This really makes you wonder how bad Eric Holder would have to screw up before Obama would toss him under the bus. Then again, Obama himself is the epitome of incompetence and has never seemed much concerned about the Fast and Furious debacle to begin with. So there you go. I guess we’re just supposed to buy this line that neither the President nor the Attorney General were at all aware of an illegal, predictably deadly gun-running operation happening right under their noses.

How reassuring.

President Obama expressed confidence in Attorney General Eric Holder while distancing himself from the “Fast and Furious” controversy.

Obama offered his complete confidence in Holder, whom some Republicans say should resign over Operation Fast and Furious, a federal gun-tracking program in which guns were sold to suspected straw buyers for Mexican drug cartels.

At the same time, Obama said he “certainly” had no knowledge of the program run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

Obama said that Holder has “been very clear that he was not aware about what was happening with Fast and Furious — certainly I was not” and that he was glad that the attorney general had been “very aggressive in going after gun-running.”

He said he has “complete confidence in Attorney General Holder.”

email



Comment Policy: Please read our new comment policy before making a comment. In short, please be respectful of others and do not engage in personal attacks. Otherwise we will revoke your comment privileges.

  • Anonymous

    His speech earlier today was obviously a campaign speech. Otherwise, why was he speaking about Afghanistan and foreign policy?

  • Anonymous

    Holder and Obama are twins. It will require severe and critical surgery to separate them. Marches in Wall Street won’t do it. An “inquisitive” press could do it and Issa could do it but everybody will have to ‘SEE” the M E M O S and be updated on the BRIEFING. Ultimately there is probably a place under a bus for Holder…maybe that costly bus that O is not using. The one that Maxine W was hoping to see visiting her district!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jim-James/578078192 Jim James

    Holder is doing the jobs Obama hired him to do, such as shelter the Black Panthers and make it look like the 2nd Amendment is ultimately blamed for international gun crimes….

    • Anonymous

      Precisely correct.

  • Anonymous

    The only reson you Teah Partyers are making such a big deal about this fast and fureus thing is because yu are all RAAAAACITTTTTTTT!!!!

    I’m being sarcastic, of course.

    • Anonymous

      Thinking hurts?

      • Anonymous

        Yeah, it’s much easier to let Van Jones and Maxine Waters think for me.

        • Anonymous

          By the way, I don’t understand those who criticize Tea Partiers as being racist for thinking that Blacks are of inferior intelligence than Whites. I think most Tea Partiers would agree that in the following match-ups, the White person will come out ahead on the imbecile scale:

          Maxine Waters — Nancy Peloci
          Van Jones — Debbie Wasserman Schultz
          Eric Holder — Jay Carney

          Who ever said that Whites are more intelligent than Blacks?

          • Anonymous

            About the Tea Party

            Posted on Alipac

            What is the Tea Party?

            Please view YouTube videos above and below.

            Here is the link to the site

            http://www.theteaparty.net/

            The Mission of TheTeaParty.net

            Our mission is based on the U.S. Constitution’s original principles and not on any political party platform. We must return the United States to the States and the people as spelled out in the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Constitution was written by our founders to limit the powers of the federal government, instead, giving the power to the people and the States.

            As a committed group of ordinary Americans, we will achieve this by introducing candidates who commit to the original founding principles of the U.S. Constitution of limited federal government, states’ rights, balanced budgets, individual liberty, freedom and personal responsibility.

            We will also expose the candidates who do not adhere to these basic Constitutional principles. We will support and promote the new “Contract From America,” asking each Senator and Congress member to sign annually to show their commitment. For those who refuse to sign the new “Contract From America,” we will expose those candidates or current politicians who will not commit to these basic principles of freedom and accountability and, instead, believe it is Government who “knows best.”

            We believe most Americans do not want out-of-control spending in Washington, bailouts, government controls of private businesses, socializing of Americans’ health care and other non-essential government-run services.

            We will support candidates from any party who commit to these principles and expose those who do not, and let the people decide on Election Day. In a nutshell, we need American patriots’ help by joining the Tea Party movement, donating if you are able to and passing along the information about the Tea Party movement to your family, friends and neighbors.

            Here are some of the tools our website resource center offers to help the movement achieve its goals:

            · Start a Tea Party
            · Find local Tea Party groups in your area
            · Receive a daily newsletter listing events
            · Register to vote
            · Communicate with others in the Tea Party movement
            · … and much more.

            If we all grow together and do this, we WILL save the Freedoms that are so precious to all of us and are the core of our founding principles. Thank you for your support and may God Bless America!

            http://www.theteaparty.net/

            • Anonymous

              supporting the US Constitution and its principles…

              now thats gotta be racist
              …at least according to progessives and liberals

  • Anonymous

    Of course, Showbama’s happy with Holder. This IS the way they want America to work, and it’s precisely why they need to be drummed out in 2012.

    Vote Out the Dolt 2012

  • Anonymous

    What this speech was and in is A LIE! Everything that comes out of this guys mouth is a lie!

  • Anonymous

    Future cellmates?

    • Anonymous

      College Transcripts

      • Anonymous

        How ’bout we throw Barney Frank in there also, let them get a taste of what they are doing to our country.

  • Anonymous

    Obama is untouchable and he knows it. He can do anything he wants and get away with it because he knows nothing can or will be done about it. Absolutely nothing.

    • Anonymous

      Every dictator falls, every time.

  • http://twitter.com/mjh4259 Mary

    Wonder what Holder has on Obama.

