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Rep. Issa ‘disappointed,’ says contempt vote against Holder will move forward
The Hill ^ | 6/19/12 | Jordy Yager

Posted on 06/20/2012 2:58:24 AM PDT by Libloather

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To: PowderMonkey

Thanks. So Congress does have the power to punish but under these circumstances I don’t believe anything beyond the contempt vote will happen.


21 posted on 06/20/2012 4:41:22 AM PDT by saganite (What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
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To: Libloather; marktwain; Joe Brower; MestaMachine

22 posted on 06/20/2012 4:41:22 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee; Joe Brower; LucyT; vette6387; MetaThought; 60Gunner; XHogPilot; FreedomPoster; ...

Waiting and watching ping.


23 posted on 06/20/2012 4:51:06 AM PDT by MestaMachine (obama kills)
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To: saganite
Yep. In an nutshell, Congress certifies the contempt charges, and refers it to the Office of the Attorney General for prosecution. Oops. In this case that won't work. So, it gets referred to the Office of the President. I believe the plan is to ultimately, one way or another, toss it into Obama’s lap, and force him either shove Holder under the bus, or slit his own throat by declining prosecution.
24 posted on 06/20/2012 4:53:33 AM PDT by PowderMonkey (WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
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To: Candor7

This is Obama’s treason. Everyone else is a useful idiot.


25 posted on 06/20/2012 4:56:33 AM PDT by politicianslie (Obama: Our first Muslim PRESIDENT,destroying America $1 Trillion at a time! And America sleeps)
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To: Libloather; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; stephenjohnbanker; DoughtyOne; Gilbo_3; NFHale; Impy; ...
RE :”Time to prosecute.

I am sure that when the House (Issa) refers charges on Holder to the Holder attorney general office he will act swiftly on prosecuting himself, OK back to the planet Earth. Living in a fantasy world is not beating Dems

The Dem talking points have gone out and are being repeated over and over, I heard them on MSNBC and then Dems flooded all the CSPAN lines this morning including the Republican ones, the points go : “Bush started that program (F+F) and Holder stopped it as soon as he learned about it. Issa promised from day 1 to bring the Obama administration down and this is nothing more than a witch hunt. “ .

It may be a lie but Republicans appear not to be organized like Dems are to counter it.

26 posted on 06/20/2012 4:58:59 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Romney is a liberal. Just watch him closely try to screw us.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Maybe a trail to the White House?

How could there be any doubt in your mind?


27 posted on 06/20/2012 5:00:56 AM PDT by politicianslie (Obama: Our first Muslim PRESIDENT,destroying America $1 Trillion at a time! And America sleeps)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
The trail is already at the Oval Office door.

Denis McDonough, "Obama’s most influential foreign policy adviser" and the Fast & Furious Cover-up.

28 posted on 06/20/2012 5:09:32 AM PDT by MissMagnolia (Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. (M.Thatcher))
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To: MestaMachine

My money is on Boner running away from conflict, clearly showing his yellow streak.


29 posted on 06/20/2012 5:11:37 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Libloather

OK, contempt charges may be filed.....then what?

We saw the Republicans impeach Clinton and everyone saw how badly that was taken by Clinton and the rest of the population since nothing ever really happened to actually remove him from office.

Now, like little mad lemmings, the Republicans are going to file contempt charges against Holder. Then what? Nothing!

We’ve seen it before and we will see it again...no followup.


30 posted on 06/20/2012 5:12:08 AM PDT by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: MayflowerMadam
Contempt hearings will be a dream come true for them.

That dream doesn't work when nobody's working. Clinton's stains didn't sink him because he was riding the wave of the Republican Congress's tax cuts.

Contempt hearings for one or more of Zippy's thugs will provide a lot of footage of Holder ducking and slithering, and occasional mention of a lot of murders in Mexico caused by him. It will tarnish an administration people already distrust. Some won't go to the polls; by November, others will actually vote GOP.

31 posted on 06/20/2012 5:21:01 AM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: Libloather
Fast and Furious was an attempt by the Justice Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to track the flow of weapons from the United States into Mexico in hopes of dismantling drug cartels’ network.

It was nothing of the sort. It was an attempt to justify increased federal control on the right to bear arms by the citizens. The media still persists in telling this lie. All know it is untrue. But if you tell the big lie often enough..... AP = Always Propaganda

32 posted on 06/20/2012 5:33:54 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: Travis McGee
you're spot on about boner ... the entire process is just so much Kabuki theater ... there are no substantive penalties for contempt of congress and prosecution of contempt falls to Holder's own DOJ

the time for reason is long over and there are several people in the ground

boner and company have been complicit

remember Charlie Rangel and just look at Mad Maxine

Ethics Case Against Congresswoman to Resume

6/6/12 WASHINGTON — Leaders of the House Ethics Committee said Wednesday that they would move ahead with a long-delayed inquiry into allegations of impropriety by Representative Maxine Waters after concluding that committee missteps had not denied Ms. Waters a fair hearing in the case.

Ethics investigators accuse her of improperly trying to facilitate federal bailout financing and do special favors for a Boston-based bank, OneUnited, at a time when her husband had stock in the company worth about $200,000.

Maxine Waters Ethics Case: 6 Committee Members Recuse Themselves Los Angeles Times ^ | Richard Simon - Friday, February 17, 2012 3:05:05 PM

33 posted on 06/20/2012 5:39:02 AM PDT by Elle Bee
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To: Libloather

And expose the cover up,expect another Obama EO.


34 posted on 06/20/2012 5:50:33 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Libloather

RINO racing snails leap to the starting gate!!!

ONLY one quarter mile to go!!!

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.


35 posted on 06/20/2012 5:52:03 AM PDT by Flintlock (THE TRUTH: It's the new hate speech..)
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To: dennisw

“Axelrod, Obama, Holder are thinking -—”How do we spin this as racist? And which of our media stooges will help us do it?””

To answer that question, it is all the media stooges. However, due to the gay pride fiasco which had black leaders panties all wadded up, they will probably do the church circuit again to make sure any congregants that were looking to escape the plantation are brought back.


36 posted on 06/20/2012 6:11:27 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (ABO 2012)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Holder gets executive privilege for requested documents!


37 posted on 06/20/2012 7:01:20 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: sickoflibs
The Dem talking points have gone out and are being repeated over and over, I heard them on MSNBC and then Dems flooded all the CSPAN lines this morning including the Republican ones..

I remember when CSPAN had one call-in line. They switched when too many conservatives were calling in - decided to give 'equal time'. If a thousand conservatives were trying to call and 10 liberals were calling - they would get 'equal opportunity' to speak. So, they took 10 calls from each group - meaning 100% of the liberals got to speak - vs one percent of conservatives.

To add insult to injury - liberal decided that wasn't enough advantage and came up with ways to cheat a system rigged in their favor. They call in and lie - say they're moderates or conservatives - and of course CSPAN is too stupid to catch it.

If conservatives started doing the same, CSPAN would catch it and correct it in days - maybe hours.

Of course, the 'doting court eunuchs' of the MSM fail to notice... when it works for their side. Shame on CSPAN.

38 posted on 06/20/2012 7:04:46 AM PDT by GOPJ (The 'doting court eunuchs' of the MSM fail to notice...)
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To: Red_Devil 232

Fact or conjecture?


39 posted on 06/20/2012 7:05:56 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: MrB

At 10:00 am Obama declared executive privilege over Justice dept document.
Guilty as charged.


40 posted on 06/20/2012 7:12:49 AM PDT by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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