[EL] The enemies list, then and now

[Jeff Hauser]

I think part of the idea is that it's much easier to do favors for donors
than it is to have career staff in the IRS wreck partisan havoc
unwarrantedly without engendering real risk of a whistleblower emerging.

BTW, I'd like to think all of the people worrying about revenge are big
supporters of Grassley and others in the bipartisan community that support
plaintiff's lawsuits to encourage whistle-blowing.

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Sean Parnell <
sean at impactpolicymanagement.com> wrote:

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> Stepping back from the question of whether there is or is not currently
> any sort of 'enemies list,' I have to say I find it fascinating that the
> 'reform' community perspective is apparently that elected officials will
> trip over themselves rushing to satisfy the whims of their $2,500 donors,
> but couldn't possibly be bothered to take any action against people
> spending millions to defeat them.
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> On Behalf Of David Epstein
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> To: JBoppjr at aol.com
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> Subject: Re: [EL] The enemies list, then and now
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> This is it? Seriously? After reading the column, I see that someone
> (presumably wealthy) who donated money to Romney has been audited. I also
> see that an Obama "campaign website" listed some donors along with
> aspersions on their characters, but (tellingly), there is no link provided
> to this website. If someone has the link, I'd be happy to follow that too,
> but my guess is that it wasn't published by the actual Obama campaign.
>
> Pretty thin gruel, definitely on the level of internet urban legends
> rather than actual news.
>
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 8:59 AM,  <JBoppjr at aol.com> wrote:
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> > Click here: The enemies list, then and now | Power Line
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> >
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> >     Interesting story about harassment of contributors triggered by
>
> > the Obama campaign.
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> >
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> >     Opps, on second thought, don't read, we have been authoritatively
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> > told that this does not happen. Jim Bopp
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