Republicans Draft Contempt Finding Against Holder; Will File It Unless He Begins Complying In Next Several Weeks

In the LAT. Over the air at Fox, Megyn Kelley said the plan was to file it unless Holder begins complying with document requests.

Republican House leaders have drafted a proposed contempt of Congress citation against Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. in which they charge that he and his Justice Department have repeatedly "obstructed and slowed" the Capitol Hill investigation into [Fast & Furious].
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If adopted by the GOP-led House, the contempt resolution would be sent to the U.S. attorney's office in Washington or perhaps an independent counsel in an attempt to force the Justice Department to provide tens of thousands of internal documents to the committee.

Posted by: Ace at 01:44 PM

Comments

1 a few weeks?
he's been shucking and jiving for over 6 months, already!

Posted by: garrett at April 27, 2012 01:45 PM (VwrfQ)

2 Stop or we'll stay stop again!

Posted by: House GOP, Mall Cop Admirers at April 27, 2012 01:45 PM (I2LwF)

3 "Complying" .....Uh, who gets to determine what that is?

Posted by: wheatie at April 27, 2012 01:46 PM (O4AQQ)

4 Sic the TSA on Holder. Cavity search.

Posted by: Pecos, at April 27, 2012 01:47 PM (2Gb0y)

5 Don't call my bluff

Posted by: dogfish at April 27, 2012 01:47 PM (NuPNl)

6 Did something just get real?

Posted by: Navin R Johnson at April 27, 2012 01:48 PM (HpT9p)

7 Boehner the crying little pussy is balking at Issa doing this.

He should just resign.

Posted by: EC at April 27, 2012 01:48 PM (GQ8sn)

8 zzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz

Posted by: The Fat Lady at April 27, 2012 01:48 PM (QKKT0)

9 The Balls!

Posted by: Bosk at April 27, 2012 01:48 PM (n2K+4)

10 Please do not taunt Happy Fun Alex, please do not taunt Happy Fun Alex.

Posted by: alexthechick at April 27, 2012 01:48 PM (VtjlW)

11 YOU CAN DO EET!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 27, 2012 01:49 PM (ebPtk)

12 7
Boehner the crying little pussy is balking at Issa doing this.

Seriously? Good grief, Boehner needs to resign THIS WEEK.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 27, 2012 01:50 PM (i0App)

13
Mentions Magnificent Megyn and no naughty librarian glasses photo......geez, do we have to do everything?????

http://tinyurl.com/85d3lz2

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 27, 2012 01:50 PM (ofIpS)

14 If Holder doesn't "comply," whatever that means, then the House could go to a U.S. Court, which could send out the marshals.

How much time would all that take up?

Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at April 27, 2012 01:50 PM (H+Ibc)

15
Please let this happen please let this happen please let this happen.

Posted by: Gold Two at April 27, 2012 01:51 PM (APmL9)

16 Bring forth -- the Sternly-Worded Letter!

Posted by: Issa at April 27, 2012 01:51 PM (kaalw)

17 I'd love a real list of all subpoenas and FoIA requests this Administration has refused.

Posted by: momma at April 27, 2012 01:52 PM (oKsWl)

18 Timing folks, 1) File 2) Wait for appointment 3) Profit in late summer/early fall or 1) Holder unloads now 2) Show trial in House early summer, which is better?

Posted by: Jean at April 27, 2012 01:52 PM (WkuV6)

19 Bring forth teh Flaming Skull of Tapioca!!!

Posted by: Tankcdr at April 27, 2012 01:52 PM (/pd0C)

20 NPR: Complying With Congressional Subpeonas -- Is It Really Necessary?

Posted by: wheatie at April 27, 2012 01:52 PM (O4AQQ)

21 One of the rules of parenting is to drop the hammer on known bad behavior without threats. Somebody buy Congress a clue.

Posted by: dogfish at April 27, 2012 01:52 PM (NuPNl)

22
I want to see Eric Holder frog-marched out of the DoJ in handcuffs.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 27, 2012 01:52 PM (APmL9)

23 Holder's just slow jamming his response.

Posted by: John P. Squibob at April 27, 2012 01:53 PM (kqqGm)

24 Raaaaciiiiiisssst!

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 27, 2012 01:53 PM (onMtq)

25 Isn't $8 billion in paper shredders good for Staples?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 27, 2012 01:53 PM (Af3Wg)

26 23 Holder's just slow jamming his response.

Harr!

Posted by: wheatie at April 27, 2012 01:54 PM (O4AQQ)

27 Weeks = WEAK.

Posted by: Joe Mama at April 27, 2012 01:54 PM (9Hd+d)

28 22
I want to see Eric Holder frog-marched out of the DoJ in handcuffs.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 27, 2012 01:52 PM (APmL9)

Who's going to cuff him? The whole damned leadership at the dept. is corrupted.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 27, 2012 01:54 PM (Af3Wg)

29 This is such a cocktease. There's no fucking way the Ruling Class will turn on one of its own. This is about as meaningful as a round of UN sanctions.

Posted by: House GOP, Mall Cop Admirers at April 27, 2012 01:55 PM (I2LwF)

30 sent to the U.S. attorney's office in Washington or perhaps an independent counsel

we can hope.

Posted by: willow at April 27, 2012 01:55 PM (TomZ9)

31 I think I hear the shredders warming up from here.

Posted by: Infidel at April 27, 2012 01:55 PM (O/fK8)

32 All of those shredded documents are going to make a fine park bench on the national mall, someday.

Posted by: grognard, SMOD-Squad at April 27, 2012 01:55 PM (NS2Mo)

33
That was the direct hypocrisy quote.

I actually want to see that chinless motherfucker clubbed to his knees in front of Brian Terry's parents and then skull-dragged to a life sentence at a pound-him-in-the-ass federal facility.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 27, 2012 01:55 PM (APmL9)

34 Just sit him in the comfy chair and poke him with the soft pillows. He'll talk!!

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at April 27, 2012 01:56 PM (dL3/w)

35 Headline should be changed to:

Republicans Draft Contempt Finding Against Black Yanni

Posted by: EC at April 27, 2012 01:56 PM (GQ8sn)

36 NPR - Experts Say Congress Does Not Have the Power to Subpoena Holder

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 27, 2012 01:56 PM (f9c2L)

37 Right now we need to flood the media with people they DoJ has refused under the FoIA.

We also need to point out over and over again that BO promised this would be the most Transparent Admin. ever.

Posted by: momma at April 27, 2012 01:56 PM (oKsWl)

38 Unless until unless until!

Take the freakin red pill already!

We're dyin out here watching the rule of law in free fall!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Mobile at April 27, 2012 01:57 PM (AdNnl)

39 I distinctly heard the word boy.

And coon.

And picaninny.

Posted by: MSM lurkers at April 27, 2012 01:57 PM (9Hd+d)

40 Slightly OT: Holder and I enjoyed some pit bull BBQ sandwiches just last week. We've been using some of the dogs rescued from Vick's dog fighting ring. The savages simply couldn't adjust to being a normal pet, so we did the humane thing.

