Obama moves to weaponize the IRS.

• Author: Barber, Matt
• Position: Political Landscape

IN 2010, millions of American Tea Party constitutionalists, to include the GOP's Christian base, united in a remarkable grassroots effort to rein in our unbridled Federal government and return it to its expressly limited constitutional confines. As a result, an unprecedented number of counter-constitutionalist lawmakers (read: liberal Democrats) were swept from office.

The Obama Administration was not going to take this lying down. Whether it was by tacit approval or via direct order remains largely immaterial. The President quickly and unlawfully politicized the Internal Revenue Service, using it as a weapon against his political enemies. In an explosive scandal that continues to grow, the Obama IRS was caught--smoking gun in hand--intentionally targeting conservative and Christian organizations and individuals for harassment, intimidation, and, ultimately, for political destruction.

Not only has Pres. Barack Obama faced zero accountability for these arguably impeachable offenses, he has since doubled down. With jaw-dropping gall, his Administration now officially has moved to weaponize the IRS against conservatives once and for all.

Despite the furor over the IRS assault on conservative groups leading up to the 2012 elections, this man--a despotic radical who has turned our constitutional republic into one of the banana variety--has released a proposed set of new IRS regulations that, if implemented, will immediately, unlawfully, and permanently muzzle conservative 501(c)(4) nonprofit organizations and their individual employees--the 501(c)(4) designation refers to the IRS code section under which social welfare organizations are regulated.

The new regulations unconstitutionally would compel a 90-day blackout period during election years in which conservative 501(c)(4) organizations--such as Tea Party and pro-life and -family groups--would be banned from mentioning the name of any candidate for office, or even the name of any political party. Here is the kicker, though: as you may have guessed, liberal lobbying groups like labor unions and trade associations are exempted and, based on its partisan track record, do not expect this President's IRS to lift a finger to scrutinize liberal 501(c)(4)s. Over at a Obama's "Organizing for America," the leftwing political propaganda will, no doubt, flow unabated.

These Orwellian regulations will prohibit conservative 501(c)(4) organizations from using words like "oppose," "vote," or "defeat." The timing, prior to the pivotal midterm elections, is no coincidence and provides yet another example of Obama's using the IRS for "Progressive" political gain.

Although these restrictions only apply to 501(c)(4)...