Posted on 03/29/2010 8:58:39 AM PDT by florm15
Bravely entering the lion’s den — delivering a speech in praise of left-wing, “pro bono” lawyering to a group of left-wing, pro bono lawyers — Attorney General Eric Holder recently declared that “lawyers who provide counsel for the unpopular are, and should be, treated as what they are: patriots.”
Sure they are. After all, Holder explained, they “reaffirm our nation’s most essential and enduring values” — like the value we place on coming to the aid of our enemies in wartime. And let’s not forget the value we place on advocating for the release of those enemies who, as night follows day, then return to the business of killing Americans. Sure, the nation somehow missed these essential and enduring values in the two-plus centuries between the Revolutionary War and the War on Terror, but hey, who’s counting?
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Andrew McCarthy just keeps getting better like good vintage wine.
Poignant, pointed and brilliant right out of the gate.
This isn’t about lawyers representing Islamic terrorists. It’s about singling out those lawyers for jobs at Justice. A radically left, anti American commie like Holder should strive for impartiality by hiring competent lawyers who aren’t necessarily sympathetic to the cause of our enemies. A cleansing of Justice will be the first order of business when we take America back.
The height of Patriotism is dissent---or some such chit.
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