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Obama gives cover to Holder - 6/20/2012 8:29:00 AM

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Obama Asserts Executive Privilege Over Fast And Furious Fiasco

And those nasty Republicans just won't give up -

Rep. Darrell Issa said Wednesday that he is pressing ahead with a committee vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, despite an 11th-hour move by President Obama to exert executive privilege over the Fast and Furious documents at the heart of the dispute.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee was first informed of the president's decision to exert executive privilege in a letter Wednesday morning, shortly before the contempt vote was scheduled.

I'm sure any criticism of Obama pulling a Bush or a Nixon shall be deemed raciss.

Issa accused the Justice Department of trying to compel the committee to close its investigation in exchange for documents it hasn't yet seen. "I can't accept that deal. No other committee chairman would," he said.

Buy does that remind me of something. Like voting for something in order to know what is in it.

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RE: Obama gives cover to Holder - 6/20/2012 8:32:59 AM

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< Message edited by Owner59 -- 6/20/2012 8:36:17 AM >

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RE: Obama gives cover to Holder - 6/20/2012 8:36:05 AM

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I'm sure any criticism of Obama pulling a Bush or a Nixon shall be deemed raciss.

Why? That makes no sense.

What this DOES show is exactly what I wrote about when the Cheney machine geared up to rebuild the strength and power of the presidency back to his days in the Nixon White House. Be careful what you build--that then become available to every president that follows...who WILL use that power.

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RE: Obama gives cover to Holder - 6/20/2012 10:52:41 AM

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So long as it's a Republican president using that strength and power all will be well: there'll only be whining and bitching about the constitution if some Democrat gets elected.

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