On Jan. 2, 2012, my op-ed piece, It’s time for AG Holder to go, appeared on the editorial pages of the San Antonio Express-News. And this week, we finally learned that Attorney General Eric Holder has decided to resign.
Finally, Attorney General Eric Holder decided to resign. (csmonitor.com)
Clearly, it was good news, but oh my, the damage he has done to the rule of law in our country. Holder’s outrageous actions make the oft-criticized decisions of John Ashcroft, Alberto Gonzales, and even Janet Reno, seem so insignificant.
While most Americans likely believe the disapproval of Holder is centered in the Republican Party, not so. Just 15 percent of Americans have a positive or very positive view (6 percent) of Holder, according to a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. Thirty-two percent have a negative view of Holder while four times as may have a very negative view (22 percent).
While looking the other way when members of the Black Panthers stood at the door of a Philadelphia polling place in November 2012, he blocked voter ID laws in several states.
Border Agent Brian Terry was murdered by Mexican thugs using weapons obtained through the U.S. Fast & Furious program. (americasfreedomfighters)
Attorney General Eric Holder found no problem with club-wielding members of the Black Panthers standing at a Philadelphia polling place, but opposed voter ID laws. (sodahead.com)
A year earlier, ATF agents under his Justice Department allowed thousands of assault rifles and other weapons to fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartels under Fast & Furious. It resulted in the death of Border Agent Brian Terry. Terry’s sister believes a recent decision by U.S. District Judge John D. Bates denying further Justice Department delay of the release of documents pertaining to the operation. Holder became the first AG to be held in contempt for withholding the documents.
The other activist charges against Holder include his refusal to defend the Defense of Marriage Act; his signing off on the search warrant on Fox News’ James Rosen as a potential co-conspirator and the search of phone records of the Associated Press regarding leaks; the apparent stonewalling in the case against the IRS targeting of conservative groups; charges that his department is blocking IG investigations; and his intervention in the Ferguson shooting are but a few of the lowlights.
“By needlessly injecting politics into law enforcement, Attorney General Holder’s legacy has eroded more confidence in our legal system than any attorney general before him,” said House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA).
If you are wondering why the media hadn’t joined the pressure on Holder to resign during his tenure, perhaps the statement by White House lap dog, NBC’s Chuck Todd, explains it. “He (Holder) wasn’t political at all.” Unbelievable.
(Courtesy funny-quotes.picphotos.net)
