It looks likely that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will face a contempt of Congress vote today.
That’s not a small deal. I also have to think that if Holder were merely protecting himself, he’d have been ordered onto his sword long ago.
It therefore seems reasonable to hope that he’s been protecting our esteemed president. That there would be something to find would be entirely consistent with how Obama has habitually operated. Think about it: Under the thin veneer of supposed rhetorical prowess, Obama’s been a dangerous combination of thuggishness and naïveté, all the while avoiding any serious oversight of his activities. That could be a capsule description of any period of the man’s adult life.
Therefore, if there is something to uncover that directly connects Obama with Fast & Furious, it could well be heinously distasteful, because it would be the product of a man and his inner circle who have always operated with essential impunity.
That’s a point I’ve not seen made. So there it is.
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And now Executive Privilege has been declared!
There’s something very, very big here.
“You know, there’s been a tendency on the part of this administration to — to try to hide behind executive privilege every time there’s something a little shaky that’s taking place. And I think, you know, the administration would be best served by coming clean on this.” – Barack Obama on the Bush administration, 2007
See…I’m afraid to do a victory dance each time His Grace digs his hole a little deeper. I’m sooooo afraid of jinxing it.
Marianne, the guy could stand on a street corner and slash people with a machete and there would be a race to see who could cover it most apologetically and favorably for him. The big moment isn’t coming. It’s impossible. The best to hope for is turning enough people here and there to make the difference.
(You know, the same way he’s trying to divide the American people at every turn and pick up the pieces, hoping for a victim coalition to put him in for a second term?)