Getting Rid of Holder

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Originally Posted by mezz

The cover-up being basically handled very clumsily and obviously through the attorney general has certainly made this worse. The degree to which they have been uncooperative serves to underscore this admins attitude towards due process and respect for their respective offices and the American public. Now they are deep into a sea of lies and the president doesn't come out looking good no matter which way this turns now. Continued stonewalling is really their only choice now, but more evidence (like the wiretaps) is going to start coming out now as people are becoming extremely fed up and this goes beyind politics. A smart and less aloof admin would have had Holder take the fall a year ago and try to get the buck to stop there in hopes that they might have been able to head off an investigation which got far beyond the AG. It would seem that they deemed containing this would be impossible as the links to the president couldn't be covered up simply by having Holder take the blame here.

Another view of it is that the GOP is just looking for something that the average simple-minded American can comprehend - the Border Agent was killed with a gun that derived from the F&F program.

It could have just as easily happened under Dubya or happened with a non-F&F firearm. I think it also has something to do with the NRA and their Congressional minions trying to focus on a case where efforts to control firearms flow backfired. They'll use this as ammunition to fight any further firearms control efforts.

You've been sucked in, Mezz.