Did Holder “Misspeak” Yet Again?
Earlier this week, the US Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department had no plans to investigate the VA hospital “secret list” scandal. I noted that in this story.
Well, it looks like the AG’s remarks on the subject were – to be charitable – inaccurate. Again.
Yesterday, the VA’s Acting Inspector General, Richard J. Griffin, disclosed that VA Office of the Inspector General (OIG) personnel are currently working with Federal prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona and with personnel from the Public Integrity Section of the Justice Department in Washington, DC. According to Griffin, these individuals are working together to “determine any conduct that we discover that merits criminal prosecution.”
Hmm. Last time I checked, both US Attorney’s offices and the Public Integrity Section were part of the Justice Department – which Holder heads. And from what Griffin said yesterday, it certainly looks like they’re “involved in an investigation” at this time. But maybe I’m just confused here.
It’s simply not plausible to me that the AG would be clueless about what his agency is doing in connection with a matter of extreme public interest. I don’t believe he is, actually.
This isn’t the first time that Holder has made public statements (some of them under oath) that later turned out to be inaccurate. Remember Holder’s “erroneous” testimony to Congress concerning “Fast and Furious”?
Geez. GMAFB.
I have to tip my hat to Holder, though. With a straight face, he delivers sworn testimony and other public statements that later are shown to be inaccurate better than anyone in recent memory. The man has talent, and he has chutzpah.
He has no shame, of course. But he certainly has talent and chutzpah.
As I said the other day: Holder seems to have forgotten history. He might do well to remember it.
Why? Because it wasn’t the Watergate break-in that put former AG John Mitchell in prison. It was his participation in the cover-up.
Category: Crime, Legal, Veteran Health Care, Veterans' Affairs Department
And that’s how I hope this works out. Holder in prison and the loss of his law license.
You are absolutely correct in your statement about him having no shame. None of the clown car posse running this administration have any shame. heck, they’re about as clueless, and in over their collective heads, as anything this nation has ever had to endure.
Oh, that would be so sweet to see him locked up with a cellmate named Bubba!
Living in the DC area, I’ve seen him at a couple of events and the most he ever gets is less than polite applause. He is such a douche.
That’s why I think the Democrats are shitting bricks thinking about a Republican take over of the Senate and retaining the House: appointment of Special Prosecutors. That’s of course if Mitch McConnel can find his balls and John Boenher can get out of the tanning booth and stop crying
This November’s gonna be a good one…
Not giving much credence to the WoPo rag BUT they had an article this morning that said that the Republicans have a 77% chance for taking over the Senate (down from a previous assessment of 82%)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/05/16/republicans-have-a-77-chance-of-taking-the-senate/?hpid=z6
I was surprised…
Hmmmm really??
I am too cynical to believe it. All it is going to take for the conservatives to be derailed is for one Repub to stick his foot in his mouth (rape, abortion, immigration, Gay Rights, etc.) or for another ‘mass-tragedy’ (bomb, shooting, stabbing, etc.) and the liberal hashtag/retweet machine will go into high gear and it’s over. The libs have their voting base and know how to mobilize it — AND THEY KNOW IT.
Only if the Republitards can grow a conservative spine. . . . .
I love the sudden interest in matters that have been lingering for years under the Emperor’s administration. It couldn’t be insincere and a combination of re-election concerns and jumping on the bandwagon, could it? No, of course not. These are our leaders and they are leading, the freakin’ bastages. And now, I have to go puke. Thank you.
No, he didn’t misspeak. He is paid to lie and obfuscate to the max. It’s what the true believers do. It is their mission in life.
Look, covering up for the president is a full time job!! You cannot expect the Attorney General to know what the Justice Department is doing too!! C’mon!!
There are enough liberal lawyers at the Justice Department to keep it careening down the tracks. That leaves Holder ample time to put his laser like focus on keeping his good buddy out of trouble and making erroneous statements. Good work if you can get it!!
Two more years and this clown show is done. At least that is what I keep telling myself whenever they pull their latest stunt.
Most transparent administration in history. Goddamn the press for not vetting these clowns.
Oh, they were vetted, alright. They were found to be to George Soros’ liking, thus the alphabet networks and the Communist News Network cast their lot with them. On the plus side, it seems to be blowing up in their collective face just a little bit more each day.
Holder didn’t misspeak; he spoke the language of the current Administration. Let me see if I can translate for you:
“While there will be an ‘investigation’ to satisfy the public requirement to ‘do something,’ it will in no way result in any changes to current VA procedures, or reflect negatively on Mr. Shinseki.”
““While there will be an ‘investigation’ to satisfy the public requirement to ‘do something,’ it will in no way result in any changes to current VA procedures, or reflect negatively on Mr. Shinseki, and through him, President Obama.”
There, I fixed it for you.
