Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Political Posturing Versus Liberal Transparency


A House committee has announced a June 20 vote on whether Attorney General Eric Holder is in contempt of Congress for withholding documents in the "Fast and Furious" scandal. It can't happen soon enough.
For more than a year, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has labored to find out the truth of White House involvement in the blood-drenched debacle known as "Fast and Furious".  [See Doggone Blog posts on “Holder” & “Fast and Furious” ]
As the saying goes, "The Wheels of Justice turn slowly but exceedingly fine."  In the case of the “Fast and Furious” scandal, that’s an understatement!  If the wheels turn any more slowly, the 2012 elections will have come and gone and the whole thing will be academic.  Could it be that the GOP is more interested in keeping this on “the front page” for political advantage rather than bringing to justice those indirectly responsible for the murder of Border Patrol Agent Bryan Terry by Mexican drug cartels with weapons provided by our government?  Let’s hope not.

Meanwhile, the DOJ and Obama administration are giving new meaning to “government transparency”.

You do recall his 2009 speech don’t you?  No?  No matter, here it is in case you missed it or just can’t recall the particulars.

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