Today\’s quote – and it is a pretty remarkable one – comes to us from lois lerner, who formerly headed the IRS Tax Exempt division. – during the time it ran roughshod over hundreds of 501(c)4 applicants with names that sounded like they opposed President Obama and his agenda.
lerner granted a two hour interview to politico.com – and during this interview she actually said:
“Ididn\’t do anything wrong. I\’m proud of mycareer and the job I did for this country.”
Did I say that was pretty remarkable? Let me amend: it is pretty astonishing.
Isn\’t this the same lois lerner:
-who ran that division during the time it ran roughshod over hundreds of 501(c)4 applicants with names that sounded like they opposed President Obama and his agenda?
-who then refused to answer questions from the house committee investigating her activities by pleading the fifth amendment – the one which says you can avoid incriminating yourself? Just like mafia hood?
-who then claimed her email records, along with those of something like a dozen other people who worked with her, magically were erased and were irretrievable – even the backups?
-who also claimed the same thing happened to the emails on her cell phone?
People who did nothing wrong and are proud of their career, do not cower behind the fifth amendment.
People who did plenty wrong and are afraid what they did will land them in jail do cower behind the fifth amendment.
And people who, having watched mainstream media do its very best to bury the IRS scandal for over a year, making them feel immune to the consequences of their actions? They say things like “I didn\’t do anything wrong. I\’m proud of my career and the job I did for my country”.
I have spent the last year referring to this sorry excuse for a partisan hack as lois “liar” lerner. I award her Quote Of The Day honors for – again – demonstrating so clearly why that name fits.
