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Eric Holder To Step Down As Attorney General
NPR ^ | 09/25/2014 | Carrie Johnson

Posted on 09/25/2014 7:51:25 AM PDT by Pyro7480

Eric Holder Jr., the nation's first black U.S. attorney general, is preparing to announce his resignation Thursday after a tumultuous tenure marked by civil rights advances, national security threats, reforms to the criminal justice system and five and a half years of fights with Republicans in Congress.

Two sources familiar with the decision tell NPR that Holder, 63, intends to leave the Justice Department as soon as his successor is confirmed, a process that could run through 2014 and even into next year. A former U.S. government official says Holder has been increasingly "adamant" about his desire to leave soon for fear he otherwise could be locked in to stay for much of the rest of President Obama's second term.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bhodoj; breaking; camelfacedracist; commie; ferret; holder; holderresigning; racist; weasel
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To: Pyro7480

Revoke his passport.


161 posted on 09/25/2014 9:58:27 AM PDT by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
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To: Pyro7480
My first thought was he knows about several big terrorist hit plans and he just doesn't want to deal with them. Second thought was all the charges against him, potential indictments, etc. Third (and probably it) was it has to be tied in with the election. Obama does everything in relation to power and elections. The SCOTUS idea didn't hit me initially. I felt a pang of nausea when I read it here. I can't even wrap my head around the thought of him sitting with the supremes. . If that's the plan, they'll wait until after November. .

I keep getting back to the idea that 70% (is it higher now) of the American people think the country is going in the wrong direction. Why do we do nothing when the country is being run by communist racist thugs?

Rush just said, re Holder's replacement, "I don't think it matters, he'll just be an ideological clone."

Will there ever be a really qualified white male as AG again, or does the 'really qualified white male' part disqualify him automatically?

162 posted on 09/25/2014 10:01:33 AM PDT by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: clintonh8r
SCOTUS. Bank on it.

Too old at 63 to appoint. Dems are smarter than that, they'll prefer a radical in their early 50's

163 posted on 09/25/2014 10:04:07 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: GOPJ

Worst

Attorney

General

EVER


164 posted on 09/25/2014 10:04:40 AM PDT by KC Burke (Gowdy for Supreme Court)
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To: Sequoyah101

Holder must stay through the 2014 elections in order to provide cover for the Democrat-Socialist Party “poll watchers” (a.k.a., the New Negro Panthers)


165 posted on 09/25/2014 10:06:58 AM PDT by glennaro
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To: TexasFreeper2009

“now maybe we can get someone honest in there who will start prosecuting the black panthers!”

HAHAHA, yeah, Obama is going to hire someone like that.


166 posted on 09/25/2014 10:07:18 AM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears ("There's always free cheese in a mousetrap." - Marine Col. Peter Martinow)
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To: Pyro7480

“... Holder has been increasingly “adamant” about his desire to leave soon for fear he otherwise could be locked in to stay for much of the rest of President Obama’s second term.”

Translation: “I ain’t goin’ down with THIS ship!”


167 posted on 09/25/2014 10:07:22 AM PDT by Let's Roll (Save the world's best healthcare - REPEAL, DEFUND Obamacare!)
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To: Pyro7480

Without exception, every single person who has stepped down from a position in the Obama administration has been replaced by someone even worse. Be careful what you wish for.


168 posted on 09/25/2014 10:07:48 AM PDT by Hoodat (Article 4, Section 4)
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To: Pyro7480

Re replacing Holder, MA Gov. Deval Patrick said, “That’s an enormously important job but it’s not one for me right now.”

Translation: “Let some cracker take the blame while he’s cleaning up that mess. I’d definitely be interested once that was done.”


169 posted on 09/25/2014 10:20:05 AM PDT by Let's Roll (Save the world's best healthcare - REPEAL, DEFUND Obamacare!)
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To: Pyro7480

Is this the Democrat’s October Surprise?


170 posted on 09/25/2014 10:21:17 AM PDT by indthkr
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To: jim-x

What makes you think it matters if we get the Senate back? Will GOP senate leadership have more fortitude than House GOP leadership?

If we get control of the Senate it’ll be by a slim margin. Obama will nominate someone completely ridiculous, like Al Sharpton. The senate will nix that nomination. Obama will nominate someone else just as bad, say Jesse Jackson. The senate will nix him too.

At that point, Obamas media sycophants will start driving the “obstructionist republicans” and “Presidents should be able to nominate who they want” stories.

Then Obama nominates a REAL loon candidate knowing the Senate GOP leaders will fold. Or a “Gang of seven” will form to push the nominee through.

In short, controlling the Senate only gives us power to stop Obamas ridiculous nominees for as long as GOP leaders can take the heat for doing so. History says that is not long.


171 posted on 09/25/2014 10:21:32 AM PDT by Personal Responsibility (I'd use the /S tag but is it really necessary?)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

If that’s the case, why would Reid wait til after the elections? He can just do it now.


172 posted on 09/25/2014 10:23:40 AM PDT by Personal Responsibility (I'd use the /S tag but is it really necessary?)
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To: ilgipper

I have no idea what happened at WACO.

173 posted on 09/25/2014 10:23:56 AM PDT by McGruff (we're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq - Barack Obama)
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To: kabar

Not with the Current set of Republicans.


174 posted on 09/25/2014 10:28:42 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: Pyro7480

Holder probably has gotten the news that Mike Brown ( the gentle giant) case will be in the favor of the police, and with all the other messes he is in has decided to cut and run.

News should be coming out soon concerning the Feds investigation into the Ferguson shooting.


175 posted on 09/25/2014 10:32:58 AM PDT by Crunchy
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To: Pyro7480
Good RIDDANCE!!

The next step is WHO will replace him?? Rush said Claire McCaskill's name came up - God Forbid!! The witch of Missouri.

And there is the possibility of a SCOTUS appointment --

God Forbid, indeed!!


176 posted on 09/25/2014 10:34:04 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (Tired? There's a napp for that!!)
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To: Pyro7480

Praise the Lord.


177 posted on 09/25/2014 10:36:29 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: glennaro

I also doubt the theory that obongo is thinks the spinate is lost therefore holder is leaving. If the spinate is lost all the more reason for him to stay and obstruct justice.

He is leaving to make money and cash in.


178 posted on 09/25/2014 10:39:58 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (I)
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To: Paine in the Neck

What about trumka?


179 posted on 09/25/2014 10:43:55 AM PDT by jurroppi1 (The only thing you "pass to see what's in it" is a stool sample. h/t MrB)
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To: Pyro7480
Will he run for president?
He has many excellent democrat qualifications.
Obama could dump crazy uncle Joe and Holder could cruise right into
the nomination.
180 posted on 09/25/2014 10:45:28 AM PDT by right way right (America has embraced the suck of Freedumb.)
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