Remember that and the other things Holder has done for the good of the U.S. populace and their dogs as you go on this irresponsible witchhunt.

Posted by: Barack Obama at April 27, 2012 01:57 PM (sWgE+)

41 OT, but love the spin Obama's putting on this from Yahoo. The headline is that Obama will veto GOP's student loan bill. Yahoo then says:

The GOP's proposal taps funds from his health care law that he says would hurt "women in particular."

Yeah, that War On Women thing worked so well the first time.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 27, 2012 01:57 PM (i0App)

42 Next a strongly worded letter. He should already have had contempt charges and been impeached.

Posted by: Vic at April 27, 2012 01:58 PM (YdQQY)

43 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 27, 2012 01:58 PM (8y9MW)

44 NPR: Is The Constitution Really Just An Outdated Old Document?

[Uh, I think they really did do a piece on this last year.]

Posted by: wheatie at April 27, 2012 01:58 PM (O4AQQ)

45 May be time to dust off the old Capitol jail...

Posted by: Affenhauer at April 27, 2012 01:58 PM (7QZ6R)

46 Hey! I Pointed that out! Go Me!

I'm actually encouraged by this. If nothing else, it shows that the
Republicans are finally willing to take the administration on
head-to-head. Which is something they've needed to do for the last 2
years.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 27, 2012 01:58 PM (8y9MW)

47
If I had an Attorney General, he'd look like Eric Holder.

Posted by: Barry Obama at April 27, 2012 01:59 PM (gppu7)

48 #42

Boner was against those too.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at April 27, 2012 02:00 PM (L7hol)

49 I need to buy popcorn...

Posted by: Country Singer at April 27, 2012 02:00 PM (L8r/r)

50 Hmm. Not like anything will ever come of this.

But I do have this small fantasy that, somehow, the Party of Stupid and its dissapointments in congress will somehow manage a 2-week long string of [Breitbart-like ]events, and compelling narrative, that will somehow get past the MSM blockade. Something in October to get through to the sleeping masses the importance of this issue.

/Fantasy
//Sigh

Posted by: Tonic Dog at April 27, 2012 02:00 PM (X/+QT)

51 And if that doesn't work, i'm putting him on Double Secret Probation

Posted by: Dean Wormer at April 27, 2012 02:01 PM (SO2Q8)

52 How does Congress not have the power to subpoena someone whosedepartment they authorize money to pay for?

Posted by: House GOP, Mall Cop Admirers at April 27, 2012 02:01 PM (I2LwF)

53 Pardon me?

Posted by: Executive Odors at April 27, 2012 02:01 PM (9Hd+d)

54 Congressional Oversight: Does it unnecessarily interfere with the DOJ's important work?

Posted by: NPR at April 27, 2012 02:01 PM (QKKT0)

55 Cut DOJ funding as a "rogue agency."

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Mobile at April 27, 2012 02:02 PM (AdNnl)

56 Make him comply by feeding him Ensure...that's pure torture

Posted by: Leslie Stahl at April 27, 2012 02:02 PM (/pd0C)

57 "We'll complete an unpleasant draft and file it if u force our hand . . ."

What balls, sounds like the congressional repubs belong n the UN.

Posted by: Infidelswine at April 27, 2012 02:02 PM (VN36M)

58 Okay, for those saying "Strongly worded letter" this is something more than that.

If you read the CBS Article about it (I posted it in the last thread), the issue is that there will be a full house vote on the motion to hold him in contempt and then it has to go through the courts to be enforced. So they couldn't go too fast (I agree they went a little slow, but I can concede that it's a judgment call), or the courts probably wouldn't uphold it.

Once it goes through the courts, assuming it's upheld, then they can impeach if he still won't comply. And I think even Democrats would have a hard time swallowing the Attorney General ignoring court orders.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 27, 2012 02:02 PM (8y9MW)

59 I had thought i'd read a few months ago that Boehner had decided this wasn't a 'hill ' and made deals with the dems to not pursue it?

gah, was that true, or did i read something bizzare somewhere !?

Posted by: willow at April 27, 2012 02:02 PM (TomZ9)

60 42
Next a strongly worded letter. He should already have had contempt charges and been impeached.

I've been underwhelmed by Issa so far, but maybe he was waiting until a little closer to election time?

Posted by: slatz at April 27, 2012 02:03 PM (SfWIQ)

61 I have been assured the pardon is just awaiting HIS signature, so go ahead wingnuts!

Posted by: Eric Holed 'er at April 27, 2012 02:03 PM (9Hd+d)

62 NPR: Fast and Furious: Are Dead Mexicans Actually a Good Thing?

Posted by: grognard, SMOD-Squad at April 27, 2012 02:03 PM (NS2Mo)

63 I doubt they have THE BALLS!

Posted by: toby928� at April 27, 2012 02:03 PM (NG097)

64 Congress needs to put a new IG law together and have it on Mitt's desk the day of the inauguration.

The agency IG should not be executive branch employees - make them senior-level GAO employees with standing discretion for their agency (vs at the whim of the committee chairs.), then define a path of judicial standing for them. Provide an explicit authority for those justices to deputize existing state law enforcement with federal authority and jurisdiction for investigation and arrest.

Posted by: Jean at April 27, 2012 02:04 PM (WkuV6)

65 Pardon me while I whip this out.

Posted by: Barry at April 27, 2012 02:04 PM (Xwgt3)

66 I'll believe it when I see them actually file it. Issa has made this claim multiple times and it has gone nowhere. I hope they actually file it and hold Holder in contempt but I won't hold my breath.

Posted by: Colonel Pooteh at April 27, 2012 02:05 PM (YhZFe)

67 Please do not taunt Happy Fun Alex, please do not taunt Happy Fun Alex.
Posted by: alexthechick at April 27, 2012 01:48 PM (VtjlW)

No one would ever do that. BTW, did you hear the Rs are trying to make stompy boots tax deductible?

Posted by: Hydrocarbon Liberation Front at April 27, 2012 02:05 PM (NVu2l)

68 Contempt just begins to describe my regard for congress.

Posted by: Eric Holed 'er at April 27, 2012 02:06 PM (9Hd+d)

69 Are Laws Preventing Justice At The Department Of Justice?

Posted by: NPR at April 27, 2012 02:06 PM (AiZkN)

70 Local news girl is reporting "all" the soldiers who met Barky and Mooch were "overwhelmed with gratitude" over meeting them, and were "impressed" with how "down to earth" they both are. Some of the soldiers have been deployed three times, and many are heading back to A-Stan this summer.

He's getting ready to head back to DC, and Mooch is taking another plane to FL for some event.

The TV reporters are gushing over how the military "love" the couple.

Barky is walking her to her G-5 and the reporters are beside themselves over how "lovely" she is, and how the president loves the troops.

