TheJPRD
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Richard Nixon was impeached for making the IRS go after his political opponents.
(cue the liberals whiners who will point out Nixon wasn't impeached... since he got out of town just ahead of the posse)
But today, when Obama does the same thing, all the IRS has to do is say "Oops, I'm sorry", and that makes it all better.
I may be wrong about this, and if so, I'm sure someone will tell me so. My recollection is that Nixon suggested on tape that the IRS could be used to go after opponents. However, no action was ever taken to do so. Nixon's suggestion alone was sufficient to be included as one of the counts of the indictment in his planned impeachment.