5 Minutes Till Showtime- Watch IRS's Lois Lerner Take The 5th!

What a goddamned travesty our system has become. I could weep.

TWO Questions:
1) Just WHO talks to the President?
2) WHAT do they talk about?

this better end BADLY

He's probably getting bored at Baylor anyhow.

We don't know if Lerner is innocent or guilty of any crimes. But it's worth pointing out that innocent people, as well as guilty people, can have perfectly justifiable reasons to plead the Fifth.

The Supreme Court affirmed this in Ohio v. Reiner. The 2000 case concerned a man, Matthew Reiner, who had been charged with killing his baby, Alex. The man's defense was that a babysitter, Susan Batt, was actually responsible for the baby's death. Even as she maintained her innocence, Batt pleaded the Fifth. The Supreme Court, in a unanimous per curium decision, found nothing wrong with this:

Batt had "reasonable cause" to apprehend danger from her answers if questioned at respondent's trial .... Batt spent extended periods of time alone with Alex and his brother in the weeks immediately preceding discovery of their injuries. She was with Alex within the potential timeframe of the fatal trauma. The defense's theory of the case was that Batt, not respondent, was responsible for Alex's death and his brother's uncharged injuries. In this setting, it was reasonable for Batt to fear that answers to possible questions might tend to incriminate her. Batt therefore had a valid Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.

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?? BIAS or BS ???

That was too kind to her, and we know that if she was a Republican she would not have been "excused."

This so called IRS scandal is indeed a travesty. It's a joke. Not only do we know DNC sponsored groups were also investigated, we know they also had tax-exempt status removed. We also know that Tea Party people lie. This is a joke.

Go fuck yourself. I was simply saying what happened.

Makes you want to quit paying your taxes to choke hold the "Central Government" and starve them out of existence, doesn't it?

Yes, IF we could all do it at once...what are they going to do...arrest us all?

Whatever you say...

i'm not sure.

all of the mobsters used to collect-up all their papers
and walk out with their lawyers, back in the '50s.

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Neal took over for Geithner

Yes, we all know the truth.

Lois Lerners behavior at the IRS was unconstitutional

and illegal. Everybody in Washington D.C. knows that.

The time has come for a Special Prosecutor.

Call Ken Starr.

She was excused.

Your rants here are nothing more than the noise of anonymous cowards.
Do something that counts.
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She should have been made to sit there and answer every single question with the 5th!

Lerner is guilty as all hell and you know it. Go brush your teeth. Your breath smells like Obama's nether regions.

Why don't you stick to topics you know best..

Thread: Breaking! questioned for taking a dump!

Ah. Time for more wasteful spending by the GOP and them blame Obama for cost of government.

Key point - STARVE THE BEAST!

I totally agree! I am glad I am not the only one who wants to slap that bitch good and hard!

Love how the shills are flocking to this thread. Must have hit a nerve and got the call from the Big White House.

Last Edited by snark on 05/22/2013 10:36 AM

This has been bugging me- why do all of the IRS dudes start their replies with "So..."

We need someone like Trey Gowdy to be the Special Prosecutor.

What a stupid thing to say. Bye shill, I hope the check is worth it you get from the CPUSA

Love how people like you do:

"No one is commenting, they are afraid."
"They are commenting, they are afraid."

Fucking scumbag. The people know all about you snark.

The joke is that absolutely no one at the IRS will be held accountable for blatantly unconstitutional and treasonous acts.

I'm skeeeeeerdddd!!