George W. Bush wasn’t often
at his best when he judged the character of those surrounding him…
witness Douglas Shulman whom, in late 2008, he appointed IRS Commissioner, a very sensitive
and powerful job … see: Wikipedia Entry for Shulman's CV. (I can count Bush's other bad apples on one hand.) Moreover,
this same Doug Shulman quickly found a soul-mate in the newly-elected President
Obama and became a rabid attack dog in the administration’s efforts to
neutralize right-wing 501(c)(3) organizations
… probably a key strategy in Obama’s winning re-election.
During his five year tenure
as the IRS Commissioner, Douglas Shulman visited the White House at least 157
times (see: Daily Caller Story)
… an extraordinary number, even considering the impending IRS involvement in
Obamacare. And when asked in Congressional hearings why he visited the White
House so many times, Schulman’s snarky reply was that it was “to attend the
Easter-egg roll.” This was a revealing
look into the contempt that this smarmy man had for these Congressional
oversight hearings.
Now we find that Shulman’s
wife, Susan Anderson, is also a radical left-wing activist … in that she is a senior adviser to
Public Campaign, a 501(c)(3) and
501(c)(4) funded (clearly) political organization that is behind much of the
Occupy Wall Street movement … for her CV, see: Powerline Blog. (Sidebar note: 501(c)(4) organizations are
union-sponsored PACs which seemed to have escaped any IRS scrutiny.) And, as
I sometimes say, birds of a feather sleep together.
Justifying the IRS’s
despicable behavior under Shulman in targeting conservative groups based upon his
Bush 43's appointment is a little like excusing the Holocaust because Hitler’s had
Jewish ancestors (see: Telegraph Story).
I sincerely hope that this jackanape, Shulman, eventually spends significant time behind bars … but I kinda doubt that this
will happen under Eric Holder’s corrupt reign as our Attorney General.
