June 20, 2012
— Ace It's amusing that the one additional page of information they released today concerns the Bush-era "Wide Receiver" program.
Grassley released this memo:
To: Reporters and EditorsRe: Second retraction of Fast and Furious Assertions
Da: Wednesday, June 20, 2012
The Justice Department has retracted a second statement made to the Senate Judiciary Committee. During a hearing last week, Attorney General Eric Holder claimed that his predecessor, then-Attorney General Michael Mukasey, had been briefed about gunwalking in Operation Wide Receiver. Now, the Department is retracting that statement and claiming Holder "inadvertently" made that claim to the Committee. The Department's letter failed to apologize to former Attorney General Mukasey for the false accusation. This is the second major retraction the Justice Department has made in the last seven months. In December 2011, the Department retracted its claim that the ATF had not allowed illegally purchased guns to be trafficked to Mexico. Sen. Chuck Grassley's letter and the Department's response can be viewed here-1.
In addition, the Justice Department released only one page of additional material prior to the Attorney General's meeting on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. It is a page of handwritten notes by a public affairs specialist for the Deputy Attorney General, which the Department says it "just recently discovered." The notes indicate that when Deputy Assistant Attorney General Jason Weinstein met with senior ATF officials on April 28, 2010, regarding the problem of gunwalking in Wide Receiver, the Deputy Attorney General's public affairs specialist also attended the meeting. These notes can be viewed here-2.
The notes indicate that Fast and Furious was also a topic discussed at the meeting, in addition to Wide Receiver. These notes further corroborate contemporaneous emails in 2010 that show Criminal Division Chief Lanny Breuer and Weinstein seemed to have been more concerned about the press implications of gunwalking than they were about making sure ATF ended the practice. (These emails can be viewed here-3.) The notes also undermine the claim that senior DOJ officials failed to "make the connection" between the gunwalking in Wide Receiver--which Breuer admitted to knowing about--and gunwalking in Fast and Furious. In fact, both cases were discussed by senior Department leadership and senior ATF leadership.
"There's Been A Tendency of this Administration To... Hide Behind Executive Privilege, Whenever Something Shakey Is Taking Place... They'd Be Best Served By Coming Clean."
Yeah, you said it, buddy.
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Posted by: Infidel at June 20, 2012 09:52 AM (O/fK8)
Posted by: Eric Holder at June 20, 2012 09:53 AM (QKKT0)
Oh, eww. The immediate images that come to mind there... just.... brain bleach.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 20, 2012 09:53 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Navin R Johnson at June 20, 2012 01:51 PM
We cannot divulge that information without imperiling an ongoing investigation.
Posted by: Eric Holder at June 20, 2012 09:54 AM (bAGA/)
Posted by: The Average American getting their news from NBC, CBS, ABC, etc. at June 20, 2012 09:55 AM (Ky1+e)
Posted by: WalrusRex at June 20, 2012 09:55 AM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: watching the MSM talking heads is amusing at June 20, 2012 09:55 AM (HOOye)
Posted by: Navin R Johnson at June 20, 2012 01:51 PM
It's gettin' real racist.
Posted by: Elijah Cummings at June 20, 2012 09:55 AM (bAGA/)
Posted by: Eric Holder at June 20, 2012 09:55 AM (QKKT0)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 20, 2012 09:55 AM (i0App)
Posted by: the morning coffee crew at June 20, 2012 09:55 AM (oZfic)
Posted by: Mr Pink at June 20, 2012 09:55 AM (57FQ5)
Posted by: WalrusRex at June 20, 2012 09:57 AM (Hx5uv)
And bigger epaulettes on our strongmen.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at June 20, 2012 09:57 AM (ZKzrr)
They'd blink a few times and launch right back to their programmed talking points as if they never heard it.
Posted by: RoyalOil at June 20, 2012 09:57 AM (kSaUf)
Posted by: Janir at June 20, 2012 09:57 AM (jbl+H)
Posted by: Eric Holder at June 20, 2012 09:57 AM (QKKT0)
Me and my boys can help make things look good!
Posted by: Walter Duranty at June 20, 2012 09:57 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: Mr Pink at June 20, 2012 09:57 AM (57FQ5)
Posted by: no at June 20, 2012 09:58 AM (HOOye)
Posted by: Eric Holder at June 20, 2012 09:58 AM (QKKT0)
Veeeerrrrrrry interesting...
The timing of this realy sucks for 0 and Holder because the campaign season is in full swing and more peoplewill see this as just more handwaving by the "Most transparent administration ever".
Personally, I don't think anyone will go to jail because they'll be out of office by the time it moves into court but public opinion will be swayed.
0 is being very Nixonian.
Posted by: Gmac at June 20, 2012 09:58 AM (WikbV)
Posted by: Vic at June 20, 2012 09:58 AM (YdQQY)
Is Lefors out there?
Posted by: Sundance Obama at June 20, 2012 09:58 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: Chicago Voter at June 20, 2012 09:59 AM (qAGZa)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 20, 2012 09:59 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Eric Holder at June 20, 2012 09:59 AM (QKKT0)
Posted by: RoyalOil at June 20, 2012 09:59 AM (kSaUf)
Posted by: Infidel at June 20, 2012 09:59 AM (O/fK8)
"Hello? Yes, I'd like to buy 10,000 shares of Jello please."
Posted by: EC at June 20, 2012 09:59 AM (GQ8sn)
And bigger epaulettes on our strongmen.
Don't forget a few yards of gold braid, sashes and a dozen medals the size of cowboy belt buckles.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 20, 2012 10:00 AM (6B5IX)
Posted by: really at June 20, 2012 10:00 AM (HOOye)
Of course we know what the plan was and it went down exactly like they planned.
1. Have Hillary and other spread lie that American guns crossing the border for crime and due to lax gun control laws.
2. Sell guns to crime bosses in Mexico knowing that they will be used in crimes. Keep0 record of serial numbers.
3. When Mexican authorities find guns and ask for investigation supply the numbers and call for "new laws"
All that went down as planned until an American officer was killed by these guns and a whistle blower ratted them out.
To think they could keep something like this secret is the epitome of arrogance.
Posted by: Vic at June 20, 2012 10:00 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 20, 2012 10:00 AM (qk+wb)
Posted by: The "I CAN NOT BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING IN MY COUNTRY" guy at June 20, 2012 10:00 AM (qAGZa)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 20, 2012 10:00 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: theCork at June 20, 2012 10:00 AM (hbAdE)
Posted by: Barack Obama, SCOAMT at June 20, 2012 10:00 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: El Choombre at June 20, 2012 10:01 AM (/Mla1)
If people dying was the point, then they weren't incompetent.
Posted by: Cicero at June 20, 2012 10:01 AM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Karl Rove at June 20, 2012 10:01 AM (e8kgV)
http://tinyurl.com/2bfgqcj
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at June 20, 2012 10:01 AM (hXJOG)
Posted by: 80sBaby at June 20, 2012 10:01 AM (d6QMz)
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 20, 2012 10:01 AM (wcz2h)
Posted by: Vic at June 20, 2012 01:58 PM
You have grandkids, right, Vic?
It's probably a good time to tell them that their children might well see the eunuchs in Congress take a vote on this.
Or not.
Posted by: MrScribbler at June 20, 2012 10:02 AM (MQc8e)
Posted by: SLOW JOE LOVES PINK FLOYD at June 20, 2012 10:02 AM (i330i)
It's ok at least your mistake didn't result in over 200 dead people. Posted by: Mr Pink at June 20, 2012 10:03 AM (57FQ5)
Posted by: Eric Holder, King Of Adjectives at June 20, 2012 10:03 AM (OCBPC)
Posted by: Eric Holder channeling Maxwell Smart at June 20, 2012 10:03 AM (4df7R)
Can't wait to see BO and Holder go down.
I can. Forever. willow, be a darling and fetch me the extra strong brain bleach, if you would? Merci.
You know, I was pondering the difference between Wide Receiver (who comes up with these names) and F and F. Wide Receiver has goals that can be clearly articualted. We will place RFID transmitters in the stocks. We will sell those to bad guys. We will trace where the guns go. We will then arrest the bad guys. See, that's comprehensible. The fact that it failed doesn't mean the idea is stupid from the get go.
