Comments on: Holder Cleansing Bush Justice Department

By: luangtom

luangtom — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:50:09 +0000

Let’s hold off on a firm judgment of Eric Holder as AG. His past still has hauntings that should not be ignored. It is not yet a full quarter of a year that he has been in office. He did partake in the Waco debacle under Janet Reno and he did oversee parts of the Elian Gonzalez raid in FL. What will the next be in the name of public safety or best interest of the children? I hope that we all can hold back any judgment in such short of a term in office.

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:16:20 +0000

Nitwits accusing Barr of being “left” and “Cynthia Tucker’s replacement” just proved they’re completely brain dead. Trust me, I’m quite liberal, and on virtually all issues, think Bob Barr is a total idiot. But seriously, do you guys not know what a libertarian believes?
That’s what Barr is, right? Which means, among other things – they, like Republicans, believe in smaller government and low taxes – much more so than Republicans, for that matter. Where they differ is this; while the GOP routinely embraces religious fundamentalists for political gain, Libertarians believe government should stay the heck out of people’s LIVES – not just their pocketbooks. That means, in their view, the state has no right to seize guns – OR force a woman to carry an unwanted pregnancy; that the state has no business hammering down people’s bedroom doors to prosecute sexual behavior (Exhibit A: Georgia’s old sodomy laws used to jail gays) AND above all, the personal liberties outlined in our Bill of Rights are untouchable. No spying on U.S. citizens, no suspension of habeus corpus (locking up Japanese in WWII, or suspected Muslim sympathizers today) and no torture, period.
Individual rights and freedoms always should beat the power of the state in the Libertarian view.
Now, I’m not sold – as a liberal, for me, Libertarianism is like Republican, Super-sized, but without the facism.
But it’s just more evidence of how poorly informed some of the right wingers here are that they don’t know the basics of the “L” party.

By: Bitter EX democrat

Bitter EX democrat — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:01:18 +0000

Gov. Palin is calling for special election to REdecide Senator Stevens
election, in light of the democrat led obfuscation of evidence, etc.

By: Reality

Reality — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:55:56 +0000

Name calling on these blogs leaves no doubt who the conservatives are when they commment.

By: SugarHillDawg

SugarHillDawg — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:32:01 +0000

He’s not cleansing it, he is polluting it beyond remediation!!The Republicans really abdicated their role when they offered up no opposition to this guy’s appointment to AG.He fits right in with the rest of them though, CORRUPT to the core.

By: J Holland

J Holland — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:36:25 +0000

I am over 66 years old & have participated in & discussed politics with
hundreds of state & federal elected office holders over the years. I can truly say that I have never met a conservative Republican
– when you get down to the details they all have have Big Government/Liberal leanings. Only a Liberal would object to the freeing
of a man convicted on trumped charges.

tendencies.

By: herbK

herbK — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 04:22:30 +0000

SwedeAtlanta, yes, I am crazy. That’s been certified. Yet, still not nuts enough to think that holder actually knows what he’s doing. I didn’t drink any kool-aid, idiot, I call it as I see it. The repub prosecution screwed up big time in the Stevens case. Holder knows that, and doesn’t have the ability, intellect, or evidence to uphold the initial conviction. Do I care in the long run? Use to, now, not so much. Politicians always seem to find an escape mechanism, whether by a loophole in the law, or a blunder courtesy of the keystone prosecution. Hell, Bill Handel could have managed this one better.
Get back to the Vodak. Don’t drive & don’t vote.

By: patrick oconnor

patrick oconnor — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:57:09 +0000

Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty. All public comment should be banned, after indicment? This is the case in most countries. Too often, in the US win at any cost seems to have become the mantra of prosecutors. I have found it truly amazing that the previous administration, tried to get individuals insurance coverage for litigation removed from them. America wake up, Justice is neither blind or even. Freedom is not free and remember the old saying “who is watching the watchers?”

By: Tina

Tina — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:27:36 +0000

Hmm, that a pretty selective issue — and a miniscule one — to cover. What about the rest of Holder’s legacy from the Reno years, which should cause any “libertarian” to recoil with horror? Is it really more important to walk a pet pony named Contrary than to cover an issue as important as the Justice Department?

By: Davo

Davo — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 03:32:18 +0000

Ok…off subject but do you all remember the events leading up to the fall of the Berlin Wall?

Reps Paul, Frank introduce bill to legalize industrial hemp
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Reps_Paul_Frank_introduce_farming_bill_0403.html

I guess its taken a financial crisis to end this bogus ‘war on drugs’. About time we stopped being ‘hassled by the man!’ lol…hippies