Posted on 10/07/2011 7:06:13 PM PDT by montag813
by John Hill
Stand With Arizona
Sheriff Paul Babeu led a press conference with 9 other Arizona sheriffs today, to blast Attorney General Eric Holder and the Administration for the disastrous 'Operation Fast and Furious', calling it a a "betrayal of state law enforcement".
Standing in front of a Phoenix memorial for fallen law enforcement officers, including Border Patrol Agent Brian A. Terry - murdered as a direct result of the operation - the sheriffs called for the president to launch an independent investigation and for Attorney General Eric Holder to step down or be fired. They are demanding that Holder reveal the truth behind the scandal, and believe that those responsible should be criminally accountable for allowing 2,000 guns to be purchased on U.S. Soil and turned over to the Mexican drug cartels.
Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever said:
We are here to help defend America, whether it's beyond the border or any place north where the tentacles of these cartels reach into our communities across this nation every single day. And for our own government to be complicit in helping them conduct that business is offensive to us.
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu remembered Brian Terry's family, saying their "hearts are broken":
Five of the sheriffs are Democrats, and the other five are Republicans. But they spoke in united outrage over the conduct of the Obama Administration in this scandal...and demanded results.They want the truth, and they haven't been given the truth," he said. "Where's the honor of our country and us in law enforcement when a brother officer is murdered in our state here in Arizona, protecting our country, and then we find out months later that two of these weapons were weapons from Fast and Furious?
On Tuesday, Republic Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas also called for a special counsel to investigate Fast and Furious, saying that Holder may have misled Congress about his knowledge of the operation. In his press conference on Thursday, Obama said Holder had his "full confidence" in Holder, but did not address accusations that Holder perjured himself in his May 2011 testimony before Congress.
And of course, a compliant media did not even ask Obama about Holder's testimony, the perjury allegations, or even the special prosecutor request. Hugo Chavez has a more challenging press than does Obama. Disgraceful.
The House GOP must act if Obama refuses to...and impeach Eric Holder.
Video coverage below:
YES! Stand up!
If Holder were a republican, he’d have resigned long ago.
the pima county sheriff was not present, of course!
It’s a start.
I am curious if Yuma County Sheriff Ogden was present, I didn’t see him in the photo.
I am curious if Yuma County Sheriff Ogden was present, I didn’t see him in the photo.
Let’s not get Holder out of there too quickly.
It is unrealistic to think he is the top of the food chain in this business. If he resigned tomorrow the press would pack their mikes and go home. I think we are better off if he fights it for a while and Obama is forced to publicly defend him more and more. If Obama is not dragged into this in a notable way, what is accomplished by getting rid of Holder immediately? Obama will just appoint another racist criminal and go back to business as usual.
See the new boss, same as the old boss.
That is two-thirds of Arizona. Pay-Back is swift.
Nobama’s fingerprints are all over this. His planning is not skilled unless it’s a bunch of unwashed hippies and racist maggots that feed on the vote of the misguided.
Operation Fast & Furious is going to the WH.
dunno him.
i looked up his photo and there’s no one as old as him in the group of 10 photo.
so, my guess is—not.
Unfortunately, County sheriff is a political office and that dipstick is supported by rats. Now what about the flyover County sheriffs who are silent?
I wonder if they'll raid his home?
If so, I hope they have video!
They don’t have standing until someone is killed or maimed by the operation in their state. All of Arizona has standing at this point.
Of course. But kudos to the democratic sheriffs who stood up for what is right alongside their republican peers. That is the kind of unity the country needs. We can unite behind color-blind, politics-blind justice.
I think if eric showed up in AZ they would arrest him. He better be really careful.
ping for later
I guessed no before I loked at the photo, he never met a federal penny he wasn’t in love with. He’s not going to do anything that would put one penny of federal handouts in jeperdy.
If Obama shows up in Arizona he will be arrested. That’s what the sponsor of one of their eligibility bills told me. Different issue though.
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