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July 16, 2005
Durbin to Sick IRS on Patriotic Advocacy Group?
Posted by Dave Blount at July 16, 2005 12:02 PM
You might have seen the ad put out by Move America Forward taking Dick Vermin Durbin to task for the unconscionable insults he has directed at our country and our troops with his demented comparisons to Stalin, Hitler, and Pol Pot. If not, view it here.
Apparently someone at Durbin's office has seen the ad, and didn't like it as much as I did. According to Townhall.com, someone from his office said to the Northwest Herald of Crystal Lake, Illinois regarding MAF, "Have you ever seen that H&R Block commercial where the guy leans in and says, 'I see an audit'?" The implication was that reprisals would come in the form of harassment from the Internal Revenue Service if MAF doesn't stop hanging Durbin with nooses woven from his own words.
Fortunately, MAF does not seem to be cowed. Executive Director Mark Washburn responded:
For the office of a United States senator to threaten reprisals from the IRS against an organization that is supporting our troops in harm's way is absolutely reprehensible.
Washburn pointed out that one of the grounds used to threaten Nixon with impeachment was the politicized use of IRS audits.
Some Illinois television stations have evidently folded to pressure from Durbin's office not to run the ad, including Chicago's ABC and NBC affiliates. However, CBS's affiliate is running it.
Click here to help MAF finance a broader distribution of their ad.
