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'It could be as simple as a picture of something like John Boehner with a sheep, you know.'
Sorry. Couldn't resist that quote from this article from Talkingpointsmemo.
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GOP ‘Sons-A-Bitches’ Going Soft On Gunwalking, Says Blogger Who Broke ‘Fast And Furious’
RYAN J. REILLY FEBRUARY 3, 2012, 6:27 AM
“You know what the Republicans just did? They sold out every mother’s son who put their life and career on the line to try to bring this truth out,” Vanderboegh told TPM. “Another display like this and people will forget the whole thing.”
So why did Republicans, at least as far as Vanderboegh is concerned, back off? He suggested it could be as simple as the FBI blackmailing the speaker of the House.
“I submit to you that it is entirely possible that the fix is in,” Vanderboegh told TPM. “It could be as simple as a picture of something like John Boehner with a sheep, you know. Because they’ve done that before. The FBI blackmails people routinely. They always have.”
Few who witnessed Thursday’s four-hour hearing would accuse Republicans of going soft. Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (R-NY) asked Holder “how many more Border Patrol agents would have had to die” for him to take responsibility. It was a question Holder said was “beneath” a member of Congress. Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) narrated a PowerPoint slideshow of decade-old Holder quotes on President BIll Clinton’s controversial pardoning of Marc Rich and questioned his record of being truthful to Congress, a display which Holder said was “among the worst things” he’d ever seen on the Hill. Rep. Mark Walberg (R-MI) compared Holder’s handling of Fast and Furious to the way late football legend Joe Paterno handled the Penn State sexual abuse scandal.
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GOP ‘Sons-A-Bitches’ Going Soft On Gunwalking, Says Blogger Who Broke ‘Fast And Furious’
RYAN J. REILLY FEBRUARY 3, 2012, 6:27 AM
“You know what the Republicans just did? They sold out every mother’s son who put their life and career on the line to try to bring this truth out,” Vanderboegh told TPM. “Another display like this and people will forget the whole thing.”
So why did Republicans, at least as far as Vanderboegh is concerned, back off? He suggested it could be as simple as the FBI blackmailing the speaker of the House.
“I submit to you that it is entirely possible that the fix is in,” Vanderboegh told TPM. “It could be as simple as a picture of something like John Boehner with a sheep, you know. Because they’ve done that before. The FBI blackmails people routinely. They always have.”
Few who witnessed Thursday’s four-hour hearing would accuse Republicans of going soft. Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (R-NY) asked Holder “how many more Border Patrol agents would have had to die” for him to take responsibility. It was a question Holder said was “beneath” a member of Congress. Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) narrated a PowerPoint slideshow of decade-old Holder quotes on President BIll Clinton’s controversial pardoning of Marc Rich and questioned his record of being truthful to Congress, a display which Holder said was “among the worst things” he’d ever seen on the Hill. Rep. Mark Walberg (R-MI) compared Holder’s handling of Fast and Furious to the way late football legend Joe Paterno handled the Penn State sexual abuse scandal.
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