Holder Thumbs Nose At Congress One Last Time : Freedom Outpost

In a last minute attempt at a deal to keep from having a full House vote on contempt charges against the United States Attorney General, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa and House Speaker John Boehner met with Eric Holder to once again request the documents they have requested for months. Not surprisingly Holder did not come through. However, he did have his staff provide 30 documents that produced no new evidence in the botched Fast and Furious operation.

All of this followed Issa’s challenge to Barack Obama’s assertion of executive privilege and it’s subsequent dismissal by White House spokesman Ed Schultz claiming, “Our position is consistent with executive branch legal precedent for the past three decades spanning administrations of both parties.”

While the Obama administration is unwilling to work with the House Oversight Committee and looking more and more guilty as each day goes by, the vote on contempt is shaping up to be more and more partisan. That’s fine. Let the party’s show partisanship. This only further demonstrates the ideologies behind them.

With that said, at least one Democrat is openly going to break ranks with his party and vote in favor of contempt for the Attorney General. Utah Democrat Jim Matheson has said he will vote against Holder. “It just compounds the tragedy when both sides play politics instead of releasing the facts. The Terry family, the public and Congress deserve answers,” Matheson said. “Sadly, it seems that it will take holding the attorney general in contempt to communicate that evasiveness is unacceptable.”

Chairman Issa has declared that he has at least 31 Democrats that will vote with Republicans in favor of contempt.

The politically potent National Rifle Association is also keeping tabs on the vote, which may be some of the motivation for certain Democrats to vote with Republicans against Holder. The NRA supports the contempt resolution.

In a letter to House members, the NRA claims that the Obama administration “actively sought information” from Operation Fast and Furious to support its program to require dealers to report multiple rifle sales.

The vote is scheduled for Thursday.

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http://www.facebook.com/people/Mary-Elizabeth-Danuser/698607027 Mary Elizabeth Danuser

What gets me ,is in the past our attorney generals were fantastic.
So how did we get such a dirty&unclean man for this job?
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_M6D4UF53K3E3CMH6INN5UBNTTQ Jackattack

holder ran guns in two countries. that should give him 20 years in jail minimum
ahrmand

The first words out of Holder’s mouth on election day were “The United States is a Nation of Cowards”. That was just a preamble to further disparaging remarks and deportment to mark His gig as our AG.
What a arrogant biggot this clown has to be when he dismissed a action against the New Black Panther goon that wielded a menacing baton at a polling place. Holder defended this lack of action by saying something to the effect that He can’t turn against “My People”.
By being pre-occupied with all manner of distractions that are deliberately generated for that end, and press in upon us from all quarters ’round the clock
has proved to be like the proverbial “Song of the Sirens”.
We are going to circle the wagons, and do what must be done to reverse the trend in progress from the “NEW PARTY” enemies amongst us.
ARDocDan

It is past time to begin the contempt proceedings. Everyday is just more
time for them to destroy evidence and hide the facts further.
pretzeldude

Someone needs to grab this AH by the nuts and throw him back to the Getto.
Jacqueleen

Holder is laughing at us because he knows that whatever happens to him, Obama will pardon him upon leaving office. Vote for a NON-PROGRESSIVE, RON PAUL, 2012 write him in if necessary. Do not vote for either progressive: Daddy “O” or Romney both working for the ruling class of thugs.
Asa Chandler

Holder already knows Obama’s last official act will be a presidential pardon so why worry.
Beau Anderson

A lot of this goes back to the Iran Contra Affair(arms smuggling) where market forces(war on drugs)(prison-industrial complex) and geo-political interests cause turmoil to achieve the US Government’s long term control objectives.Of course Obama will not reveal the secret objectives of invading an out of control Mexico with guns and drugs run amok.Of course he will never openly admit that his other objective is to further restrict or confiscate guns in the USA.
This Fast & Furious Operation was a stupid ploy to allow things to get so out of control that only drastic measures could solve the problems.
EJ

Anyone who calls the POTUS BO should understand what BO means — body odor.
joepotato

Time for Holder and whatever his name is to be indicted.
http://www.apoliticalpundit.wordpress.com/ RVSister the Politicalpundit

Obummer and his cronies all have a plan and they are working it….
Reagormotlow

This is truly a very sad day for this country! Socialism, Nazism, or even Shiria Law is next. Are there no Senators and Representatives with enough backbone to stand up to this. I, for one, am ready for conservative states to secceed from this Unholy Union and start afresh. Before long, there will be blood in our streets, just as some of the Gihadists predicted. GREED has ruled this country way too long and there must be an end to it. Where is the America I grew up in? Where is God in this equation? Now, we can have our toilet paper printed with the Constitution and Declaration of Independence on it. Pick your poison…….Obummer or Seccession! I used to be a proud American, but what do we have to be proud about today?
Docs357

We need to get these thieves out of our Government before we are out of acontry and worshiping strange gods
enrique

Ofcourse some dems are going to vote against holder, it is election time and they they want to remain in office.Why do they not vote to impeach obama ?Lets vote them all out november.
http://www.facebook.com/vihobbs Viola Smith Hobbs

I hope they throw the bum in jail and the other one isn’t re ele ted
13862520

Big Picture! We are in fight between good and evil. Who wins depends on whatever decency, integrity and Christianity is left among the American people. If we fall short, we lose this country to evil for decades. You decide!
lonerider

Take him down.
RonMar

Hopefully this will lead sooner rather than later to impeachment of Holder, followed by impeachment of Obama or filing criminal charges against him as an enemy foreign agent usurper to the office of president and everyone involved with him including Michelle. This will be a change worth hoping for, and I will be proud of my country, its Congress and Judicial branch again, not for the first time like her, but again, one of many times over the years.
dheath

Holder and Obama are making such big fools of this committee and of the american people.. they should be fired just for being disgusting, if nothing else.
- RonMar
  
  The fools are going to get the larger fools in this case.
Jim Blackburn

Our Leader and his army believe — on lousy authority — that this entire nation is ready and willing to choke down all the chevaline manure that he chooses to choke down our gullets. Oddly enough they have proposed yet a single forkful of decent fodder.
- RonMar
  
  That’s Dear Leader to you Mr. Blackburn . Only kidding. You are right.