Lois Lerner, the director of the I.R.S. division that oversees tax-exempt groups, acknowledged that the agency had singled out nonprofit applicants with the terms “Tea Party” or “patriots” in their titles in an effort to respond to a surge in applications for tax-exempt status between 2010 and 2012. She insisted that the move was not driven by politics, but she added, “We made some mistakes; some people didn’t use good judgment. . . . For that we’re apologetic,” she told reporters on a conference call. . . . But Ms. Lerner said the examinations of the Tea Party groups were not a response to [campaign watchdog activist] pressure. She portrayed it more as a bureaucratic mix-up. . . . Staff members at that office singled out the terms “Tea Party” and “patriot,” she said, but not out of political bias; it was “just their shortcut.”
IRS apologizes for not politicizing tax-exempt org applications
On the plus side, the New York Times is actually covering this story. On the other hand, is anybody really buying this explanation?
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Since most people don't believe the Left is an alliance composed of often times ideologically incompatible members, this kind of excuse is often enough. Especially given the backing of their allies.
Against some die hard opponents that used propaganda as a weapon, it would not be enough. Against a population that thinks that a light will shine down upon them as they worship the Obamanation, it's enough.
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