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Ed Suspicious

(8,879 posts)
5. He's not done with his public interest work, although I wish he was. I hate wondering which ones
Wed Jul 8, 2015, 07:15 PM
Jul 2015

are the crooks and criminals.

"Just because I'm at Covington doesn't mean I will abandon the public interest work," he told CNN. He added to the National Law Review that a big part of the reason he was going back to private practice was because he wanted to give back to the community."

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Agree completely, but dont pretend Holder is alone in this either with previous AG's randys1 Jul 2015 #1
who exactly is pretending that? Skittles Jul 2015 #25
+1 840high Jul 2015 #51
Um, Holder was the first AG since the banksters crashed the economies of the US and several merrily Jul 2015 #91
You are correct, Holder is not alone. bvar22 Jul 2015 #124
you mean SUPERMAN? randys1 Jul 2015 #133
"Brought Much-Improved Transparency and Better Government" Unknown Beatle Jul 2015 #150
D.C. is the new Vegas olddots Jul 2015 #2
His entire term as AG was one long performance review, apparently. arcane1 Jul 2015 #3
the swooners need to add this to THE LIST Skittles Jul 2015 #4
Whereas beginning and ending a short and cryptic comment with smears is healthy? Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #20
love how that is more insulting to you than Holder's actions Skittles Jul 2015 #24
IKR!? Rex Jul 2015 #122
that is a mild way of putting it Skittles Jul 2015 #152
Mild concern trolling is all the rage now. Rex Jul 2015 #153
What does that have to do with the issue at hand? If that is a distraction it's lame. rhett o rick Jul 2015 #44
Is Eric Holder actually a Democrat? Facility Inspector Jul 2015 #57
Sorry, but what's your point? He obviously meets the definition of Democrat. nm rhett o rick Jul 2015 #62
My point Facility Inspector Jul 2015 #64
Well then I duely appologize. Most posting on this board are very familiar with rhett o rick Jul 2015 #141
Are Democrats not allowed to work in the financial industry? BlueEye Jul 2015 #130
One of the impediments to enforcing regulations and laws is the fact that so many JDPriestly Jul 2015 #142
How about I give you a real example of Holder's duplicity in running interference for big Dustlawyer Jul 2015 #60
If you loved AG Holder so much you will love AG Cruz under Jeb. I know the true enemy. Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #65
Christ, what a vapid response. Marr Jul 2015 #76
Look up "vapid". It is not what you think it means. See post # 4 for an actual example. Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #77
You didn't even read the article. Marr Jul 2015 #78
Are you sure? merrily Jul 2015 #95
Marr used the word perfectly. bvar22 Jul 2015 #125
I noticed three "corrections" he made on this thread. He was mistaken. merrily Jul 2015 #154
Conservatives just love to draw on fear, don't they? frylock Jul 2015 #89
We will surely find out if we nominate Hillary!! pocoloco Jul 2015 #107
Yes we will! bvar22 Jul 2015 #126
That isn't even worthy of a substantive reply. hifiguy Jul 2015 #147
Don't you DARE start bringing up facts. hifiguy Jul 2015 #106
Holder was the perfect AG for this administration. pa28 Jul 2015 #137
You should learn to prioritize your indignation. frylock Jul 2015 #87
Seriously. Attack a fellow poster over nothing, defend to the death a professional politician merrily Jul 2015 #97
+1 Marr Jul 2015 #74
He's not done with his public interest work, although I wish he was. I hate wondering which ones Ed Suspicious Jul 2015 #5
A must read /nt think Jul 2015 #6
Leaving a law firm for political service and then returning to same said law firm is "cashing in"? Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #7
. Ed Suspicious Jul 2015 #14
Actually it is rpannier Jul 2015 #16
He got that job in the first instance after public service in the Clinton administration and merrily Jul 2015 #98
+1 onenote Jul 2015 #17
HSBC bank laundered money for "guys who chop peoples' heads off with chainsaws" think Jul 2015 #18
+1 dreamnightwind Jul 2015 #53
