What Nixon was demanding is way beyond the scope of a change in rulemaking policy. The IRS is a Treasury agency and the IRS commissioner serves at the POTUS’ pleasure. That’s one of the reasons Obama took part of the blame for the allegations that the IRS was going after conservative groups. It’s not like the FEC or other agencies which are designed to be insulated from executive pressure.
That’s a great charity. I’m not happy to lose, but happy to pay it. I’ll do the donation this weekend, if that’s OK with you.
No prob. Too bad I won.
Which thread did you guys make that bet in?
Thanks. Shame I missed that thread. 
Oh, interesting, I forgot I bet for bragging rights.
Well, I’d say this thread pretty much satisfies that bet.
With Citizens United, that ship may have already sailed.
I did not bet since the context for me was really off putting, but this is also satisfying, Media Metters showed to be more accurate that outfits like the [del]Bollocks[/del]Volokh Conspiracy, Bricker can not see the future, I was right, and he did not bump that thread to report that indeed he was wrong as he promised.
I started this thread.
The first sentence of which is:
Bumping the old thread hides my admission at the end.
This was a new thread in which the very first sentence of the OP acknowledges that I was indeed wrong.
Bricker walks on water
GIGOBuster: “I told you he couldn’t swim!”
The civil service is in fact designed to be insulated (not immune) from executive pressure. That’s one of the justifications for why its so fucking hard to fire people in the civil service. based on all the facts we know today, the white house had nothing to do with what Lois Lerner did. Based on what we know today, Lois Lerner’s actions were not politically driven.
I have been practicing tax law for decades and I can’t think of a single time when a president told the IRS to change how it interprets a law. The way you override the bureaucracy is to pass laws that clearly overturn the bureaucratic interpretation of the law.
As Really Not All That Bright showed there was a lot of context missing here, and yes, you did promised in that thread that it was going to be bumped, of course there were other outrageous items you claimed to be sure about, so it is clear why it was not bumped as promised. You are missing that I was satisfied already by having that thread linked now and the best thing is that I did not need to do so.
I don’t see where you said that.
OH, please. He did more than was required of him, not less.
Perhaps that will allow you to put your backpedaling into a higher gear.
Oh well, **magellan01 **has forgotten what it took place in that tread, so I will not satisfy him on that.
I read your post as indicating that you were satisfied that Media Matters had been proven right.
And I also pointed at that, not that I was satisfied with that alone, when I said I was satisfied it was as a reply to what you pointed about missing the thread (and wondering where it was that **Bricker **was wrong) and about Richard Parker being satisfied.
Second gear.
Nope, what you are insisting about is called the Streisand effect, I will not point directly to all the other items were the OP was wrong (just check the tread), but feel free to continue calling attention to it.