Fast and Furious, on the other hand, appears to have been developed by the Underpants Gnomes.
1. Sell guns to narcoterrorists.
2. ??????
3. Profit!
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at June 20, 2012 10:03 AM (VtjlW)
What did the President know and when did he know it?
It's 1973 all over again!
brb - Gotta go stock up on popcorn......
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at June 20, 2012 10:03 AM (0xqzf)
Posted by: willow at June 20, 2012 10:03 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Cheri at June 20, 2012 10:03 AM (G+Wff)
I bet mitt knows how to work a gas pump...unlike Oprah who seemed completely baffled when confronted with having to pump her own gas one day.
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 20, 2012 10:03 AM (wcz2h)
Posted by: Vic at June 20, 2012 10:04 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Eric Holder at June 20, 2012 10:04 AM (qk+wb)
And now we get yet another weasel crawfishing backpeddling as they try to squirm out of their own lies.
Time for some losers to get impeached and sent to Club Fed. 300 Mexican citizens, Brian Terry, and Jaime Zapata demand justice from this nefarious cabal of scoundrels, smugglers, nerf-herders, and law-breakers.
Oh what a tangled web the Obama administration weaves when it deliberately practices to deceive.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2012 10:04 AM (XSVkw)
Posted by: Social Studies Graduate Student at June 20, 2012 10:05 AM (XvHmy)
And the scantily clad babes. Do not forget scantily clad babes.
And henchmen. Dressed goofy and always running around ruining stuff.
Posted by: CUS at June 20, 2012 10:05 AM (84pE9)
Posted by: Chicago Voter at June 20, 2012 10:05 AM (qAGZa)
Issa: One fuckin' page?!!? Where's the rest of them?
Holder: The dog ate them
Issa: Okay, where's the dog?
Holder: The President ate him
Posted by: kbdabear at June 20, 2012 10:05 AM (Y+DPZ)
You know what is awesome? That now it's apparently okay to give false testimony that goes on the official record, then a few weeks later send a letter to the official's in charge that essentially says, "Whoops, my bad! Totally lying when I said that. The truth is completely the opposite."
I'll remember that if I'm ever on trial for a particularly serious felony.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 20, 2012 10:05 AM (4df7R)
And the scantily clad babes. Do not forget scantily clad babes.
And henchmen. Dressed goofy and always running around ruining stuff.
Posted by: CUS at June 20, 2012 02:05 PM (84pE9)
I saw this movie.
It sucked.
Posted by: EC at June 20, 2012 10:05 AM (GQ8sn)
Issa has already shown that he knew it was false and committed perjury. He is leading him into a trap to get the rest of the liars.
Posted by: Vic at June 20, 2012 10:05 AM (YdQQY)
Even calling it "Fast and Furious" was arrogant.
It's like they were getting off on the illegality of it...of circumventing the law, fast and furiously.
Reminds me of seeing Barky scratch his face with his middle finger.
Posted by: wheatie at June 20, 2012 10:06 AM (M2JTb)
As opposed to Obama was totally mystified on how to get an open umbrella through a wrought-iron gate arch?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2012 10:06 AM (XSVkw)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 20, 2012 10:06 AM (6B5IX)
Holder: The dog ate them
Issa: Okay, where's the dog?
Holder: The President ate him
Posted by: kbdabear at June 20, 2012 02:05 PM (Y+DPZ)
OH MY LORD!@!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!shift1!!!
Posted by: EC at June 20, 2012 10:06 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: pep at June 20, 2012 10:06 AM (YXmuI)
But it would be wrong.
Posted by: Eric Holder at June 20, 2012 10:06 AM (QKKT0)
Posted by: keninnorcal at June 20, 2012 10:06 AM (MZxBc)
Posted by: Old hag whay says I CAN NOT BELIEVE MITT ROMNEY NEVER HAD I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT BUTTER! at June 20, 2012 10:06 AM (mxnUd)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at work, team dagny at June 20, 2012 10:06 AM (4/NTV)
And every time he lies, he puts a nail in Jesus' hand. Even my son knows that. Apparently Holder isn't that smart after all.
Posted by: tcn at June 20, 2012 10:08 AM (eFcVx)
----
Everything is bigger in Texas, including their idiots.
Posted by: WalrusRex at June 20, 2012 10:08 AM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: Brian at June 20, 2012 10:08 AM (wTSvK)
I hope Scooter Libby is ordering a truck load of pudding right watching all these posers trip over their own ego-dicks.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2012 10:09 AM (XSVkw)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at June 20, 2012 10:09 AM (jucos)
I say very softly. They already in the Tar Baby, see @62. It is not going to get any better for them.
On the other side? Slam hard, next week or Friday the Supremes are going to throw out Obama Care and the oxygen of this story will fade.
What say you morons?
More popcorn!!
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at June 20, 2012 10:09 AM (hXJOG)
Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at June 20, 2012 10:10 AM (f8XyF)
Posted by: Chicago Voter at June 20, 2012 10:10 AM (qAGZa)
Mine is 25 and still does it.
Posted by: EC at June 20, 2012 10:10 AM (GQ8sn)
And bigger epaulettes on our strongmen.
Don't forget a few yards of gold braid, sashes and a dozen medals the size of cowboy belt buckles.
Also required: fancy hats. No caudillo is complete without a fancy hat.
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at June 20, 2012 10:10 AM (JxMoP)
I'm listening to Rush. The ABC news break mentioned the invoking of executive privilege, immediately followed by the number of time the Bush administration invoked executive privilege. Message: nothing to see here - move along.
Posted by: Brown Line at June 20, 2012 10:10 AM (VpaSF)
Posted by: Chicago Voter at June 20, 2012 10:10 AM (qAGZa)
Posted by: EC at June 20, 2012 02:10 PM (GQ8sn)
Hmmm. Sounds like a personal problem....
Posted by: tcn at June 20, 2012 10:10 AM (eFcVx)
Posted by: willow at June 20, 2012 10:11 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: John P. Squibob at June 20, 2012 10:11 AM (kqqGm)
Posted by: DavidR at June 20, 2012 10:12 AM (myanI)
Posted by: Chicago Voter at June 20, 2012 02:10 PM (qAGZa)
Eric Holder: "Also, he delivers everything in Homeric verse."
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 20, 2012 10:12 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: PersonFromPorlock at June 20, 2012 10:12 AM (2VCZA)
Posted by: Chicago Voter at June 20, 2012 02:10 PM (qAGZa)
or... Obama's next book
A Look at 'Dreams of being a Presidnet,' will come out in 2040. thank you.
Posted by: willow at June 20, 2012 10:12 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Brian at June 20, 2012 10:12 AM (wTSvK)
Don't forget a few yards of gold braid, sashes and a dozen medals the size of cowboy belt buckles.
Please tell me we can get a really big black bird to perch on the epaulettes.....
And one of those bitchin' uniform dress hats.....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at June 20, 2012 10:12 AM (0xqzf)
Posted by: Release the documents, prove me wrong at June 20, 2012 10:13 AM (A5DYE)
Does pasta with Mornay sauce count?
Posted by: SpongeBob Saget at June 20, 2012 01:55 PM (SDkq3)"
"Tiddledeewinks Jan 18, 2009 @ 12:22 pm I think all kids (and Mormon Missionaries) ate macaroni 'n cheese."http://tinyurl.com/7dvus2v
The story goes that Jefferson bought it back from France (the recipe) so didn't romney do his mission in France? So it would be more probable that he ate it often.
Posted by: the morning coffee crew at June 20, 2012 10:13 AM (oZfic)
Posted by: no good deed at June 20, 2012 10:13 AM (mjR67)
He can lie to his boss, his friends, the cops, clergy, but he can't lie to me. When he was younger, he underwent Imperial Conditioning which made unable to lie to me and only me.
Posted by: EC at June 20, 2012 10:13 AM (GQ8sn)
You're on video.
The video is fake.
20 people have you on cellphone video robbing the bank.
They're all racists.
The bills were serial numbered and recorded, you spent them on a new car.
I didn't buy any cars recently.