And that is just what we know. raouldukelives Jul 2015 #81
I wondered about that too creeksneakers2 Jul 2015 #36
He will now be paid for preventing prosecution of their clients nt HomerRamone Jul 2015 #38
He was already had the same job at that firm creeksneakers2 Jul 2015 #39
The firm will do better, he'll do better HomerRamone Jul 2015 #40
Gave up a lucrative multi-million dollar a year job to take a 200K a year high stress government job....he is the devil! Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #41
You make a good point even though I doubt you know it. So why would he give up a high paying rhett o rick Jul 2015 #46
well fucking said ProfessorPlum Jul 2015 #63
Excellent post! City Lights Jul 2015 #66
This ought to be an OP. snagglepuss Jul 2015 #88
Thanks for the support. nm rhett o rick Jul 2015 #118
DURec for rhett o rick (Reply #46)! bvar22 Jul 2015 #131
Excellent point! Unknown Beatle Jul 2015 #151
Yes, but he got his "old job" to begin with after being in goverment service. merrily Jul 2015 #80
Said law firm's main clientele is who? hobbit709 Jul 2015 #56
"Is whom". You love AG Holder, you gonna love AG Cruz. I see the enemy, you choose not to. Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #69
ROFLMAO!!! truebrit71 Jul 2015 #70
Well, he sees some of the enemies, anyway. merrily Jul 2015 #103
I know who the enemy is. The question is which side are you on? hobbit709 Jul 2015 #71
Insist on perfection, you make an enemy of the good. You have chosen your enemies, I, mine. Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #72
Perfection? That's the funniest thing I've been accused of in a long time. hobbit709 Jul 2015 #73
Holder has no items in his "I was perfect" list, but a lot of very good ones...you would think the Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #75
Republicans reflexively and mindlessly hate anything done with a D after their name LondonReign2 Jul 2015 #112
You might want to use the vocative ending, not the nominative one. "Et tu, Brutus! (sic: Brute!)" xocet Jul 2015 #127
I predict crickets......... Pretty Guy Whitey Corngood Jul 2015 #140
Perfectionists abolished slavery in our country, fought and won the right to organize in the JDPriestly Jul 2015 #144
Damn tootin! hifiguy Jul 2015 #146
No. Who. It's a predicate nominative, in the nominative case, not the objective case. merrily Jul 2015 #82
Thanks, Professor. frylock Jul 2015 #90
So no matter HOW bad a Dem is, you shouldn't complain because the only alternative is a Republican HomerRamone Jul 2015 #109
Wow, impressive strawman you built there! Can I help you tear it down, please?? Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #110
On the firm overview page: (link to) "Covington professionals with government service experience" merrily Jul 2015 #99
To anyone not blinded by their adoring worship of the status quo. hobbit709 Jul 2015 #100
Why posters post as they do is something I can only speculate about. merrily Jul 2015 #101
Are you pretending you don't know to insinuate a point? Just tell us your rhett o rick Jul 2015 #117
My point is that I'm not surprised by said revolving door. hobbit709 Jul 2015 #119
Typical... truebrit71 Jul 2015 #67
Yep. merrily Jul 2015 #83
You have also used "classic" wrongly. Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #84
Nope, not at all. (Also?) merrily Jul 2015 #85
Jeez, you can't even get that right... truebrit71 Jul 2015 #116
Sad really. bvar22 Jul 2015 #134
He and Duncan are a disgrace Doctor_J Jul 2015 #8
Like GWB, Obama surrounded himself with bad people bigwillq Jul 2015 #19
And what kind of person does that? FiveGoodMen Jul 2015 #30
Holder surrounded himself with bad people, too. OnyxCollie Jul 2015 #35
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #9
He told us banks were too big and too difficult to prosecute. pa28 Jul 2015 #10
Eric Holder Admits Some Banks Are Just Too Big To Prosecute jakeXT Jul 2015 #52
Too big for the United States of America to prosecute? Really? merrily Jul 2015 #102
Gee, I wonder why he didn't want to prosecute any of the banksters? ybbor Jul 2015 #11
