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Boehner, Cantor press secretaries balk at calls for Holder’s resignation
The Daily Caller ^ | 1/23/12 | Matthew Boyle

Posted on 01/23/2012 11:36:38 AM PST by ColdOne

BALTIMORE, Md. — During a House GOP retreat in Baltimore on Friday, press secretaries for Speaker of the House John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor balked when asked if their bosses believe Attorney General Eric Holder should resign over Operation Fast and Furious.

Sixty-three congressmen, two senators, two sitting governors and every major Republican presidential candidate have demanded Holder’s ouster over the resulting scandal. And 89 congressmen have signed a House resolution of “no confidence” in Holder as the nation’s top law enforcement officer. Between the two lists, which don’t perfectly overlap, 101 members of the House have “no confidence” in Holder, believe he should resign or both.

Though that number — 101 Congressmen — is nearly half of the 242-member Republican caucus in the House, and the surge continues to grow, the press secretaries for Boehner and Cantor refused to answer the question.

Boehner spokesman Michael Steel has ignored emails on the subject for months, but when TheDC caught up with him at the retreat and again asked if his boss thinks Holder should resign for the gunrunning operation that killed U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and at least 300 Mexican civilians, Steel replied, “I don’t think he has said anything on that.”

TheDC followed up with Steel in the lobby of the Waterfront Marriott and asked him if he’d just ask Boehner the question. “Yeah, maybe,” Steel replied.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: atf; banglist; boehner; dea; dhs; doj; ericcantor; fastandfurious; fbi; gunrunner; gunwalker; holder; obama
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To: calex59
Thus showing their true chicken sh** RINO colors

Also when they signed on to the large cuts in military, when they agreed to the Budget trigger gimmick. Their complaining about Obama in the press is a show, compared to their actions.

21 posted on 01/23/2012 12:19:06 PM PST by opentalk
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To: opentalk

Boehner has made a pretty sorry showing as Speaker of the House, but is there a better qualified Republican, other than Allan West?


23 posted on 01/23/2012 12:24:38 PM PST by Venturer
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To: ColdOne

Disgusting.


24 posted on 01/23/2012 12:25:28 PM PST by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
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To: ColdOne

Boehner the golf caddy, not doing what he doesn’t do.


25 posted on 01/23/2012 12:29:00 PM PST by Psalm 144 (Preparation ZOT, for prompt relief from annoying romnoids.)
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To: Venturer

“is there a better qualified Republican”

Is there a less qualified Republican?

In short, is this really the best the GOP can do?

If so, scuttle this barge.


26 posted on 01/23/2012 12:31:46 PM PST by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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To: ColdOne

If I were granted a few wishes, one would be that Boehner never sees a dime of the benefits he’s expecting at “retirement”.


27 posted on 01/23/2012 12:38:14 PM PST by Jay Santos CP ("Idiocracy"... It's no longer just a movie.)
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To: ColdOne

Craven cowards!


28 posted on 01/23/2012 12:39:45 PM PST by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: ColdOne

Either wimps or Holder has some serious shit on them that they don’t want disclosed.


29 posted on 01/23/2012 12:41:22 PM PST by crosshairs (Liberalism is to truth, what east is to west.)
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To: Psalm 144

It’s a hell of a question aint it?

I don’t have an answer.

I am ready for a third party.


30 posted on 01/23/2012 12:47:36 PM PST by Venturer
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To: Venturer

I hear you. Lets see where this goes first though.


31 posted on 01/23/2012 12:57:22 PM PST by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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To: ColdOne

This is why the GOP and Romney no longer rule.People are tired of the Boehner BS they are all democrats and get rich of of insider trading.Even Rubio dissed joining the tea party caucus upon arrival.And he still is not a member.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/s_777667.html


32 posted on 01/23/2012 12:58:26 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: crosshairs
Holder needs to go, he is recycled from the Clinton era..seems the same powers are running the show.

Plus he appears to be a big racist and seeps it into policy.

