You, there in the back. I'll scratch your eyes out!
Posted on 06/03/2012 11:29:07 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
War in the White House: attorney general Eric Holder and top Obama adviser David Axelrod 'had to be separated'
Eric Holder, Barack Obama's attorney general and David Axelrod, his top political adviser had to be separated after squaring up during a furious row over attempts to impose White House operatives in the justice department.
By Jon Swaine, Washington
6:22PM BST 03 Jun 2012
Eric Holder, who heads Mr Obama's justice department, is said to have become "incensed" after being accused by David Axelrod of complaining publicly about political interference in his office.
"That's bull****," Mr Holder said in a confrontation after a cabinet meeting, according to author Daniel Klaidman. He writes: "The two men stood chest to chest. It was like a school yard fight".
The relatively mild-mannered Mr Axelrod is said to have told the attorney general: "Don't ever, ever accuse me of trying to interfere with the operations of the Justice Department", a taboo in US politics.
In 'Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency', Klaidman discloses the struggles within Mr Obama's White House at it mounted its controversial campaign against al-Qaeda.
He writes that Mr Holder and Mr Axelrod were separated by Valerie Jarrett, a White House adviser and confidante to Mr Obama. Ms Jarrett "pushed her way between the two men, her sense of decorum disturbed, ordering them to 'take it out of the hallway'," says Klaidman.
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Valerie Jarret turns out to be the only real man in this entire administration, if not that meeting....
NYT Breaking News! GOP Mean Spirited-ness has now infected the White House!
Wonder if evil shrunken troll Jarrett stoped the hissy fight by threating Wookie to kick both their asses like she does her husband’s on a daily basis.....
Strange. The most mentally deranged one “breaks it up”.
IMPLOSION... love it!
Holder must have won, because Axelrod is out!
If this isn’t a 100% political Justice Dept., I’d hate to see one.
It's good to know that Madame President can take time from her busy schedule and referee fights.
Axelrod has more important business - like helping Barry select Islamist targets for drone strikes - an appropriate job for a political/campaign adviser, I sure. Eric “The Coward” Holder is skeered of a little lady!
Frankly, I’m sick of the BS coming out of the Government. I’m sick of our elected officials doing everything they can to make everything they can illegal and grant themselves more power.
“After Fast and Furious, I don’t trust the Government AT ALL, I don’t respect it, and I will not honor ANY exemptions for the Government that is denied the citizens in anything we do here.
We’ve tried the surrender liberty for safety and it’s not working. I want my Rights back. ALL OF THEM. The Government has WAY overstepped it’s bounds and it better back the hell up and get in it’s place before the People put it back in it’s place.”
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Well Said and to the point! My thoughts exactly.
The first thing that came to mind was Henry Kissinger's comment about the Iran-Iraq war: "Too bad they can't both lose."
Well said, I couldn't agree more! Let's start by cutting the bureaucracy by 50% and work downward from there.
Regards,
GtG
You, there in the back. I'll scratch your eyes out!
The soul of the Obama presidency? The Obama presidency has no soul.
Hear hear....
Valerie Jarrett has a sense of decorum?????? interesting
Damn straight. Millions echo your sentiments.
b*tch slapping in the W.H. oh my.
Right on!!!! I’m on board. The People need to take this country back. Your post is on the mark FRiend.
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