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 Departments pursuit of reporters during leak investigations; Holders 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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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.
Sun-Tzu: If you see your enemy destroying himself, do not interfere.
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.
To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
A little late, eh, Jared?
How about cleaning up your own state, starting with getting rid of Morse, Hickenlooper (aka Chickenpooper), and Salazar?
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.
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