Breaking: Eric Holder Accepts Attorney General Position
MSNBC is reporting that Eric Holder has accepted the position of attorney general. Reuters has more:
He would be the first African American to head the Justice Department.
Newsweek said that in discussions over the last several days, Obama had offered Holder the job and he had accepted.
"The announcement is not likely until after Obama announces his choices to lead the Treasury and State Department," the magazine said.
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- November 18, 2008
You got to be kidding me? Clintons's defense attorney?
Besides defending Clinton through the impeachment process, an effort that Craig lost, who else had the benefit of Craig’s counsel?
* Elian Gonzalez’s father - Craig represented the father who demanded the return of his son after his estranged wife died trying to take Elian to freedom. Most people saw this as a thinly-veiled publicity stunt from Fidel Castro, attempting to embarrass the US. The dispute got resolved when Janet Reno ordered an armed assault on the house where Elian’s family in the US provided him a home.
* John Hinckley, Jr - Craig presented and won the insanity defense that allows Ronald Reagan’s would-be assassin to spend weekends with his family now.
* Kofi Annan - The former Secretary-General of the UN hired Craig to defend his interests in the Volcker Commission probe of the Oil-for-Food scandal, which put billions of dollars into Saddam Hussein’s pockets while providing cash for Annan’s son, his deputies, and some allege Annan himself.
* Pedro Gonzalez Pinzon - A Panamanian legislator wanted for murdering an American soldier in 1992. The Dallas Morning News demanded that Obama force Craig to drop the case during the campaign, but no report of whether he did is easily available.
The last person we need in the White House is an attorney who represented assassins, Castro and his goons, corrupt UN executives, and a suspected killer of an American soldier. Those are the people the White House should focus on stopping, not embracing.
I’m not saying that people should not have defense counsel when charged with a crime; that’s an absurd response to this post. What I’m saying is that Craig is an absurd choice for White House counsel on the basis of the kinds of cases he himself pursued. No one forced him to take Hinckley, Gonzalez Pinzon, Annan, or Gonzalez/Castro as clients. Like most attorneys looking to boost their practice, Craig undoubtedly competed hard for their business.
Was Craig the only attorney available for this gig? No. Could Barack Obama find someone qualified who wasn’t currently representing a man suspected of murdering an American soldier or who represented a presidential assassin? If not, then Obama’s more incompetent than anyone figured. By Ed Morrissey
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By momofukuNovember 18, 2008 - 10:12pmBy momofukuNovember 18, 2008 - 10:12pm
*yawn*
Poor momo is still incapable of thinking for himself. This nonsense was plagiarized from here:
http://www.mightyrighty.com/
Support the Troops.
End the Occupation.
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By Guy FawkesNovember 18, 2008 - 10:37pmDid you say something?
*looks*
Nope. All you did was swipe and slap. Your NAMBLA-buddy says you're really good at swiping and slapping.
1/26/2009: the end of an error.
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By nonexistent manNovember 18, 2008 - 11:09pmGreat big yawn!
1) Elian Gonzalez’s father was just that... HIS BIOLOGICAL FATHER, and as such had full legal custody rights when the mother died... Don't like it??... TOUGH SHIT.
2) John Hinckley WAS insane.
3) Whatever involvement Kofi Annan may or may not have had in the oil-for-food scandal, it didn't rise to the level of being prosecutable... To my knowledge, the only person ever successfully prosecuted WAS A TEXAS OIL MAN.
4) As to Pedro Gonzalez Pinzon . I can't find enough information to make any definitive judgement. I do know one thing though... Don't invade a sovereign nation, cause hundreds or thousands of civilian collateral deaths, and not expect to get your hair mussed.
YOU ARE A TOTAL BORE.
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By A GNovember 19, 2008 - 7:33am