$2.5 million Jack Rabbit Jul 2015 #12
Yeah...I didn't think he was 1/2 that cute. bvar22 Jul 2015 #129
K&FuckinR. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jul 2015 #13
Like clockwork... G_j Jul 2015 #15
Holder is a disgrace. GoneFishin Jul 2015 #21
Timothy Geithner has been doing quite well too I imagine. Stevepol Jul 2015 #22
Hanky Panky Bernanke as well. Public "servants" all. A yup. merrily Jul 2015 #104
Agree 100% CanonRay Jul 2015 #23
Well bless his heart. nc4bo Jul 2015 #26
Apparently his former employer does do pro buono work Historic NY Jul 2015 #27
They're not paying him $2.5 million per year to do pro-bono work - eom dreamnightwind Jul 2015 #54
Exactly. n/t brentspeak Jul 2015 #59
depressing and revolting heaven05 Jul 2015 #28
.... merrily Jul 2015 #105
K&R! Omaha Steve Jul 2015 #29
I work with the top lawyers wilt the stilt Jul 2015 #31
"...like announcing that he's going back to get a doctorate at the University of Blow Me." Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #32
That's got to sting Babel_17 Jul 2015 #33
Did everyone here expect him to open a lemonade stand? George II Jul 2015 #34
Apparently leaving your very good job to take up public office/service and then returning is evil incarnate! Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #42
How do you feel about a bank laundering money for a Mexican cartel that makes beheading videos? think Jul 2015 #43
Strawman. I do not play with strawmen. Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #48
His law firm represents some of the banks mentioned in the article in case you missed that part. think Jul 2015 #50
He clearly didn't read the article... truebrit71 Jul 2015 #68
It's corruption at it's worst and yet you think it's cute. He was hired by us to prosecute crooked rhett o rick Jul 2015 #47
Hopefully President Sanders... clg311 Jul 2015 #37
I'll drink to that! KansDem Jul 2015 #92
... AzDar Jul 2015 #45
Well, Eric snagged a good job. Some might, indeed would call it a payoff. PatrickforO Jul 2015 #49
Kicked and recommended to the absolute Max! Enthusiast Jul 2015 #55
I can't wait until Hillary comes in and cleans up all this corruption and graft! Romulox Jul 2015 #58
It's her turn to clean up corruption and graft. frylock Jul 2015 #93
lol! Perfectly stated. /nt Marr Jul 2015 #132
It's her turn to Look Forward, Not Backward... Maedhros Jul 2015 #136
Hey, don't blame me.. frylock Jul 2015 #138
I can fix that for you. hifiguy Jul 2015 #108
"Just because I'm at Covington doesn't mean I will abandon the public interest work." -Eric Holder raindaddy Jul 2015 #61
Implies that he has been doing "public interest work" doesn't it? truebluegreen Jul 2015 #94
I wonder what the Rest fredamae Jul 2015 #79
The corruption is in our face now Oilwellian Jul 2015 #86
Another reason to vote for Bernie kacekwl Jul 2015 #96
K & R !!! WillyT Jul 2015 #111
Let me remind everyone that people went to prison for corporate scandals long ago... AZ Progressive Jul 2015 #113
This message was self-deleted by its author AZ Progressive Jul 2015 #114
What do you do when DC is full of people seeking to milk the govt for career advancing purposes? AZ Progressive Jul 2015 #115
Trojan horse president hires protectors of the 1%, lark Jul 2015 #120
And his buddy Rahm Emanuel hired them and dismisses us "f'ing retards"... cascadiance Jul 2015 #121
Until we up end this plutocracy, expect more of the same. I wish Holder was a rarety. Rex Jul 2015 #123
His Legacy will be the " Trojan Horse " president ! and the 1% still alive in a 100 yrs will adore orpupilofnature57 Jul 2015 #128
Nothing we can do about it. Whine? Vote Sanders and make a change. YOHABLO Jul 2015 #135
Holder was already a Wall Street Insider d_legendary1 Jul 2015 #139
Holder Is The Attorney Equivalent Of Rubin And Other Wall Streeters colsohlibgal Jul 2015 #143
Sigh.. have to say it ymetca Jul 2015 #145
Mike Papantonio is a good guy though. We need to keep him! cascadiance Jul 2015 #149
Subpoena Eric Holder's communication with his corporate law firm HomerRamone Jul 2015 #148
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