-Caveat Lector- World Net Daily Politicizing the IRS by Joseph Farah I give up on the idea that the Republican Congress is ever going to conduct a serious investigation of the way President Clinton has targeted his enemies -- including me -- by directing Internal Revenue Service audits. It's just not going to happen -- not in this lifetime. Evidently, establishment Republicans -- including the overwhelming majority in Congress -- are so enamored of the police powers of the state that they will do nothing to protect the civil liberties of individuals. So, this column is directed to the Democrats. I'm skeptical that any of you can put aside your own political prejudices in favor of Bill Clinton long enough to consider what I'm about to say, but it needs to be said anyway. Imagine, for a moment, a Republican occupies the White House. It's bound to happen again some day. Like Richard Nixon before him, this Republican has a penchant for rooting out vocal opposition and pesky journalists and compiling enemies lists. One of his tactics is to fax to the IRS notes from constituents complaining about the critical work of certain non-profit organizations. One of those letters rips a group of journalists who have been investigating administration corruption. The letter and cover sheet from the White House first go to the Exempt Office division of the IRS and eventually to the office in the city where the journalists are based. A wide-ranging audit begins. The field agent tells the targeted journalists' certified public accountant that this is a "political case" and the decision about the organization's tax-exempt status will be made at the "national level." The audit lasts nine months and finds nothing awry within the organization's books. But the ordeal nearly bankrupts the group, causing it to lay off reporters and close publications. A Freedom of Information Act request by the group for its IRS case file is denied. An appeal is denied. Only as a result of a lawsuit are documents produced two years later -- and there is still some question about how complete the file is. Also two years later, the Treasury Department releases a heavily redacted internal report concluding that the audit began as a direct result of the letter sent from the White House to the IRS. With just that information, my Democratic friends, would you not conclude that there is at least ample evidence to investigate seriously the possibility that the president is violating the law by using the IRS for political purposes? I know you would. Yet those are exactly the facts concerning this president. There is a perfect parallel with regard to the White House's illegal actions against the Western Journalism Center, a non-partisan group of investigative journalists who probe official corruption as deeply and vigorously when it is committed by Republicans as they do when it is committed by Democrats. I know this is a long shot -- a Hail Mary pass, if you will. But I have to point out the utter hypocrisy you will display if you ignore the blatantly illegal actions of this president with regard to the abuse of the IRS. This is not an idle accusation on my part. We now have the Clinton administration's own documentation to prove the charge in a court of law -- and we will do that with the help of our legal representative, Larry Klayman of Judicial Watch. It may take years, but we will do that. You will not be able to plead ignorance when we do. That's why I am making this request to you at this time. Save yourself some embarrassment, some humiliation and do the right thing, the honorable thing now. You don't have to conclude I'm right to take action. All you need to do is authorize an investigation of this serious, impeachable offense. It's not complicated. It's actually quite simple. Imagine how courageous you will appear -- challenging a president of your own party on a vital civil liberties issue. If you don't take this advice, you will have no excuses later. You will also demonstrate conclusively for the whole world to see that you do not really believe in civil liberties for one and all. It's only a question of whose ox is being gored. Republicans don't have a strong record on defending individual rights and personal freedoms. Democrats at least pay it lip service. Now it's time to ante up -- to take on an unpleasant question that will not win you friends in the White House. But if any of you have a conscience after seven years of Clinton abuses, now might be a good time to show not all Democrats are immature lawbreakers who have one set of standards for themselves and another set for everyone else. You know where to find me. ... ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Mike Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. ================================================================= DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! 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