Well is this of any shock:

A group of religious leaders accused the Internal Revenue Service yesterday of playing politics by ignoring its complaint that two large churches in Ohio are engaging in what it says are political activities, in violation of the tax code.

In a letter to Commissioner Mark W. Everson, the clergy members cited reports of political events involving Fairfield Christian Church in Fairfield and World Harvest Church in Columbus and groups affiliated with them that have occurred or been disclosed since they raised the issue in January.

Interesting. The complaint is that these churches were holding fund raisers for Ken Blackwell, who is running for governor here in Ohio. Now the IRS won’t investigate them (but they had no problem going after a California church a few months ago). I guess this is Bush’s way of thanking Blackwell for giving him the presidency in 2004. Also odd is the timing of this news. This week we have found out that Blackwell (who is currently the states top election official) has financial ties to Diebold and that some Ohio election officials have been indicted in connection with recounts of the 2004 election.