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The IRS scandal is now perilously close to the President because of the O\u2019Reilly interview.\u00a0 Up until now, President Obama successfully distanced himself from the scandal.\u00a0 Regardless of who was involved there was no evidence that he was in the loop.\u00a0 But in his angry response to Bill O\u2019Reilly, President Obama just may have provided direct evidence of his personal involvement.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2014\/02\/02\/transcript-bill-oreilly-interviews-president-obama\/<\/a><\/p>\n

President Obama confirmed that Douglas Shulman, former head of the IRS, visited the White House 157 times.<\/p>\n

Obama went into detail explaining why Shulman was visiting the White House using the word “we” frequently.\u00a0 Then O\u2019Reilly asked if Obama specifically talked to Shulman: Following is the response by Obama:<\/p>\n

I do not recall meeting with him in any of these meetings that are pretty routine meetings that we had.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

That is a classic non-denial denial.\u00a0 Any trained reporter or prosecutor will recognize that.\u00a0 Obama did not say that there was no meeting between him and Shulman.\u00a0 He also didn\u2019t say the IRS targeting of conservatives was never mentioned.\u00a0 Instead he said he did not recall meeting with Schulman and then admitted such meeting were routine.\u00a0 Wow!<\/p>\n

Obama tried to blame the whole IRS scandal on Fox News.\u00a0 Then he incredibly claimed that there wasn\u2019t even a smidgen of corruption.\u00a0 For one thing that is ridiculous because Lois Lerner pled the 5th<\/sup> Amendment to avoid testifying.\u00a0 But a more important question is how could Obama know there was no corruption if he was not personally familiar with the internal IRS investigation?\u00a0 If the IRS investigation is a sham, as was alleged in testimony today, then Obama may have admitted having knowledge of a cover-up.<\/p>\n

I do not know if Republicans have the stomach to pursue this.\u00a0 If a select committee and\/or a special prosecutor is appointed than this could become very serious.\u00a0 Obama should have been prepared for this interview.\u00a0 He should have said that he would await the results of the internal investigation along with everyone else.\u00a0 But his anger and arrogance over powered his judgment.<\/p>\n

It is impossible to predict growth of a spine by a congress that has yet to show evidence of such.\u00a0 But in testimony today it became clear that the IRS continues to target conservative opponents and plans to continue doing that in the future.\u00a0 \u00a0At some point even the cowardly lions in the Republican establishment may be shamed into taking action.\u00a0 If they do, at a minimum, Obama has come perilously close to bringing this scandal into the oval office.<\/p>\n

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