I'm officially sick now.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 27, 2012 02:06 PM (UOM48)

71 Haven't gotten to the comments yet, maybe its already been answered, but don't Congressional contempt citations get handed over to DOJ for prosecution? How would that work here? Would they be forced to do a Special Prosecutor?

Posted by: countrydoc at April 27, 2012 02:06 PM (NxHBP)

72 Holder starts vigorously playing the race card in 5...4..3...2...

Posted by: Drew in MO at April 27, 2012 02:07 PM (KeFbr)

73 No Justice, no pleas.

Posted by: Eric Holed 'er at April 27, 2012 02:07 PM (9Hd+d)

74 A couple of days ago, Issa called this the "most corrupt administration, ever".

But it received very little notice, with everything else going on. ....Also, it's like saying that 'water is wet'. .....at least he had the balls to say it, though.

Posted by: wheatie at April 27, 2012 02:07 PM (O4AQQ)

75

I would love to see Holder all mad and running around...he strikes me as such a weenie douchebag.
Mr Big Shot going after Catholics, then tongue slathering Al Sharpton's ass.

Posted by: rev dr e buzz at April 27, 2012 02:08 PM (ND4gk)

76 This is going nowhere fast. Hey, I know. Let's set him up with a hooker.

Posted by: Fritz at April 27, 2012 02:08 PM (/ZZCn)

77 67 Nice job.

Posted by: Infidel at April 27, 2012 02:08 PM (O/fK8)

78 Posted by: alexthechick at April 27, 2012 01:48 PM (VtjlW) No one would ever do that.

Oh, it's been done.

Posted by: garrett at April 27, 2012 02:08 PM (VwrfQ)

79 NPR: FOIA: Too Much Freedom?

Posted by: grognard, SMOD-Squad at April 27, 2012 02:09 PM (NS2Mo)

80 How many divisions does congress have?

Posted by: Hydrocarbon Liberation Front at April 27, 2012 02:09 PM (NVu2l)

81 So they couldn't go too fast (I agree they went a little slow, but I can concede that it's a judgment call), or the courts probably wouldn't uphold it.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 27, 2012 02:02 PM (8y9MW) The Pubs went slow enough for this thing to blossom right smack in the middle of a Presidential election season. And I kinda like that...

Posted by: joejm65 at April 27, 2012 02:09 PM (UZuc4)

82 F*cking formatting...

Posted by: joejm65 at April 27, 2012 02:10 PM (UZuc4)

83 Can Holder/obama fire people in the US attrny's office? as he did with , Gerald Walpin (IG)

Posted by: willow at April 27, 2012 02:10 PM (TomZ9)

84 Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 27, 2012 02:06 PM (UOM4

Here at Benning we were all feeling sorry for the guys at Stewart, knowing events like that are manditory attendance. And thanking God he didn't come here...

Posted by: Country Singer at April 27, 2012 02:10 PM (L8r/r)

85 74
A couple of days ago, Issa called this the "most corrupt administration, ever".

*sigh*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 27, 2012 02:10 PM (UOM48)

86 Wanting to enforce the border=racist. Funneling guns to Mexican drug cartels to kill them before they can get to the border=... Romney is a evil Mormon who straps dogs to the tops of cars!

Posted by: Drew in MO at April 27, 2012 02:11 PM (KeFbr)

87 Purely symbolic gesture. Holder will ignore it, and Issa, et al, won't push back.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 27, 2012 02:11 PM (kFnmp)

88 Isn't it time for a mainstream media report about how there have been no scandals during Barky's administration?

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 27, 2012 02:12 PM (jUZRg)

89 79 NPR: FOIA: Too Much Freedom?

Posted by: grognard, SMOD-Squad at April 27, 2012 02:09 PM (NS2Mo)

The Fifth Amendment: Does it tell us more than we want to know?

Posted by: jwb7605 at April 27, 2012 02:12 PM (Qxe/p)

90 Mandatory? Is that because he's the CIC? I guess nobody would show up for SCoaMF if it wasn't.

Posted by: Infidel at April 27, 2012 02:12 PM (O/fK8)

91 Megyn said Barky is going after military votes. *bangs head on desk*

Anyone in the military who votes for this bastard is bat-shit insane.

Anyone in the civilian world who votes for him is bat-shit insane and evil.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 27, 2012 02:12 PM (UOM48)

92 Just throw his ass in jail for wasting black ink printing those totally black pages. And for lying about when he knew about FnF. Whats good for baseball players, should be even better for 'public servant' that lies his ass off to Congress. This 'investigation' could have been done in 10 mins. But they are still begging for paper?

Investigation goes like this: Gun shop owner, who told you to sell the guns? Mr. x? OK Mr. X who told you to tell the gun shop owner to sell the guns? Mr. y? OK Mr. y, who told you??? About 10 mins. of phone calls. Issa needs to stop pussy-footing now. No more weeks.

Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262� at April 27, 2012 02:13 PM (UU0OF)

93 Why does this sound like Speaking Loudly and Carrying a Tiny Stick?

Posted by: Eric 2nd biggest stick holder at April 27, 2012 02:14 PM (SO2Q8)

94 "Regrets, but no apology" http://tinyurl.com/85e4rzq

Posted by: . at April 27, 2012 02:16 PM (oZfic)

95 Col. Ralph Peters just ripped into Barky. Pointed out that Romney can't campaign on military bases.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 27, 2012 02:17 PM (UOM48)

96 I'm actually encouraged by this. If nothing else, it shows that the

Republicans are finally willing to consider thinking about the remote possibility of taking the administration on
head-to-head. Which is something they've needed to do for the last 2
years.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 27, 2012 01:58 PM

Fixed.

It's really nice to be encouraged about some tiny move toward bringing the felons of the Bark Obama regime to justice, but I've seen no evidence that the Republicans in Congress have the nads to actually step up and oppose even the most basic and egregious felonies.

Posted by: MrScribbler at April 27, 2012 02:17 PM (MQc8e)

97 The timing may be right on this. Just as Barky is getting ready for his Second Coming in late summer or early fall, Holder may be being charged for contempt of congress.

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 27, 2012 02:17 PM (jUZRg)

98 Aww but Jane D'oh so many of those enlightened tolerant liberal voters just know Obama is that philosopher king who is going to reorder society so that the right thinking people excel over the knuckle dragging masses.

Posted by: Drew in MO at April 27, 2012 02:17 PM (KeFbr)

99 This is just another battle in the GOPs continuing war on womyn.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at April 27, 2012 02:17 PM (qwK3S)

100 Just like a Dago to bring a Draft documentto a Contempt fight

Posted by: Zombie Malone at April 27, 2012 02:17 PM (SO2Q8)

101 If Holder doesn't comply, we will resort to -- the Comfy Chair!

Posted by: Teh Boehner at April 27, 2012 02:18 PM (I8GNk)

102 Mandatory? Is that because he's the CIC? I guess nobody would show up for SCoaMF if it wasn't.
Posted by: Infidel at April 27, 2012 02:12 PM (O/fK

Yeah, there's always madantory attendance for dog-and-pony shows. Trust me, 99.9% of the troops that were there would rather be left alone to do their jobs than have their day disrupted by VIP visits. Especially VIPs from this administration given the current propensity to undercut both Active Duty and Veterans at every possible turn.

