Justice Department Protects Eric Holder From Contempt Charges, Will Not Prosecute
- Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:00pm by
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Attorney General Eric Holder addresses media after contempt vote (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
(The Blaze/AP) — Not surprisingly, the U.S. Department of Justice moved quickly Friday to protect Attorney General Eric Holder from criminal prosecution after the House voted to hold him in criminal contempt of Congress Thursday, including 17 Democrats.
In a Friday letter to House Speaker John Boehner, Deputy Attorney General James Cole said the DOJ would not pursue prosecution against Holder, his boss. Cole wrote that the attorney general’s refusal to turn over duly subpoenaed “Fast and Furious” documents “does not constitute a crime.”
“Therefore the department will not bring the congressional contempt citation before a grand jury or take any other action to prosecute the attorney general,” the letter said.
By advancing the criminal contempt resolution the House essentially gave themselves the power to refer the case to U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia who could bring it to a grand jury. However, it was seen by many experts as a largely a symbolic vote as U.S. Attorney Machen is a subordinate of Holder and President Obama has asserted executive privilege over the Fast and Furious documents the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is after.
(Related: ‘Judgment Day’: House Finds Eric Holder in Contempt (Including Numerous Dems))
In past cases, courts have been hesitant to settle disputes between the executive and legislative branches of government. Further, former Attorney General Michael Mukasey also refused to refer two Bush White House aides to a grand jury after they were held in contempt of Congress, Fox News reports.
U.S. Deputy Attorney General James Cole (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Cole says the decision is in line with long-standing Justice Department practice across administrations of both political parties.
“We will not prosecute an executive branch official under the contempt of Congress statute for withholding subpoenaed documents pursuant to a presidential assertion of executive privilege,” Cole wrote.
In its letter, the department also relied in large part on a Justice Department legal opinion crafted during Republican Ronald Reagan’s presidency.
Although the House voted Thursday to find Holder in criminal and civil contempt, Republicans probably are still a long way from obtaining documents they want for their inquiry into Operation Fast and Furious, a flawed gun-tracking investigation focused on Phoenix-area gun shops by Justice’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The criminal path is now closed and the civil route to get the documents will probably not be resolved anytime soon. However, Congress can now try to force Holder’s hand by arguing their case in court.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., is leading the effort to get the material related to Operation Fast and Furious and said Thursday they will pursue the case civilly.
“The House has authorized me to hire staff and legal staff who can pursue civilly through the courts to try to get a federal judge to order, separately, this discovery,” he said.
Fox News has more on the options still available to the House committee:
For now, the Obama administration can argue that its executive privilege claim over the documents protects Holder from the possibility of prosecution.
But if a civil court rules that claim invalid, Hill said, “then basically Justice has lost that shield.”
If the administration still refused to turn over the documents the Republicans want, then they could start looking at prosecution more seriously.
Republicans technically have a handful of other options if the Justice Department still refused to take the case to a grand jury.
Republicans could move to appoint a special prosecutor or even move to impeach. The last time that happened with a Cabinet member, though, was in 1876 — with the impeachment trial of war secretary William Belknap.
More than 100 Democrats walked out of the House chamber to boycott the first of two contempt votes, saying Republicans were more interested in shameful election-year politics than documents.
Democrats stage a walkout in protest of Thursday's House contempt vote.
“This is pure politics,” White House spokesman White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said about the vote.
Republicans demanded the documents for an ongoing investigation, but their arguments focused more on the need for closure for the family of slain Border Patrol agent Brian Terry. Two guns identified by the Fast and Furious tracking operation were found near his body after a shootout in Arizona.
Democrats promised closure as well, but said a less-partisan Republican investigation was the only way to get it.
Adding to the emotion of the day, the family of the slain agent issued a statement backing the Republicans.
“The Terry family takes no pleasure in the contempt vote against Attorney General Eric Holder. Such a vote should not have been necessary. The Justice Department should have released the documents related to Fast and Furious months ago,” the statement said.
The contempt votes happened on the day that Obama’s health care law survived in the Supreme Court, prompting some Democrats to speculate that the votes were scheduled to be overwhelmed by news stories about the ruling.
About five hours after the court ruled, with news sites flooded with information about the health care ruling, the House voted 255-67 to declare Holder in criminal contempt.
A second vote of 258-95 held Holder in civil contempt and authorized the House to file a lawsuit.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Comments (153)
I.Heart.America
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:50pmEveryone knew THIS was going to happen….that is why they voted for Criminal AND Civil. This is going to drag out. My money is on Issa….he does NOT rattle easily.
