Eric Holder And David Axelrod Had To Be Separated From Fighting Each Other After Cabinet Meeting

TBI - The Telegraph ^ | 6-3-2012 | Jon Swaine

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Eric Holder And David Axelrod Had To Be Separated From Fighting Each Other After Cabinet Meeting

Jon Swaine Washington, The Telegraph
Jun. 3, 2012, 9:01 PM

Eric Holder, who heads Mr Obama's justice department, is said to have become "incensed" after being accused by David Axelrod of complaining publicly about political interference in his office.

"That's bull****," Mr Holder said in a confrontation after a cabinet meeting, according to author Daniel Klaidman. He writes: "The two men stood chest to chest. It was like a school yard fight".

The relatively mild-mannered Mr Axelrod is said to have told the attorney general: "Don't ever, ever accuse me of trying to interfere with the operations of the Justice Department", a taboo in US politics.

In 'Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency', Klaidman discloses the struggles within Mr Obama's White House at it mounted its controversial campaign against al-Qaeda.

He writes that Mr Holder and Mr Axelrod were separated by Valerie Jarrett, a White House adviser and confidante to Mr Obama. Ms Jarrett "pushed her way between the two men, her sense of decorum disturbed, ordering them to 'take it out of the hallway'," says Klaidman.

The argument is said to have erupted over attempts to add a political official to the staff of Mr Holder, who has presided over a handful of political and public relations blunders since taking office in 2009.

Denying impropriety, Mr Axelrod, a hangdog 57-year-old veteran of Chicago politics, is said to have told Mr Holder: "I'm not Karl Rove".

Mr Rove, a top aide to President George W. Bush, was accused of pressuring the justice department to fire seven politically unhelpful federal prosecutors in 2006.

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[MattinNJ]

chick fight

[glorgau]

What a transparent plant with obligatory dig at the evil Republicans.

[Servant of the Cross]

chick fight

Yep. Purse fight. And here's why zer0 didn't break them up.

[Steely Tom]

I’m sure that physical fighting between cabinet members is a sign that the re-election of Obama is virtually automatic at this point.

[Elle Bee]

I'm calling BS

this is a story to falsely example how non-political the DOJ has been

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[edpc]

Of course.....Axelrod's a badass....just look at the pic from Drudge.

[SampleMan]

Oh, the article says they were fighting.

Not whast I expected from the headline.

[SampleMan]

Axelrod always looks like Hitlers chubby brother.

[kevcol]

DING DING DING!

[USS Alaska]

We post, you decide.

[nerdwithagun]

Oh good grief, is that Frank Dux, the big faker “ninja” and con artist? He wares a ridiculous blue shoulder padded gi.

[Ted Grant]

I don’t buy it.

[Leep]

Asselrod would have the advantage in a knock down brawl.He has a greesy head which would be hard to get a lock on.

[duckman]

Ukraine politics coming to Washington?

[Doogle]

Mama Jarrett "pushed her way between the two men, her sense of decorum disturbed"

"....she then allowed the little boy king to play golf while she planned another scam gala for solar energy execs to donate a percentage of their tax payer backed government loans to the "party"

[Doc Savage]

Really. I took several anatomy classes and I do not recall ever hearing that rectal cavities (aka assholes) could punch each other!!!!!!!!!!!

[liberalh8ter]

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