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WH, Justice Dept. silent as 34 congressmen call for Holder’s resignation
Yahoo ^ | 11/2/11 | Matthew Boyle - Daily Caller

Posted on 11/02/2011 9:29:40 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

There are now 34 members of Congress calling for Attorney General Eric Holder’s immediate resignation, as four more called for Holder to step down on Wednesday.

The new members calling for Holder’s resignation are Republican Reps. Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan, Diane Black of Tennessee, Bob Latta of Ohio and Kenny Marchant of Texas.

“I call upon Attorney General Holder to resign his post as our nation’s top law enforcement official,” Marchant said .. “Ever since the first details of Operation Fast and Furious emerged, Attorney General Holder has been less than forthright with Congress as to his knowledge of Fast and Furious. Unfortunately, this ill-conceived operation has already led to the killing of a border patrol agent.”

Marchant questions Holder’s testimony before Congress at a May 3 Judiciary Committee hearing, during which he said he hadn’t learned of Operation Fast and Furious until a few weeks earlier — even though Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley told TheDC he personally handed Holder a letter on the topic months earlier when the attorney general was in his office. Senior aides also sent Holder numerous briefing memos on the subject, including the name and intimate details of the failed operation, as early as July 2010. Holder now claims he didn’t read the memos.

Another reason it appears as though Holder lied to Congress on May 3 is that President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton both discussed Operation Fast and Furious in media interviews about a month before Holder claims he knew of it. Republican Reps. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina and Jason Chaffetz of Utah have asked Obama to clarify how he was able to speak about Operation Fast and Furious in a media interview while Holder was apparently, at least according to his claims, unaware of the operation.

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To: NormsRevenge

the damned Republican party had better saturate the airways with ads telling this story come 2012 election season...


21 posted on 11/03/2011 5:27:13 AM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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22 posted on 11/03/2011 5:40:53 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: Georgia Girl 2
34 out of 435. Better but still sad.

But every day the number has been increasing, like chinese water torture!

23 posted on 11/03/2011 5:41:46 AM PDT by Lockbox (`)
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To: indianrightwinger

That must be an exact quote. Guess you know your place.


24 posted on 11/03/2011 5:49:17 AM PDT by TheZMan (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2794639/posts)
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To: Lockbox

“Resign” and that’s it?

I don’t think so.

This behavior was CRIMINAL, involved murder, and had the intent of taking away the civil rights of all American citizens.


25 posted on 11/03/2011 5:52:04 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: NormsRevenge

His resignation is NOT enough.

We must demand punitive repeals of some current gun control laws for the illegal actions of our Government. Some control must be surrendered by the Federal Government for what has transpired.

Please write to your congressman and senators and when you do, CC Mr. Issa on the letter. Ask for repeal of the sporting purpose clause of the 1968 GCA. Ask for repeal of the multiple firearm reporting requirement. Ask for repeal of the Hughes Amendment. Ask for repeal of the NFA. Ask for repeal of ALL Government exemptions to firearms restrictions.

Mr. Issa is aware of this initiative. Please help by sending in letters and demanding punitive repeals of laws for what has transpired.


26 posted on 11/03/2011 6:02:18 AM PDT by BCR #226 (02/07 SOT www.extremefirepower.com...The BS stops when the hammer drops.)
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To: NormsRevenge

“34 members of Congress calling for Attorney General Eric Holder’s immediate resignation...”

I think the house is playing its cards well. Torture obuma and holder with this for a year by trickling out pieces and bits, and then indict that racist, murdering bastard right before the election.


27 posted on 11/03/2011 6:05:05 AM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: sergeantdave

Yes...indict him before the election...but do not convict until after Obama leaves office. That way, Obama cannot pardon him and the new President can remove him in chains.

34 today...I pray God another 4 or 5 per day keep climbing on board. Death of a thousand cuts.


28 posted on 11/03/2011 6:33:35 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Liberty is not free. Never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: NormsRevenge

If the inept media would have reported this with the outrage they covered Ashcroft draping the boobs on a statue, Holder would have been long gone by now. Sick of how they treat this administration with velvet gloves and blinders.


29 posted on 11/03/2011 6:40:10 AM PDT by arbee4bush ( "promoted by GOD to be a mother" Palin 2012!!!!!)
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

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30 posted on 11/03/2011 7:42:03 AM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: neverdem

Would be incredibly satisfying to me to see the orange jumpsuit frog-march.

We’ll see...


31 posted on 11/03/2011 7:54:35 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: firebrand
What if the entire Congress called for Holder’s resignation? What then? Does anyone think the despot-in-chief would pay the slightest attention?

That's what the impeachment process is for. I'll bet that at least enough RATs would vote in favor of impeachment and removal to make it stick. Why would they do this? Well maybe to show their constituents they deserve to be reelected and not tossed out on their ears for following a POTUS that's a communist version of the Mad Hatter. In any case, my guess is that the OBOZOs would have to sit up and take notice even if it all amounts to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

33 posted on 11/03/2011 10:07:59 AM PDT by ExSoldier ("Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil: It has no point.")
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To: NormsRevenge
I'd like to this cross-referenced with the 100 Grand Douchebargain Moderates. I'll bet less than 10 had the nuts to sign this letter.
34 posted on 11/03/2011 10:32:41 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (/)
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To: NormsRevenge

In Vietnam logisticians found that enemy troops struck by the smallish 5.56 mm round later required over 10 people for evac and med care.

There is a PART of me that wants Holder to hold on, to thrash around, and bleed, and scream with this mortal political wound, and so bring his party down and down and down over the course of months. And then get fired, and then bring down POTUS.

I think if he goes too quickly there will be a new perception of the need to call it all finished, fair is fair.

I don’t want that because it goes HIGHER than Holder, and broader, too —there needs to be MANY casualties and very high costs for F&F.


35 posted on 11/03/2011 11:22:09 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: gaijin

The enemedia will never do the honest reporting, so the likelihood of all the criminal eliment being exposed is less than zero. When a racist criminal commie runs the unJustice Department, you cannot expect truth in the Republic media, because the media hate this nation as conceived.


36 posted on 11/03/2011 11:25:22 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: NormsRevenge
Holder has no intention of resigning NO MATTER WHAT.

Obama has no intention of asking him to resign NO MATTER WHAT.

37 posted on 11/03/2011 11:33:05 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I guess some Occupiers are more 99% than other Occupiers.)
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To: Jeff Head
Good idea, Jeff! However, I think Holder cannot legally be pardoned for actions taken on Obama’s behalf, even if Obama can separate himself enough to escape indictment himself. There has to be at least a pretext of neutrality for the pardon to be accepted.

It would be great to see a series of indictments thrown down any day, but it would create chaos to wait until the day after Obama has the Democrat nomination sealed up. We lose count of the actions that could be the source of indictments. And when will Congress start rejecting his ridiculously illegal executive orders? Congress has enough Republicans to overturn these banana republic e.o.’s!

38 posted on 11/03/2011 11:37:16 AM PDT by Missouri gal
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To: Lazamataz

Gonna be an real interesting winter and spring .. and a lollapalooza of a summer..
And then WE vote.


39 posted on 11/03/2011 12:06:20 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
Well at least we have 34 honest Senators. The rest need to be investigated for collusion with this Mafia administration.
40 posted on 11/04/2011 1:49:18 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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