Eric Holder

I watched Eric Holder’s Fast and Furious testimony yesterday and frankly felt sick to my stomach. This is absolutely the most corrupt administration in my lifetime, and Eric Holder is the flag bearer. According to Holder the lies his office submitted in writing to Congress are not lies because they didn’t mean them to be lies.

Tell that to Roger Clemens, or Scooter Libby. Hell tell that to Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton.

Holder’s hubris was absolutely stunning. He made it very clear he was above all of it, the rules don’t apply to him and Congress is wasting his time.

In reponse to Issa’s pointed reminder that Attorney’s general are not above the law, Holder responded: “Have you no shame?”

Hoystory takes it from there:

Shame? Shame!? Hundreds of Mexicans are dead. Border Agent Brian Terry is dead. The department that you have authority over allowed more than 2,000 guns to cross the border into the hands of violent drug cartels and you have the gall to chide elected representatives of the American people who seek to hold you to account for your lawlessness?

Shame?

Your deputy submitted a letter to Congress that you withdrew only after subsequent disclosures proved it to be full of lies. You can split legal hairs about there being no “intent” to deceive Congress when that letter was originally submitted, but as time goes by that claim begins to look flimsier and flimsier.

Shame?

We found out just days ago that that ATF officials sought to use the violence in Mexico and the fact that U.S.-bought guns were showing up at crime scenes in that country as a pretext to push for further restrictions on Americans’ Second Amendment rights. You, of course, were ignorant of this.

Shame?

It’s been the better part of six months, or maybe 9 or 12, depending on the quality of your memory and the meaningless difference between “weeks” and “months” in your concept of time, since you knew about this operation and not a single individual has lost their job, let alone has had charges filed against them for violations of federal laws.

Hundreds are dead as a direct result of actions undertaken by your subordinates and you wish to shame Congress?

Mr. Attorney General, if you had any integrity. If you had any honor, you would fire those most responsible for this travesty and then resign yourself.

The only person in this committee room who should be feeling shame is you and what you allowed—either by design or by neglect—to happen in Operation Fast and Furious.

Chairman: Member’s time has expired.

The president needs to tell Eric Holder his time has also expired.