Jason Bradley of BigGovernment.com writes about the unfolding scandal NOM is beginning to uncover:
If something as obvious as this happened to a liberal organization, you can bet the mainstream media would be all over it. But being a conservative, pro-traditional-marriage group, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) has been afforded no such luxury. On March 30 the Human Rights Campaign posted a scanning of NOM’s 2008 tax Form 990, complete with confidential donor information – including that of GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, who is listed as having given a $10,000 donation to NOM. Shortly after the HRC posted the documents, the Huffington Post followed suit.
Here’s the problem: The information on a 990, which tax-exempt groups are required to file, is meant only for Internal Revenue Service eyes, and revealing it constitutes a felony. In a twist that seems not at all to be coincidental, the HRC is headed by Joe Solomonese, a recently appointed national co-chair of the Obama reelection campaign.
... Given that this all happened in the run-up to today, tax day, where was the outrage? Where was the swift condemnation by pundits and organizations on both sides of the political aisle? After all, this is not a gay-marriage issue; this isn’t even just a conservative issue (and if it were, it would still merit examination). The fact is this is a matter of legality. A crime appears to have been committed, and an investigation is indeed in order. That this matter is not getting the attention it deserves is testament, yet again, to the left-wing bias of the mainstream media.
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These are trying times. Our govt. is full of "secret combinations" of those looking for power at any expense.
Knowledge of this crime is spreading like wildfire. Let's hope Fox covers it next!
Why the conspiracy theories? You're giving the Obama administration and the federal bureaucracy far too much credit here. If this came from the IRS--which is not at all yet certain--it was most likely leaked by some low-level gay (or sympathetic) IRS employee who's pissed off at NOM for their strident opposition to same-sex marriage. The IRS does not take kindly to such things. (And honestly, if similar information had dropped into your own lap from the other side, would you really not use it to your advantage?)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/18/anti-gay-marriage-group-accuses-irs-leaking-tax-documents-to-rival/
there you go Ash.
JohnB -
If it was leaked and it wasn't published by HRC and HuffPost, it might not be as much of an issue. These two "news" organizations are Obama promoters. It's certainly possible that someone from the Obama Administration conspired with these organizations, hoping it would rally homosexuals and their supporters to get out and vote against Romney as the anti-homosexual candidate.
JohnB,
Bush (41) was found to have used the IRS to intimidate the opposition into backing down. In one such case the IRS admitted in court that Ross Perot was the only man in the United States who had his own personal IRS agent assigned to him as directed by the President.
Thanks, TC. It looks like the NOM Blog picked it up too.
John B., I doubt that "conspiracy theories" is the apt way of describing the plausible connections that exist with or without NOM pointing them out.
The investigation is underway. It may be that you are partially correct: that a lone individual took it upon himself (or herself) to commit a criminal act in favor of the strident SSM campaign supported by the HRC and Huffinigton Post.and now the Obama Administration.
You really think so, Ash? From my point of view, one of the things that stands out about this incident is how little attention it has received so far, even from conservative partisan media.
Lefty, I guess I was a little too excited seeing this get coverage from Mark Levin, CBN, Big Government, Daily Caller and Fox.
But you're right. I think it could use some more attention. I'd actually prefer that it get a segment on Fox primetime (as of now, it only has Fox's print coverage).
This isn't a "divisive wedge issue" that some may want to ignore in order to focus on the economy. It's an IRS scandal.