Obviously Think Progress hasn’t been looking at what Salon and Glenn Greenwald thinks of Holder.

I certainly value Greenwald’s opinion above many others. The Marc Rich situation is one that, Holder said himself, he regrets not being more careful about. It was a last-minute thing passed by him, and he acknowledges that he should have been more careful in screening it. The bigger issue, it seems to me, is Clinton considering it. But not being a big Bill Clinton fan, I guess I would say that, right? Brilliant man, but basically unprincipled. To be honest, that’s why I never supported Hillary during the primaries. “Birds of a feather flock together.” Didn’t trust her, and I hope she turns down the SOS position. I expect her to, actually, because she has political ambitions which being SOS would definitely put a crimp in.

As for Holder, he seems to be a good choice. But as they say, “the proof is in the pudding.” Let’s wait to see what happens. My own proclivity is to be pretty distrustful of government in general. Since I was about 5 years old. Don’t know why for sure. My folks were pretty apolitical. But always been attuned to hypocrisy. Maybe it’s because I was raised a (moderate) Southern Baptist but saw early on the behavior of the adult congregation vs. the simple message I was taught in Sunday School. If that’s the case, thank God for my Sunday School!

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/11/19/holder/index.html

http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/18/holder-why-oh-why/

And the reason why TP should care what they are saying at firedoglake is?

Apparently Obama trusts Holder and has a connection with him. I will withhold judgment until such time as Obama is actually President and does something worth judging and complaining about.

I can’t see the Justice Department ignoring the whistle blowers, can you?

Not just looking at the mountain of undoing Bush. But also, when a good manager comes into a department that has been mismanaged, it is really, really, H-hockey sticks, to get things to a good level.

http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/18/holder-why-oh-why/

Hows that permanent Republican majority working out for you lately, freakazoid?

Remember gonzo……..remember?

with the exception of course of kay, freeman and brain.

In 2004, Holder helped negotiate an agreement with the Justice Department for Chiquita Brands International in a case that involved Chiquita’s payment of “protection money” to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, a group on the U.S. government’s list of terrorist organizations.[20][21] In the agreement, Chiquita’s officials pleaded guilty and paid a fine of $25 million.[21] Holder represents Chiquita in the civil action that grew out of this criminal case.[21]

Yeah, some lawyers even represent people on trial for murder, even.
How dare lawyers do the job they got their licenses for….
/snark

Does that count?

I’m sick of people bashing attorneys for actually representing their clients to the best of their ability. Ours is an adversarial judicial system which depends upon each side giving their strongest argument.

And, yes, let’s give Obama some breathing room!

Here’s an idea: Let’s not trash the Obama presidency before it even begins.

The Judiciary Act of 1789 created the Office of the Attorney General which evolved over the years into the head of the Department of Justice and chief law enforcement officer of the Federal Government. The Attorney General represents the United States in legal matters generally and gives advice and opinions to the President and to the heads of the executive departments of the Government when so requested. In matters of exceptional gravity or importance the Attorney General appears in person before the Supreme Court. Since the 1870 Act that established the Department of Justice as an executive department of the government of the United States, the Attorney General has guided the world’s largest law office and the central agency for enforcement of federal laws.

http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/

Thus it appears that you are wrong. The fact that the Attorney General

gives advice and opinions to the President and to the heads of the executive departments of the Government when so requested.

certainly seems to me like that person does in fact “serve the President” by giving advice and opinions. Care to try again?

…but I am not holding my breath on that one…

…Obama is truly trying to be a uniter (unlike Bush)…

…but if he thinks that the Repukes will have any of that, then he needs to review the past 20 years of repukian history…they are the mafia and need to be treated like one.

In 2004, Holder helped negotiate an agreement with the Justice Department for Chiquita Brands International in a case that involved Chiquita’s payment of “protection money” to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, a group on the U.S. government’s list of terrorist organizations.[20][21] In the agreement, Chiquita’s officials pleaded guilty and paid a fine of $25 million.[21] Holder represents Chiquita in the civil action that grew out of this criminal case.[21]

He has also represented the NFL, for what it’s worth.

“Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.”

-T. ROOSEVELT

Even GW Bush would welcome such investigations:

“I call on all governments to join with the United States and the community of law-abiding nations in prohibiting, investigating, and prosecuting all acts of torture …”

The Atlantic Monthly, October 2003