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Freedom Works Petition….please help this petition to go VIRAL…Support Rep. Issa….Impeach Holder
http://action.freedomworks.org/6851/tell-congress-to-investigate-eric-holder/?source=AWEHT2&gclid=CPr8i_zmzbACFcVk7AodlRQ0Wg
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:57pmDid ANYONE think Obama would NOT protect him? Come on…he won’t be GONE until Obama is.
Report Post »I.Heart.America
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 7:03pmObama did a VERY STUPID thing by using executive privilege. Nixon thought he was untouchable too.
Report Post »I.Heart.America
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 7:28pmRead more about Issa…Grassley and the ATF
http://dailycaller.com/
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 7:37pmSo why doesn’t the House just arrest Holder?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempt_of_Congress
Inherent contempt
Under this process, the procedure for holding a person in contempt involves only the chamber concerned. Following a contempt citation, the person cited is arrested by the Sergeant-at-Arms for the House or Senate, brought to the floor of the chamber, held to answer charges by the presiding officer, and then subjected to punishment as the chamber may dictate (usually imprisonment for punishment reasons, imprisonment for coercive effect, or release from the contempt citation).
Statutory proceedings
Following a contempt citation, the presiding officer of the chamber is instructed to refer the matter to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia;[9] according to the law it is the “duty” of the U.S. Attorney to refer the matter to a grand jury for action.
The criminal offense of “contempt of Congress” sets the penalty at not less than one month nor more than twelve months in jail and a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000.[10]
Nancy Pelosi says she could have arrested Karl Rove….
http://www.examiner.com/article/nancy-pelosi-says-she-could-have-arrested-karl-rove-rove-responds
Report Post »http://rilaly.com/2012/06/20/nancy-pelosi-i-couldve-arrested-karl-rove/
http://visiontoamerica.org/10486/pelosi-i-could-have-arrested-karl-rove-on-any-given-day/
lukerw
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 8:28pmSo, they are… ‘Bullet Proof’?
Report Post »I.Heart.America
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 8:28pmKarl Rove interview…..Nancy Pelosi is DEAD WRONG
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/06/21/rove-pelosi-dead-wrong-to-claim-could-have-had-him-arrested/
Report Post »ghostsouls
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 9:06pmobama and his entire administration are The Untouchables…..
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on June 30, 2012 at 12:02amWhat a joke Eric Holder gets to protect… Eric Holder.
Report Post »happ77
Posted on June 30, 2012 at 8:02amAnother example of our corrupt media. Watergate was a
Report Post »simple burglery no one was hurt and the media is still
patting themselves on the back for bringing down a republican
president he lied to the american people and deserved to
be disgraced but so did Clinton. Bush admin was raked over the coals
for firing attorneys, well within his right, and outing super spy
valerie plame, past the five year period. But this isn’t really worth
looking into, nothing here folks, move along only dead Mexicans and
law enforcement people. Oh and don’t believe that rumor about
underming the second amendment it was just a coincidence that
the administration was claiming 90% of guns in Mexico came
from the U S.
turkey13
Posted on June 30, 2012 at 11:48amIt really doesn’t make any difference since Obama has Holder on one of his pardon pages. Obama is the first president to include himself along with Jo Biden. Remember Ford pardoning Nixon. No matter how bad a crooked president we have they will always have imunity from the law. I would like to see a Federal law on the books banning this loophole. Remember Clinton pardoning Mark Rich who owed $$$ 33 million to the IRS. Charlie Rangel oweing over $400,000 in taxes that he cheated us out of.
“Elect’em for 6 – year term; not allow’em to succed themselves. That would keep their minds off politics. – Will Rogers
Report Post »BSdetector
Posted on June 30, 2012 at 5:39pmMore people to hang for Treason. Seriously, this won’t stop until 90% of our government is in prison or on a rope.
Report Post »Live_Free_orDie
Posted on July 1, 2012 at 10:10amSo…peopel lose their lives….whistle blowers lose their jobs…and criminals get executive privilege. This is Bizarroland!
Report Post »BIgWheeler
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:46pmLet me get this straight, Holder is in contempt; The DoJ is the prosecutor in these matters; Holder is the head of the DoJ; Holder decides that he hasn’t broken the law, and won’t prosecute himself?
Report Post »chazmo
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:50pmYa pretty much..
Seems it’s time to rethink this Atty General Appt thing…
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:52pmThe Department of Justice is a PRIVATE COMPANY !!!!!
