Posted on 09/25/2014 8:10:13 AM PDT by cotton1706
Eric Holder is going to resign his position as Attorney General
News is just coming across the wire. Holder has been Obama’s friend and companion for six years. He has relentlessly screwed up most everything he has touched. He has overseen a Department of Justice that has been complicit in killing American border patrol agents and covering up abusive government. In the vernacular of the kids these days, Eric Holder has loyally served as Barack Obama’s cockblocker.
And now he is resigning.
The only reason Eric Holder would do this now, before the mid-term elections, is if he was pretty sure he’d have to deal with a Republican Senate next year. A nomination and confirmation fight is just another area to be politicized before the 2014 mid-terms when the nation has turned against Barack Obama on a host of issues and Republicans are revving up attacks on both the IRS and Benghazi. It means a potential loss of control on another front when the Democrats are already on defense across the country. That instability does not happen unless the people in positions to control this decision see headwinds against them.
Eric Holder resigning is another sign the Democrats are worried about having to deal with a Republican Senate majority in January.
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Will Perez take over? If Obama doesn’t appoint another black to the position watch all the gloves come off!
Please let this be true. I haven’t heard any news on this. Good riddance to this POS. We can deal with his crimes later.
That works for me as well. A bruising confirmation battle in a lameduck session means less time for other mischief such as amnesty.
I'm sure he already has a presidential pardon in his pocket. Or some sort of executive order freeing him from prosecution for the good of the country.
Bump!
You better spend some time contemplating.
I am not sure the GOP has ‘completely alienated its conservative base’.
Don’t believe the House is in play and some thought should be given to supreme court replacements.
They will lose the WH though when they push another liberal retard Republican
Just hope the Senate does not Rubber stamp the next Obama flunky or will Harry The Reid use the Nuclear option and the next AG will be a woman and Hispanic
Yeah, right.
But will a presidential pardon make him lawsuit-proof?
Reading between the lines here: Eric Holder will not vacate the position UNTIL his successor is confirmed. There is an outside chance that the Senate will take up the confirmation process BEFORE the election in November, in a rump session, and almost certainly before the new Senate membership is seated in January.
Holder would be well advised to take an extended vacation outside the jurisdiction of US judicial system, as it seems unlikely he will totally avoid consequences should he remain on US soil.
Headwinds is the right term for what Holder faces, and that is not how you want to be turned toward while urinating.
“I’m not sure at all how Holder resigning relates to how the electorate will vote in November.”
Another one of those “October Surprises!” The Half-Breed’s “friends” are deserting him.
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- After AG Eric “of the Marc Rich pardon/bribery fame” Holder and Obama (even at the UN) illegally got involved with the Ferguson Missouri BS - (tainting the pre-trial PR and any jury) - we now have the Hanna/Virginia missing/abducted /murdered case with videos of a big black thug running off to Texas (now caught from tips) without one single word -
- Holder just said American law enforcement is rascist and corrupt and targets barracks - well the police unions have exploded and Holder is outta there without ever complying with the Fast & Furious Obama-Holder gun-running shemes subpoenas - drug cartels names are coming to the surface - connected to the “Invasion of the 60000 (plus) poor Hispanic Chilhuns”
- Obama is throwing Holder under the bus as new information has surfaced about his role in the pardoning of fugitive felon Marc Rich who ran to Switzerland to escape prisontime in the US for looting corporate pension funds - bribery and funds paid by the Clintons shows up just as an drunken and unhealthy Hillary is running once again for Empress of the Universe -
Law Enforcement nationwide plus the Border Patrol are hot and the November nationwide elections are coming on like a runaway freight train...
- Exit Dirty Eric - seen on Fox this morning involved in the “No Butts On The Ground” mess and iSUKZ - his future client -
- more to come soon -
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Who is going to do that? The next Obama appointee to AG? LOL! You crack me up.
Who is the POS that Obama will want to take his place?
You know they will be a racist True Believer.
Are there any transsexual lawyers he can nominate?
He can still be corralled when out of office and prosecuted for his dereliction and malfeasance . In fact it may even be easier.
I don't know why he resigned, but the prospect of the GOP taking the Senate is not it. I do believe that there is an ulterior motive.
Careful what you wish for. Obama will nominate somebody who is worse.
He can no longer use his office to shield him from Congressional investigations. He’s been found in Contempt and could be imprisoned to compel his cooperation with investigations such as Fast & Furious
Someone will take over Holder's responsibilities even if he leaves before a replacement is confirmed. Prosecution needs the OFFICE of the attorney general, not the attorney general himself. IIRC, it is the solicitor general who does all the heavy lifting in the AG office and is the one who actually performs as an attorney.
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