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“Fast And Furious” Saga Continues To Unfold

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Well, the White House and DOJ continue to drag their feet on providing information about the “Fast and Furious” scandal, disregarding due dates for subpoenaed information, most recently, April 4th. What is more, though, is that information is coming out that they are keeping a witness from testifying before Congress.

Hmmm, this seems a bit fishy to me. Here is Rep. Jason Chaffetz on the extent of the stonewalling by the White House about the witness:



Wow. Just to be clear, this witness is willing to testify:

[snip] White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler sent a letter Thursday to Republican lawmakers Rep. Darrell Issa and Sen. Chuck Grassley, refusing their request to speak with Kevin O’Reilly, a former National Security staff member whose emails place him in the middle of the unfolding scandal. Issa and Grassley had written to Ruemmler on March 28, asking the White House to step aside and let O’Reilly talk to investigators.

Grassley is the GOP ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Issa chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, whose members include Chaffetz.

“[O’Reilly’s] personal attorney indicated that he’s more than willing to talk to the committee, on the record, under oath”” Chaffetz told Kelly during her Friday afternoon broadcast. “It is only the White House and the White House Counsel that is saying they will not make him available.” [snip] (Click here to read the rest.)

I am getting so tired of this Administration thinking it is above the law. Frankly, I don’t know for what the Congress is waiting in charging AG Holder with contempt. He clearly is in contempt of Congress, ignoring subpoena after subpoena. He has missed yet another deadline. Begin proceedings already!!! Sheesh!

I am not surprised by this behavior from the White House at all. Not one bit. It seems to be in keeping with the modus operandi of this “Constitutional Scholar” and his henchpeople.

Ooh – speaking of the “Constitutional Scholar” moniker, another former colleague of Obama’s from the Chicago Law School, John Lott, Jr., is speaking out. I thought this little tidbit in the Daily Caller spoke volumes:

[snip]Obama and I overlapped for four years at the University of Chicago Law School, though he was rarely around. When Obama joined the school as a part-time lecturer, it was made quite clear to everyone that he was going to use the job to run for public office. Being a part-time lecturer with no research responsibilities left him with the opportunity to spend almost all of his week to go out and campaign for office.

The book relates a couple out of the dozen-and-a-half conversations that I had with him. But they were all very short, cut off by Obama turning his back on me and walking away. He wouldn’t shake hands. It was very clear that Obama disagreed on the gun issue and acted as if he believed that people who he disagreed with were not just wrong, but evil. Unlike other liberal academics who usually enjoyed discussing opposing ideas, Obama simply showed disdain.[snip] (Click here to read the rest.)

Finally, the reality of how Obama got this appointment is coming out to the light of day: it was political from the get-go. It served only to provide him an opportunity for political gain.

His rudeness doesn’t surprise me, either. That Obama wouldn’t even shake hands with Professor Lott is very telling of the kind of person he is. That kind of disdain and arrogance is what many of us have witnessed from him since the beginning.

Honestly, I have never understood why some people are drawn to those who act in such an arrogant manner. IMHO, if someone is that great, that smart, that with it, they don’t feel compelled to lord it over others. Just sayin’.

As for the “Fast and Furious” stonewalling, I am not one bit surprised by that, either. I hope Congress holds the Obama Administration accountable for its failure to provide documentation in a timely manner, and for keeping a witness from testifying about this botched program.

Frankly, I think they should begin Contempt hearings NOW against AG Holder. But that’s just me. How about you?

61 thoughts on ““Fast And Furious” Saga Continues To Unfold”

  1. HELENK says:

    for someone who has gone to an expensive private school and was carried by people with wealth, he has he class and manners of a goat.
    Even a good con man makes the mark feel important and that he is a friend. He is not even a good con man and had to be dragged across the line to be installed in the white house. I still do not really understand the agenda of the democratic party that they would sell out the country this way.

    • Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy says:

      I don’t understand the agenda, either. Helenk. It is amazing to me that this is the man on whom they have decided to hang their hat. But even more, that he has a 46% approval rating. I guess that is due primarily to the MSM propping him up and going after his opponents, but still – that someone with so little class, and so much arrogance on such a flimsy record EVER got this far in the first place is very telling abt us as a culture.

      And what it says is not good…

  3. SSDD says:

    If O’butthole doesn’t want O’Reilly to testify, then common sense tells us that O’Reilly could do a lot of damage to him. Barry thinks he’s a shoe in to get re-elected, so he will stall this thing as long as he can…hoping to make it past November. He and Holder are guilty as sin. The two of them should be frog marched out in handcuffs and sent off to the clink. Barry is the typical narcissist…arrogant but also lazy and stupid. His rudeness has become legendary at this point. I even found a video highlighting it:

    • Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy says:

      I agree, SSDD. There has got to be a reason why they are keeping O’Reilly under wraps. I could understand if HE didn’t want to do it, but that THEY don’t want him to do it speaks volumes.