There's a new Ferrari parked in your driveway.
Not my car.
Your fingerprints are all over it and its registered in your name.
Its my wife's car, I only washed it for her.
There's traffic cam video of you driving the new Ferrari.
Its a different car, and someone else.
The plate was yours.
The plate was stolen last week.
No, its still on the your wife's Ferrari.
No its not.
Yes it is. You drove the Ferrari here this morning and the plate is still on it.
I borrowed the Ferrari of the guy who stole our plate yesterday.
...
...
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 20, 2012 10:14 AM (wcz2h)
I'm hoping for the same ending as Butch Holder and the Sundance Obama. They did well for a number years as well.
....who ARE these guys?
Posted by: Butch Holder at June 20, 2012 10:14 AM (ksERZ)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 20, 2012 10:14 AM (1Jaio)
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Posted by: DavidR at June 20, 2012 02:12 PM (myanI)
Tweet that shit, STAT.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 20, 2012 10:14 AM (4df7R)
Because partisan witch hunts do not inform the voters. We do them a greater service by showing them how callous and out of touch the Romneys are with clipped videos of convenience store visits and horse ballet.
Oh, and RACIST !!!
Posted by: MSNBC at June 20, 2012 10:14 AM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Baracka Obama at June 20, 2012 10:14 AM (Y4pL/)
Wonder if anyone will now ask Holder about his part in the pardon of uber Wall Street robber-baron Marc Rich in the waning hours of the Clinton White House?
The claim of Executive Privilege I guess was the White House trying a Jedi mind trick. You know when Obi-wan made those noises and scared the Sand People. Alas for Padawan Holder, Darth Issa is wise to such low grade tricks.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2012 10:15 AM (XSVkw)
Posted by: Scandia at June 20, 2012 10:15 AM (5noOE)
Posted by: Chicago Voter at June 20, 2012 02:10 PM (qAGZa)
Dat's right, oral history and high cheek bones is all you need
Posted by: Injuin Elizabeth at June 20, 2012 10:16 AM (hXJOG)
Posted by: Guy Who Yells What Drudge Writes at June 20, 2012 10:16 AM (7+pP9)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at June 20, 2012 10:16 AM (jucos)
When he came to Raleigh a month ago, I was planning on dressing up like a dog and going to his rally with a sign saying "DON'T TASTE ME BRO!"
Posted by: EC at June 20, 2012 10:16 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2012 10:17 AM (waJ+2)
Between this and the coming Obamacare decision, which gets pushed out of the news cycle?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 10:17 AM (piMMO)
Translation - You just admitted you knew, Sparky.
Posted by: Sundance Obama at June 20, 2012 10:17 AM (e0xKF)
Everybody is styling in this one. Curley has got a few medals on his pants.
http: //www.youtube.com/ watch?v=gUe0myoG8Gs &feature=related
Posted by: DaveA at June 20, 2012 10:17 AM (W8Rqb)
Iambic pentameter is the official reporting metrical cadence of the Obama Administration.
Posted by: Cicero at June 20, 2012 10:18 AM (QKKT0)
Doesn't matter.
This is one gigantic shit bomb that just exploded all over Obama's breakfast table just like that scene in Trainspotting.
Posted by: EC at June 20, 2012 10:18 AM (GQ8sn)
Holder: The dog ate them
Issa: Okay, where's the dog?
Holder: The President ate him
Posted by: kbdabear at June 20, 2012 02:05 PM
Dude, you stole that off Twitter from Iowahawk! Stealing somebody elses jokes is really low, homes!
Posted by: Carlos Mencia at June 20, 2012 10:18 AM (Y+DPZ)
Both, when former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky gets convicted for being a serial molestor.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at June 20, 2012 10:18 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: The Squirrel at June 20, 2012 10:18 AM (Y4pL/)
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at June 20, 2012 10:18 AM (ZHge+)
Posted by: Chicago Voter at June 20, 2012 10:18 AM (qAGZa)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 20, 2012 10:19 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Karl Rove at June 20, 2012 10:20 AM (e8kgV)
No he's not.
He told you once.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at June 20, 2012 10:20 AM (e0xKF)
President Obama, "Why the hell did I select Holder again for AG?"
Valerie Jarret, "Because you could not stand to have someone smart as AG."
President Obama, "Right. Need some choom?"
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2012 10:21 AM (XSVkw)
Posted by: The Squirrel at June 20, 2012 02:18 PM (Y4pL/)
Better you than me, pal.
Posted by: The Chicken at June 20, 2012 10:21 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Maya Angelou at June 20, 2012 10:21 AM (XvHmy)
Romney's campaign has responded. Via Buzzfeed:
Romney Press Secretary Andrea Saul attacked President Barack Obama's decision to invoke executive privilege on documents pertaining to the Fast and Furious scandal requested by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
“President Obama’s pledge to run the most open and transparent administration in history has turned out to be just another broken promise,” she said in a statement to BuzzFeed...
Link: http://tiny.cc/hxr7fw
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 20, 2012 10:21 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 20, 2012 10:21 AM (bxiXv)
To liberals that's a feature, not a bug.
"By any means necessary."
Yes, I believe that phrase originated on the left.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 20, 2012 10:21 AM (sbV1u)
::smugprickrrrgggrrgghh::
Posted by: eleven at June 20, 2012 10:21 AM (KXm42)
privilege. Which seems to directly implicate Obama or Biden was in the loop, since executive privilege doesn't
extend to everybody just POTUS and VPOTUS.
I don't think ANYONE will buy that Sheriff Joe was in the loop on something this important.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at June 20, 2012 10:21 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: Eric Holder at June 20, 2012 10:22 AM (XvHmy)
This is one gigantic shit bomb that just exploded all over Obama's breakfast table just like that scene in Trainspotting.
Posted by: EC at June 20, 2012 02:18 PM (GQ8sn)
Hey , let a dog eat his shitwaffle.
Posted by: Barky at June 20, 2012 10:22 AM (AWmfW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2012 02:15 P
I'm more interested in why Holder, who assures us that the National Security leaks are being fully investigated rated all of two agents, while ten agents were assigned to look into George Zimmerman's gun purchase
Maybe the Sanford PD sent ten cops to look into the National Security leaks as a trade-off?
Posted by: kbdabear at June 20, 2012 10:22 AM (Y+DPZ)
Is it me or is that little blue planet giving me the eye? I should probably go to it.
Posted by: SMOD 2012 at June 20, 2012 10:22 AM (Y4pL/)
It's
Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 20, 2012 10:23 AM (sbV1u)
http://is.gd/22Fxxu
Posted by: Holder big city cop at June 20, 2012 10:23 AM (YdQQY)
How about dressing up like the U.S. Constitution and following Obama's campaign?
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 20, 2012 02:21 PM (G/zuv)
For the ploy to work, the subject has to recognize what's following him or her. Obama would wonder why he was being followed by a rolling paper.
...
That might work, actually.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 20, 2012 10:23 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: 'joshua' holder at June 20, 2012 10:24 AM (nrW1y)
Posted by: Ruth Bader Ginsberg at June 20, 2012 10:24 AM (XvHmy)
He might think a giant rolled paper is a Cheech and Chong super joint.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2012 10:24 AM (XSVkw)
Posted by: Chicago Voter at June 20, 2012 10:24 AM (qAGZa)
Hey, look at me. LOOK. AT. ME!!!!!11!!
Posted by: The Squirrel at June 20, 2012 02:18 PM (Y4pL/)
Better you than me, pal.
Posted by: The Chicken at June 20, 2012 02:21 PM (8y9MW)
please!
Posted by: fido at June 20, 2012 10:24 AM (TomZ9)
Why do liberals think Obumbles The Most Smartest EVER is playing three dimensional chess when everyone else is playing checkers? EP draws a line straight to the White House.
Posted by: CUS at June 20, 2012 10:25 AM (84pE9)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at June 20, 2012 10:25 AM (VtjlW)
Right now as I type this.
It is fun to watch MFM TV outlets like CNN speak of this, never going into any details whatsoever of gunwalking, fast&furious, Brian Terry, etc., and focusing only on the current game of, as they see it, Republicans attacking Holder and Obama.
