Bush’s former deputy attorney general: ‘Eric Holder should be confirmed.’
Bush’s former deputy attorney general: ‘Eric Holder should be confirmed.’
Recently, conservatives have been rallying behind Karl Rove’s call to obstruct Attorney General nominee Eric Holder’s confirmation hearings, citing the 2001 pardon of Marc Rich. Today, former deputy attorney general Jim Comey, who famously clashed with the Bush administration on illegal wiretapping, endorsed Holder, saying he will ensure that the DOJ is free from political influence:
I know a lot of good people who have made significant mistakes. I think Mr. Holder’s may actually make him a better steward of the Department of Justice because he has learned a hard lesson about protecting the integrity of that great institution from political fixers. I’m not suggesting errors of judgment are qualification for high office, but in this case, where the nominee is a smart, decent, humble man, who knows and loves the Department and has demonstrated his commitment to the rule of law across an entire career, the error should not disqualify him. Eric Holder should be confirmed as Attorney General.
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former deputy attorney general Jim Comey, who famously clashed with the Bush administration on illegal wiretapping, endorsed Holder,
– - I can’t wait for Ashcroft to weigh in.
December 22nd, 2008 at 7:43 pmObama should announce that if he can’t get Holder confirmed, he’ll nominate Patrick Fitzgerald. That oughtta put the fear into ‘em.
December 22nd, 2008 at 7:45 pm- – I can’t wait for Ashcroft to weigh in.
– - Oh, and hopefully he’ll be on morphine.
December 22nd, 2008 at 7:45 pmAh Karl Rove … has he ever followed the law?
December 22nd, 2008 at 7:59 pmComey is one of the very, very few who have come out of this administration who at least have integrity–I disagree with his conservatism, but he’s been honest.
December 22nd, 2008 at 8:11 pmWhat should be of serious concern to all Americans regarding the Mark Rich and other midnight pardons is not so much that the pardons were ill-advised but that Eric Holder repeatedly failed (as far as we know) to stand up to the President who issued the pardons.
We have already heard rumblings that Barack Obama plans to shuffle the Bush-era war crimes issue off to some commission if he can’t forget about them altogeher (maybe in the spirit of ecumenicism, he’ll let Rick Warren investigate them). As Glenn Greenwald pointed out today, top Democrats in Congress were complicit in at least the secret wiretapping of Americans, so it’s unlikely that a Democratic Congress is going to investigate itself. That leaves only the Justice Department. We must have a strong-willed, independent-minded Attorney General, one who is willing to appoint a special counsel, if there is to be any day of reckoning for Bush criminals. Unless Holder has had a spinal replacement in the last eight years (and perhaps Comey has some reason to think he has), Holder is not the guy for the job.
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December 22nd, 2008 at 8:36 pmKarl Rove is afraid, deathly afraid, that someone competent and honest will be put in charge of the U.S. Justice Department (after years of Ashcroft, Gonzales and Mukasey), someone competent and honest who will actually investigate and prosecute any crimes committed by Republicans over the past eight years…including Rove’s involvement in the outing of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson in 2003 and his central influence in the firing of U.S. Attorneys who wouldn’t politicize their office for purely-partisan Republican purposes.
Rove should be afraid, very, very afraid, that he more than likely will be spending some of his twilight years behind bars…a fitting tribute for a rabid, radical political career.
December 22nd, 2008 at 9:16 pmDid anyone ask gonzo what he thought?
December 22nd, 2008 at 10:15 pmWe could definitely use some “commited to the rule of law” for a CHANGE.
December 22nd, 2008 at 10:59 pmNow who could argue with that? Gabbie Comey is right!
December 22nd, 2008 at 11:17 pmSorry for the OT but, I think I found another source for our trolls nuttery. Hope it brings you some laughs.
http://www.conservapedia.com/Liberal_denial
G’night
December 23rd, 2008 at 1:27 amHAHAHA
Get a clue turd lard. you believing you are a genius is long forgotten. Even repugs aren’t following your rouse any more.
Get lost you useless piece of crap.
December 23rd, 2008 at 1:29 ampete Says:
Sorry for the OT but, I think I found another source for our trolls nuttery. Hope it brings you some laughs.
http://www.conservapedia.com/Liberal_denial
Good lord. That is some raggedyass bs. It just proves that repugs are sick and childish.
The “list” doesn’t make sense, just like the repugs don’t make sense.
December 23rd, 2008 at 1:38 amSould we consider this a point for Holder or against him?
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:03 amHolder will be a magnitude better than anyone that has server that position for Bush.
Bertito G. had to be the biggest tool and loser to hold the office ever and Ashcroft was a “Christian” ideologue and Mukasey will do as he is told and let the “Rule of Law” be damned.
If ever we lose our freedoms and liberties it will come through the corruption of our Justice Department. For once those that would rule our country put themselves above the law and control “justice”, we are done as a free nation.
“Our government… teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.” – Justice Louis Brandeis
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:27 amRove points to the “one controversial nominee”. As opposed to the pack of right wing nut jobs his man appointed. Rove’s only real talent is for destruction.
December 23rd, 2008 at 3:57 amAre there any Conservapedia entries that aren’t about homosexuality? The gayest gay in the world isn’t as obsessed about gayness as conservatives.
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:04 amA fine, reasoned response – too bad the remainder of the republicans just won’t get it. They totally miss the boat on logic and reason.
December 23rd, 2008 at 9:20 amHolder must be the right choice if criminals like Rove, et al are scared of him. May 2009 be the year of justice for patriotic Americans and the World.
December 23rd, 2008 at 10:44 amConstant Weader Says:
What should be of serious concern to all Americans regarding the Mark Rich and other midnight pardons is not so much that the pardons were ill-advised but that Eric Holder repeatedly failed (as far as we know) to stand up to the President who issued the pardons.
Well, I’d be curious to know what legal precedent or case history exists to limit the power of the President to issue pardons for any crime, for any reason. I haven’t heard of any. It’s tough to stand up to somebody if the legal legs to stand on aren’t there. To claim that a given Presidential Pardon is illegal would be breaking new legal ground, AFAIK.
December 23rd, 2008 at 11:17 amEverytime Holders name is mentioned a question such as this should be asked,” Wasn’t Scooter Libby Mark Rich’s attorney of record?”
December 23rd, 2008 at 1:04 pmWhy is anyone still listening to anything coming from anyone associated with Rove? Why is anyone listening to anything the Republicans say? I guess it’s because they have been so successful.
December 23rd, 2008 at 4:03 pm