{"id":1353,"date":"2012-06-20T08:02:31","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T15:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=1353"},"modified":"2012-06-20T08:03:56","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T15:03:56","slug":"desperado-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=1353","title":{"rendered":"DESPERADO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Holder just asked for and received authorization from President Obama to claim Executive Privilege with regard to the Fast and Furious documents.\u00a0 This was a desperate attempt to stave off a comtempt vote in congress.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Both Holder and Obama must know that this is going to generate a constitutional crisis.\u00a0 Issa is not going to back down.\u00a0 He already had substantial support in congress.\u00a0\u00a0 He went the extra mile to try and allow Holder a way out.\u00a0 It is important to remember that Democrats aren&#8217;t impressed with Fast and Furious either.<\/p>\n<p>One can only assume that the information in those documents Issa is demanding\u00a0is so damaging that the Obama administration is willing to risk this show down to prevent their disclosure.\u00a0 I do not know what is in those documents, but I do know that both Obama and Holder are desperate to keep them out of public view.<\/p>\n<p>The following link is to the Fox News report on this subject:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2012\/06\/20\/house-republicans-tee-up-imminent-contempt-vote-against-holder\/\">http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2012\/06\/20\/house-republicans-tee-up-imminent-contempt-vote-against-holder\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t be surprised if this story takes on a life of its own.\u00a0 NBC ignored this story for over a year, but recently gave a short report on it.\u00a0 This is because the stench has become overwhelming.\u00a0 We already know that Holder lied to congress.\u00a0 We already know that the DOJ gave a letter to congress that it knew was false.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I suspect that an increasing number of the Democratic faithful is convinced that Obama is on the way to a landslide loss in the November election.\u00a0 At some point, they may give up on saving Obama and try to save the Democratic Party.\u00a0 I have always felt that Obama has more to fear from Democrats than Republicans.\u00a0 Whether they are right or not, Republicans are becoming more and more convinced that Obama is a big loser.\u00a0\u00a0They want Obama to keep on being the gift that\u00a0keeps on giving.\u00a0 If this continues, the sky is the limit for a Republican victory in the fall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Darryl Issa is a man of integrity and he cannot ignore the blatant cover-up connected with Fast and Furious.\u00a0\u00a0 He will pursue this and I suspect he is going to get a lot more Democratic support than anyone imagines.\u00a0 We may be headed for\u00a0a constitutional crisis at light speed.\u00a0 I wonder if Obama realizes that with this last step, he may have put himself in a position where even Eric Holders resignation will be insufficient to quiet things down.<\/p>\n<p>Looks pretty desperate to me.\u00a0 This makes me really wonder what is in those documents.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll bet a lot of people, including\u00a0Democrats, are asking the same question.<\/p>\n<p>TDM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Holder just asked for and received authorization from President Obama to claim Executive Privilege with regard to the Fast and Furious documents.\u00a0 This was a desperate attempt to stave off a comtempt vote in congress.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Both Holder and Obama &hellip; 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