The spin is fast and furious. One thing we'll hear ad nauseum is that this is Zero's very first and only EP stance, whereas all those previous were doing it as often as stopping at Starbucks on the way to work.
Posted by: TheLittlShiningMan at June 20, 2012 10:25 AM (PH+2B)
We are now armed with Mighty Joint!
Posted by: Josephus at June 20, 2012 10:25 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 20, 2012 10:25 AM (niZvt)
Posted by: Barack Obama's Secret Gay Boyfriend at June 20, 2012 10:25 AM (XvHmy)
Posted by: Mr. Lahey at June 20, 2012 10:26 AM (Y4pL/)
Posted by: Obama at June 20, 2012 10:26 AM (IVb/Q)
Posted by: Josephus at June 20, 2012 02:25 PM (e0xKF)
Come on Miracle!
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2012 10:26 AM (XSVkw)
This.
Either it's "Deliberative Process," that is, helping the President make policy, or it was "Communicative Process," that is, telling him stuff!
Either way, Obama is in this to his neck.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at June 20, 2012 10:26 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Chicago Voter at June 20, 2012 10:26 AM (qAGZa)
@BarackObama Give Mexicans a path to US citizenship, or kill them by the hundreds? Make up your mind, dude. #FastandFurious
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at June 20, 2012 10:26 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 10:27 AM (iYbLN)
Posted by: 80sBaby at June 20, 2012 10:27 AM (d6QMz)
Posted by: Josephus at June 20, 2012 02:25 PM (e0xKF)
Come on Miracle!
You flunked flank? Get the flunk out of here!
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at June 20, 2012 10:27 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: Pres. I, Me, Mine [/i] [/b] at June 20, 2012 10:27 AM (famk3)
CONS THREATEN TO CLUB PRESIDENT!!!
Posted by: msnbc at June 20, 2012 10:27 AM (nrW1y)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 20, 2012 02:25 PM (niZvt)
You poor bastard. I have AC where I am right now and it's STILL muggy as hell. When I have to step outside, I'll explode.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 20, 2012 10:28 AM (4df7R)
@BarackObama Give Mexicans a path to US citizenship, or kill them by the hundreds? Make up your mind, dude. #FastandFurious
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Owwwww . . . that'll leave a mark . . .
Posted by: fixerupper at June 20, 2012 10:28 AM (C8hzL)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 20, 2012 10:28 AM (niZvt)
Posted by: Pseudo-Random Congresscritter at June 20, 2012 10:28 AM (XvHmy)
Posted by: CUS at June 20, 2012 10:28 AM (84pE9)
How can they possibly be sticking up for this?What rationale are they using for cripes sake!
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at June 20, 2012 10:28 AM (ZHge+)
Posted by: Chicago Voter at June 20, 2012 10:29 AM (qAGZa)
There's always money in the banana stand.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at June 20, 2012 10:29 AM (ZKzrr)
***
Just replay Gowdy and think warm thoughts.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 10:29 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: liberal strategist at June 20, 2012 10:30 AM (4XsMQ)
Posted by: CUS at June 20, 2012 10:30 AM (84pE9)
Posted by: Michael Palin at June 20, 2012 10:31 AM (0N9lD)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 20, 2012 02:25 PM (niZvt)
That sucks CC. Go home and get nekkid!
Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 10:31 AM (iYbLN)
Meh...everyone has retractions once in a while.
Posted by: Andrea Mitchell at June 20, 2012 10:31 AM (eavT+)
As for the two joints 'Just Married' bwahahaa!
And Iowahawk, Obama and Holder think of it as two-fer. Become legal works and get killed. That way they have dead Hispanics illegally voting until the end of time.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2012 10:31 AM (XSVkw)
Barry believes that executive privilege is having a his own toilet room so he doesn't have to deal with Michelle plugging the bowl on a daily basis.
Posted by: Fritz at June 20, 2012 10:31 AM (ZN5qR)
After all, the cops in Cops are always finding stuff in the roommate's backpack.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at June 20, 2012 02:25 PM (VtjlW)
Right now Obama is trying to flush an iPad full of "Fast and Furious is about repealing the 2nd Amendment!" documents and flash films down the toilet, and he's wondering why it's not fitting down the hole.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 20, 2012 10:31 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Cicero at June 20, 2012 10:31 AM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Chicago Voter at June 20, 2012 10:31 AM (qAGZa)
Great - we're in the middle of a heat wave here in CT and the power just went out.
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 20, 2012 02:25 PM (niZvt)
So I guess you're not that COOL, then?!?!?
[ducks and weaves]
Posted by: CUS at June 20, 2012 10:32 AM (84pE9)
Posted by: Scandia at June 20, 2012 10:32 AM (+Aarq)
Posted by: Chicago Voter at June 20, 2012 10:33 AM (qAGZa)
Posted by: Contessa Brewer at June 20, 2012 10:33 AM (eavT+)
Dinsdale!
Posted by: Spiny Norman at June 20, 2012 10:33 AM (e0xKF)
Romney is already hitting Obama on the Immigration issue by noting his actions aren't a sign of leadership, but one of narcissism. It's an overt political action - which he already claimed he couldn't legally do - being done now, with 140 days until the election, out of desperation for his own self-preservation.
This coming from the same administration which is trying to cover-up by hiding behind executive privileged that it had "walked" and allowed several thousand weapons to be shipped illegal into Mexico into the hands of the drug cartels.
The same administration which two weeks ago claimed it couldn't do anything legally for illegal immigrants, is the same administration who shipped weapons to the homeland of many of these same illegal immigrants that have been implicated in 300 murders in Mexico; 50cal BMG rifles which have forced down Mexican Police helicopters fighting the cartels on at least two occasions.
Yet, instead of trying to find justice for the death of Brian Terry, or the hundreds of Mexicans slain at the hand of these weapons the Obama administration allowed across the border; he blocks justice.
We have a president who can't act, until he needs to in his own self-interest,
Posted by: Uriah Heep at June 20, 2012 10:33 AM (JdSQO)
Pandora just came out with animal print Murano glass beads!
Posted by: mpfs, channeling typical bubbleheaded lib at June 20, 2012 10:34 AM (iYbLN)
Obama Fun Fact:
Barry thinks executive privelage is letting Reggie sit at the Oval Office desk while he is under it.
Posted by: SMOD the Merciful at June 20, 2012 10:34 AM (Y4pL/)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 20, 2012 10:35 AM (4df7R)
Well since all Federal employees also have "other duties as assigned" in their job descriptions, then Holder can just reassign a few temporarily. Can't he?
He makes Diogenes look like a lying shitweasel.
My apologies to lying shitweasels everywhere.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 20, 2012 10:35 AM (sbV1u)
The instructor of a college course that taught top military officers the United States was at war with Islam has been relieved of teaching duties and the course ordered redesigned to reflect U.S. policy, a military spokesman said on Wednesday.
(Link to full story at Weasel Zippers in my name).
Posted by: Ian S. at June 20, 2012 10:36 AM (tqwMN)
Posted by: Barack Obama's Secret Gay Boyfriend at June 20, 2012 10:36 AM (XvHmy)
Posted by: Chicago Voter at June 20, 2012 10:36 AM (qAGZa)
Is this the $700-billion five minute argument or the whole $1.8-trillion half hour?
Posted by: the argument man at June 20, 2012 10:36 AM (nrW1y)
speaking of Mitt's wife and horses...
that loathsome Larry O'Donnell mocks Anne Romney and her MS horse
http://tinyurl.com/853df3v
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 20, 2012 10:36 AM (G/zuv)
"Look what it says under here: Monica was here 11 '95.'
Posted by: CUS at June 20, 2012 10:36 AM (84pE9)
Posted by: liberal strategist at June 20, 2012 10:38 AM (4XsMQ)
You know they're all brainstorming on how to spin the shit out of this. And since when did brainstorming enter journalism?
Posted by: Dang at June 20, 2012 10:38 AM (Ky1+e)
Credibility limited. Ethically limited. ...and soon to be freedom limited.
