From the "bureaucracy is war by other means" department: The Wall Street Journal tells us that the IRS is investigating the United Church of Christ -- not just one church, the entire denomination of 1.2 million members -- because Obama addressed their convention on the topic of morals in public life.
Surely the IRS wouldn't allow itself to be used as a partisan weapon to attack Obama. Right? If a Republican addressed a national denominational convention, that denomination would also be investigated. Right?
For the lazy, like me: that link goes to an article with a picture of George Bush addressing the Southern Baptist national convention. On political topics. Granted, the article is from 2005, when Bush wasn't running. But the article also states that that address was Bush's fourth annual address to the convention -- and that means he addressed the Southern Baptists while running in 2004. In Indianapolis.
My, oh my. I guess the Southern Baptists should also have their tax-exempt status investigated. (And how.)
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