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‘We Cannot and Will Not Participate’: Black Caucus to Stage Walkout During House Vote on Eric Holder Contempt Charges

Jun. 28, 2012 9:04am Jason Howerton

Congressional Black Caucus Will Stage Walkout During House Vote on Eric Holder Contempt Charges in Fast and Furious

Congressional Black Caucus members (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

According to a letter floating around in Democratic circles, the Congressional Black Caucus will stage a walkout during today’s House vote on contempt charges for Attorney General Eric Holder in a symbolic display of their disapproval for the measure, The Hill Reports.

House Republicans refused to back down and call off contempt proceedings as they, and even some Democrats, claim Holder has failed to comply with a congressional subpoena regarding documents related to the the flawed gunrunning operation “Fast and Furious.”

“We adamantly oppose this partisan attack and refuse to participate in any vote that would tarnish the image of Congress or of an attorney general who has done nothing but work tirelessly to protect the rights of the American people,” the Black Caucus members wrote in the letter, later acquired by various news outlets. “We cannot and will not participate in a vote to hold the Attorney General in contempt.”

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Uncurable wound
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:27am
Tools!

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- BreeZee
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:34am
  Thanks to the CBC NAACP NBPP CAIR LaRaza, al, jesse and barry I have learned how to be racist, thank you all for showing me your true “colors”.
  
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- NHwinter
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:38am
  Just like Eric Holder saying he wouldn’t do anything about the Black Panthers outside voting areas because they were “his people”. These people are not Americans, they are black and only black. We need Americans of all colors that care about ALL Americans and TRUTH!!!!!!!
  
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- HKS
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:38am
  Looks like a racist move to me. Blacks live in the past and won’t turn loose of it.
  
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- Jaycen
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:40am
  I wonder if that great Conservative leader, Allen West, is standing with them. He IS a proud member of this racist group, after all.
- NHwinter
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:45am
  Jaycen – Thats a dumb remark. West is honorable and does not let color enter into his decisions. He is a member, proud – I doubt it. But, it is a way to find out what is going on in the Black Caucus.
  
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- copatriots
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:48am
  Could the members of the CBC at least ATTEMPT to learn the Constitution they swore to uphold?
  
  cnsnews.com/news/article/house-judiciary-chairman-says-constitutions-non-existent-good-and-welfare-clause
  
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- TexasIndependant
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:48am
  Racism at its finest! They are Racists one and all. They Hate Whites! Hate Hate and more Hate! Thank you Mr. President for dividing my country more than its been divided in the Last Century!
  
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- unsafe
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:57am
  And when does the CBC ever stand for any thing other then some thing for the blacks the H#ll with the other half of the USA.Well just let them wak who cares any way. I dont do you?
  
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- Silversmith
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 10:00am
  How could anyone NOT find Holder in contempt? I’ll tell ya how, only if you view this issue from a racial/political point of view! The black caucus is, by definition of it’s very name, RACIST.
  
  Ya’ll can keep on walkin’ as far as I’m concerned. Your feigned outrage is as transparent as could be.
  
  Silversmith
  
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- dmerwin
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 10:04am
  Will they please just walk out, period.
  
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- dmerwin
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 10:05am
  If this isn’t racist, i.e. refusing to participate in the process based on skin color, I don’t know what is.
  
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- copatriots
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 10:06am
  @TEXASINDEPENDANT
  
  Apparently, the Congressional Black Congress hate not only whites but also Hispanics since both were killed by Fast & Furious.
  
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- techengineer11
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 10:32am
  Walk right on out the country and we’ll all be a lot better off…
  
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- Roberto G. Vasquez
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 10:39am
  Racists!
  
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- SocialistSlayer
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 10:53am
  What a Racist bunch ! Race before the law !
  
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- JohnnyMidknight
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 10:55am
  LMFAO! You know, someone should tell them that walking out does not solve the issue. Instead of voting against it and standing on their principles, the are choosing not to vote and not be head as people who voted to protect a criminal in their own midst.
  