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 20, 2012 10:38 AM (wcz2h)
Posted by: Chicago Voter at June 20, 2012 10:39 AM (qAGZa)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 20, 2012 10:39 AM (4XsMQ)
61 You have to wonder what MSNBCÂ’s 6 viewers are thinking (if they think at
all) about “Fast and Furious,” considering MSNBC/NBC has had all of 10
seconds of coverage over the last year and a half.
Posted by: Karl Rove at June 20, 2012 02:01 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Pyrocles at June 20, 2012 10:39 AM (cv5Iw)
Posted by: William Rufus DeVane King at June 20, 2012 10:39 AM (XvHmy)
Posted by: Chicago Voter at June 20, 2012 10:40 AM (qAGZa)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 20, 2012 10:40 AM (niZvt)
Left, -Bush was evil horrible war monger, worst president ever!!
Holder,- Bush did it too!
Left,- See Bush did it too! so Holder must be a good DOJ!
Posted by: fido at June 20, 2012 10:40 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: 80sBaby at June 20, 2012 10:40 AM (d6QMz)
Posted by: trainer at June 20, 2012 10:41 AM (IVoJS)
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 20, 2012 10:41 AM (wcz2h)
that loathsome Larry O'Donnell mocks Anne Romney and her MS horse
http://tinyurl.com/853df3v
Posted by: Soothsayer
Sooth,
I went ballistic on Twitter yesterday about O'Donnell and the Romney story. He's a pig.
Posted by: mpfs, channeling typical bubbleheaded lib at June 20, 2012 10:41 AM (iYbLN)
Take it off nice and slow, nerdygirl. That's it. Nice and slow. You'll be putting the high-heels back on though, right?
Posted by: daydreaming moron at June 20, 2012 10:41 AM (nrW1y)
that loathsome Larry O'Donnell mocks Anne Romney and her MS horse
http://tinyurl.com/853df3v
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 20, 2012 02:36 PM
The AoS stylebook calls for loathsome Larry O'Donnell to be called loathsome draft dodger Larry O'Donnell. Please make note for the future.
Posted by: huerfano at June 20, 2012 10:42 AM (bAGA/)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 20, 2012 10:42 AM (C8mVl)
that loathsome Larry O'Donnell mocks Anne Romney and her MS horse
I don't recall the press being anti-horse riding when Jackie Kennedy was in the news.
Posted by: happy little trees at June 20, 2012 10:42 AM (bqjJT)
Uncle benny said mortgage access is more restricted that it has been for a while.....
I don't know, everyone who has been either trying to refinance or get some kind of accommodation from their mortgage holder doesn't get their phone calls returned. That's been going on for a good long while, a good long while.
Posted by: the morning coffee crew at June 20, 2012 10:42 AM (oZfic)
Posted by: Wisrich at June 20, 2012 10:42 AM (hdpay)
Posted by: mpfs, channeling typical bubbleheaded lib at June 20, 2012 10:42 AM (iYbLN)
Posted by: mother willow to children at June 20, 2012 10:43 AM (TomZ9)
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Jackie Kennedy didn't do horse tai chi.
Posted by: WalrusRex at June 20, 2012 10:44 AM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: Chicago Voter at June 20, 2012 10:44 AM (qAGZa)
Eric Holder, Y U NO give document to Issa?
Posted by: Y U NO GUY at June 20, 2012 10:44 AM (jm/9g)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 20, 2012 10:45 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Chicago Voter at June 20, 2012 10:45 AM (qAGZa)
Posted by: msnbc
Followed up by: MS Sufferers Slaughter Horses For Cure!!
Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 10:45 AM (iYbLN)
So, just about everyone here knows that Watergate did not have a body count. We also know the implications of that statement. For your average voter, the best we could hope for was that they might query "What do you mean by that?", so someone could fill them in.
Has anyone sent the White House a thank you note for connecting the dots for America?
Posted by: fluffy at June 20, 2012 10:45 AM (O6q63)
Posted by: Captain Hate (dagny solidarity) at June 20, 2012 10:46 AM (0tBiP)
People like Lawrence O'Donnell act that way because it masks their own guilt and shame.
I don't know what it'll be -- maybe child prOn -- but O'Donnell is a sick fuck and someday his evil will be revealed.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 20, 2012 10:46 AM (G/zuv)
Posted by: Drider at June 20, 2012 10:47 AM (HaJD9)
No harm, no foul, right guys?
Posted by: Eric Holder at June 20, 2012 10:47 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Chicago Voter at June 20, 2012 10:47 AM (qAGZa)
so if illegals were given amnesty because of this, and to keep Calderon off his back . (supposition only) how much would the estimated costs be to the tax payer?
Posted by: mother willow to children at June 20, 2012 10:48 AM (TomZ9)
He is a sick fuck. Go read Kos, there are 1,000's just like him.
He is a KOS Kid on TV.
Why is his hate on TV?
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at June 20, 2012 10:48 AM (hXJOG)
Posted by: Zombie Rudy Eugene at June 20, 2012 10:49 AM (6BgmB)
Posted by: huerfano at June 20, 2012 02:42 PM (bAGA/)
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I thought it was, Larry O'Donnell, the draft-dodging draft-dodger who dodged the draft.
Posted by: Soona at June 20, 2012 10:49 AM (K+8Tp)
Chavetz defending against Welch's claim that this doesn't have to happen "now".
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 10:49 AM (piMMO)
Undocumented Hispanic child struck and killed by flying hoof.
Holder: "Fast and Furious investigation must be put on hold to allow for 'horse ballet' explosion investigation. "We have limited race horses at the DOJ."
Posted by: msnbc at June 20, 2012 10:49 AM (nrW1y)
I thought it was, Larry O'Donnell, the draft-dodging draft-dodger who dodged the draft. Posted by: Soona
Fine, be pedantic about it. Gosh!!
Posted by: imp at June 20, 2012 10:50 AM (UaxA0)
Oh, you can bet on that because no one is that angry without some weird, deep-seated shame going on.
See Manson, Charles.
This internet psychoanalysis was brought to you by the letter "O"
Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 20, 2012 10:50 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: Axelrod at June 20, 2012 10:50 AM (W2qJe)
I will not be surprised when someday we hear about Larry O'Donnell's gay sex affairs, or sending naked pics to someone, or trying to rape the babysitter.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 20, 2012 10:50 AM (G/zuv)
GOP lawmakers target Eric Holder
Poor widdle Eric, those mean racist Republicans are just picking on innocent him
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 20, 2012 10:50 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 10:50 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Chicago Voter at June 20, 2012 10:51 AM (qAGZa)
Naked pics????
"You've got mail."
Ummm, can you just whisper that like real slow and in your best bedroom voice?
Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 20, 2012 10:51 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: starboardhelm at June 20, 2012 10:51 AM (hHgxI)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 20, 2012 02:50 PM (1Jaio)
I mean, the fact he was in charge of an operation resulting in the deaths of hundreds of Mexicans, and American law enforcement agents has nothing whatsoever to do with it. It just can't!
Posted by: Insomniac at June 20, 2012 10:52 AM (v+QvA)
Undocumented Hispanic child struck and killed by flying hoof.
Holder: "Fast and Furious investigation must be put on hold to allow for 'horse ballet' explosion investigation. "We have limited race horses at the DOJ."
Posted by: msnbc
SCOAMF: Today with my executive order I have banned Horse Ballet in all 57 states.
Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 10:52 AM (iYbLN)
Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2012 10:52 AM (U7Ivf)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 20, 2012 10:53 AM (4XsMQ)
Click name below (if I am not banned from posting links).
Posted by: CUS at June 20, 2012 10:53 AM (84pE9)
"You've got mail."
Ummm, can you just whisper that like real slow and in your best bedroom voice?
Posted by: Sean Bannion
perv
Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 10:53 AM (iYbLN)
It's not just the anger, Sean.
It's the extreme self-righteous anger. The way O'Donnell looks down on others as if they were bugs. Nobody acts like that unless their secret life was so dark they needed to over-compensate.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 20, 2012 10:53 AM (G/zuv)
Posted by: polynikes at June 20, 2012 02:52 PM (U7Ivf)
No thanks, it's high enough as it is.
