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Republicans who endorsed Holder have second thoughts
Washington Examiner ^
| November 17, 2009
| Byron York
Posted on 11/17/2009 3:35:57 AM PST by gusopol3
Last January, several Republican legal stars wrote a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee supporting Eric Holder's nomination to be attorney general. Now, in light of Holder's decision to grant 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed full American constitutional rights and try him in federal court in New York, some of those veteran lawyers are having second thoughts.
The January letter called Holder an "extraordinary lawyer" of "unfailing integrity" who is "superbly qualified" to lead the Justice Department and whose appointment as the first African-American attorney general "should be hailed as a milestone." "From his experience Eric fully understands and appreciates the constant threat posed by al Qaeda and Islamic extremists," the GOP lawyers wrote. "[He] is the right man at the right time to protect our citizens in the critical years ahead."
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911mastermind; bho44; bhodoj; buyersremorse; byronyork; digenova; digenovatoensing; holder; ksm; obamacans; toensing; toolate
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I'm amazed that DiGenova and Toensing signed in the first place, and even more amazed they are surprised.
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posted on
11/17/2009 3:35:58 AM PST
by
gusopol3
To: gusopol3
I guess you can fool most of the people, most of the time.
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posted on
11/17/2009 3:38:13 AM PST
by
tommyboy
(We'll do it live)
To: gusopol3
Last January, several Republican legal stars wrote a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee supporting Eric Holder's nomination to be attorney general.I have a 4 year old niece that isn't this naive.
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posted on
11/17/2009 3:43:12 AM PST
by
numberonepal
(Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
To: tommyboy
Nov. 4, 2008, proves your point, and there was Julie Nixon Eisenhower for icing on the cake!
To: numberonepal
They were just trying to get on good sides with the popular media in hopes of being invited to “talk” shows.
To: gusopol3
That’s what living and working inside the Beltway for years and drinking the water will do for you. Even our best get corrupted in time.
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posted on
11/17/2009 3:47:08 AM PST
by
abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
To: gusopol3
I am completely nonplussed that Joe DiGenova would recommend Holder.
When DiGenova was at Justice he was one tough cookie of a prosecutor.
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posted on
11/17/2009 3:48:06 AM PST
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: gusopol3
Why does this always happen to the GOP?
It wasn't like Eric Holder made it a point to hide who he is or what he stands for.
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posted on
11/17/2009 3:48:12 AM PST
by
pnh102
(Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
To: Theodore R.
They were just trying to get on good sides with the popular media That's true + they (and many others) are fearful of legitimately criticizing a black man.
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posted on
11/17/2009 3:49:31 AM PST
by
NewLand
(We shall all hang together or most assuredly we will all hang separately)
To: gusopol3
To: gusopol3
Discernment is the thing that was missing here...
All the education and position in the world wont buy someone that...
To: gusopol3
That endorsement was quite the laundry list of grotesquely overblown plaudits. Just signing that near-parody backslapping-on-steroids lessened them all.
Actions have consequences.
Mr. niteowl77
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posted on
11/17/2009 3:55:41 AM PST
by
niteowl77
(You wanted him, and now you have got him. I say, "Good day to you," America.)
To: Theodore R.
Julie Nixon Eisenhower supported Obama for President in 2008. According to Federal Election Commission records, Eisenhower made the maximum contribution of $2,300 to the Obama campaign in 2008. [wikipedia.com & ABC News]
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posted on
11/17/2009 4:05:00 AM PST
by
drpix
To: gusopol3
I say BS! These filthy corrupt republicans knew very well who they were voting for, this article is just another ruse to let the RINOs off the hook. I am so sick of the filth that is our congress - lies, corruptness, idiocy and greed.
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posted on
11/17/2009 4:09:19 AM PST
by
sasafras
(TIME FOR A RESURGENCE - FREEDOM IS NOT FREE - NO MORE COMPLAINING - LET'S GET BUSY!)
To: NewLand
They could have kept their fat little fingers away from a pen. That is the whole problem with the republican party. They have lived inside the Belchway for so long, their heads are permanently up their arses, and they have no republican qualities.
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posted on
11/17/2009 4:10:23 AM PST
by
healy61
To: gusopol3
“extraordinary lawyer” of “unfailing integrity” who is “superbly qualified” There was NEVER any reason to say anything like this about Holder, but lawyers are often lawyers before they are Americans and this seems to be the case here.
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posted on
11/17/2009 4:11:02 AM PST
by
jmaroneps37
(Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
To: gusopol3
Has the GOP forgotten the Clinton years and Holder’s involvement in everything evil???????
To: gusopol3
Shysters supporting a liar, a racist and a crook. I’m not surprised. Rodents tend to embrace their own kind.
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posted on
11/17/2009 4:28:03 AM PST
by
sergeantdave
(obuma is the anti-Lincoln, trying to re-establish slavery)
To: gusopol3
Lies... anyone endorsing that pos racist anti American commie has no “thoughts”. They do not have the proper tools to have “thoughts”.
LLS
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posted on
11/17/2009 4:29:40 AM PST
by
LibLieSlayer
(hussama will never be my president... NEVER!)
To: gusopol3
Surprise, surprise and too late smart. Like you, am surprised as well, at their surprise.
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posted on
11/17/2009 4:32:34 AM PST
by
cricket
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