Posted By Lambchop
Yesterday, the full House of Representatives voted to hold U.S. Attorney General in contempt of Congress for his refusal to turn over documents related to the cover- up of the Fast and Furious scandal. Fast and Furious was an insane creation of the Department of Homeland Security and the DOJ that allowed brand new assault weapons to be sold to Mexican drug cartels without tracking the weapons or their resale across the border. The Mexican government was not notified of this “operation”. This resulted in the murder of at least 200 Mexican citizens and of U.S. Border Patrol Agent, Brian Terry. It is also widely believed that ICE agent Jaime Zapata was killed as a result of the Fast and Furious operation.
Attorney General Holder lied to the Committee during sworn testimony, claiming he had no knowledge of the operation until a “few weeks” prior to February of 2011. Holder later admitted to making the false statement after documents were produced and publicized that proved Holder was regularly informed of operation Fast and Furious as early as July of 2010.
That said, the Congressional Black Caucus has been labeling the Fast and Furious investigation a “witch hunt”. I am going to assume, given the fact that all Democrats did not walk out (17 Democrats voted to hold Holder criminally liable while 21 voted hold to him civilly liable) and that the Hispanic, Asian Pacific and Pacific Islanders did not join them in the walk-out - that this walk-out was a purely racially–motivated action. Attorney General Holder told the New York Times (about the Fast and Furious investigation) at the end of 2011, “ “This is a way to get at the president because of the way I can be identified with him,” Holder said, “both due to the nature of our relationship and, you know, the fact that we’re both African-American.
The fact that the Democrats in general have pretended that this investigation politically-motivated is a joke. 200-300 people are dead. Most of them are Mexican citizens! Must I remind the Democrats that NO ONE DIED during Watergate?
Adding insult to injury, the Black Caucus walking out tells the nation that they have placed their personal, racial bias above everything else: above their sworn duty, above their love for America, above their constituents’ wishes, and above morality.
Agent Terry’s mother said it best when asked about the Congressional Black Caucus walk-out: “I was like, totally shocked, but you know what? I think it was a disgrace to them and not to my son,” said Josephine Terry, mother of the murdered Brian Terry, Thursday night on “The O’Reilly Factor.”
The CBC judged the AG by the color of his skin. They told me if I voted for McCain that Jim Crow laws would reappear. And they were right.
Posted by: German Shepherd | 06/29/2012 at 04:40 PM