Quick what was the difference between Nixon and Obama's IRS commissioners???

[healthmyths]

Finally, this week Russell George, the inspector general whose audit confirmed the targeting of conservative groups, mentioned, as we all do these days,
Richard Nixon's attempt to use the agency to target his enemies.

But part of that Watergate story is that Nixon failed.

Last week David Dykes of the Greenville (S.C.) News wrote of meeting with 93-year-old Johnnie Mac Walters, head of the IRS almost 40 years ago, in the Nixon era.
Mr. Dykes quoted Tim Naftali, former director of the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, who told him the IRS wouldn't do what Nixon asked:
"It didn't happen, not because the White House didn't want it to happen, but because people like Johnnie Walters said 'no.' "
That was the IRS doing its job—attempting to be above politics, refusing to act as the muscle for a political agenda.

The IRS Can't Plead Incompetence - WSJ.com

Just in case you didn't get it... Nixon's attempt failed. Obama's attempt WORKED!
Before the hearing, Republicans invited Democrats to include witnesses from the other side.
The Democrats didn't produce one.
The McClatchy news service also looked for nonconservative targets. "Virtually no organizations perceived to be liberal or nonpartisan have come forward to say they were unfairly targeted," it reported. Liberal groups told McClatchy "they thought the scrutiny they got was fair."

 

[Clementine]

Of course, we are supposed to believe that the IRS employees acted on their own volition when they went after Obama's enemies. Amazing that even with different bosses, they all had the same exact plan.

Real leaders take responsibility no matter what. We see Obama rushing to take credit for any good while running like hell from the negative and claiming total ignorance of what goes on. It's possible that Valerie Jarrett is doing what she does best and not openly discussing it with Obama, but he knows the people he appointed and he knows their tricks. That is why he surrounded himself with them. He may not know the dirty details of how they make things happen, but he knows they are good at what they do and he likes the results.

The people in his circle likely have an understanding of how things work. They do what they do to get him elected and keep his image clean. If they succeed, rewards await. If they fail or get caught, hop under the bus, Gus. The goal is to insulate Obama from any scandal.

 

[francoHFW]

Same IG said the IRS was nonpartisan and had no connection to the WH....ZZZZZZZ

 

[NYcarbineer]

1. Not one shred of evidence implicating President Obama in any wrongdoing regarding the IRS has been produced.

2. Nixon's wrongdoing regarding the IRS is documented in the Nixon tapes.

That's the difference. That's the only difference anyone needs to know. It's also the difference that the Obama haters have been forced to ignore.

 

[Lakhota]

Nixon is on tape directing the IRS to go after his perceived enemies.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Nothing, they're all a bunch of dirtbags.