Comments on: What do these Things Have in Common? Total Disregard for DOJ Rules!

By: looseheadprop

looseheadprop — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:30:46 +0000

I don’t know that the GOP actually objects to Holder, after all, he has proven himself to be a consummate corporate lackey. I think they are going after him because he is one of the few Obama picks who has some ugly stinky baggage and they want to rob Obama of as much political capital as possible.

If Holder were a more honorable person, might he not have withdrawn his name by now to save Obama that fight?

And Norske, conceding you point, solely for the sake of argument,, is “hasn’t been disbarred or found guilty of malpractice” really the bar we want to set for our Attorney General?

My whole point with Holder has always been twofold. 1) he will caost Obama needless loss of political capital, and 2) we can do so much better

By: looseheadprop

looseheadprop — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:23:36 +0000

I would have a great problem with him breaking the rules to put Shrub and Darth in the can.

We are either a nation of laws, or we are a notion of men. If the latter, no one is safe, ever.

By: looseheadprop

looseheadprop — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:21:31 +0000

Certainly in the case of the Rich pardon, he not only did not consult with the relevant US attorney’s office, he deliberetly kept it from them until after it was accomplished. There are very damning emails inthe public sphere.

By: hychka

hychka — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:10:57 +0000

OT but fodder for future blogs… what has $1.48/gallon of unleaded done to the Iranian economy?

I’ve been waiting for over a month for comments on this. Aren’t these folks in deep doodoo??!! OPEC announces cut-backs is skimming the surface for sure.

By: Fern

Fern — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:06:32 +0000

The Republicans seem to be putting up a fight about Holder’s nomination. What is it that they object to?

By: scribe

scribe — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:04:11 +0000

That is precisely the problem.

By violating the rules to achieve a desired result - be it Republicans breaking the laws against torture or warrantless wiretapping on the one hand, or Democrats just throwing Bush and Cheney in some place where the sun never shines - the violators become equally wrong, and commit the same wrongs.

Either we show ourselves better than the Rethugs who wreaked such havoc, or we’d better get ready for worse.

Because if there is one thing history teaches, it is that once the line dividing obeying law from obeying force is crossed in the direction of force, the thuggiest characters always win. Because beyond that line, there is no limit.

By: DWilson

DWilson — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:30:59 +0000

When the patterns of light, colors and textures are integrated together that is what makes up the final picture. And many final pictures also contain optical illusions that are never seen until pointed out by the astute observer.

By: Bluetoe2

Bluetoe2 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:07:35 +0000

Holder is a member in good standing of the oligarchy and the first and only rule of the oligarchy is do not do anything to harm the oligarchy. One can add Obama’s selection of Colorado’s Salazar to the Dept. of the Interior to the list of oligarchs. Meet the new bosses, pretty much the same as the old bosses, but with a smiley face.

By: SanderO

SanderO — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:07:26 +0000

I think it was a mistake to appoint ANYONE who has served in a previous administration to the new one at cabinet level.

ALL of them were part of the growing and gathering problems that culminated in the W fiascos.

There are more than enough intelligent and motivated and ethical and non comprmised people who could serve in these posts.

Obi - BAD MOVES -that’s not a change we can believe in. It’s more of the same.

By: Margot

Margot — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:07:13 +0000

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