    • Anonymous

      ???????????? Good Question Mary.

      • Anonymous

        His real birth certificate?

        • Anonymous

          College Transcripts

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mike-Florey/100002838321254 Mike Florey

            Or proof there are none.

            • Anonymous

              Scholastic probation? Deportation for conduct unbecoming,possible expulsion?
              Following the footsteps of dear old dad?
              ‘Dreams from my father’

        • Anonymous

          Naw; Biden has that!

        • Anonymous

          Safety deposit box- geo. Soros, maybe?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mike-Florey/100002838321254 Mike Florey

    Obama has complete confidence in Eric holder’s ability to replace the ball joints and grease the chassis of the bus while he’s under there.

  • http://punditpawn.wordpress.com PunditPawn

    Obama confidence is a deathblow to Holder’s career. Other things Obama had confidence in:

    FAIL:
    Touts a Green Energy Company as exemplary that fails a year later.

    Using the Gulf Oil Spill to promote Green Energy – instead of cleaning it up.

    Thinking the Tea Party is a passing fad – or that they are racists.

    Pulling out of Iraq with no clear victory over insurgent forces.

    Trying to re-write history through speeches – with inaccurate information (i.e. Statue of Liberty)

    Getting a Nobel Prize for being the most ineffective President in the history of the United States, though some say it was for his pigment.

    Putting all legislation on the Internet for five days before it comes to a vote.

    Returning the bust of Churchill to the Brits.

    Giving a collection of DVDs to the British PM.

    Denying the notion of American Exceptionalism.

    Promising to close Gitmo — failing to do so.

    Securing the Olympics for Chicago in 2016.

    Naming numerous Communists/Socialists/Progressives to his various Czar positions and then watching them scurry for cover when Beck begins to call them out, forcing them to resign.

    Government races for NJ, VA and the Senate Seat in Mass.

    The midterm elections, which Obama himself called a shellacking.

    Prediction that stimulus would ensure that unemployment doesn’t exceed 8%.

    Bowing to just about everybody.

    Proposing amnesty for illegal aliens to increase the population of voters for Democrat elections

    • David Robertson

      May I add some future possibilities:

      1. Abusing the system by producing bad loans to green companies and putting the taxpayers at risk by making them secondary payees
      2. Knowingly supporting and assisting with Fast and Furious
      3. Being found heavily involved in the Blago scandal
      4. Illegal Campaign donations

    • Anonymous

      Yea. He’s a confidence man alright.

  • Anonymous

    Obama has complete confidence in Holder, right before he throws him under the bus to save his own neck.

  • Anonymous

    Obama quite likely gave Holder the order to proceed with the fast & furious scheme

  • http://fishygov.wordpress.com FishyGov

    Obama’s confidence is in Holder’s ability to delay justice and keep them both safe from its wrath.

  • http://fishygov.wordpress.com FishyGov

    Imagine if you will the Three Stooges episode where Curly has his hands over his mouth, Larry has his hands over his eyes and Moe has his fingers in his ears.

    Obama (Hear no evil) has trouble hearing harsh words spoken by his friends and supporters.

    Holder (See no evil) receives and opens his email but doesn’t read it.

    Who is Curly (Speak no evil)?

    • Anonymous

      Speak no evil. The management from Solyndra pleading the fifth.

  • Anonymous

    What else could the Big Zero say? After all he’s backed this DOJ racist from the beginning.

    • Linky1

      Zero plus zero equals a big fat zero which equals the whole Obama administration.

  • Anonymous

    …Obama is nothing but a FRAUDULENT LIAR . (period)

  • Anonymous

    2 Peas in a Pod

  • Anonymous

    Mark Levin Talk With Louie Gohmert About Whats In Obama’s American Jobs Act

    _________________

  • Anonymous

    LIAR, LIAR, LIAR . . . The man is a serial LIAR.

  • Anonymous

    They really believe they are above the law. When they are thrown out of our capital in 2012 or before, just hope they wind up in GITMO,nice island retreat for them.

    • Anonymous

      They don’t deserve the linen or the fine quality cuisine offered at Gitmo.

      • Anonymous

        But at Gitmo, they could experience the favorite sport there of waterboarding.

  • UpChuck.Liberals NoBO12

    Of course Barry backs Holder. He needs someone to shield him from the fact that he’s a month(s) away from impeachment.

  • Anonymous

    “Complete confidence” in incompetence……Who’s on first, What’s on second and I Don’t Know’s on third. And we have another year of these creeps.

  • Anonymous

    Going after gun-running?? They were the gun-runners. Did anyone big get arrested?? Did that operation provide any outcome greater than epic failure?? Holder knew about it as per the memo. I’m sure he gets tons a day but a few things, one being allowing weapons to be bought and taken across the border, should probably be on his “Current Operations to Watch” list. they are both douches.

  • Anonymous

    Obama said that Holder has “been very clear that he was not aware about what was happening with Fast and Furious — certainly I was not”

    This is fantastic! Zero may have just perjured himself. RS, I would stick a copy of this one away some where, because when someone leaks the papers or emails that show he really did know about it, like they have about Holder, you may just want to re-post it again.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1497076194 Travis Pierson

    “Heckuva job, Eric!” Usually, when a leader gives such a ringing endorsement to an embattled appointee, we learn shortly that the appointee has resigned. Please, let that be the case here. America can’t handle much more of Holder’s opinions on how best to enforce the law.