish on Breitbart.
Palin “wrote,”
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The president would like us to believe that he only learned about the IRS corruption from watching the news. But we recently learned that the White House was actively working with the IRS on how to roll out the story of this scandal. So, Mr. President, how can you have your staff work on the roll out of the biggest controversy since Watergate, and yet claim that you only heard about it by watching the news with the rest of us?
For the president to deny any knowledge of what was brewing and to claim to know nothing about the Benghazi cover-up or anything about anything White House-related lately, he’s either a liar or a hugely incompetent CEO. You decide.
Yesterday, we also learned that the top IRS official involved in the targeting scandal is planning on pleading the Fifth during her Congressional hearings. That’s keen – she’ll be able to enjoy her Fifth Amendment rights in a hearing about how her intimidating organization denied Americans the ability to fully exercise their First Amendment rights.
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These atrocious government actions are bigger, uglier, and much more dangerous than “a few rogue employees.” It’s time for all Americans to stand together and join in the growing outraged chorus that looks at our out-of-control government and says, “Enough is enough!”
Palin’s rant illustrates why no one outside of the Republican Party and the mainstream media is taking this IRS scandal seriously. Palin was so desperate to link Obama to this, even though there is no evidence of presidential involvement that she assumed that everyone irrationally hates President Obama as much as she does.
Republicans are claiming their First Amendment rights were denied, but the center of this scandal is tax exempt status. This is not about persecution or a loss rights. Republicans don’t want their shady dark money groups to be held accountable for anything, including taxes.
Interestingly, Sarah Palin’s Obama hate speech also highlights one of the great contradictions on the far right. The Obama haters can’t figure out whether the president is ruthless tyrant bent on their destruction, or if he is incompetent.
Palin’s claim that only limited government can save America ignores the fact that Republican administrations of Nixon, Reagan, and George W. Bush were riddled with scandals.
Sarah Palin is one of the main reasons why Republicans have no credibility when they start screaming about Obama scandals. Palin invented her own version of the IRS scandal where Obama is the evil mastermind who persecuted the poor little right wing billionaires who are trying to buy our government with secret money. Palin is one of least popular figures in America, so trotting her out to make the case that Obama was behind the IRS scandal is a laughable bit of poor strategy.
The right’s desperation is growing. They haven’t been able to connect this President Obama, and they know that this scandal is fading fast. Instead of helping conservatives grow their little scandal that isn’t, Sarah Palin has nuked their momentum with more paranoia and irrational Obama hate.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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