Posted by: Country Singer at April 27, 2012 02:18 PM (L8r/r)

103 Wyatt - what is going on with that monster Gosnell?

Posted by: Jean at April 27, 2012 02:18 PM (WkuV6)

104 Take that fucker to the woodshed.

Posted by: Balsamic Shotgun at April 27, 2012 02:19 PM (sTS/8)

105 13

Mentions Magnificent Megyn and no naughty librarian glasses photo......geez, do we have to do everything?????

http://tinyurl.com/85d3lz2
BUNK!!!!!

Posted by: Barry O da Media Ho at April 27, 2012 02:19 PM (Jls4P)

106 So Rush is wasting the whole program on this dumb interview? Good job Rush.

Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262� at April 27, 2012 02:19 PM (UU0OF)

107 91...Anyone in the civilian world who votes for him is bat-shit insane and evil.

The moochers and the looter-class love him. ....He's counting on their votes.

We need to come up with a good soundbite to highlight the stupidity of people who are okay with a lifetime of dependency on government handouts. ....Right now, I got nuthin.

Posted by: wheatie at April 27, 2012 02:20 PM (O4AQQ)

108 No one would ever do that. BTW, did you hear the Rs are trying to make stompy boots tax deductible?

Because of their wit and intelligence and . . . . hold on a second, starting laughing hysterically while typing that for some odd reason.

Posted by: alexthechick at April 27, 2012 02:20 PM (VtjlW)

109 94. Wow, f*ckin lying bastards. Time for tar a feathers.

Posted by: Infidel at April 27, 2012 02:20 PM (O/fK8)

110 Moron Hoarde: I do not approve of your methods! Republican Congree: Yeah, well... You're not from Washington.

Posted by: Zombie Malone at April 27, 2012 02:21 PM (SO2Q8)

111 Just what will the actual consequences of "being held in contempt" be?

Unless he is being hit with something with real teath to it I don't think he or the SCoaMF will care.

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 27, 2012 02:22 PM (XvHmy)

112 105 13 Mentions Magnificent Megyn and no naughty librarian glasses photo......geez, do we have to do everything?????http://tinyurl.com/85d3lz2BUNK!!!!!
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Looking like she's savoring it before the swallow

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 27, 2012 02:22 PM (SO2Q8)

113 103
Wyatt - what is going on with that monster Gosnell?

----------

He's alive. That in itself is a crime.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 27, 2012 02:22 PM (kFnmp)

114 Bring out -- the COMFY CHAIR!

Posted by: GOP Inquisition at April 27, 2012 02:22 PM (sTS/8)

115 Irritable Bowel Syndrome, the New Weight Loss Craze?

Posted by: Ammo Dump at April 27, 2012 02:23 PM (WUWb9)

116 Isn't it time for a mainstream media report about how there have been no scandals during Barky's administration?

America's Low Information Voters: Sometimes not knowing is the best option.

Posted by: NPR at April 27, 2012 02:23 PM (QKKT0)

117 If Holder Were Hiding Something, Wouldn't We Have Found It?

Posted by: NPR at April 27, 2012 02:23 PM (FcR7P)

118 So, I think I caught part of it... but has the Horde already discussed the President calling out some of Romney's private citizen donors?

http://bit.ly/JMRmg6 (that's to my site, which links to Pat Dollard and WSJ)

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 27, 2012 02:23 PM (8y9MW)

119 107
That kind of reminds me of my Aunt, she was raised on a farm but is now a very liberal suburb dweller who is very well off. All she can talk about is how Republicans want to take away from the poor and give to the rich, she now has 5 grand kids under the age of 4. I just want to look at her and say don't you give a fuck about your grand children's future?

Posted by: Drew in MO at April 27, 2012 02:24 PM (KeFbr)

120 Expand contempt of congress it to cover any time Zero opens his mouth. Then compromise on prosecuting Holder.

Posted by: Jimmah at April 27, 2012 02:24 PM (UpwlP)

121 113 - I mean is there going to be a trial, maybe close to election time?

Posted by: Jean at April 27, 2012 02:25 PM (WkuV6)

122 Just what will the actual consequences of "being held in contempt" be?

Jail, until you cooperate or the next congress is seated.

Posted by: toby928� at April 27, 2012 02:26 PM (NG097)

123 Well, that was grim. Col. Peters and Gen. McInerny (sp?) said that Mitt had better start reaching out to the military and their families. Barky thinks he has a shot at winning their votes, which makes me want to hit myself in the face with a hammer.

And I'm sick of Issa dicking around with Chinless. File contempt charges against that fucker now.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 27, 2012 02:26 PM (UOM48)

124 The fact that the GOP even dare to speak it [contempt of Congress] shows something. But its the first move. See how the MFM plays it. If they ignore, go the next step. If they cover ["for blatantly partisan purposes, the House GOP today . . ."], the indies might havea glance and catch the whiff of bullshit. Even if you can't get your own narrative to be dominant, undermining the opponent's narrative is worth something. Personally, I would throw his "coward" comment back at him. Every. Chance. I. Got.

Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at April 27, 2012 02:26 PM (qwK3S)

125
brb, armin Mexicans

Posted by: lolholder at April 27, 2012 02:27 PM (G/zuv)

126 that the right thinking people excel over the knuckle dragging masses.
Posted by: Drew in MO at April 27, 2012 02:17 PM (KeFbr)

Hey, wasn't there an old term for that? Lemme think...yeah, wasn't that called an aristocracy? How well did that work for the commons?

Posted by: Hydrocarbon Liberation Front at April 27, 2012 02:27 PM (NVu2l)

127
brb, stoppin gun violence

Posted by: lolholder at April 27, 2012 02:27 PM (G/zuv)

128 121
113 - I mean is there going to be a trial, maybe close to election time?

----------------------

The Philly DA's Office is now a completely political machine. Seth Williams tweeted a pic of himself wearing a hoodie "for Trayvon." I wouldn't expect a trial date until December at the earliest.

Hell, on Wednesday a Philly judge dismissed attempted murder charges on a man who shot another man EIGHT TIMES. The judge didn't think the ADA could prove attempted murder in that case. /headdesk

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 27, 2012 02:27 PM (gA69l)

129 brb, ignorin' New Black Panthers...