  They are cooping out and trying to make it look like they a standing up to injustice. Standing up for “injustice” is putting your necks and reputation on the line because you know it is the right thing to do.
  
  The issue is, they know that there was wrong doing by the DOJ. That the vote will go through regardless of their attempts to oppose it. They will loose their seats if they vote against the contempt charges as this will give ammo for the Tea Party and Conservatives to defeat them come November. Remember, the House serves 2 year terms. They are up for re-election this year. Where is your principles Progressives? Where is your integrity? You blame Republicans of Lies, but your no better. Progressives are on both sides. God Help us if Romney doesn’t change his Progressive ways.
  
  As far as I see, we are all doomed anyway.
  
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- johnsnare
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 12:38pm
  This is typical black mentality. If you dare challenge,disagree,dislike, anything relating to Obama, or Holder, or any black politician,athlete, celebrity, whether justified or not, you are a RACIST. Period. Since we have a black President, our Country has been divided more than anytime in our history, that I can recall. I grew up in a major city, and was part of an integrated community, and we never had this crap. What the hell has happened? Since when do the blacks have this sensitive, and elitist attitude? Obama, blew it big time. The Unit-er has been the big DIVIDER. Get this guy out of here.
  
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- liberty49
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 1:10pm
  This sounds like the way the Democrats just cut and ran across the border from Wisconsin over the union issue just because they didn’t like the vote! WE DO NOT ACT THAT WAY IN AMERICA! They are acting like they do in 3rd World countries! This is exactly what Obama wants–to turn America into a 3rd World nation so that he can become our dictator!
  
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- gouchrcouch
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 3:50pm
  thank you I feel the same way. I’m from N C and I had to come to the southwest to be a racist. But this addministration has made me clean off my Barret M107
  
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- GYSGT1985
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 3:53pm
  Lets play the race card. Who really gives a tinkers damm if the CBC walks out. They do not represent mainstream american values. All they care about is getting re-elected so they can continue to divide the nation. Bunch of morons.
  
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- Maji
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:17pm
  Does..this mean the circus no longer has “clowns”????
  
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- muffythetuffy
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 6:12pm
  These Blacks are not Americans they were forced to come here against their will and were forced to stay here. Let them walk out, we pray they walk out. Go, no one will ever notice you are not here. Where will you go, no other nation even wants you.
  
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- SREGN
  Posted on June 29, 2012 at 9:43am
  Don’t let the door hit you in the a$$, Congressional Racist Caucus.
  
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- sarahsnow11
  Posted on June 29, 2012 at 10:59am
  If Brian Terry was a black man, they would be rioting in the streets and burning Watts!!!
  
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- sarahsnow11
  Posted on June 29, 2012 at 11:07am
  The Border Patrol was shooting bean bags against AK-47′s supplied by the ATF,,should this be called the Mexican Jumping Bean bag war??
  
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- cmi
  Posted on June 29, 2012 at 10:54pm
  My question is,……..where the hell is “the Congressional WHITE Caucus”??????? Oh, but that would be “racist” wouldn’t it???? These people are nuts!!!!!!
  
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- johnsnare
  Posted on July 13, 2012 at 5:49pm
  This is typical BLACK RACISM. they cry racism at anything they disagree with. You criticize Holder, you a racist. You criticize Obama, you are a racist. I am so tired of all this black *********. Black folks, get off the racial crap, and join America. The civil War ended a long time ago, and stop feeling sorry for your selves. Black is not beautiful, but pretty damn hateful.
  
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TexasIndependant
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:26am
Can they go home forever? Ignoring Rule of law in favor of a skin color agenda should be grounds for removal from Office. Congress should vote on that while they are out boycotting the rule of law in favor of Racism.

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- HorseCrazy
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 10:13am
  thats what I am saying just go and don’t come back.
  
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- The_Cabrito_Goat
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 6:15pm
  *gasp* you’ll remove a black member of congress?? You charlatan! We won’t let them take away our great leaders like Charlie Rangel and Maxine Waters and Barack Obama over trumped up phony charges! How dare you!
  
