Papantonio: Eric Holder Destroying Obama Presidency

[GoLeft TV]

The following interview originally aired on the May 26th episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. Part of Obama’s corporatist problem is that he appointed an attorney general who is completely in the pocket of big business. And with all of the recent scandals surrounding his Department of Justice, it’s time for President Obama to finally dump Eric Holder. Ring of Fire host Mike Papantonio discusses Eric Holder’s horrible record with attorney Seth Katz.

For more, visit Ring of Fire.

[CanonRay]

2. I agree, this guy should have been dumped long, long ago

and really was a bad choice from the get-go.

[CanonRay]

4. Shoot, I didn't get to see the response that was removed by the jury

We must have a Holder apologist out there!

[The Magistrate]

5. Just A News-Flash From Libya, Dated 2011, Sir: Nothing To Do With Holder....

A sort of random neuron firing off somewhere in a distant and lonely booth well off the usual paths through the Carnival of Life....

[abq e streeter]

6. "Holder destroying..." And who was it ,again, that forced Obama to appoint him?

Or Rahm Emmanuel, or Arne Duncan, or Tim Geithner, or...

[dotymed]

8. A+ eom

[CanonRay]

9. Ding! We have a winner.

A lot of really bad, bad, appointments. Some good ones as well, to be fair. And better than any Romney would have appointed.

[abq e streeter]

10. It pains me personally, beyond just politically, to be disappointed (to put it mildly)

in those appointments (and damn right Romney's or any repub's would be far worse, although Holder and Duncan are pretty bad). On a personal level, I think I've mentioned here before that the chief of President Obama's transition team was a good friend way back in our undergrad days (haven't had any contact with him in probably close to 40 years though). A great guy, and someone with a very keen intellect as well as social conscience and awareness. So it pains me to think he was intimately involved in these selections. I hold out hope that he was pulling for more progressive voices but was over-ruled, but I suppose that's wishful thinking since he was the Chief of the team. It was when these cabinet nominations were announced that my worst fears about Obama began to be confirmed. Yes, he's done a lot of good things; yes, a repub would be a genuine disaster and thank God it's Obama instead of McCain or Mitt, , but it was at that time that I started wondering what the hell kind of "change " this was. Seemed like business as usual.

[dotymed]

7. Maybe this will be hidden by jury also.

One of the deleted posts was about Holders work on part of Chiquita banana. SO...of course I had to wiki it.
Here is what the Wikipedia said:

In 2004, Holder helped negotiate an agreement with the Justice Department for Chiquita Brands International in a case that involved Chiquita's payment of "protection money" to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, a group on the U.S. government's list of terrorist organizations.[22][23] In the agreement, Chiquita's officials pleaded guilty and paid a fine of $25 million. Holder represented Chiquita in the civil action that grew out of this criminal case.[23] In March 2004, Holder and Covington & Burling were hired by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to act as a special investigator to the Illinois Gaming Board. The investigation was subsequently canceled on May 18, 2004.[24]

[Plucketeer]

11. Hope and Change

We got SO little of both on Jan. 20th of '09. Holder and Dunce'n are just the TIP of a destrucive iceberg.