So, is Holder a loose cannon, or is Obama lying [rhetorical question] or has Obama given the green light to Holder in order to get the tanking Obama economy off the 24-hour news cycle?

Regardless, if Holder proceeds, we will become no better than those Latin American dictatorships Obama seems to love.

“couldn’t we open an Investigation into the Mark Rich pardon too?

SDarchitect on July 13, 2009 at 1:01 PM”

At the minimum, I’d like to see The Weekly Standard, National Review, conservative radio and other media start digging into the Mark Rich pardon, more. If Holder wants the spotlight, let’s give it to him.

Star20 on July 13, 2009 at 2:08 PM

I believe that both National Review and powerlineblog ran some articles with links to former details of the Holder pardons when Holder’s nomination for AG was up for confirmation. Check their archives.

He should consider very carefully the fate of Maximilien Robespierre lest he find his ignorance of history condemn him to repeat it.

doriangrey on July 13, 2009 at 8:17 PM

The bandage thingy alone is enough to make you really wince… Sic Semper Tyranis…

Holder knows all this, and he has been wrestling with the question for months.

All he’s doing is waiting for the nod. No one leaks even a tiny SBD without the nod.

Just as Obama wants to rewrite the Constitution to reflect his own politics and vision of social justice a la Marx/Mao, Holder is doing his part to selectively prosecute on the same basis.

BA*NAN*A Republic

Second, if Holder does “pull the trigger”, then I suggest that Holder, Obama, and any other partisan member of this administration had better either appoint themselves dictator or embezzle enough extra cash to last them a few decades in Switzerland, because there will be no place to hide once their political adversaries are in charge. That assumes that Obama leaves office as the result of an election and not some more dramatic event (I meant impeachment, silly). The problem with breaking eggs all willy nilly is that, sooner or later, someone is going to start making some omelets.

And it sets up the future prosecution by a Republican administration of anyone in Obama´s administration.

albill on July 13, 2009 at 1:18 PM

Exactly. So in 2012 can a Republican president prosecute the previous administration for being Socialist?

I guess Bozo and his clowns don’t realize this will come back to haunt them when they are out of office in 2013.

txag92 on July 13, 2009 at 1:03 PM

I really don’t think they plan to be out of office. If the polls look bad I am sure there will some type of crisis that they won’t want to waste.

Hey, Philly will definitely go 100 percent to Ozero because Holder has given the black panthers license to bust heads of no Zero voters with their nightsticks.

“Hey Holder .. Bugger off… GWB is a citizen of The Republic of Texas. You can take your war crimes investigation and shove it”

BTW – Wonder when holder will investigate

1. The incineration of women and children at Waco
2. The drowning death of a young woman in an oldsmobile
3. The transfer of sensitive technology to China and North Korea
4. The multi millions in illegal campaign contributions in the last presidential election
5. The serious and credible evidence that Barack Hussein Obama is not eligible ot be POTUS
6. A certain land for control of a hospital deal by a certain junior senator from illinois
7. Nancy Pelosi’s hubby getting tons of cash from her pac
8. Murtha Murphy etc.
9. The Cold Cash Jefferson Debacle
10. The idiot from harlem.. forgot his name. The guy who writes the tax code and doesn’t pay taxes
11. THe death of Vince Foster and about 30 other ‘dissapeareds’ including Ron Brown.
12. The full extent of our treasury secretery’s tax cheating

Oh cr*p. I guess I moved up a couple of thousand on ‘the list’ for this post.

Welcome to the Thugocracy folks.

Yes, the folksy Janet Reno.

. . .

The wacky woman who incinerated Americans at Waco.

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NoDonkey on July 13, 2009 at 1:01 PM

Funny how the Waco raid occurred right as the New Jersey Assembly or senate (forget which) was going to vote to repeal their ‘assault weapons’ ban. Funny how Koresh went into town every day and could have easily been nabbed there instead of an all out assault on the compound.

I guess we have descended into a third world banana republik already where the incoming regime incarcerates or kills the outgoing.. Viva La Presidente!!

General Holder declined to obtain a summary judgement against the Black Panther Party for blatant voter intimidation, guess he needs to free up time to go after those nasty Republicans.

kayo on July 13, 2009 at 2:00 PM

He didn’t need to get a summary judgment. The DOJ lawyers in Philadelphia had already obtained a default judgment against the Panther defendants. IOW, the case had already been won and the only thing left was for the punishment to be determined. But Holder decided to dismiss the case anyway and let the Panther thugs off the hook for their clearly illegal behavior — all because they are blacks.

Holder is an incompetent, corrupt, racist, partisan hack. He doesn’t belong anywhere near the DOJ, let alone at the head of it.

I almost hope Holder goes ahead with his investigation of the Bush/Cheney practices. But this time, let’s have the public see all the facts — not just the facts that suit the Democrats’ agenda. The inevitable public backlash against these idiots is going to be fierce.

Gotta manufacture a crisis quick, the public is starting to catch on about the spending orgy!

Heck I didn’t even know we had a multiparty system.

jmarcure on July 13, 2009 at 2:14 PM

We have a choice between the squishy left party and the far left party.

Fight for your right to party.

I would like to think that such an ‘existential’ threat from Holder like this would give Republicans some back-bone…but you’re probably right.

gwelf on July 13, 2009 at 1:49 PM

Heck I didn’t even know we had a multiparty system.

Please sir, if you have a shred of compassion – don’t use Pelosi and exposing in the same sentence!

Ugh!

massrighty on July 13, 2009 at 1:58 PM

Man suffers flash of horror.