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- johnsnare
  Posted on July 13, 2012 at 5:53pm
  How about donating some land to these unhappy Black Americans. Even with Civil Rights Law, you are not satisfied. America voted for a Black President, and that could never be accomplished without the white majority. Pray tell, where is the racism? Perhaps, all we white folk should pack up and leave.
  
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randy
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:24am
Fine! Walk out! But know that when you do, you’ve forfeited your vote.
Works for me.

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- dmerwin
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 10:06am
  Good point they will not count as “no” votes.
  
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- js1964
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 11:17am
  If it works that way, let them walk like spoiled children.
  
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- sarahsnow11
  Posted on June 29, 2012 at 11:21am
  Why didn’t they just vote PRESENT like their leader
  
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GoodCook
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:24am
Shades of Wisconsin. Straight up cowards and even worse blatent racists.

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- TEXASGRANNY73
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:35am
  Can we get a Jeanine Garafalo “straight up”? Probably not.
  
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- Xyskalla
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:43am
  They’re stuck in a no-win situation, because they can’t go against the Party and vote against Holder, but they also can’t vote for Holder without looking like a bunch of racists who place politics over justice for the 300+ Mexicans who were killed by F&F. Since racism is the only card they ever have to play most of the time, they can’t afford to be on the receiving end of those charges. So playing the race card, taking the role of the victim again and abstaining is their only way out of the dilema.
  
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biohazard23
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:23am
Scared little pansies, all of them. And their constituents will continue to vote them back into office…..

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- yougottabekidding
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:29am
  That must make you feel superior to know that your voted into office just because your black! Nothing to do with anything else.
  
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- copatriots
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:31am
  Morning Girl,
  
  Puts a whole different meaning behind the song, “Back in Black”……..maybe AC/DC meant “Back ‘n Black” all along. heehee
  
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lexington_green
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:20am
the black marxist leadership in this country does not care about right and wrong or due process. only color. pathetic, amoral, hypocritical, loser children.

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- Bonnieblue2A
  Posted on June 29, 2012 at 7:08pm
  Blind Lady Justice has been replaced by Social Justice.
  
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:19am
{“We adamantly oppose this partisan attack and refuse to participate in any vote that would tarnish the image of Congress or of an attorney general who has done nothing but work tirelessly to protect the rights of the American people,” the Black Caucus members wrote in the letter, later acquired by various news outlets. “We cannot and will not participate in a vote to hold the Attorney General in contempt.”}

Hmmm, seems to me that it is now a bipartisan decision with five Dems vowing to vote for the contempt charge.

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- Ne_FAL
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:50am
  The CBC is more interested in a black man being the Attorney General regardless of anything else. The fact that the Department of Justice in now a corrupt organization in need of a housecleaning from the Attorney General down to the newest recruit class that would make one of Joseph Stalin’s purges look like a bunch of Sunday School Kindergartners singing Jesus loves me is irrelevant to them . The rule of law is at stake in this mess , if the vote fails or is basically along party lines the rule of law will become a thing of the past in this country .That is what is really at stake literally the honest rule of law where everyone can have their day in court if this fails we will be as a nation on the road to totalitarian dictatorship .
  
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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:53am
  Walk out. All those “No” votes walk with them. Idiots.
  
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amerbur
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:19am
They are trying to copy Glenn Beck’s we will not comply – how funny.

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Banter
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:17am
Thanks, now you are on record.

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TEXASGRANNY73
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:17am
Tarnish Congress? Who do they think they’re kidding?

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- TexasIndependant
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:28am
  God knows they wouldnt want to drop Congresses approval rating down from 9% last time I looked! They are a Joke!
  
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- TEXASGRANNY73
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:52am
  @TexasIndependent. Indeed.
  
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Newyorker
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:17am
Good! Don’t forget to take your Bedroom Slippers with you.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:20am
  Think that they will be hiding in a Chicago hotel for a month?
  