Posted by: Chinless Wonder Holder at April 27, 2012 02:28 PM (UOM48)

130 Isn't it time for a mainstream media report about how there have been no scandals during Barky's administration?

also what about vote for 'Obama for no Drama"

Posted by: willow at April 27, 2012 02:28 PM (TomZ9)

131 in an attempt to force the Justice Department to ~~provide~~ shred tens of thousands of internal documents///

Posted by: t-bird at April 27, 2012 02:29 PM (FcR7P)

132 FILE IT NOW!!!!!!

Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 27, 2012 02:29 PM (BziWT)

133 . . . became / / / ? Weird

Posted by: t-bird at April 27, 2012 02:29 PM (FcR7P)

134 109
94. Wow, f*ckin lying bastards. Time for tar a feathers.

Posted by: Infidel at April 27, 2012 02:20 PM (O/fK

Please do not address the troll or give it any credence whatsoever. (ozfic)

Thank you for your cooperation.

Posted by: NIPPP at April 27, 2012 02:30 PM (0oYHO)

135 BTW, Holder continues to stay busy holding the Country in contempt:

DOJ Tries To Seize Control Of Public Records Arbtration

"In a dangerous power grab that will jeopardize government transparency, the Obama Justice Department wants to redefine federal public record law so that it becomes the sole arbiter in disputes between agencies and individuals who submit requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)."

http://tinyurl.com/bqcz2na

Posted by: Daybrother at April 27, 2012 02:30 PM (g1fN1)

136 When the Clintons stonewalled, delayed and gave the finger to Congress....it finally triggered the Independent Council rule.

Question is....are we there yet? ....Seems like declaring "Contempt of Congress" was a step in that process. But I can't remember for sure.

Posted by: wheatie at April 27, 2012 02:30 PM (O4AQQ)

137 brb, Helping zimmerman's lynch mobs find ride''s to the location to riot
holder

Posted by: willow at April 27, 2012 02:30 PM (TomZ9)

138
I'd give my leftnut if a Republican in the House submitted a Farewell Fuck Terrorists bill.

Instead of giving our worst enemies a "proper Muslim burial," we shall be allowed to have intercourse with their corpses for up to six hours after death.

Posted by: Soothsayer at April 27, 2012 02:31 PM (G/zuv)

139 Thought for the future: Legislate for an email/document management system that all federal employees must use (like the carnivore program) which gathers and auto-tags all emails and documents with keywords.

Then, Executive response to Congress is only 'we will' or 'we will not' comply with your request for documents - not 'we can't find all of your documents'. Would this reduce illegitimate foot dragging?

Give access to any independent counsels that come up? Or, if the House finds them in contempt, they can unlock the documents themselves?

Sure there are issues with it, but...

Posted by: Tonic Dog at April 27, 2012 02:32 PM (X/+QT)

140 Sooth, Sooth.. you no muslim men aren't allowed to be descrated so.

only women

Posted by: willow at April 27, 2012 02:32 PM (TomZ9)

141 no-know, sheesh!

Posted by: willow at April 27, 2012 02:33 PM (TomZ9)

142 arbitration

Posted by: Daybrother at April 27, 2012 02:33 PM (g1fN1)

143
Congress Attempts To Lynch Black Man

Posted by: NPR at April 27, 2012 02:33 PM (gppu7)

144 Instead of giving our worst enemies a "proper Muslim burial,"

...use them to fatten up the dogs for Obama's Thanksgiving feast.

Posted by: t-bird at April 27, 2012 02:33 PM (FcR7P)

145
Did you know the official title of Obama's budget is the Farewell Paycheck Taxpayer-Intercourse Budget 2013?

Posted by: Soothsayer at April 27, 2012 02:34 PM (G/zuv)

146 Well, there go those radical extremist Republicans going on about rule of law and such like the racisty racists they are.

Posted by: blaster at April 27, 2012 02:36 PM (7vSU0)

147 Megyn Kelly talking about this right now.

Hmm....said Boehner has already 'green-lighted' Issa's move to declare Contempt.

Posted by: wheatie at April 27, 2012 02:36 PM (O4AQQ)

148
in the next issue of al Cosmopolitan...

10 Ways To Spice Up Your Necrophiliac Sex Life!

Death to America! in 5 Easy Steps

Posted by: Soothsayer at April 27, 2012 02:37 PM (G/zuv)

149 Why wait a few weeks? He's had months to comply. Why does EVERYTHING the government does SUCKS ASS?!?

Worthless bunch of hacks.

Posted by: � Sponge at April 27, 2012 02:37 PM (UK9cE)

150 Who is that douche arguing with Megyn? Didn't Ace ridicule him once?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 27, 2012 02:38 PM (UOM48)

151
Fast & Furious VIII: The Harsh Rebukening

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 27, 2012 02:38 PM (rX8Ca)

152 Sure there are issues with it, but...
Posted by: Tonic Dog at April 27, 2012 02:32 PM (X/+QT)

All electronic communications, except voice, are now stored for further review. Plan accordingly.

Posted by: Hydrocarbon Liberation Front at April 27, 2012 02:38 PM (NVu2l)

153 151

Fast Furious VIII: The Harsh Rebukening

I can haz ampersand?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 27, 2012 02:39 PM (UOM48)

154 test

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 27, 2012 02:39 PM (UOM48)

155 Damn you, pixy

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 27, 2012 02:40 PM (UOM48)

156
Learn How To Preserve Your Dead Wife's Head And Enjoy Sex With Her For Years

Posted by: al Cosmopolitan at April 27, 2012 02:40 PM (G/zuv)

157 Congress to "Coward" Commenter: Comply or Cop to Contempt

Posted by: American Association For Advancement of Alliteration at April 27, 2012 02:40 PM (NaBqG)

158 150 Who is that douche arguing with Megyn? Didn't Ace ridicule him once?

Julian Epstein. ....He was a lawyer in the Clinton Admninstration.

Posted by: wheatie at April 27, 2012 02:40 PM (O4AQQ)

159 Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 27, 2012 02:26 PM (UOM4

I don't see that happening. Most people have no idea how pissed the rank and file are at the current administration. The VA is screwed up, espcially with GI Bill benefits getting paid out, which has them pissed, added to the fact that Shinseki was already hated by the troops. The talk of Tri-Care cuts also has them pissed off. Then you have the surreal cuts to the active force when Panetta is costing $32K to fly home every weekend. Also, the Reserve Components are pissed because they know that slashing the active force means the RC will have to deploy more often. And there are still a lot of people around that remember the "Peace Dividend" cuts that made it almost impossible to get basic supplies and repair parts. You'd be very surprised at how much attention even the lowliest private pays toevents, policiesand politics.

Posted by: Country Singer at April 27, 2012 02:41 PM (L8r/r)

160 Suppose Holder drags this out another 3, maybe 4 weeks.

(1.) This means that Holder delivers on the 18th or 25 of MAY ... effectively, the beginning of the real campaign season.

Issa, and about as important, the blogosphere,will need 2-3 weeks to sort through Holders's dump. Expect results in Mid-June 2012. How is this good for JEF?

Alternatively, Holder waits ... he postpones the day of reconing: (2.) either he delivers, farther into the campaign season, and/or (3.) gets hauled before a very unfriendly Congrress. Neither of these outcomes can be better than (1).

