IRS inappropriately targets Tea Party, White House blames Bush

[rah]

Wow, what a comeback. I'm devastated.

[DinoDoc]

I think people are just tired of all the partisan hype.

The fact that the real abuse of power - bugging the phones and comps of legit reporters, compromising freedom of the press -

Democrats don't care about that one:


They are also estatic he's been bugging Fox reporters and their families.

[Wezil]

They are also estatic he's been bugging Fox reporters and their families.

Fair is fair. They've been bugging us for years.

[DinoDoc]

Fair is fair. They've been bugging us for years.

I see what you did there. Fair play.

[Wezil]

[Sava]

The irony of FOX News being bugged is hilarious in light of the phone hacking scandal.

It's wrong for the government to bug a reporter, but acceptable for a news agency to hack the phone of a teenage murder victim.

[Hauldren Collider]

Wow. So you honestly believe that the 5th is a silent admission of guilt?

Idiot. It's not an admission of guilt, no, because 1. it's inadmissible as court evidence and 2. there is no indication of what crime you'd be incriminating yourself for.

[regexcellent]

The irony of FOX News being bugged is hilarious in light of the phone hacking scandal.

It's wrong for the government to bug a reporter, but acceptable for a news agency to hack the phone of a teenage murder victim.

Fox News was completely uninvolved with the phone hacking scandal.

Fox News is owned by NewsCorp, which is a ****ing enormous holding company which happened to also own News of the World, which was responsible for the phone hacking scandal.

And in fairness, it got us the Prince Charles tampon line, so I give it a pass.

[kentonio]

Idiot. It's not an admission of guilt, no, because 1. it's inadmissible as court evidence and 2. there is no indication of what crime you'd be incriminating yourself for.

Think about the nonsense you're claiming please. If you could only use the 5th if you would otherwise definitely be incriminating yourself then it would be exactly a silent admission of guilt. Which would be a pretty stupid 'right' to have. Please think about it some more and then feel slightly stupid. I'll understand if you don't admit it publicly.

[Alexander's Horse]

why would you bug Fox, all you would hear is gibber

[DinoDoc]

If you could only use the 5th if you would otherwise definitely be incriminating yourself then it would be exactly a silent admission of guilt.

What do you think the public perceives it as when they see a supposed public servant claim 5th Amendment protections against self-incrimination before a Congressional Committee who's duty it is to provide governmental oversight?

[kentonio]

What do you think the public perceives it as when they see a supposed public servant claim 5th Amendment protections against self-incrimination before a Congressional Committee who's duty it is to provide governmental oversight?

Who gives a **** what the public perceives?

[Felch]

Never talk to police. The fifth amendment isn't just for the guilty, it's for everybody.

[DinoDoc]

Who gives a **** what the public perceives?

Everyone in politics. It seems as though in addition to being bad at her job in the absolute best case you could make for her, she couldn't even claim the protection of the 5th Amendment correctly.

[kentonio]

Wow if Darrell Issa says it then it must be true, given his deep legal experience as a high school dropout who got rich selling car alarms.