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Democratic Rep. Polis (CO) Would Be ‘Very Happy’ If Eric Holder Resigns
US News ^ | August 15, 2013 | Steven Nelson

Posted on 08/16/2013 4:02:06 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Rep. Jared Polis, a progressive Democrat representing Boulder, Colo., has had enough of Attorney General Eric Holder and would be pleased if he resigned. …

Polis offered four major reasons he has lost confidence in Holder, including: the Justice Department’s pursuit of reporters during leak investigations; Holder’s non-committal to respecting state marijuana legalization laws; his apparent approval of NSA surveillance; and the “abuse of prosecutorial discretion” by federal prosecutors. …

Polis also specifically mentioned the prosecution of Aaron Swartz, the Reddit co-founder who committed suicide as federal prosecutors pursued severe charges after he downloaded research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. …

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Colorado; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: doj; ericholder; jaredpolis; resignation

1 posted on 08/16/2013 4:02:06 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Personally I’m starting to think we would be better off electing our attorney generals from among the state AGs.

At least we’d have a 50/50 shot at getting an attorney general enforcing the law rather than kissing the president’s butt.

I know I like it here in Michigan. Both our SOS and AG stand in opposition to the governor a good bit of the time and they’re all republicans.


2 posted on 08/16/2013 4:09:25 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Olog-hai
Polis is 1 of 6 openly homosexual members of Congress.

Sun-Tzu: If you see your enemy destroying himself, do not interfere.

3 posted on 08/16/2013 4:19:26 PM PDT by MacNaughton
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To: Olog-hai

Then he will never be happy again. Eric the Black will never resign.

Monkeys will fly out of your ass, in formation, singing “Oompah-Loompah”, before Odinga or any of his myrmidons are ever brought to justice.


4 posted on 08/16/2013 4:22:47 PM PDT by Old Sarge (Opinions are like orgasms: only mine count, and I couldn't care less if you have one...)
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To: MacNaughton
Not Sun Tzu. Often mis-attributed to Napoleon, though. The Art Of War IV:2 does say the following:
To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

5 posted on 08/16/2013 4:28:41 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

A little late, eh, Jared?

How about cleaning up your own state, starting with getting rid of Morse, Hickenlooper (aka Chickenpooper), and Salazar?


6 posted on 08/16/2013 5:30:52 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
How about cleaning up your own state, starting with getting rid of Morse, Hickenlooper (aka Chickenpooper), and Salazar?

Representatives of the Democratic [sic] party make messes rather than clean them up.

7 posted on 08/16/2013 6:01:35 PM PDT by Standing Wolf (No tyrant should ever be allowed to die of natural causes.)
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