JEF should have dumped Holder back in November, and dealth with this in December 2011. Why did he not? What are the odds that Holder has something ....

Posted by: Arbalest at April 27, 2012 02:41 PM (VR82T)

161 I can haz ampersand?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 27, 2012 02:39 PM (UOM4

NO Ampersand for you!

Posted by: Ampersand Nazi! at April 27, 2012 02:41 PM (0oYHO)

162 Yeah, Julian Epstein. Nice, wrinkled, baggy brown suit, Julian.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 27, 2012 02:42 PM (UOM48)

163 151 Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 27, 2012 02:38 PM (rX8Ca)

Damn that's funny.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at April 27, 2012 02:42 PM (NaBqG)

164
See this Fall's Bomb-Vest Fashions

Top 10 Best Dressed Jihadis

Sneak Preview to the 2012 Fatwa Awards

Posted by: al Cosmopolitan at April 27, 2012 02:43 PM (G/zuv)

165 Why didn't you come to me like a fucking coward and tell me I could lie to Congress?

Posted by: Eric Holder at April 27, 2012 02:43 PM (KWdVT)

166 The next step....is put the 'Declaration of Contempt' to a vote, on the floor of the House.

Posted by: wheatie at April 27, 2012 02:43 PM (O4AQQ)

167 Worst Draft Choice So Far - Ryan Tannehill or Contempt of Congress?

Posted by: NPR at April 27, 2012 02:43 PM (FcR7P)

168 Wouldn't the NYT post the 20,000 documents online so bloggers can hurry up and find the illegal activities? I thought they did that.

Posted by: Jimmah at April 27, 2012 02:44 PM (UpwlP)

169 Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 27, 2012 02:02 PM
--------------------

Allen, how long do you think all that might take?

House passes resolution to serve him: xx weeks
House serves him: xx weeks
Number of weeks he has to comply/appeal/continue sending heavily redacted useless shyt/otherwise delay: xx weeks
Number of weeks House has to insist: xx weeks
More legal maneuvering by Holder: xx weeks
House goes to court: xx weeks
More legal maneuvering by Holder: xx weeks
Court threatens again: xx weeks
Court sends out marshals: xx weeks

Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at April 27, 2012 02:45 PM (H+Ibc)

170 Posted by: Country Singer at April 27, 2012 02:41 PM (L8r/r

Yeah, I'm aware. Our kid is in A-Stan and hates SCOAMF, along with most of the guys he's serving with. He held his nose and voted for McCain in his first presidential election. When Panetta came to Leatherneck and the Marines were ordered to leave their weapons outside, that left a mark. No warm fuzzies for Barky's lackey.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 27, 2012 02:45 PM (UOM48)

171 JEF should have dumped Holder back in November, and
dealth with this in December 2011. Why did he not? What are the odds
that Holder has something ....

Posted by: Arbalest at April 27, 2012 02:41 PM (VR82T)

They're counting on the laws not applying to them just like The Constitution hasn't applied to them yet.

Posted by: � Sponge at April 27, 2012 02:46 PM (UK9cE)

172
next up from our new democratic friends in Egypt:

Farewell Beating Law

Posted by: soothsayer at April 27, 2012 02:46 PM (G/zuv)

173 Wyatt, crap. I was hoping the State could step in

Posted by: Jean at April 27, 2012 02:46 PM (WkuV6)

174 We here at SHRED volunteer to help the Department of Justice manage the draconian requests being made upon it. SHRED is proud that its diverse workforce, composed of those with a panoply of differing life experiences regarding legal requests and responses thereto, stands ready, willing and able to step up to its patriotic duty to assist the government. Whether its document review, document production, document retention or making the best environmental use of the component parts of the documents, SHRED can help.

SHRED: The green compliance solution.

SHRED is a wholly owned subsidiary of Happy Fun.

Posted by: alexthechick at April 27, 2012 02:47 PM (VtjlW)

175 Our kid is in A-Stan

Best regards to him, tell him to keep his head down! What he's telling you will be more accurate about what the troops are thinking than the retired talking heads. Incidentally, This Ain't Hell has a guy imbedded over there right now, so there's some good reading about conditions on the ground.

Posted by: Country Singer at April 27, 2012 02:49 PM (L8r/r)

176 Y'all might want to fade the age of consent outrage on Egypt.

The legal age of consent in Mexico is 12.

No shit.

Posted by: Hydrocarbon Liberation Front at April 27, 2012 02:50 PM (NVu2l)

177 171....They're counting on the laws not applying to them just like The Constitution hasn't applied to them yet.

And...they're counting on their media buddies to cover it up and spin it into "Those Evil Republicans are picking on poor Eric Holder and The First Black President�".

Somehow they will figure out a way to declare it "racist" to try to enforce the Law.

Posted by: wheatie at April 27, 2012 02:51 PM (O4AQQ)

178 alex, nice!

here's your tea, and a shot of Stolichnaya vodka (flavor orange)

Posted by: willow at April 27, 2012 02:51 PM (TomZ9)

179
Only the really well-behaved Egyptian girls make it to age 14.

Posted by: soothsayer at April 27, 2012 02:52 PM (G/zuv)

180 "LAPD: Coroner�s Official May Have Died From ArsenicPoisoning" http://tinyurl.com/84yx997

Posted by: . at April 27, 2012 02:52 PM (oZfic)

181 oh, and cab fare!

Posted by: willow at April 27, 2012 02:52 PM (TomZ9)

182 gets hauled before a very unfriendly Congrress.
----------------

That's happened before, to no effect. He sat there and lied -- perjured himself, in fact. It's like that old drunk driving t-shirt:

I don't have a problem with perjury.
I go to Congress.
I perjure myself.
I get caught.
No problem.

Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at April 27, 2012 02:53 PM (H+Ibc)

183 NPR: Fast Furious victims providing new opportunities for marriage starved Muslim countries.

Posted by: David, infamous sockpuppet at April 27, 2012 02:53 PM (UtoLw)

184 here's your tea, and a shot of Stolichnaya vodka (flavor orange)

Thank you, willow.

Gah, I have a bottle of Tuscan Lemonade at home that may be hit with the wrath of SMOD when I get home. It's been a week.

Posted by: alexthechick at April 27, 2012 02:53 PM (VtjlW)

185 176
Y'all might want to fade the age of consent outrage on Egypt.

The legal age of consent in Mexico is 12.

No shit.

Posted by: Hydrocarbon Liberation Front at April 27, 2012 02:50 PM (NVu2l)

No! If that is the age of consent in Mexico, then we need to get to multi-tasking and spread the rage at Mexico as well. Fade my ass. Step it up.

Posted by: NIPPP at April 27, 2012 02:54 PM (0oYHO)

186 Y'all might want to fade the age of consent outrage on Egypt. The legal age of consent in Mexico is 12. No shit.
Posted by: Hydrocarbon Liberation Front at April 27, 2012 02:50 PM (NVu2l)
-----
It should at least be on par with the age in which you are allowed to have a full time job.

