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A newly released email from former IRS employee Lois G. Lerner, sent just as the tea party targeting scandal was erupting, warned colleagues to “be cautious” about what information they put in emails because it could be turned over to Congress.“I was cautioning folks about email and how we have had several occasions where Congress ask asked for emails and there has been an electronic search for responsive emails — so we need to be cautious about what we say in emails,” Ms. Lerner wrote in an April 9, 2013, message.


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More "no real scandal here".... right guys?
 
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More "no real scandal here".... right guys?

I admit, I really thought conservatives were overreacting a bit with this one, but man, everything this lady does is dirty.

Something was going on, and if liberals don't decry it, they can't complain when it happens to them in the next administration.
 
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More "no real scandal here".... right guys?

It's scandalous when a supervisor asks employees to watch their language in emails?
 
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I admit, I really thought conservatives were overreacting a bit with this one, but man, everything this lady does is dirty.

Something was going on, and if liberals don't decry it, they can't complain when it happens to them in the next administration.

If something happens in Hillary's administration Democrats can't complain?
Democrats won't be stupid enough to apply for approval when all they need to do is state it on their returns anyway. But if they actually get denied tax exempt status there will be hell to pay. That never happened to conservative groups.
 
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If something happens in Hillary's administration Democrats can't complain?

:) Cute.

Democrats won't be stupid enough to apply for approval when all they need to do is state it on their returns anyway

:) Unions will be too busy getting constantly audited and thrown into prison for the smallest possible infractions (and with a tax code as complex as ours, it is nigh on impossible not to have some). Get ready to have what you dish out put right back in your bowl.
 
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I admit, I really thought conservatives were overreacting a bit with this one, but man, everything this lady does is dirty.

Something was going on, and if liberals don't decry it, they can't complain when it happens to them in the next administration.

This is why they should think the IRS scandal is a big deal. Because it might seem all fine and dandy when its your guys doing it but will not feel that way when it is the other side doing it.
 
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This is why they should think the IRS scandal is a big deal. Because it might seem all fine and dandy when its your guys doing it but will not feel that way when it is the other side doing it.

Honestly that's how they ought to feel about all of the "I've got a pen and I will use it" to "borrow Legislative power" items. This guy is setting a precedent that the next Republican will have when he or she decides to change the tax code or reform entitlements.
 
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Honestly that's how they ought to feel about all of the "I've got a pen and I will use it" to "borrow Legislative power" items. This guy is setting a precedent that the next Republican will have when he or she decides to change the tax code or reform entitlements.

I look forward to that.I hope that when a conservative is president he uses his pen to strip planned parenthood of the funding it gets from the government.
 
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It's scandalous when a supervisor asks employees to watch their language in emails?

That wasn't a warning that employees should "watch their language", it was a warning not to say anything incriminating. A warning like that isn't issued to employees by their superior at a government agency, if that agency is operating above board...

Use a little common sense. If Lerner had nothing to do with any of the improper political targeting, wasn't engaged in anything illegal or beyond the scope of the agencies power, the last thing she would do is warn employees about the content of their emails. As a department head innocent of wrong doing, she would know that if improper behavior was taking place, the employee emails would uncover that behavior and who was responsible, as well as serving to exonerate her of anything improper.

That warning of hers sounds to me like the ring leader telling her crew to go into "cover-your-ass" mode.
 
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I look forward to that.I hope that when a conservative is president he uses his pen to strip planned parenthood of the funding it gets from the government.

I think that's a fantastic idea.
 
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not even a smidgen of corruption....come on!

I admit, I really thought conservatives were overreacting a bit with this one, but man, everything this lady does is dirty.

Something was going on, and if liberals don't decry it, they can't complain when it happens to them in the next administration.
 
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It's scandalous when a supervisor asks employees to watch their language in emails?

"watch their language in emails" ... that's just so precious.
 
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Why wouldn't Lerner tell her colleagues to be careful? The Republicans will lie about anything. It's what they do. Better to make them lie about nothing than lie about something.
 
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Why wouldn't Lerner tell her colleagues to be careful? The Republicans will lie about anything. It's what they do. Better to make them lie about nothing than lie about something.

Your ability to discern truth is suspect.
 
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I admit, I really thought conservatives were overreacting a bit with this one, but man, everything this lady does is dirty.

Something was going on, and if liberals don't decry it, they can't complain when it happens to them in the next administration.

What is good for the goose is good for the gander.
 
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It's scandalous when a supervisor asks employees to watch their language in emails?

Since you seem to be having trouble comprehending her message, here it is again. Sometimes rereading helps.

A newly released email from former IRS employee Lois G. Lerner, sent just as the tea party targeting scandal was erupting, warned colleagues to “be cautious” about what information they put in emails because it could be turned over to Congress.

“I was cautioning folks about email and how we have had several occasions where Congress ask asked for emails and there has been an electronic search for responsive emails — so we need to be cautious about what we say in emails,” Ms. Lerner wrote in an April 9, 2013, message.

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news...irs-employees-hide-information/#ixzz371NWES52
 
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What is good for the goose is good for the gander.

Geese and ganders....that seems to be a recurring theme in government. I suggest it's tome to forget the geese and ganders until PERSONAL LIBERTY starts coming first in the equation.

As long as we keep on handing **** over to the government we'll never get this nation back on track.
 
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I look forward to that.I hope that when a conservative is president he uses his pen to strip planned parenthood of the funding it gets from the government.
I have consistently expressed outrage over Lerner, and called for a full blown independent investigation.

Now, can you tell me where Obama has cut funding for something allocated by Congress?
 
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It's scandalous when a supervisor asks employees to watch their language in emails?

Obstruction of justice is a crime.
 
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Why wouldn't Lerner tell her colleagues to be careful? The Republicans will lie about anything. It's what they do. Better to make them lie about nothing than lie about something.

Why wouldn't she? Oh, I dunno....because obstruction of justice is illegal?
 
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Why wouldn't Lerner tell her colleagues to be careful? The Republicans will lie about anything. It's what they do. Better to make them lie about nothing than lie about something.


I know I'm gonna regret asking, but why do you think Lerner took the 5th?
 
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It's scandalous when a supervisor asks employees to watch their language in emails?

Really???? This isn't about left/right or democratic/ republican, this is about the american citizens against a government thats getting more tyrannical by the hour!! Cmon man we all as citizens need to stand up to this. I promise you if this was, is, a republican president I would/will raise just as much hell. This is tyranny no two ways about it and it affects everyone.
 
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More "no real scandal here".... right guys?

It is the IRS, it would be very prudent to be mindful of what is in a email, no matter the party of the POTUS. It is also smart advice for anyone who works in an office environment.
 
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Knowing how this IRS will target certain groups/people of a certain political persuasion, and knowing they have handed over enforcement of Obamacare to them. Whats the odds of someone being denied medical treatments because of there politics??? I dont think its that far fetched.
 
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