harder to get to the facts and get to the issue going on here. there is a difference in my mind between stupid mistakes and malicious mistakes. the overwhelming political activities were from far right groups and examiners took a shortcut, which they clearly regret, deeply regret. the report says in black and white on page 7, quote, the determination unit employees stated they con considered the tea party criterion as a shorthand term for all potential political cases. closed quote. these applications were singled out for their names and policy position, not for the activities, which is really what they should have been singled out for. some of these political groups are delayed in getting their taxpayer status and that was wrong. as much as i dislike the right, i think it s wrong to be uneven handed in government application. the inspector general s report
we ve got the chairman of the senate finance committee, democrat senator max baucus saying there is a lot more here than meets the eye. there is more to come and there will be a much broader focus as to what the i.r.s. was doing. jon: if you listen to some on the panel this is about republicans leading a witch hunt against the reus and and maybe the obama administration. take a listen to what jim mcdermott had to say. the applications were singled out for names and policy positions not for the activities, which is really what they should have been singled out for. some of these political groups were delayed in getting their taxpayer status and that was wrong. much as i dislike the right i think it s wrong to be uneven handed in government application. jon: but the democrats on the panel seemed to take pains to say that this is not about politics. oh, sure, yeah, well their spin is going to try to be that
mind between stupid mistakes and malicious mistakes. the overwhelming majority of applications for tax-free status for political activities were from far-right groups. and examiners took a shortcut, which they clearly regret, deeply regret. the reports says in black and white on page 7, quote, the determination unit employees stated that they considered the tea party criteria as a shorthand term for all potential political cases, close quote. she is applications were singled out for nair names and policy positions and not for act tastes which is what they should have been singled out for. some of these political groups were delayed in getting their taxpayer status was wrong. as much as i dislike the right, i think it is wrong to be uneven handed in government application. inspector general report