Essay/Commentary: The IRS and the Tea Party

Essay/Commentary:  "THe IRS and the Tea Party"

        This week (Sun. May 19) a big to-do was made by the G.O.P. when it was found out that the IRS targeted certain groups  with titles like "Patriots" and  the  "Tea Party". As usual, this is largely political BS to make Obama look bad. Although the IRS may have targeted these groups, such tax breaks were meant for nonpolitical groups, and not such overtly partisan organizations as the so-called Tea Party. In my opinion, the Tea Party does not deserve non-profit status. Where was the G.O.P.'s outrage when progressive groups, such as when  Green Peace were targeted during the Dubya Bush years? On the other hand, the Obama administration was dead wrong when they targeted notes and telephone and maybe computer records of the Associated Press under the pretext of so-called  "National Security" reasons.