Comments on: Should Lois Lerner be immunized?

By: Hangtown Bob

Hangtown Bob — Sun, 11 May 2014 12:27:36 +0000

Lerner should maybe start worrying about something a bit more serious than potentially testifying. For instance, it would be a shame if she ended up like Vince Foster or Ron Brown, to name just a FEW.

By: Matt_SE

Matt_SE — Sun, 11 May 2014 06:53:06 +0000

From an amoral analytical stance, post-tenure is the best time to prosecute someone: they are at the nadir of their power, and have little ability to obstruct the investigation.

By: Matt_SE

Matt_SE — Sun, 11 May 2014 06:51:13 +0000

The truth of the Obama administration’s scandals will never be known until Obama is out of office (and Holder with him).
Personally, I’m a big fan of post-tenure prosecutions. I’m not sure they’ve ever happened to much extent in the U.S., since the driving idea seems to be “they’re gone…don’t put the country through this.”

This attitude is taken into account by the lawbreakers.

Milton Friedman said, “The way you solve things is by making it politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right thing.” Expanding on that, you could also say that we should make doing the wrong things expensive.

Political malefactors should worry that their deeds will never be swept under the rug.

By: Kae Arby

Kae Arby — Sat, 10 May 2014 21:05:34 +0000

Since Lois Lerner has been held in contempt of congress; is Eric Holder sending the contempt citation, or planning on sending the citation, to the grand jury? If the answer is no then granting Lerner immunity is the absolutely dumbest thing they could do. Let’s say that Holder refuses to carry out the original contempt citation (which I’m pretty certain how he’ll behave.) What happens if congress immunizes Lerner and she still refuses to testify or pulls the Democrat equivalent of Ollie North testimony? A second contempt of congress citation?

My issue with McCarthy’s take on this is that he seems desperate to get something to keep the investigation moving forward; and that immunizing Lerner would, like casting some sort of magical geas on her, compel her to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. My belief is that an immunized Lerner would more likely get up and dance on the table, flip all the attending Republican congressmen the bird then beat her chest yelling, “Watcha gonna do! Huh? Watcha gonna do?”

KRB

By: Ann

Ann — Sat, 10 May 2014 20:22:10 +0000

One thing we should not overlook in all this is that Lois Lerner is a career government employee who started out as a staff attorney at the Dept. of Justice, then moved up to the Federal Elections Commission, then up to the IRS. That tells me she's a tough, smart cookie because, in my time working with government bureaucrats in D.C., I saw what it took for them to successfully build their careers without getting destroyed by intra-agency politics, which can be very, very ugly.

By: Darrell

Darrell — Sat, 10 May 2014 19:56:28 +0000

I reluctantly agree also, they are going to need some states witnesses so to speak.
Although, I think she already has de facto immunity from the justice department and white house in terms of a promised pardon or outright lack of prosecution in exchange for silence.
We will never see any serious efforts from eric holders justice department on any crimes against conservatives, gun owners, republicans, verterans etc.

By: M J R

M J R — Sat, 10 May 2014 19:56:11 +0000

“What matters is laying bare the entirety of the scheme and finding out how high it goes.”

I concur that incarcerating one woman, or one anybody, does not outweigh getting out in the open the extent of IRS’s authoritarian repression of dissent. Lefties will poo-poo it (or worse, but to h#ll with them anyway), but if there are any convinceables out there, getting a little truth out may well be worth it.

But even with immunity, will Lois Lerner talk? Does any reader here doubt her loyalty to The Idea, her commitment to The Movement?

If “we” grant immunity, we’d better be damn sure we get our money’s worth. Who in Congress will be up to the task? — especially given the government regime and enemedia trashing sure to follow.

By: vanderleun

vanderleun — Sat, 10 May 2014 19:42:45 +0000

“Should Lois Lerner be immunized?”

Depends on what sort of disease she’s contracted.