As mentioned before, the Obama administration seems to feel some strange compulsion to stage a Sista Souljah moment at least once a week or thereabouts:
An IRS decision revoking the tax-exempt status of a small political nonprofit organization may foreshadow an investigation into groups such as Crossroads GPS and Priorities USA that spend millions on the 2012 U.S. presidential election. At risk would be the groups’ nonprofit status, which lets them collect millions of dollars from individuals and corporations while keeping donors anonymous [...]The IRS decision released last month involved a so-called campaign school in which a partisan group trained candidates. [The nonprofit is Emerge America, which works in ten states to train Democratic women candidates.]
“You are not operated primarily to promote social welfare because your activities are conducted primarily for the benefit of a political party and a private group of individuals, rather than the community as a whole,” said the IRS letter telling the group it was losing its exempt status. (Emphasis added.)
Hate to rain on anyone's parade in the blogosphere, but if the people at Alternet---or anywhere else---really believe this is some sort of precursor to a crackdown on Peak Wingnut 501(c)3 LLC (or whatever the Koch Brothers' latest private-equity venture is calling itself these days), you still don't understand how the game is played. Election fraud only happens when Democrats commit it. Or have we all forgotten ACORN already?
---Vitelius
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