Beyond F & F he has no regard for fair election process, his department's job is to over see voter lists, including deleting dead people.

He has a bias toward "his" people.

33 posted on 01/23/2012 1:02:20 PM PST by opentalk
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To: ColdOne

Corrected link

http://bachmann.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=226594


34 posted on 01/23/2012 1:02:20 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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What else is there to expect from insiders?


35 posted on 01/23/2012 1:05:56 PM PST by Gene Eric (C'mon, Virginia -- are you with us or against us?!)
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To: Psalm 144

Anybody remember reading that Rubio; upon arrival under the tea party mantle would ot join the tea party caucus?

Washington, Feb 28, 2011 - Here is a list of those Members of Congress who have officially joined the Tea Party Caucus for the 112th Congress (Updated 7/12/11):

Sandy Adams (FL-24)
Robert Aderholt (AL-04)
Todd Akin (MO-02)
Rodney Alexander (LA-05)
Michele Bachmann (MN-06)
Roscoe Bartlett (MD-06)
Joe Barton (TX-06)
Rob Bishop (UT-01)
Gus Bilirakis (FL-09)
Diane Black (TN-06)
Paul Broun (GA-10)
Michael Burgess (TX-26)
Dan Burton (IN-05)
John Carter (TX-31)
Bill Cassidy (LA-06)
Howard Coble (NC-06)
Mike Coffman (CO-06)
Ander Crenshaw (FL-04)
John Culberson (TX-07)
Jeff Duncan (SC-03)
Blake Farenthold (TX-27)
Stephen Lee Fincher (TN-08)
John Fleming (LA-04)
Trent Franks (AZ-02)
Phil Gingrey (GA-11)
Louie Gohmert (TX-01)
Vicky Hartzler (MO-04)
Wally Herger (CA-02)
Tim Huelskamp (KS-01)
Lynn Jenkins (KS-02)
Steve King (IA-05)
Doug Lamborn (CO-05)
Jeff Landry (LA-03)
Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-09)
Kenny Marchant (TX-24)
Tom McClintock (CA-04)
David McKinley (WV-01)
Gary Miller (CA-42)
Mick Mulvaney (SC-05)
Randy Neugebauer (TX-19)
Rich Nugent (FL-05)
Steven Palazzo (MS-04)
Steve Pearce (NM-02)
Mike Pence (IN-06)
Ted Poe (TX-02)
Tom Price (GA-06)
Denny Rehberg (MT-At large)
David Roe (TN-01)
Dennis Ross (FL-12)
Edward Royce (CA-40)
Steve Scalise (LA-01)
Pete Sessions (TX-32)
Adrian Smith (NE-03)
Lamar Smith (TX-21)
Cliff Stearns (FL-06)
Tim Walberg (MI-07)
Joe Walsh (IL-08)
Allen West (FL-22)
Lynn Westmoreland (GA-03)
Joe Wilson (SC-02)


36 posted on 01/23/2012 1:06:26 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: ColdOne

One balk,ok. Two balk,maybe? Three balks and you start to sounding a little bit like a chicken. balk balk baaaalk!


37 posted on 01/23/2012 1:10:59 PM PST by Leep (It's gonna be a Newt day!)
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38 posted on 01/23/2012 1:20:06 PM PST by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
After everything that has come out and the numerous ovesight hearings the GOP leadership in the House and Senate still will not call for the minimum penalty of Holder’s resignation. Pathetic.

Just goes to show the difference between Repubs and Dems...the Dems would be shouting from every rooftop, on every talk show and their talking points would be on the front page of every rag liberal newspaper in the country. What do we get, 2 sensitive azzes who don't want to upset their friends across the aisle.

39 posted on 01/23/2012 2:03:05 PM PST by JrsyJack (a healthy dose of buckshot will probably get you the last word in any argument.)
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To: ColdOne
This is why South Carolina say no, to Mitt. More of the same thing/weak representatives. The current speaker is not a fighter.
40 posted on 01/23/2012 2:20:48 PM PST by Christie at the beach
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