      Holy smokes – almost 6 minutes of “Rude” moments? I mean, it’s not like each one lasted for minutes on end or anything. He really is so arrogant and disrespectful…

    • Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy says:

      AHahahahaha! That is hilarious, and telling. I think all of us who love the Constitution are putting our trust in them to do the right thing, and expect them to do so. But that is funny…

    • SSDD says:

      Barry can’t wait to see if SCOTUS strikes down the mandate before he does this. No mandate and Obamacare is a complete washout, and this money has been spent for nothing. I can’t wait to see that arrogant bastard get his comeuppance.

      • Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy says:

        I could not believe that this morning when I saw it. I mean, of course, I can believe OBAMA would do that, but it is astonishing that he is doing so when this case will be ruled on in just a couple of months! Such freakin’ hubris…

  7. HELENK says:

    Key Goals of Investigation

    Expose the full scope of Fast and Furious
    Deliver the Fast and Furious facts to the American people
    Eliminate the program’s dangerous investigative techniques
    Discover who is responsible for starting Fast and Furious
    Discover who is responsible for implementing Fast and Furious
    Discover which high-level government officials knew about Fast and Furious
    Discover which high-level government officials approved Fast and Furious
    Expose high-level government officials who failed to stop Fast and Furious
    Hold accountable those responsible for Fast and Furious
    Protect taxpayers’ rights to Congressional oversight of the Executive Branch

    • Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy says:

      I saw Doug Schoen going on abt “Fast and Furious” this morning in light of Chaffetz’s comments. He bascially was saying the Reps were on a witchhunt, and this was much ado abt nothing. You look at the Goals and it just begs the question: why don’t DEMS want these questions answered, too??

    • Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy says:

      Ohmygosh – you have got to be kidding me. And she wants them to VOTE for her?!? Oh, yeah – I think Cuz’n Cindy and her hubby, along with their family, need to vote as many times as they can! :-)

      Seriously – this woman clearly does not understand what her job is. Makes one wonder why she’s eevn running if she thinks so little of her constituents??

    • Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy says:

      Holy moley!! I sure hope something is done abt this, and ASAP. It is just not okay for ANYONE to break the law in this country. I don’t give a damn how far up they may be in the food chain.

    • HELENK says:

      it does not surprise me at all. The first time i ever heard of the black panthers is when they killed a park guard in Philadelphia.Race war has always been their goal and do not forget they are ” Holders people”

  14. The witness who the white house has “not allowed” to testify was shipped of to Iraq shortly after this came to light. The White House is running it’s own internal WITSEC department. Which is only available to people they can’t throw under the bus. If the testimony of an NSC staffer violates any national security for public testimoney then it should be done in closed door session. His backround is very interesting in the context of fast and furious.

    O’Reilly has an extensive history in government, going back to the administration of Bill Clinton. He has a Master’s Degree from Johns Hopkins in International Relations and a Law Degree from the Chicago School of Law of Loyola University. He also did a fellowship at MIT in the area of International Relations and the National Interest.

    In 1997 O’Reilly served as Political Affairs Officer for the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic under President Bill Clinton. During the Administration of George W. Bush, O’Reilly held various positions, such as an Executive Assistant at the State Department, the Officer in Charge of Colombian Affairs at the same agency, and Deputy Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico.

    Later O’Reilly worked for Democratic Senator Dick Durbin.

    In 2007 O’Reilly worked in the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the State Department, and when Barack Obama took office in 2009 he was appointed to the National Security Council as Director of North American Affairs, and worked out of the White House.

    Examiner link from October 2011

    • Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy says:

      Wow, he really has an impressive resume, doesn’t he, Teak? Thank you for this, and for the link. Very impressive, indeed, on both the educational and work-related experience (he seems to be FAR more qualified to be president than the man currently in the WH, if you ask me).

      Yes, O’Reilly is overseas serving the nation. That he is willing to testify implies he has character. I hope that, one way or the other, he is able to do his duty and tell Congress what he knows.