Okay this pisses me off. Holder (of Obama’s dick) is nothing more than another fucking Obama lapdog and dick licker! The son of a bitch doesn’t have the dignity or personal honor to do anything except look around the country for more Trayvon Martins to involve the federal government in local matters as a social statement. The fucking short bus window licker! We have vets who have DIED because of the VA’s CRIMINAL practices. We have vets suffering every day for help they desperately NEED! Holder (of Obama’s dick) can’t find it in his purview I guess to look into another federal agency! He is a black, boxer underwear shit stain, skid mark of weapon’s grade proportions! If Bush were in office there would be a different AG I understand but you can bet your sweet asses if it were Holder (of Obama’s dick) he would be up Bush’s ass and every orifice with a three foot probe over this VA scandal! Fucking nasty shit stain! He’s worse than dog puke on the carpet! I fucking hate Eric Holder (of Obama’s dick) and everything he DOESN’T stand for! Orifice licker of Obama’s ass, over the desk, in the Oval Office, with a smile on his lips!
Sparks….
Um, really now….don’t be shy….tell us how you *REALLY* feel….
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
ChipNASA…I wrote below I am sorry for going off on a rant. I got it off my chest but it really did not add any substance to the thread. Sometimes I need to stop and think before I post.
Nope. Don’t filter your comments, Sparks. In this world of perfectly PC, written “milk toast,” comments like yours are as refreshing as lemonaide on a hot summer day! 😉
Ahem…Sparks…
YOU POST ON TAH LIKE OLD PEOPLE FUCK.
WHO’S THE SLIMY LITTLE COMMUNIST TWINKLE TOES FUCK THAT DOESN’T HAVE THE BALLS TO POST WHAT HE REALLY THINKS ON TAH?!?!?
NOBODY HUH??
YOU SPARKS?!?!?
THE FAIERY FUCKING GODMOTHERPOSTED IT, HUH??!!
OUTSTANDING TAH.
I WILL RESTRICT YOUR BANDWITH UNTIL IT FEELS LIKE YOU’RE POSTING FROM AN GOT-DAMN TRS 80 RADIO SHACK COMPUTER.
HELL SPARKS I LIKE YOU….YOU CAN COM OVER TO MY HOUSE AND FUCK MY SISTER. YOU LITTLE SCUMBAG. WE’VE GOT YOUR NAME. WE’VE GOT YOUR NUMBER.
YOU’D HAVE BEST UNFUCK YOURSELF OR I WILL TRAVEL THROUGH THE INTERWEBS AND SHIT ON YOUR *KEYBOARD*
HELL SPARKS I BET YOU’RE THE KIND OF GUY WHO WOULD GO OFF ON A RANT ON A TAH THREAD AND AFTERWARDS NOT HAVE THE COMMON COURTESY TO GIVE A GUY A REACHAROUND.
/with apologies to R. Lee Ermey and Sparks 😀
//*satire*
Thank you ChipNASA and Pinto Nag.
Is that you, John Wayne?
“Is this me?”
Meh, I don’t think you need to apologize at all, Sparks, I think that’s tame compared to a few rants I’ve done in the past. Like The Duke once said (And I have it on a tinplate sign in my Man Cave), “A Man’s got to do what a Man’s got to do.”. TO HELL WITH being a polite little milquetoast afraid of offending someone, sometimes ya gotta say it just like it’s on your mind!
Q, What happens when a bad lawyer gets caught?
A, They become politicians.
E4U…Well said. Sorry for the tirade I went off on. It was just me venting but it didn’t add much to the thread. Sorry again.
“The man has talent, and he has chutzpah.”
Yeah, but he lacks character and integrity.
He also has balls…somebody else’s, that is. On his chin. *SLAPPING.*
Old Trooper…Shush please. We don’t say, character, honor, integrity, honesty and decency aloud in this Administration. Those words are on the “do not use under any circumstances” speech writer’s walls, framed in big, bold letters. In smaller letters at the bottom it says, “Under threat of your phony baloney jobs too!”.
Sorry I blew up, Sparks!
Been there and DO that!
He carries so much water for the administration I’m surprised he still knows how to speak.
I know I am about to venture out into shark infested waters here, but I am not sure that Holder misrepresented anything.
Usually in investigations, there is a lead agency – one that is responsible to the focus and direction of the investigation. So while the VA IG is the leaf agency and is working with departments of the DOJ, that does not mean the DOJ is investigating anything.
The FoxNews article says that the VA IG is conducting an “exaustive review.” In the real world outside of government, “investigation” may be the same as “exhaustive review.” Inside the government, it is not. They are two different terms.
It is governmental double-speak which confuses regular people but in their language, may be correct.
After all, “it depends on what the meaning of ‘is’ is.”
Ball Holder needs to be the next guy to resign.
Dude looks like a fuckin’ sloth. Only dumber.
Sparks, I read aloud your rant to my wife, she loved it!
Cacti35…not 36. Fat fingers on I phone
obama,
If I had a son that was going to be the Attorney General, he’d look like this…
‘lil’ eric holder.
Another piece of Chicago cheese block lying shit scum named eric holder. Love those Chicago scum bag politicians.
I wonder if B. Hussein 0bama & Company will one day disintegrate like a criminal enterprise usually does, where one of them gets in trouble and then rats the others out from their being butt-hurt about getting caught, and then it falls downhill like a landslide?