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:
This is a big big deal. Heads should roll. I can’t believe it even needs to be discussed! The horrible people responsible for this crime should be fired and prosecuted.
TO HOLDER
You’ve done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?
This is worse that WATERGATE! And I have been waiting a long time to say that. At least with Watergate, no one died!
He'll sing hoping the first to squeal gets the deal...Soon he'll pointing fingers, providing documents and obtaining private counsel. We can dream.
If he resigned tomorrow the press would pack their mikes and go home.
This is still being investigated and likely more evidence will be forthcoming. Guessing there is more to be revealed. This could threaten this administration, especially if people start turning.
The WH spokesman will announce this is all a smear campaign and election smut as he downplays any involvement.
Only Arizona! I’m ashamed of the rest of the country!
If Holder & the Obama did not know about F&F, why are they not demanding the heads of those who did?
There are 15 counties in AZ. That means there are 5 who don’t stand with us.
Somebody's blowing smoke up your butt.
Dupnick?
No, you mean Clarence Limpdik! I’d like to roll him and his little Marxist Mexican buddy Raul Grijalva up in a ball and roll the both of them across the border. My guess is that the problem with Tucscon is the University of Arizona. Tucson, a kind of “Berkeley in the Desert.”
Great news! How long can the press bury this story?
now you have been called out for a troll you now come out with this crap post.
Answer the questions about why you were in the anti war movement named ANSWER and why you refuse to condemn the protest troll
For our own government to be complicit in helping them conduct that business is offensive to us.
When will Obama be passing through Cochise county for a campaign swing?
These guys are pretty damn gutsy.
It could get more interesting, but not necessarily satisfying.
We will never see a Democrat president, no matter how criminally guilty, get treatment akin to Richard Nixon’s.
I’m not so sure. Times are not good. Even those drooling in cups are getting pissed. They probably account for 30 percent of his supporters.
Dream on. While I believe that Obama and Biden should also be impeached for F+F, and felony stupidity, the House that we have now won't touch this OR ANYTHING ELSE! They are cowards.
Dream on. While I believe that Obama and Biden should also be impeached for F+F, and felony stupidity, the House that we have now won't touch this OR ANYTHING ELSE! They are cowards.
These fellows are going to be great on the road during the waning days of the campaign as they tour america demanding the resignation of holder and the impeachment of obama...a hell of a lot more effective than the swiftboaters!!!
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