More fuel has been added to the “phony scandal” fire after an email has come to light in which Lois Lerner, the IRS division director and central figure at the center of the agency’s targeting of conservative groups, “joked” (possibly) about getting a job with Organizing for Action:
https://twitter.com/zhanover/status/453967454704656384
It has to be seen twice to be believed:
Oh, dear. ==>RT @TPCarney Awkward: http://t.co/ChxdgR3N1I
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) April 9, 2014
Lois Lerner, a central figure in #IRS probe, wrote colleagues that she wanted job w/Obama for America. Via @Kerpen. pic.twitter.com/uJiwxnQpFQ
— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) April 9, 2014
Was that a joke from Lerner that at the same time provided a window into the anti-conservative mindset that had permeated the division under her direction? Tweeters discussed:
.@kerpen @stephenfhayes serious question: Any chance Lerner was being sarcastic there? Fact that colleagues weren't sure is telling.
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) April 9, 2014
@guypbenson @stephenfhayes Sure. But she was DIRECTING staff to DENY conservative groups at the same time. So even joking speaks volumes.
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) April 9, 2014
Decent chance Lerner was being sarcastic. But her colleagues (whom she was instructing to target conservatives) weren't sure.
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) April 9, 2014
Was Lois Lerner joking abt working in DC office of OFA? Perhaps. Open hearings w/her testimony & that of her colleagues might illuminate.
— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) April 9, 2014
Why would Lerner, a civil servant, even joke she might get hired to take over the DC OFA office? Maybe because was already doing their work?
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) April 9, 2014
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Could Lerner have been simply joking about wanting to work for OFA? Sure, but she would've never made similar joke about conservative group.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) April 9, 2014
After having conservative groups targeted, Lerner actually joked about working for OFA in DC. As if she felt like she already earned it…
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) April 9, 2014
Trying to be fair here; the Lois Lerner email about OFA doesn't read like a "joke" to me.
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) April 9, 2014
Regardless of whether Lerner’s email was a joke, which could still serve as evidence of a “smidgen” of corruption, one thing is for certain:
If there was an email like this for Christie/Bridgegate media would air 1 hour specials tonight. RT @TPCarney Awkward http://t.co/zR8e0Ij3Qp
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) April 9, 2014
Ha! If that were the case, we’d probably be in the midst of wall-to-wall “breaking news” coverage right now.
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