      • It is his connection to arms trafficking as it relates to his prior positions that caught my eye. I am looking for the emails that were released in which he cc’ed other individuals with a back round of tracking “illegal” arms sales in Europe and the ME. I always like to run down names of those in communications sent, even when they were not the primary recipients.. (LOL)
        So I have to ask myself…Why is a guy who is receiving emails from an ATF agent in Arizona, outside the normal channels, interested in what happens with “GunRunner”? Newell states in the emails that he is emailing Kevin O’Rielly, because no one else is briefing him…”as they should”. If O’Rielly is a state department employee detailed to the NSA, and is not being briefed, that implies there is a “White House” “cabal” operating outside normal channels.
        I am propably just blowing proverbiale smoke here…but Obama planned to use this as a political gun control meme and has been seen to operate outside the laws and Constitution of the United States. Next, we will be arming the Muslim Brotherhood, which I have no doubt Obama would support.

        • Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy says:

          Dang, Teak, that is some excellent dot connecting on your part. And your questions are very good ones, indeed. It does make one wonder just what is going on with all of this behnind the scenes. Perhaps it is precisely this O’Reilly would address?

          I would not be one bit surprised if it came out that we had or are going to arm the MB. Not for a second. I can totally see Obama supporting that, and the machinations the State Dept will go through to justify it.

          What in the world does it take to hold this man accountable???

    • Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy says:

      Yes, yes it is, Helenk. And did you see the PRICES? Forty thousand for the cocktail party, ten thousand for a photo – WTH?? Incredible…

  19. Ferd Berfle says:

    You know, when President Romney takes office in ’13, his second act as President (after allowing the states to opt out of Oholecare, if it is still around) is to investigate Obama, Inc., under the RICO statute. I want to see several members of this (mal)administration behind bars, starting with Holder and his boss. I thought the Nixon administration was a criminal enterprise. Hah–they were pikers by comparison.

    Obama and his henchmen have made a mockery of this Republic and the principles upon which was founded and for that they should be brought before the bar of justice.

  20. Ferd Berfle says:

    Frankly, I don’t know for what the Congress is waiting in charging AG Holder with contempt.
    ===========================
    Hell, Amy, they have enough already to impeach him. I think they are going to let this play out during the Summer and into Fall and then lower the boom on Holder. By that time it will be too late for Ozero to shift any more blame. I think the GOP may be playing all this very close to the vest because they may have enough to impeach but would rather use it to kill O’Blivion’s chances at reelection. If that is sthe case, power to them. I’d rather ALL of them gone.

    • Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy says:

      Oh, from your keyboard to the universe, Ferd. But yeah, I would love for them to go ahead and impeach him so we don’t have to hear him blathering on all of the time.

      (O/T, but I heard Obama is going to use the Buffett rule to attack Romney. Has he fotgotten abt John Kerry? Nancy Pelosi? HIMSELF?! There are a number of millionaires in the House and Senate, and they aren’t all Republicans, not by a long shot. I hope Romney turns this around on Obama and tells him that this is what makes America great – that someone can work hard, and rise to this level, and what does he have against American exceptionalism?! I see and ad in Romney’s future…

      • Ferd Berfle says:

        Romney should challenge all of these landed gentry to write out a check to the US Treasury if they are so adamant about paying more in taxes. I’d also remind them of Buffett’s problems with the IRS. A reminder about glass houses and the like would also be in order.

        • Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy says:

          No kidding, Ferd. I believe that option was suggested to Warren Buffett, but he declined. All talk, no action. More of the “do as we say, not as we do” mentality that seems so rampant…

          • Ferd Berfle says:

            Amy, this dustup is part of an essay I’m writing on the way the progressives are pushing an agenda that on the surface appears disjointed and counterintuitive but is being presented in this fashion for a reason. The progressives are being cynical here and it may work if the GOP falls for it. I’ll let everyone be the judge when I’m finished but this is scary stuff.

  22. sybilll says:

    I keep dreaming that Obama was just filming a 4 year long episode of Undercover Boss. On election day he will reveal that he scoured the country, playing countless golf courses, talked to the people he governed, and realized that he had bungled the Presidency worse than any President in recent memory. Then he congratulates President Romney, and Barack, Michelle, and the girls, having to pay their own way, take a Greyhound Bus on a route through the industries he has decimated.

    • Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy says:

      Wait, WHAT?? They did not inspect a known enemy of the United States?? They shouldn’t have let them in in the FIRST place – it isn’t like there haven’t been other countries with whom we had no diplomatic relations because of their ideologies, yet this Administration is opening the doors WIDE to this group. Unbelievable!!

    • Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy says:

      Grrrr. This makes me so mad. Not that I didn’t expect it from him, but still, it is infuriating. Just one more way in which he is wasting our money.

      As for Sanford, now that the machinations his network went through to make this a racially charged incident has been exposed, it seems people are backing off (like that media-loving Reverend Sharpton not showing up for the protest on Easter).

      Unbelievable…

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