In the midst of all the fuss about ObamaCare, many people are ignoring a very important story. Republicans have issued subpoenas with regard to Fast & Furious. Up until this point, Attorney General Eric Holder has played the slow walk, filing appeals with the Federal Court so that he can delay turning over these documents. He just lost that battle. Not only did the Judge deny his appeal, she prevented him from immediately appealing to a higher court.
The judge also made a very interesting comment:
“While the Court agrees with defendant’s characterization of the matter as significant, that is not the test,”
Keep in mind that Watergate was a minor scandal, until a House committee started to subpoena documents and a court ordered the White House to comply. Erik Holder is now in a serious legal pickle. If he continues to refuse to comply with the subpoenas the House can take legal action against him. When you combine that with a political climate where the President has lost all credibility it becomes toxic. “He lied to us about ObamaCare, how can we possibly trust him?”
Don’t be shocked to discover that Fast & Furious is far more serious than anyone thought. Watergate was only about a third rate burglary of the DNC. Who really cared about that? No one cared, until documents were released that provided evidence of a cover-up. It wasn’t the burglary at the Watergate Hotel that did in Richard Nixon. He probably didn’t even know about that. What did him in was the cover-up.
History has a nasty habit of repeating itself. Will that happen here? Probably not, but it is a lot more likely to happen now than ever before because of this court ruling. At a minimum, there has been some turning of the screw and that is going to put incredible pressure on Eric Holder.
TDM