Posted by: Insomniac at June 20, 2012 10:53 AM (v+QvA)
Posted by: Y-not at June 20, 2012 10:53 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: starboardhelm at June 20, 2012 10:53 AM (hHgxI)
Posted by: huerfano at June 20, 2012 02:42 PM (bAGA/)
I thought it was Bloated Loathsome Draft Dodger Larry O'Donnell. But my memory fails sometimes.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at June 20, 2012 10:54 AM (SY2Kh)
Turns out there is a reason for the lack of background, but that is not relevant to my post here. I think what will unfurl from the MFM in all of its personages and entities will be a lot like that story about the separation at the U of VA.
No background at all about F&F will be given. The story will be presented as a present-day attack by congressional Republicans against the White House and the DOJ, focus on Obama and Holder, with political nastiness at its core.
They'll say, Holder was dragged through the Capital building practically in shackles, while Republican members of Congress, dressed as Roman centurians, spat upon him, called him filthy names, struck him with reeds and lance shafts, and demanded his crucifixion.
Crucify him! they called.
Why? Just because. They are Republicans and all they know is blood lust and vengeance. And it is racial, of course.
You know that announcer that comes on speaking rapid-fire cautions about what can happen to you if you take that drug, when a Viagra commercial is doing its wind-up? So fast you can barely understand? Shorten that greatly, and that is how the MFM will tell about F&F after they have given you the story about the persecution of Eric Holder and Barack Obama by the Republican congress
Watch it, starting tonight. Read it, beginning with the WaPo and NYT stories and editorials and op-eds tomorrow.
They want to turn this around so the firehoses are aimed at Issa and company.
Let's see how they make out.
Posted by: TheLittlShiningMan at June 20, 2012 10:54 AM (PH+2B)
GOP lawmakers target Eric Holder
Poor widdle Eric, those mean racist Republicans are just picking on innocent him
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 20, 2012 02:50 PM (1Jaio)
alternate headline in a reality based media,
Eric Holder, Dept of Justice; implicated in the deaths of 300 Mexican citizens deaths and 2 American deaths
Posted by: willow at June 20, 2012 10:55 AM (TomZ9)
Hayek warned about this....in 1940.
There was an entire chapter in "The Fatal Conceit" (or maybe it actually was "The Road to Serfdom") about how the worst sort of people climb to the top of a socialist heap and why it was so.
He's the epitome.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 20, 2012 10:55 AM (sbV1u)
MSNBC wishes to make a retraction. AG Holder recently said, ""We have limited resources at the DOJ" and not "limited race horses."
Posted by: msnbc at June 20, 2012 10:55 AM (nrW1y)
It's the extreme self-righteous anger. The way O'Donnell looks down on others as if they were bugs. Nobody acts like that unless their secret life was so dark they needed to over-compensate.
Posted by: Soothsayer
Excellent point.
I can't even begin to describe how angry I was yesterday.
Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 10:56 AM (iYbLN)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at June 20, 2012 02:54 PM
I might have missed an amendment. Good to know!
Posted by: huerfano at June 20, 2012 10:56 AM (bAGA/)
So, just about everyone here knows that Watergate did not have a body count. We also know the implications of that statement.
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Huh? Wha....? Really?
Posted by: Typical public educated student at June 20, 2012 10:56 AM (K+8Tp)
Why is his hate on TV?
/shrugs and sighs
MSNBC thinks there's a market for it. MSNBC is being run by incompetent ideologues -- just like Air America.
It won't last. After the election, no matter the outcome, I suspect big changes at MSNBC.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 20, 2012 10:56 AM (G/zuv)
It was The Road to Serfdom.
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at June 20, 2012 10:57 AM (bjRNS)
Good times.... good times.....
Posted by: MSNBCocksuckers at June 20, 2012 10:58 AM (gCa4h)
Posted by: ziptie at June 20, 2012 10:58 AM (mObhN)
Posted by: Rex Harrison's Hat at June 20, 2012 10:58 AM (4136b)
Thank you!
Follow that up with "The True Believer" by Eric Hofer and you pretty much have a description of why liberals are so fucked up.
...and why they can't see it.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 20, 2012 10:59 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: caunotaucarius at June 20, 2012 10:59 AM (SHvfC)
I can only hope.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 20, 2012 11:00 AM (sbV1u)
President Obama's Department of Justice recently released new regulations to prevent prison rape. "Sexual violence, against any victim, is an assault on human dignity and an affront to American values," Obama said when announcing the new initiative. "The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA) was enacted with bipartisan support and established a 'zero-tolerance standard' for rape in prisons in the United States."
http://preview.tinyurl.com/6u56gsj (Weekly Standard link)
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 20, 2012 11:01 AM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Wesley Warren Jr. at June 20, 2012 11:01 AM (qAGZa)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 20, 2012 11:02 AM (4XsMQ)
Was it a metric shit ton? Or just a shit ton?
And speaking for all Morons, as I am wont to do, if you don't have testicles to dip, we'd be happy to assist in the dipping ritual.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 20, 2012 11:03 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: Wisrich at June 20, 2012 11:04 AM (hdpay)
Posted by: Did He Mean "Limited Capacity"? at June 20, 2012 11:04 AM (4yFKY)
Posted by: Kaitian at June 20, 2012 11:05 AM (r9xdy)
And speaking for all Morons, as I am wont to do, if you don't have testicles to dip, we'd be happy to assist in the dipping ritual.
Don't be speaking for me, Bannion, that might be a gelding!
Posted by: imp at June 20, 2012 11:05 AM (UaxA0)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 20, 2012 03:03 PM (sbV1u) <<<<
Quite so! Did I mention that I am a certified boobologist, and qualified to assist in all forms of assisted boob dipping? Well, I am!
Posted by: maddogg at June 20, 2012 11:05 AM (OlN4e)
Dems go after W with endless, non-stop, bullshit witch-hunts, desperately seeking something, ANYTHING that can be considered improper, basically forcing the Bush administration to repeatedly declare Executive Privilege, just to keep those bottom-feeding scum at bay.
Republicans try to work with this admin, against the wishes of their constituency, giving Obama and his team every single benefit of the doubt, until the evidence of wrongdoing is so obvious and so overwhelming that they have no choice but to investigate, forcing Obama to use the EP for the first time.
Headline: BUSH USED EP 5 TIMES MORE THAN OBAMA!!!!
nicely played, MFM.
Posted by: not a fan at June 20, 2012 11:05 AM (gCa4h)
That should cause some other RINOs to look over their shoulder the next time the get an urge to cross the aisle.
Posted by: Holder big city cop at June 20, 2012 11:05 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 11:06 AM (iYbLN)
Nixon didn't leak classified material to the press to make himself look good.
Barky has sailed past the similarities to Nixon....and is in 3rd world dictator territory.
Posted by: wheatie at June 20, 2012 11:06 AM (M2JTb)
Posted by: caunotaucarius at June 20, 2012 02:59 PM (SHvfC)
AoSHQ regulations stipulate that such an act include a fellow Moronette, playful wrestling, and a webcam.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at June 20, 2012 11:06 AM (SY2Kh)
"Until now, everyone believed that the decisions regarding ‘Fast and Furious’ were confined to the Department of Justice," Boehner spokesman Brendan Buck said in a statement.
"The White House decision to invoke executive privilege implies that White House officials were either involved in the ‘Fast and Furious’ operation or the cover-up that followed. The Administration has always insisted that wasn't the case. Were they lying, or are they now bending the law to hide the truth?” Buck said.
Posted by: Karl Rove at June 20, 2012 11:07 AM (e8kgV)
Anthony Weiner and Al Gore are two good examples.
It was when Al Gore screamed, "How dare they!," I knew he was a rotten apple. He became very 'high and mighty' post-2000. Then came the downfall. Divorce. Attempted rape. Who knows what else.
Weiner, we all knew, was a loud-mouthed little punk. Weiner spent most of his time in Congress impugning the characters of good people (generally).
Weiner's downfall was very satisfying and well-deserved.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 20, 2012 11:07 AM (G/zuv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2012 11:07 AM (XSVkw)
No guts, no glory! I'm planning on the big payoff. The odds are in my favor.
