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Indydem

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5. Exactly!

Sun Jul 26, 2015, 10:33 AM

Jul 2015

How dare BHO appoint a well-respected attorney to the position of AG!

How dare Eric Holder fails to prosecute people for laws that don't exist!

How dare he leave after 6 years of being called every horrible name on earth by the right wing noise machine!

How dare he return to the private sector lawyering!!!

Asparagus farming it is!

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Shame on Eric Holder, Wall Street's Attorney General [View all] rhett o rick Jul 2015 OP

The very best lack of law enforcement money can buy. Vincardog Jul 2015 #1

K&R'd. Wish I could do more � snot Jul 2015 #2

K&R..... daleanime Jul 2015 #3

He has no business being a lawyer jberryhill Jul 2015 #4

Exactly! Indydem Jul 2015 #5

How dare BHO appoint a fox to guard the hen house. I am guessing that if a Republicon rhett o rick Jul 2015 #23

laws that don't exist FlatBaroque Jul 2015 #40

There is practicing law and then there is practicing law Armstead Jul 2015 #9

Yeah, he should do DUI's and slip and falls jberryhill Jul 2015 #12

You sound like a Reublican go after "Trial Lawyers" Armstead Jul 2015 #14

There are plenty of qualified judges and law professors former9thward Jul 2015 #47

THIS hifiguy Jul 2015 #50

most judges have worked in high profile law firms..... msanthrope Jul 2015 #54

So, a US federal judge... jberryhill Jul 2015 #55

So it is impossible for a law prof or judge to become DOJ chief? former9thward Jul 2015 #58

If only Enron had waited a few years they too could have been bailed out and scot free. L0oniX Jul 2015 #6

Revolving Door is right. Octafish Jul 2015 #7

Most people who leave the private sector to serve their country return... George II Jul 2015 #8

And that's why politicians should not look to the same old Cronies to fill positions Armstead Jul 2015 #10

The real question is.... yourout Jul 2015 #11

Maybe so, but Eric Holder didn't serve "his country" he served the Wall Street Gangsters and rhett o rick Jul 2015 #24

Convictions don't matter: What is important Babel_17 Jul 2015 #13

Yes it could use a sarcasm tag. You're too close to what some people say Armstead Jul 2015 #15

Thank you (nt) Babel_17 Jul 2015 #17

Shame on Barak Obama.. sendero Jul 2015 #16

Shame on those that would troll yet another black man Democratic Party leader doing all he could in the face of Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #18

Criticism of Holder has nothing to do with his race. Enthusiast Jul 2015 #21

Accepted. What about amnesia? Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #29

The DOJ had a blank check Babel_17 Jul 2015 #22

If by "blank cheque" you mean "Black Magic JuJu Sticks", to hell with burden and standard of proof, then I agree. Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #28

Obama to Bankers: I'm Standing 'Between You and the Pitchforks' Babel_17 Jul 2015 #35

If Politico reporters are reporting a single sentence of Obama verbatim it must be true?? Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #36

"confirmed by ABC News with industry sources" was in my link Babel_17 Jul 2015 #37

Instead of trying desperately to discredit those that present evidence against Holder, rhett o rick Jul 2015 #44

How desparate are those that see any criticism of Holder as racism. He did all he could to rhett o rick Jul 2015 #26

It's similar to saying that any criticism of Hillary is because she's female mindwalker_i Jul 2015 #31

I find that mildly amusing. zeemike Jul 2015 #32

Ditto - serious cognitive dissonance (sic)...and massive amnesia. Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #33

I agree with the cognitive dissonance but would add authoritarian worship. nm rhett o rick Jul 2015 #45

Wrong. lark Jul 2015 #43

true heaven05 Jul 2015 #19

Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Someone on Redditt claimed that Enthusiast Jul 2015 #20

A link from the comments section Babel_17 Jul 2015 #25

Thank you. Some great quotes there. nm rhett o rick Jul 2015 #41

Actually Holder tried and failed prosecuting individuals. He did win a number of cases against Hoyt Jul 2015 #27

Every once in a while on the DU, one finds a nugget of truth ConservativeDemocrat Jul 2015 #38

Or not dreamnightwind Jul 2015 #56

I'm always interested in new information ConservativeDemocrat Jul 2015 #57

Sorry I had missed your reply, here is some info dreamnightwind Aug 2015 #59

Wow so the oP didn't even try to find out treestar Jul 2015 #51

I will give him credit for his work on sentencing reform and drug policy. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2015 #30

I would love to see some sources for the information that he and Obama reformed rhett o rick Jul 2015 #39

Andrew Ross Sorkin: Pulling Back the Curtain on Fraud Inquiries Babel_17 Jul 2015 #34

Wall Streeets lawyer, hand picked by Obama to protect what mattered the most to him. lark Jul 2015 #42

In his defense, Holder did prosecute several state-licensed MMJ growers. Scuba Jul 2015 #46

In terms of rank, rancid, open corruption, hifiguy Jul 2015 #48

Definitely an epic fail. The DOJ has been a do nothing agency since 2008. mmonk Jul 2015 #49

"Holder leaves office having been far outclassed by the Bush administration even in prosecuting rhett o rick Jul 2015 #52

What made Bush's DOJ bad had to do more with executive power. mmonk Jul 2015 #53

Yes. It's interesting that the Bush/Cheney handlers carved out such power rhett o rick Aug 2015 #61

....! Good Read... KoKo Aug 2015 #60