The Obvious Point About the IRS Scandal
18th June 2013
Tom Smith makes it.
The thing that makes the IRS scandal really troubling is that it was (or is) an attempt to manipulate our political process. Again, obviously, it was an attempt by pro-Obama persons to suppress political activity that they disagreed with, and that their superiors disagreed with, and that was contrary to the party in power in the Senate and White House. I hate to say, this strikes at the heart of, but this really does strike at the heart of the democratic compact under which we live. If the party in power can use its influence to subvert the electoral process, then all bets are off. Of course, this is exactly how machine politics in Chicago have worked since the Daley machine and before. One party gets ahold of things, uses its influence to subvert the process, and then you don’t have a democracy any more. To oppose the party in power becomes too dangerous, too expensive or just too futile. I suppose this would not be so bad, except that the Democrats are such a lot of hohos.