Posted by: Jimmah at April 27, 2012 02:54 PM (UpwlP)

187
Egypt is Iran 1979

Posted by: soothsayer at April 27, 2012 02:55 PM (G/zuv)

188 Gah, I have a bottle of Tuscan Lemonade at home that may be hit with the wrath of SMOD when I get home. It's been a week.

Posted by: alexthechick at April 27, 2012 02:53 PM (VtjlW)
I'd join you if possible it's been a hell of a couple of years.

Posted by: willow at April 27, 2012 02:55 PM (TomZ9)

189 Allen, how long do you think all that might take?

Honestly, I have no clue, but I don't think there are actually that many steps.

They've already drafted a motion. Boehner has given it the green-light to proceed. If it succeeds (it should) the Holder is immediately "in contempt." Boom, that's it. It just has to go through the courts for enforcement. And I have no idea how long that would take.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 27, 2012 02:55 PM (8y9MW)

190 tasking and spread the rage at Mexico as well. Fade my ass. Step it up.
Posted by: NIPPP at April 27, 2012 02:54 PM (0oYHO)

The legal age of consent in most US states is 16.

Posted by: Hydrocarbon Liberation Front at April 27, 2012 02:56 PM (NVu2l)

191 Please go to my links. Don't you selfish bitches want me to get my sweet gay pr0n referral revenue? Do you want my 315 cats to starve?

Posted by: , at April 27, 2012 02:56 PM (ggRof)

192 Allen hopefully through december 2012

Posted by: willow at April 27, 2012 02:57 PM (TomZ9)

193 Twelve is the age of consent in Mexico? Road trip!!!!

Posted by: Roman Pole Lanski at April 27, 2012 02:58 PM (WUWb9)

194 He's just holding (Holder-ing?) out until his boss gets voted out and he's out of a job.

Posted by: Karusky at April 27, 2012 02:59 PM (kwOeR)

195 New Hampshire; yikes.
A female between the age of 13 and 17 years and a male between the age of 14 and 17
years can be married only with the permission of their parent (guardian) and a waiver (See
Waiver).

Posted by: willow at April 27, 2012 02:59 PM (TomZ9)

196 Fencepost speaks to doornails:

Biden to donors: 'You all look dull as hell'

Posted by: Jay Bee at April 27, 2012 03:00 PM (Xwgt3)

197 Gawd, I'm sick of that pic of Barky up at Drudge.

The idiot looks like he's thinking, "Footballs....how do they work?"

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 27, 2012 03:01 PM (UOM48)

198 Honest question: Is there some kind of operation underway NOW to ensure military ballots are, you know, ACTUALLY COUNTED this November? A little pre-planning may be necessary to make sure all the T's are dotted and I's crossed. SCFOAMT's minions would love to invalidate huge swaths of military vote and they can't be given even the slightest opening.

Posted by: Jaws at April 27, 2012 03:01 PM (4I3Uo)

199 Kabuki theater. Nothing will happen. Well, Holder may laugh at the House and fart in its general direction.

Posted by: Ed Anger at April 27, 2012 03:01 PM (Xv6TO)

200 If they do this, Holder will not comply and this will end up in court (not criminal court). And the Obama administration will win because the Executive Branch has grown in power greatly pretty much over the course of American history, but particularly over the last 100 years. National security, executive privilege, etc. Like it or not, the law of the land is that the Executive Branch is much more powerful than the legislative. It's not even close. You can whine all you like about that being unconstitutional, but that is the law as interpreted by our judicial system. Oh, and by the way, conservative judges and justices have led that charge.

Posted by: Ranginess at April 27, 2012 03:02 PM (1d6WV)

201 heheh, Joe Shitforbrains Biden sweet-talks donors

Posted by: soothsayer at April 27, 2012 03:02 PM (G/zuv)

202 Did someone already say, "Shits getting real" ?

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at April 27, 2012 03:02 PM (hXJOG)

203 Here we are now, entertain us.

Posted by: Waterhouse at April 27, 2012 03:03 PM (Pi5Sz)

204 39
I distinctly heard the word boy.

And coon.

And picaninny.

So?

Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at April 27, 2012 03:04 PM (hXJOG)

205 nirvana

Posted by: willow at April 27, 2012 03:04 PM (TomZ9)

206 It should at least be on par with the age in which you are allowed to have a full time job.
Posted by: Jimmah at April 27, 2012 02:54 PM (UpwlP)

The law is crazy. If you marry them in the US, it is legal. Minimum age to marry in Texas is 14. Pedophilia is legal if you marry them.

The Law is a strange creature. That's why I think all lawyers are nuts. The have to believe too many fucked up things.

Posted by: Hydrocarbon Liberation Front at April 27, 2012 03:04 PM (NVu2l)

207 my ampersands don't show up.

DENIED

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 27, 2012 03:05 PM (rX8Ca)

208 any more cheerleader pics to posted?

the ones from yesterday were pretty snazzy

Posted by: beta moron at April 27, 2012 03:05 PM (AZ8Mb)

209 better hit the grocers, missing bread alert.
peace.

Posted by: willow at April 27, 2012 03:05 PM (TomZ9)

210 Funny stuff...if you haven't seen it yet. ....Fun with photoshopping:

NYTimes front page: "Obama Explains His Dog Eating Past" -- "I only ate the Dogsthat were a threat to the Poor..."

http:/ /hemingwayreport.blogspot.com/

Posted by: wheatie at April 27, 2012 03:06 PM (O4AQQ)

211 207 my ampersands don't show up.

DENIED

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 27, 2012 03:05 PM

No ones does. I hear If you can though Peaches will sleep with you.

Don't tell her I said that

Posted by: buzzion at April 27, 2012 03:08 PM (rpxqD)

212 The anthem of the Obama administration:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjyAPdiickk

There's NOTHING WRONG with a little Chickenfoot, right?

Posted by: � Sponge at April 27, 2012 03:09 PM (UK9cE)

213 Good, good. This means it will proceed into the election season with a LOT more discussion in the LSM.

Posted by: Ducatisti at April 27, 2012 03:10 PM (YlmX/)

214 200 Ranginess at April 27, 2012 03:02 PM (1d6WV)

Like it or not, the law of the land is that the Executive Branch is much more powerful than the legislative.

Perhaps, but Congress still has the power to summon official, to issue contempt of congress citations, andto impeach ... ultimatey, the President can be removed from office by Congress, and this power and right is beyond question. Whether impeachment will happen or not is a separate question.

You can whine all you like about that being unconstitutional, but that is the law as interpreted by our judicial system.

Perhaps, but see above. JEF and Holder are betting that impeachment will not happen ... the mood of the country suggests that they are wrong. But November may remove the question.

