Holder says he’s a ‘proxy’ for Obama
Source: Washington Post
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. sharply criticized lawmakers Monday for voting to hold him in contempt of Congress last week, saying Republicans have made him a proxy to attack President Obama in an election year.
In his first interview since Thursdays vote, Holder said lawmakers have used an investigation of a botched gun-tracking operation as a way to seek retribution against the Justice Department for its policies on a host of issues, including immigration, voting rights and gay marriage. He said the chairman of the committee leading the inquiry, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), is engaging in political theater as the Justice Department tries to focus on public safety.
Ive been doing all of these things all the time Darrell Issa and his band have been nipping at my heels, a defiant Holder said. Theyve been nipping, but Ive been walking.
The attorney general has long been a lightning rod for Republican lawmakers anger toward the Obama administration. But Holder said the debate over documents related to the gun operation, known as Fast and Furious along with the National Rifle Associations attempts to make it an electoral issue have made matters worse.
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freshwest
(53,661 posts)bluesbassman
(19,372 posts)The more outrageous the better, and whenever Issa is involved you know it'll be outrageous.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)alp227
(32,021 posts)PSPS
(13,595 posts)At least until I heard someone mention it in a radio report. When I heard that, I realized this was all about Holder's real crime: BAGWB.
This is just the wailing of crackers.
plus the fact that the rabid rightwing nutjobs know they'll never have an Obama sex scandal
Skittles
(153,160 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,958 posts)Holder (DOJ), Lisa Jackson (EPA), Margaret Hamburg (FDA).
Can't have those black faces in high places. Oh no. Can't happen.
And sadly, they hold the power of regulation and enforcement of the biggest corporate industries in the U.S.
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)Shirley Sherrod and Van Jones...
Oh, and the New Black Panther party was somehow started by the president, too!
They're all proxies for President Obama.
alp227
(32,021 posts)And didn't know her name either. She has the German last name because her father is Jewish.
Ya think Mr. Holder.
I hope AG Holder just keeps on doing what he is doing, sooner or later, Issa will take his toys and go home crying like a little baby because he didn't get his way.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)I tempted to say women too, but that may be a bit too difficult to prove