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| 2013-09-08 |
| h/t Instapundit Moved to Opinion At the same time the IRS harassed Republican nonprofit groups during the 2012 political campaign, it selectively advised black churches and other Democrat nonprofits on how far they can go in campaigning for President Obama and other Democrats. This raw exercise in political favoritism has not been reported in the context of the still-smoldering IRS scandal, in which the agency in 2012 audited big GOP donors and blocked Tea Party groups trying to obtain tax-exempt status as part of what House investigators suspect was an effort to re-elect the president. But that same year, top officials with both the IRS and Justice Department -- including the IRS commissioner and attorney general -- met in Washington with several dozen prominent black church ministers representing millions of voters to brief them on how to get their flocks out to vote without breaking federal tax laws. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #9 "Ahhh don't feeel now ways tarred, ahhh come to faaaaarrrr" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-09-08 16:28 |
| #8 No, they're religious organizations and quite influential that way, though less than they used to be. Black churches historically have been a strong force for black society and civil rights. Society and the cultural elites view black churches, to put it bluntly, as curious 'native cultural ceremonies'. That's why black churches get treated in movies and television as "singing and dancing while in robes" and more for their contributions to music than in helping society. The political elite, however, saw the power black churches had and still have, the cultural acceptance they enjoy, and have exploited it. And both sides now support that exploitation. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-09-08 15:48 |
| #7 So, Pappy, you're saying that black churches are NOT religious organizations, but are, in fact, political? |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2013-09-08 14:02 |
| #6 I have long wondered why it is that Democrat politicians can openly campaign at black churches, yet the Catholic Church has to be very careful about what it says, less it lose its tax exempt status. Because black churches are viewed as an aspect of 'black culture', an anthropological curiosity one might find in the pages of National Geographic. Rather patronizing on the part of the cultural and political elites, but quite effective. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-09-08 13:28 |
| #5 I have long wondered why it is that Democrat politicians can openly campaign at black churches, yet the Catholic Church has to be very careful about what it says, less it lose its tax exempt status. For example, I remember reading an article where Mario Cuomo (ex governor of New York, father of the current governor) enthusiastically endorsed Bill Clinton at a black church. Yet, the Catholic Church cannot tell people to vote for or against particular candidates due to the candidate's stand on abortion. Well, I guess now I know. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2013-09-08 12:00 |
| #4 What in the world with this dumb SOB do now ? God help us. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-09-08 11:40 |
| #3 ..either that or so compound the long lists of grievances that a heck of a lot of people will just sit on the sidelines when the real fight erupts once critical mass has been achieved. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-09-08 09:54 |
| #2 A massive naval engagement in the Med, will |
| Posted by: Beksoeker 2013-09-08 08:30 |
| #1 My tax dollars at work helping tax exempt organizations getting more voters out to elect candidates to raise my taxes. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2013-09-08 08:19 |