Posted by: Arbalest at April 27, 2012 03:10 PM (VR82T)

215 Posted by: Jaws at April 27, 2012 03:01 PM (4I3Uo)

Not that I know of, but it'sup tothe state/local level to ensure that they get the absentee ballots out with enough time for them to be returned and counted. Just look for the Democrat-controlled local election commsions to see which ones will have excuses for why they couldn't do that. The military itself works very hard to ensure that the troops vote. There arealready voter assistance signs and notices up on the post where I work. One of the popular excuses is that it takes so long for the mail to reach/arrive fromthe troops. While there are instances where that is true, in this day and age it is not on the massively large scale that is claimed, and it damn sure isn't true for those personnel stationed in CONUS. When I was in Iraq it usuallytook 10-14 days to receive a piece of mail and the same for outgoing.

Posted by: Country Singer at April 27, 2012 03:10 PM (L8r/r)

216 Dogs don't have to be tough, Oprah explains marinates and par boiling.

Posted by: OWN Network at April 27, 2012 03:12 PM (hXJOG)

217 Julian Epstein. ....He was a lawyer in the Clinton Admninstration.

He was funny on Welcome Back Kotter.

Posted by: brian dennehy at April 27, 2012 03:19 PM (NG097)

218 I'm thinking Holder is in a similar position to J. Edgar Hoover. Hoover knew the contents of everybody's closets, and no one dared touch him. (And no, I don't believe Hoover had a closet of his own. He was what he appeared to be: a driven, single-minded man completely consumed by his work and position. Supercops like Agent Jelly Bryce wouldn't have been so devoted to Director Hoover if there was the slightest intimation Hoover was anything else than what he was.)

Anyway, Holder helped engineer the tawdry Marc Rich pardon during the Clinton Administration, among other things. He knows who's who and what's what. He could defecate on the floor of the Captiol rotunda on live national television and no one in the Obama Administration would do or say anything about it.

So yeah, Holder's getting away with Fast Furious, at least for now, and he'll keep getting away with it as long as a Democrat is in the Oval Office.

Posted by: troyriser at April 27, 2012 03:25 PM (vtiE6)

219 Update: No there won't be a vote on contempt charges for Holder.

http://tinyurl.com/782mkte (Daily Caller link)

Turns out the cynical among us were correct and weeping boner has not approved the proceedings.

Read the link.

I'm sooooo disgusted with Congress.

F'm all with a rusty spike.

Posted by: Bitter clinger and all that at April 27, 2012 03:26 PM (CP+yl)

220 214, Impeachment? Are you kidding? That's a joke. The mood of the country is not for impeachment. Obama is above water in both job approval and favorables. More people in this country like him and approve of the job he's doing than do not. The mood of arch-conservatives is in favor of impeachment. That's all.

Posted by: Ranginess at April 27, 2012 03:28 PM (1d6WV)

221 219, LMAO. The right-wingers in Congress rattle their dog leashes and the leadership shoots them down. And the conservative blogosphere swallows the rumor hook, line and sinker. "We're going to get Holder now! He's going to jail! This is going to bring down Obama! Yay!" Yeah, not so much.

Posted by: Ranginess at April 27, 2012 03:30 PM (1d6WV)

222 The mood of arch-conservatives is in favor of impeachment. That's all.
Posted by: Ranginess at April 27, 2012 03:28 PM (1d6WV)
***

I posted a comment the other day from FireDogLake. The progs there are so disgusted by Obama's lack of attention to their causes, they're evenwishing for impeachment.

Posted by: kallisto at April 27, 2012 03:39 PM (jm/9g)

223 This is going to bring down Obama! Yay!" Yeah, not so much.
Posted by: Ranginess at April 27, 2012 03:30 PM (1d6WV)

I didn't realize liberals could be so cavalier about a scandal originating with the Obama DoJ that resulted in the violent, bloody deaths of hundreds of people. I ask you: if Holder is responsible, shouldn't he be removed? If Obama knew about it and covered it up, shouldn't he be impeached? No one was put up against a wall and shot during Watergate, yet you and yours were all excited about that. So high crimes and coverups are okay if it's your guys doing it, is that it?

Hypocrite. Asshole.

Posted by: troyriser at April 27, 2012 03:39 PM (vtiE6)

224 All trolls are Average Joe.

Posted by: toby928� at April 27, 2012 03:42 PM (NG097)

225 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at April 27, 2012 03:59 PM (7W3wI)

226 220 Posted by: Ranginess at April 27, 2012 03:28 PM (1d6WV)

214, Impeachment? Are you kidding? That's a joke.

Obviously, I'm not kidding. The Constitution says so.

The mood of the country is not for impeachment.

The mood of the country is changing ... see below.

Obama is above water in both job approval and favorables. More people in this country like him and approve of the job he's doing than do not.

No. The polls of the last 6 months show JEFs being approximately even, maybe slightly behind ... once the built-in "D" bias, both is people sampled (voters? D,R, or I?) and questiontype and phrasing (read various pervious threads here, at HA, MM and elsewhere)is factored out.

The mood of arch-conservatives is in favor of impeachment. That's all.

True. For the moment. ButObamaCare is reviled by all, and teh OccuTards are getting on everyone's last nerve, and Libya was ... illegal ... and along with the rest of JEF's ME policy, sub-performing, even for grade-schoolers. Then there are the various investments: Solyndra. The Porlukus, Cash for Clunkers,etc ... allfailed. Tell me again about Goldan-Sachs ... Unemployment is at a 50-year (??)high, as is the nuber (and percentage) of people on Food Stamps (an achievement ... ?)...

... andall these things, and more, areexclusively due to JEF's inability / obviously-wrong policies / incompetence ...

Fast and Furious has a body count. The operation was illegal according to US law, and people are dead as a result ... and Holder and Co. are ... obstructing justice. This is an impeachable offense.

Soon, everyone will be in favor of impeachment ... unless November gets here first.

Posted by: Arbalest at April 27, 2012 04:00 PM (VR82T)

227 Well he's clearly in contempt of congress but... they can't do anything about it. They can stamp their feet and shout and howl but its not changing.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 27, 2012 04:02 PM (r4wIV)

228 Obama to Boehner: "I double dog-eatin dare ya"...

Posted by: Danny at April 27, 2012 04:08 PM (zOVnz)

229 The Dog-Eater's administration collects contempt citations for fun.

Enough strongly-worded letters. We need well-fitting orange jumpsuits.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 27, 2012 04:22 PM (X3lox)

230 24Raaaaciiiiiisssst!Posted by: nerdygirl at April 27, 2012 01:53 PM (onMtq) Sorry, no. Always remember, Raaaaacist! has 5 a's, 1 i, 1s.

Posted by: Bouncing Beatnik at April 27, 2012 04:38 PM (zKsj0)

231 Is there a new troll around? If there is, he needs to step up his game.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at April 27, 2012 05:16 PM (L7hol)

232 One republican said that the time to appropriate money for Holder's kingdom will be coming soon, and they can vote not to fund his kingdom.

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