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- TEXASGRANNY73
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:44am
  Will Nanny Pelosi lead the way with her “gavel”?
  
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Apple Bite
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:16am
After so many staged walk outs on controversial matters and running away from voting under this president, there needs to be a caveat that says, you forfeit your vote, you forfeit your seat. Not voting is essentially stonewalling the process, because they fear the outcome. You have a job to do, to represent your people, those who voted for you to be in that seat. You don’t have a right to simply walk away and do nothing at all. And this is not an acceptable means of displaying solidarity or otherwise…

As Government officials, part of your duty is to hold yourself and others accountable for the things you do while in office, as it relates to serving the general public. It goes back to what I look for in a leader: Competence and a good conscience. If you don’t possess a good conscience to do the right thing, you have no right to call yourself a leader or otherwise.

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- afdbghq
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 6:30pm
  This is the same CBC that obummer was a part of when he was a senator and voted “Present” on almost every vote he cast. No yes or no vote equals no record to have to defend. I feel the same way. Any congress person that does not submit either a yes or no vote should be immediately removed from office for failure to uphold their oath of office.
  
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honor007
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:16am
All those boxes they put themselves in. Tired of the little boxes that separate people!!!!!

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AJAYW
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:16am
CBC = Racist idiots

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mike_trivisonno
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:13am
Racist losers.

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blanco5
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:12am
What will the white caucus do?

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- Steelheadisadouche
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:16am
  Work for all the people.
  
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- yougottabekidding
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:19am
  Your a racist group to start with, just keep walking. Just don’ get toclose to the edge of the island it will tip over
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:24am
  Maybe they will be spat upon as the enter the capital. At least if this happens it will actually show up in the video. At least until NBC edits it.
  
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- yougottabekidding
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:24am
  They should walk to the Arizona border and stay there!
  Typical Democratic action. I’m ashamed of my party!!!!!!
  
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- copatriots
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:56am
  All much more likely, RJJ, with the CBC- and OWS-types who support these liberal tools.
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:10am
FINE!

Let these cowards show their true fruits of the spirit. They refuse to take a stance on what they are truly believing in, thus they refuse to be anything save for cowards. Men of real character, and of true belief in their ideology (no matter how wrong it is) would stay and cast their lot to make a stand. In this way, they are running and thus denying the people they represent any voice in the matter of the contempt vote against Holder.

Let all understand, their actions are those of cowards.

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Gonzo
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:10am
I’m sure they would do the same thing if Holder was white, right? This post racial administration has been really good for America. We’re all getting along so much better than we were.

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- TEXASGRANNY73
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:19am
  Hope and changey..
  
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- GrayPanther
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:49am
  Once again you have “nailed it” GONZO! Play that race card; Black boy!
  
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- sarahsnow11
  Posted on June 29, 2012 at 11:03am
  What if Brian Terry was black, they would be rioting in the streets and burning Watts!!
  
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huey6367
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:09am
How some of that really reads: “We adamantly oppose this [racist] attack and refuse to participate in any vote that would tarnish the image of Congress (did you really say that?) or of an attorney general who has done nothing but work tirelessly to protect the [POTUS],”

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sy212
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:09am
Cowards all….

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marvlus
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:09am
Let them walk and shut the door behind them.

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- okredstate
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:18am
  They are black, they will find a way to break back in.
  
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kickagrandma
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:08am
Fine.

Your offices are vacated in your absence. There is no severance pay and no benefits for service since you haven’t provided any.

Take a LONG WALK back home.

In JESUS’ name, amen!

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lcam67
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:08am
Tarnish the image of congress…….. Riiiiiight !!!

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huey6367
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:07am
Fine. Don’t vote. Walk out like they did in Wiscosin. That didn’t work out very well for them and I am guessing won’t work out well for you. But that’s OK. If you can’t vote then it makes getting Holder out of there that much easier.

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- TEXASGRANNY73
  Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:24am
  Precisely my thoughts.
  
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RightUnite
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:06am
That’s alright… Your lazyboy is calling for you anyway.

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