Eric Holder: The Vetter who tries to get terrorists out of prison
By Soren Dayton Posted in 2008 | Barack Obama | Clinton Pardons | Eric Holder — Comments (6) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
Earlier, I wrote about Eric Holder, Barack Obama's Veep Vetter. That is after the previous Veep Vetter, Jim Johnson, resigned under shame and later was found to be at the center of a corruption scandal involving the Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee who got under-market loans from Countrywide, which the Senate is voting to give several billion dollars.
At the time, I noted that Holder, who some think would be Obama's Attorney General and is one of Obama's national security advisors -- even though he doesn't attend meetings in public --, argued for clemency for members of a Puerto Rican terrorist organization.
Well, while Holder was getting a pardon for the husband of a big donor to Bill Clinton (we are talking about Marc Rich), he missed that another set of terrorists, two convicted members of the domestic terror group, the Weather Underground, Susan Rosenberg and Linda Sue Evans, were getting commuted sentences. Now, Obama doesn't think that the commutations of these guys were acceptable. When his connection to Bill Ayers was raised by Hillary Clinton, he said:
"By Senator Clinton's own vetting standards, I don't think she'd make it since President Clinton pardoned or commuted the sentences of two members of the Weather Underground, which I think is a slightly more significant act than me serving on a board with someone for actions that he did 40 years ago."
So this future AG and current national security advisor sherpaed the pardon of the husband of a big donor, argued for clemency for terrorists, and overlooked the commutation of other terrorists.
And this guy is supposed to vet Obama's VP choices? Are you kidding me? Is this a circus? Are these guys the freak show?
You're close. It's the reincarnation of the Clinton administration, just a different color. It makes me gag to see the names of Holder, Albright, Craig, Clarks (Wesley & Richard), Davis, Shalala and probably soon to be Secretary of the Treasury again, Rubin. Yet, here they come. So much for change. So sit back and enjoy because this is being brought to you by the lackluster GOP of the last four years, and it'll take ten years before we can change the tide and get it back.
a better Treasury Sec than Bush's appointees. And some of the people in the Bush Admin have been horrible. I give you Alberto Gonzales.
"Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty"
Kyle
Some of Bush's appointees were disasters. It pains me to think the administration couldn't find the likes of Mukazy, Gates or even Paulsen until it was too late. Thank God they got Roberts and Alito on the Court. However, my point is, that should Obama get in, it's a return to the Clinton cadre of political operatives and all of their dirty laundry. So much for change.
Maybe the DNC is having Obama make an ass of himself so that in August they can throw Clinton back into the fray with having been beaten up for 3 months? I just can't see how Obama's campaign could actually be this bad without trying to be.
When you have the MSM, both cable, major networks and print, tripping over themselves kissing your feet while protecting your rear, you can do just about anything. When you look at the bomb shells he's deflected - Wright, Rezko, Johnson & Holder, Michelle-o-matic, lack of any meaningful experience, and the list goes on, to say he's a teflon candidate is an understatement. Five months is a long time; I'm still not sold Hillary is moving on; me thinks she remains lurking in the shadows awaiting something more to shake the Dem's confidence in BHO. Time will tell.
going to be Secretary of State?
Or is it Tigger?
Or Eeyore?
Obama is flip-flopping so much I cannot keep up.