Then again, this is AoSHQ.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 20, 2012 11:08 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 20, 2012 11:08 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Holder big city cop at June 20, 2012 03:05 PM (YdQQY)
***
Holder et al. never expected to confront the Issa/Gowdy buzzsaw. Prior to 2010, all the admin had to do was play the race card and congresscritters would scurry back into their holes. When Holder tried that ploy with Gowdy, he threw it right back in his face.
Posted by: kallisto at June 20, 2012 11:09 AM (jm/9g)
Posted by: Al "Tea Party" Gore at June 20, 2012 11:09 AM (YdQQY)
McCain is back in the news?
::: shudder ::::
Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 20, 2012 11:10 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2012 11:11 AM (XSVkw)
Posted by: Lee Atwater at June 20, 2012 11:11 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at June 20, 2012 11:11 AM (qwK3S)
And speaking for all Morons, as I am wont to do, if you don't have
testicles to dip, we'd be happy to assist in the dipping ritual.
Your nobility. I sees it.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at June 20, 2012 11:13 AM (VtjlW)
I believe the Contempt vote is the first part of that, actually.
If nothing else, it should be really hard to be Attorney General from a Jail Cell.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at June 20, 2012 11:13 AM (8y9MW)
Explain please. I'm slow today.
Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 11:13 AM (iYbLN)
"The White House decision to invoke executive privilege implies that
White House officials were either involved in the ‘Fast and Furious’
operation or the cover-up that followed. The Administration has always
insisted that wasn't the case. Were they lying, or are they now bending
the law to hide the truth?” Buck said.
Wow. Are those.... are those BALLS I see? From our GOP Speaker? Holy shit!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 20, 2012 11:13 AM (4df7R)
360 Evil thought just popped to mind. Defund the DoJ until Fast and Furious is sorted out. ....
I think that some congressmen tried to do that already....didn't they?
Posted by: wheatie at June 20, 2012 11:14 AM (M2JTb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2012 03:11 PM (XSVkw) <<<<<<
You think thats evil? Try imagining Holder face down on a prison cot earning a cookie while chewing the (severely stained and crusty) pillow case. That rite thar is woodie country.
Posted by: maddogg at June 20, 2012 11:14 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Lee A. at June 20, 2012 03:11 PM (e8kgV)
Simple, because they are not passing a new law that applies to actions before the law was passed. They are voting to hold him in contempt because he refuses to comply with a lawful subpena to provide documents relating to a crime.
Posted by: Vic at June 20, 2012 11:14 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 20, 2012 03:13 PM (4df7R)
Send him some pudding, and we'll find out for sure.
Posted by: Insomniac at June 20, 2012 11:14 AM (DrWcr)
What?
A Bill of Attainder is (more or less) saying it's illegal for you to exist, or to be a member of a certain group. Being in "Contempt of Congress" is a specific act you have performed.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at June 20, 2012 11:14 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 20, 2012 11:14 AM (IVb/Q)
Thank you, my queen. As always, I am in your service.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 20, 2012 11:15 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: kallisto at June 20, 2012 03:09 PM (jm/9g)
xactly, everyday i think about the 2010 elections and how grateful i am to americans paying attention.
Posted by: willow at June 20, 2012 11:15 AM (TomZ9)
CBS News has learned the family of ICE Agent Jamie Zapata has filed a claim against DOJ and federal agencies for wrongful death
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 11:15 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 20, 2012 03:14 PM (IVb/Q)
This is NOT the PROPER use for Jello PUDding!
Posted by: Bill Cosby at June 20, 2012 11:16 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 20, 2012 11:16 AM (4df7R)
361 How is voting someone in "contempt of Congress" not a bill of attainder?
The good and plenty clause, of course
Posted by: Hank Johnson at June 20, 2012 11:16 AM (UaxA0)
Posted by: Sean Bannion
Since it's alex you are addressing as queen I'll let it go...once.
Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 11:17 AM (iYbLN)
1) Latinos are underrepresented in swing states.
While the Latino vote is frequently portrayed as a critical voting bloc,
in truth it is concentrated in only a few swing states with just a
handful of electoral votes. The only states where Latinos make up more
than 10 percent of the electorate are: Arizona (16 percent of the
electorate in 200
, California (18 percent), Colorado (13 percent),
Florida (14 percent), Nevada (15 percent), New Mexico (41 percent), and
Texas (20 percent).
Of these, only Colorado, Florida, and Nevada are swing states; New Mexico and Arizona are at best borderline swing states. In Florida, the Latino vote largely (though decreasingly) comprises voters of Cuban descent and is therefore atypical of other Latino electorates.
So in the end, weÂ’re talking about Colorado and Nevada as the states where this is likely to produce dividends of any size, for a total of 15 electoral votes.
Posted by: Lee Atwater at June 20, 2012 11:17 AM (e8kgV)
Sure, let it come to a vote. Make sure to add an amendment to that bill which requires DoJ to itemize the expenses involved in NOT complying with a lawful subpoena.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 20, 2012 11:17 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: Riding Through! Pardon Me! at June 20, 2012 11:17 AM (Os+6p)
Posted by: Hank Johnson at June 20, 2012 03:16 PM (UaxA0)
Ah, go tip over and capsize, you hack!
Posted by: Insomniac at June 20, 2012 11:18 AM (DrWcr)
Ask Brian Terry's family what their cost has been.
You fucking scumbag.
Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 11:18 AM (iYbLN)
You're the princess.
If I could get you two in the same room it might be a royally good time.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 20, 2012 11:19 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 03:15 PM (piMMO)
Good news. Remind people that the Obama administration, in its illegal operation called Fast and Furious, got two US government agents killed.
Barry O'Stupid, but with invocation of Executive Privilege in an attempt to shield your loyal scheis shoveling minion Eric Holder, has now firmly tied himself to this operation. I do not think this is anchor they were looking for when they DREAMed up that selective enforcement.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2012 11:19 AM (XSVkw)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 20, 2012 11:19 AM (C8mVl)
http://bit.ly/KNi780
Pfeiffer: Do-Nothing Congress! Bush's fault!
Posted by: 80sBaby at June 20, 2012 11:20 AM (d6QMz)
Weiner's "downfall" was essentially meaningless in comparison to the shit being pulled by the Obama regime right now, today.
Yes, it was good to see Weiner pay for his arrogance, and good to see Ace hammering on him without letup. All well-deserved, as you say.
But when Obama's co-conspirators are wadding up the law and using it for toilet paper, much of the response from our side has been snark and occasional thoughtful comments, mixed in -- mostly at sites like Tepid Air and NRO -- with sidestepping (Poppin' Fresh's current screed comments on another blogger's postulation that mentioning Romney hurts blog traffic, supplanting a T-Paw for VP? earlier thread) and weak-kneed statements that gee, Holder isn't being very cooperative, isn't he?
In other words, we are defending our country with snark and silence. Ordinarily, I wouldn't mind so much, but I'm losing patience with the "good optics/hey, he's got his issues, but...." attitude toward Obama. And the damage being done is far too great.
Posted by: MrScribbler at June 20, 2012 11:20 AM (MQc8e)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 20, 2012 03:16 PM (4df7R)
hysterical, weren't millions just spent on sports players unsportsman like behavior?
Posted by: willow at June 20, 2012 11:20 AM (TomZ9)
Lynch you can't put a price on human life.
We and the National Health Service of Great Britain beg to differ.
Posted by: Independent Payment Advisory Board at June 20, 2012 11:20 AM (v+QvA)
Posted by: Soona at June 20, 2012 11:20 AM (K+8Tp)
Posted by: Y-not at June 20, 2012 11:20 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Buffalobob at June 20, 2012 11:21 AM (/C1mM)
Posted by: Nick Cage at June 20, 2012 11:21 AM (136wp)
Aaaaand Lankford brings the pain on Lynch's stupid amendment, because it would be trying to itemize the cost of investigating the murder of a US Border Agent (put a price on the man's life?), AND because "the cost rises as the administration drags its feet." Excellent.
And BAM! He brings up the cost of Roger Clemmons' investigation. NICE.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 20, 2012 11:21 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: steevy at June 20, 2012 11:21 AM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: maddogg at June 20, 2012 11:22 AM (OlN4e)
Actually, it technically is a bill of attainder, except for the fact that the legislature is acting in a judicial role.
