I don't need no steenking executive privilege. Oh wait, maybe I do.
Posted on 06/20/2012 8:35:26 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Obama in 2007 Criticized Hiding 'Behind Executive Privilege' Daniel Halper June 20, 2012 10:46 AM
In light of today's announcement that President Obama is using executive privilege to cover Attorney General Eric Holder from releasing Fast and Furious documents, it's worth remembering what Obama said in 2007 about this practice:
Transcript:
CNN’S LARRY KING: “Do you favor executive privilege or should Karl Rove and others in that like position be forced to testify before the House or Senate?
OBAMA: “Well, you know, I think we'll -- we'll determine over the next several weeks how this administration responds to the very appropriate call by Patrick Leahy, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, to have these individuals come in and testify. You know, there's been a tendency on the part of this administration to -- to try to hide behind executive privilege every time there's something a little shaky that's taking place. And I think, you know, the administration would be best served by coming clean on this. There doesn't seem to be any national security issues involved with the U.S. attorney question. There doesn't seem to be any justification for not offering up some clear, plausible rationale for why these -- these U.S. attorneys were targeted when, by all assessments, they were doing an outstanding job. I think the American people deserve to know what was going on there.”
Just impeach both these currupt bastards!!!
Yes, it won't go anyplace, but it will make the whole country (except the communists) feel better.
Do I get this???
Is Obama trying to keep himself in the Oval Office & he is throwing Holder & others at ‘Justice Department’ under the bus????
I don't need no steenking executive privilege. Oh wait, maybe I do.
Crosslinking:
Obama grants Holder request on 'Furious' documents as contempt vote looms
NO, Obama just threw himself under the bus.
The administration could have picked a low-level functionary, claimed he (or she) was behind fast and furious - and fired them.
Put the head on a pike.
Case over, and subject closed.
By invoking EP, he is all but admitting that-
there IS something to cover up -
maybe Obammy or Holder were in it up to their necks
that F&F WAS intended to be part of a gun grab
and on and on.
Will this become the next “18 minute gap”? NO.
Why? Because the media was looking for Nixon’s head back then, and today they are coveing Bammy’s ass in anything and everything.
(Snorts) Free press my ass.....
F U B O
you are an embarrassment
bump
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