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Mr. Holder’s Inexplicable Behavior (Another Holder fiasco)
The News & Advance ^ | May 20, 2010 | Editorial

Posted on 05/20/2010 9:38:43 AM PDT by jazusamo

No doubt, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is a smart man: a former federal judge, U.S. attorney, Columbia University graduate, the first black American to serve as attorney general.

But sometimes you have to wonder if he’s politically tone deaf.

There have been the well publicized gaffes and missteps over terror trials in New York City federal courts, the Mirandizing of terrorists and his declaration that Arizona’s new immigration law is unconstitutional, despite his not having read the law.

But what is most galling to Virginians — Central Virginians, especially — is his inexplicable behavior and stony silence in the ongoing saga of convicted killer Jens Soering. Soering is serving two life terms for the brutal 1985 killings of Derek and Nancy Haysom of Bedford County, one of the most infamous crimes in modern Virginia history.

Days before he left office in January, former Gov. Timothy M. Kaine formally requested that the federal government take custody of Soering, the son of a powerful German diplomat, and transfer him to a German prison, where he would be eligible for parole in just two years.

Reaction was swift and predictable. The House of Delegates and State Senate voted unanimously to oppose the transfer request. Within days after taking the oath of office, Gov. Bob McDonnell wrote Holder on Jan. 19 to inform him that, as the commonwealth’s new chief executive, he was revoking his predecessor’s request.

And there the matter has sat. State Sen. Steve Newman, R-Lynchburg, and Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Sixth District, have been closely monitoring the case for any developments.

As weeks dragged into months with nary a word from Holder’s office, Goodlatte, the vice ranking member of the Judiciary Committee in the House of Representatives, had had enough.

Last week during the committee’s May 13 oversight hearing of the Justice Department, Goodlatte questioned Holder about the status of Soering transfer request.

The attorney general’s answer? He was waiting to determine the official position of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Excuse us? Unanimous action by the General Assembly, the oldest legislative body in North America, and an official letter from the governor of the commonwealth aren’t enough?

What doesn’t Attorney General Holder understand?

That must have been Gov. McDonnell’s reaction, too, as he sent yet another official letter to the attorney general on May 17, restating his revocation of the Kaine transfer request.

Soering was convicted of state crimes by a jury of his peers in a state court. He is serving his sentence, in state custody, in a state prison. And that’s where he should stay. Period.

Reading the governor’s letter from Monday, it’s hard not to notice his frustration with Holder and the Justice Department. Just what does the attorney general not understand?

“This is not a federal matter. The position of the Commonwealth is clear,” McDonnell wrote last week. “It is important that any consideration of a transfer be officially terminated and that the matter be put to rest.”

We couldn’t agree more.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; US: Virginia
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1 posted on 05/20/2010 9:38:43 AM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

It’s hard to figure out who is the bigger moron - Holder or the jerk who appointed him.


2 posted on 05/20/2010 9:41:18 AM PDT by Right Cal Gal (Ronald Reagan: "our liberal friends....know so much that isn't so...")
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To: Right Cal Gal

I believe it’s about a toss up.


3 posted on 05/20/2010 9:42:43 AM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo
Affirmative.

Action.

At.

Work.

For.

You.

4 posted on 05/20/2010 9:43:20 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law." -- Aristotle)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

EEOC hire.


5 posted on 05/20/2010 9:46:17 AM PDT by edcoil (RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE.)
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To: jazusamo

Sheer incompetence or willful ignorance? Or both? I’m thinking it’s sheer incompetence. This clown has no business being AG.


6 posted on 05/20/2010 9:46:47 AM PDT by bergmeid (Fumigate Washington NOW)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

...AMEN!!...Holder is EOC all the way.


7 posted on 05/20/2010 9:47:01 AM PDT by STONEWALLS
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To: jazusamo

Quick question: WTF was Kaine thinking? I’m sure there has been extensive reporting on this, but the decision to transfer is so obviously against the interests of VA and in the interest of the criminal, it raises considerable questions of propriety. Anybody check Kaine’s bank accounts lately?


8 posted on 05/20/2010 9:49:56 AM PDT by Mr. Bird
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To: jazusamo

Holder is a dip$hit. I wonder how he makes it through the day.


9 posted on 05/20/2010 9:50:09 AM PDT by paulcissa (The first requirement of Liberalism is to stand on your head and tell the world they're upside down)
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To: STONEWALLS

“No doubt, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is a smart man:...”

The article lost me after the first sentence.


10 posted on 05/20/2010 9:50:50 AM PDT by teddyballgame
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To: jazusamo; xzins; doug from upland
But sometimes you have to wonder if he’s politically tone deaf.

He ain't nothin but a LAP DOG.

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Doug, you want to take it from here?

11 posted on 05/20/2010 9:50:56 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: jazusamo
No doubt, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is a smart man: a former federal judge, U.S. attorney, Columbia University graduate, the first black American to serve as attorney general.

Oh really! Holder's actions sure don't reflect INTELLIGENCE at all. He seems like the typical affirmative action dolt that we are accustomed to seeing coming from the Affirmative Action Community. IMHO!

12 posted on 05/20/2010 9:51:13 AM PDT by zbogwan2
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To: jazusamo

They both make me toss up my lunch.


13 posted on 05/20/2010 9:55:25 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: Mr. Bird

I think it’s safe to say Kaine wasn’t thinking or he was pressured by the Obama Administraion because of the German government, I’d guess the latter.


14 posted on 05/20/2010 9:57:10 AM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: P-Marlowe
He ain't nothin but a LAP DOG.

Amen to that!

15 posted on 05/20/2010 9:58:15 AM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

What’s the big deal. There isn’t much for holder to do. The request was withdrawn and it is solely a state matter. If Holder sjould at some point attempt to remove him from control of the state, the state can simply say FO.


16 posted on 05/20/2010 10:01:26 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: zbogwan2

Agreed on his lack of intelligence and I believe he’s one of the educated idiots that Dr. Sowell writes about from time to time.


17 posted on 05/20/2010 10:01:32 AM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: Right Cal Gal

Please add Tim Kaine to your growing list of jerks/morons.


18 posted on 05/20/2010 10:06:04 AM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds ("The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
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To: SeaHawkFan

It seems months before Gov. McDonnell informed Holder of the change and instead of acknowledging it he now says he’s waiting for Virginia to make up its mind.

I would think the Governor expected an answer and probably requested one or they wouldn’t have been waiting for one but I’m no legal beagle.


19 posted on 05/20/2010 10:17:16 AM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo
No doubt, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is a smart man: a former federal judge, U.S. attorney, Columbia University graduate, the first black American to serve as attorney general.

Well I have my doubts. I think Holder is a primo affirmative action baby. I've run across these people who are promoted far beyond there level of competence so as to satisfy certain quota requirements (either required or self-imposed). The fact that he went to Columbia is meaningless! I know how the affirmative action game is played in the Ivy League and at other places.

The other major affirmative action babies of our time are Colin Powell (if not a minority would not have made it past Lt. Colonel) and of course our own fearless leader Obama. Obama kind of fits into a special category because he was elected (greatest single act of stupidity of a free people in the history of the world). However his admission to prestigious Universities was undoubtedly major league affirmative action. That's why all the records are sealed. If unsealed it would reveal that there's really not much of substance to the guy. He didn't fool me for a microsecond.
20 posted on 05/20/2010 10:25:08 AM PDT by truthguy (Good intentions are not enough!)
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