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Why intimidate the associated press when the associated press, the allegation goes, is in your corner instinctively anyway? >> i think, geraldo, what you have here is in this administration, you have people who are desensitized to federal power, where they don't understand the deep responsibility they have. they hear their president talking about taking it out on their enemies. you have a government that has simply grown bigger and faster than any before it and they do things they shouldn't be doing because it's just part of the culture. unfortunately i think that's what happened here. >> can ...

Concerns her now is that sarah ingram who was in charge of tax exemptions during the time the tea party was targeted now as you have probably heard, ladies and gentlemen, heading up the irs office overseeing obamacare. ladies, welcome. why does ra sarah ingram's newb bother you so? >> the enforcement is going to come out of the irs. if the woman who was in charge while people were targeted for political ideologies and is now in charge of that portion of the irs, the obama care part of the irs how do we know that our sensitive health information is safe there? will it be exploited? will we be d...

Irs. she apparently did not inform any one else including the president until she learned that there was an inspector general's investigation taking place. and that seems to then have set off alarms at the white house. that is as far as we know and as you know the president said he only became aware of it at the time that he was told about the inspector general's report being forthcoming. >> one thing, geraldo. one part to that. a legalized answer which was and the president is a lawyer when was asked most recently in the rose garden when it was raining did he know about this targeting. he did...

Bystander, playing golf today. like nemo fiddling when rome burns. >> i don't think this is anywhere are near rome burning. this is where republicans will get in trouble is overplaying their hands. the change in poll numbers. zero. president obama remains a popular president. for all of the churning and talk about rome burning politically it has been a nonstarter all of these scandals. let me come back to the irs thing. people are trying to parse what the president said and didn't say. he said he didn't know he about it until the inspector general. >> he said he didn't know about the report. v...

For back into the '90s at the heavy handed overreach of the irs and the harassment of conservatives. you know, i frankly believe that this is criminal. i believe that they have violated 18 usc 241 and 242 which is con spea conspiracy te people of their civil rights. it is is view point discrimination and it is criminal. i hope that doj does their job. >> geraldo: what you believe, penny, is that they have done this for a generation now. >> yes. >> geraldo: what about the charge that during the bushed a a menstruation it was thadam j- during the bush administration it was the naacp and other gr...