Posted by: imp at June 20, 2012 11:22 AM (UaxA0)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 20, 2012 11:22 AM (IVb/Q)
But have any of them mentioned that, unlike Fast and Furious, Watergate did not have a body count?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at June 20, 2012 11:23 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Wisrich at June 20, 2012 11:23 AM (hdpay)
Re: the Rodney King on Lynch. Excellent.
There is no statue of limitations on murder. Expense is never factored in when pursuing true justice.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2012 11:23 AM (XSVkw)
Posted by: maddogg at June 20, 2012 03:22 PM (OlN4e)
You can't put a price on human life, but we'll sure put a price on ending it.
Posted by: Planned Parenthood at June 20, 2012 11:23 AM (v+QvA)
Posted by: Preezy Obama at June 20, 2012 11:24 AM (gPDxp)
Posted by: Nighthawk at June 20, 2012 11:24 AM (IyKYr)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 20, 2012 11:24 AM (C8mVl)
Posted by: butch at June 20, 2012 11:24 AM (nK2Sx)
392 348 ---"Barky has sailed past the similarities to Nixon....and is in 3rd world dictator territory."
There is a good reason my mother calls him " El Hugon," i.e., The Big Hugo.
Heh. ....or "Castrobama".
Posted by: wheatie at June 20, 2012 11:25 AM (M2JTb)
Posted by: Kaitian at June 20, 2012 11:25 AM (r9xdy)
Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at June 20, 2012 11:26 AM (UU0OF)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at June 20, 2012 11:26 AM (8y9MW)
And thanks to Atkinson for having some integrity.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 20, 2012 03:24 PM (C8mVl) <<<<
I think when you start to apply labels like "integrity" to any member of the MFM you are skating on thin ice, very thin. Her motivations are unknown, and you could get burned putting faith in an unknown vessel.
Posted by: maddogg at June 20, 2012 11:27 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Kaitian at June 20, 2012 11:27 AM (r9xdy)
Posted by: Kaitian at June 20, 2012 11:28 AM (r9xdy)
Posted by: cajun carrot at June 20, 2012 11:28 AM (UZQM8)
Posted by: Kaitian at June 20, 2012 11:30 AM (r9xdy)
Chaffetz, "Let me see what you are hiding there Mr. Holder."
Lynch, "I said he can move along."
Chaffetz, "Show us what you have in your hands Mr. Holder."
This was going somewhere and the sheer hubris, stupidity, and other factors totally derailed me.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2012 11:30 AM (XSVkw)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 20, 2012 11:30 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 20, 2012 11:30 AM (C8mVl)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 20, 2012 11:32 AM (4df7R)
I was under the impression that homeland security answered to holder and the DOJ too? But, they aren't listed.
Posted by: the morning coffee crew at June 20, 2012 11:33 AM (oZfic)
Posted by: Vic at June 20, 2012 11:33 AM (YdQQY)
New theme song for the SCOAMT regime (an oldie but a goodie): "You Can't Hide Your Lyin' Eyes".
Posted by: Soona at June 20, 2012 11:34 AM (K+8Tp)
Posted by: Kaitian at June 20, 2012 11:34 AM (r9xdy)
Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 11:34 AM (iYbLN)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 20, 2012 11:34 AM (4df7R)
Cummings: We need better gun Laws, STAT!!!
Our dishonest program of the DOJ selling guns to Mexican drug lordsns proves that the Gov't can't be trusted and thus take guns out of the hands of the citizinry.
Posted by: Wisrich at June 20, 2012 11:34 AM (hdpay)
Posted by: Kaitian at June 20, 2012 11:35 AM (r9xdy)
Posted by: El Barako at June 20, 2012 11:35 AM (QupBk)
Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 03:34 PM (iYbLN)
More like she had another full flagon of mead.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 20, 2012 11:35 AM (4df7R)
http://tinyurl.com/79vtpva
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2012 11:37 AM (XSVkw)
Posted by: toby928© at June 20, 2012 11:37 AM (QupBk)
Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 03:34 PM (iYbLN)
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She looks like she and Nancy go to the same back-ally botox joint.
Posted by: Soona at June 20, 2012 11:39 AM (K+8Tp)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2012 11:39 AM (XSVkw)
This trainwreck is saying this investigation has become political because it's an election year? Issa's been investigating this shit for quite a while before 2012 and it's eventual that it might fall onto an election year.
Posted by: Kaitian at June 20, 2012 11:40 AM (r9xdy)
Posted by: Soona at June 20, 2012 11:42 AM (K+8Tp)
Posted by: Wisrich at June 20, 2012 11:42 AM (hdpay)
Posted by: small town girl at June 20, 2012 03:39 PM (UDD5I)
What they are trying to do is drag their feet like a drunk in a bar at last call. Then when Issa throws down the hammer they can whine to the press that they didn't have a chance to voice their concerns and introduce bipartisanship.
Posted by: Vic at June 20, 2012 11:42 AM (YdQQY)
Well they can stuff it. Their Lightworker murdered two US agents and 300+ Mexican civilians.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2012 11:44 AM (XSVkw)
Posted by: Wisrich at June 20, 2012 11:46 AM (hdpay)
The Democratic Party of the United States: Incompetency is our motivation!
Posted by: Kaitian at June 20, 2012 11:46 AM (r9xdy)
Posted by: MFM brainstorming committee at June 20, 2012 11:46 AM (K+8Tp)
Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 11:47 AM (iYbLN)
Somebody up thread said getting Weiner was relatively minor. I suppose, but he was being groomed for higher office.
Sort of like the old argument as to what you would do if you had met Hitler when he was just a painter in Vienna.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 20, 2012 11:48 AM (TOk1P)
Chaffetz to Norton: " Will you yield"
Norton: "jezz, oh all right"
Chaffetz proceeds to rip her argument apart.
Norton, cutting of Chaffetz " I cease to yield. Don't confuse us with the facts"
Posted by: Wisrich at June 20, 2012 11:49 AM (hdpay)
“It was an air strike. We have no additional details whatsoever,” ICRC spokesman Hicham Hassan said in Geneva.
On Tuesday, U.N. human rights investigator Christof Heyns called on the Obama administration to justify its policy of assassinating rather than capturing al Qaeda or Taliban suspects, increasingly with the use of unmanned drone aircraft that also kill civilians.
We all knew eventually this would happen. The decision to stop adding to the population of Gitmo justified the policy of assassinating rather than capturing al Qaeda or Taliban suspects.
Posted by: Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta at June 20, 2012 11:50 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 03:48 PM (iYbLN)
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But that would be...you know.....racist.
Posted by: Soona at June 20, 2012 11:50 AM (K+8Tp)
****
The wonderful thing about a Gowdy-pounce is that he is well-prepared before venturing in. He speaks passionately, but not emotionally. Chaffetz, although I am a fan, opened the door for the Dems earlier delay tactic by responding off-the-cuff and mentioning that Issa had offered docs last night.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 11:53 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Wisrich at June 20, 2012 11:54 AM (hdpay)
Jaysus and Begorrah! Who knew that Eric Holder was the love child of Ron Ziegler (Nixon's "that statement is no longer operative") and some lying hooker tranny down in the red light district?
He thinks he can put out a lie and just retract it and it didn't happen? The reason he was born is that Ron Ziegler didn't "retract" in time.
Posted by: Soledad O'Brien at June 20, 2012 11:57 AM (6USwK)
Give him a job as an art critic. Appease his personality traits and get him out of history's way.
That way, I can smirk at Viennese newspapers while I put down the Communist takeover of Germany in the '30s. Hey, I never said it was a good plan...
Posted by: Brother Cavil presents at June 20, 2012 12:02 PM (GBXon)
Posted by: H.L. Mencken's Ghost at June 20, 2012 12:03 PM (YFFpo)
BOOSH!!!
Posted by: small town girl at June 20, 2012 12:04 PM (UDD5I)
Posted by: Brother Cavil presents at June 20, 2012 12:05 PM (GBXon)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 12:05 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at June 20, 2012 12:46 PM (UU0OF)
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