HERE IS THE PROOF !!!!!
http://www.manta.com/c/mmcmldj/united-states-department-of-justice
Report Post »doomytram
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:55pmRemember the commie Maxine Watters thinks this is about Racism. She is the one that wants to control either the Car Industry or You healthcare…. Watters thinks that Oblamer and Holder are going to round up the working whites and pretty much do a gov’t takeover ie communism.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 7:03pmRight- there was never any doubt absolutely nothing is going to come of GUnWalker but for a bunch of taxpayer paid hearings that get no where. It‘s called a ’sparkly‘ and means absolutely nothing but to distract Americans from what’s really going on in the overthrow of America.
Report Post »Wolfgang the Gray
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 7:09pmComrade Obama and his appointed slugs are tearing the constitution apart. SCOTUS adds to it by ruling that someone can lie about serving in the military when they did not. They crap on The Stolen Valor Act by doing this. Obama is a crook, his appointees are crooks, and he is side stepping the law to do whatever he wants. I‘m sure you’ve all heard about DHS now refuses to respond to AZ law enforcement concerning immigration calls and has blocked AZ access to the ICE data system from Immigration & Nationality Act, Section 287G. He is at war with Arizona. If the the people of America elect him for another term, then our nation is doomed. DOOOMED!
As for Eric Holder, HE is the coward, not the American people!
Report Post »burnett2011
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:44pmI guess this means if any of us receive a subpoena we can pick and choose what we decide is relevant and what is not.
Report Post »Constantine Ivanov
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:42pmWouldn’t you mind to hang yourself, Sir?
Report Post »No, dear Senators, I am very busy today.
Baddoggy
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:50pmThey need to hang the whole DOJ from the nearest trees!
Report Post »Constantine Ivanov
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 7:04pm@BADDOGGY:
Report Post »Exactly.
That’s why I see this whole thing as a theater, an impressive one, but nothing but a political theater.
Instead of doing really most important things first
The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:42pmIf we don’t get rid of Obama and his henchmen this november, I’ll not be voting again or even following GB, RL, SH or anything else.
I’ll just be prepping and working on my skill sets.
There’ll be no coming back for us after another 4 years of this pathetic, criminal administration.
Report Post »Too_Far_Gone
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:40pmAmerican is under siege, for now.
Report Post »Too_Far_Gone
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:45pmAmerica *
Report Post »doomytram
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:53pmHolder and Obama Lied, Americans and Mexicans Died – Round up the Corn Dog Milkshake Campaigner (He is the one with a double cheeseburger in his mouth) Go pick up Holder he is the one validating the dead people, non citizens and fictional characters voting rights.
Report Post »…
Round them both up and impeach them both….. All of the above needs to happen, but the above are saying the same thing about us… Scary.
encinom
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 7:04pm@Doomy, not even Issa is saying they lied. This was political theater to get a rise out of the uninformed, mind numbed Fox News viewing tea ******.
Report Post »doomytram
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 7:15pmNo they are all saying that he lied. He lied in writing and then on the stand over and over again. Just Holder Lied and the redacted or used lawyer talk. So your wrong again Enconim and Issa is saying that he lied. He just lied period. But only Hispanic Non Military adults can lie about the Purple Heart and Medal of Freedom. Holder can Lie but if Clemens and Bonds Lie then the Justice dept goes Ape Sheet. We are living in a Ba-Phuggin-NaNa Republic.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on June 30, 2012 at 7:24pmencinom
Report Post »Can you tell me the difference from not telling the whole truth and lying. Come on give us a good ol “Depends on what the meaning of is, is” explanation. Only liberals can parse out the difference of different categories of not being intellectually honest.
mrsuperpat
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:39pmAnd there you go. What a fricken joke. These people are untouchable unless the slaves rise up.
Report Post »deltaecho
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:37pmSleep well tonight, Eric, you mur der ing bastige. “Rough men with guns” will be outside your house tonight protecting you – and throwing up in their mouths a little while doing it.
Report Post »mtcountrygrl
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:51pmThere should be campaign adds ALL over the media, saying “What does this administration have to hide?” Feature the families of the slain officers, demanding answers. Obama must have something to hide, to pull this. If he doesn’t, this is the stupidist political move ever! Because he LOOKS guilty. Now we need to make sure every American knows about this, since the news media will not report on it. Some Super PAC needs to run adds “What are they hiding?”
Report Post »Helpful
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:35pmSo all of this has just been a waste of time and money, Show and Tell, who can Bark the loudest, its nothing but a Game. We have a Den of Thieves in Washington DC…………
Report Post »encinom
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:44pmI was screamming that yesterday at you Beckerheads, that this was nothing more than political theater by the GOP. Know they can mail their tea ****** voters campaign flyers asking for money, talking about their meaningless, historic vote yesterday.
randy
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:47pmWhoever gave the order to protect him, is as guilty as Holder……. How about we the people file murder charges against Holder?
Report Post »encinom
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 7:07pm@Randy, you need evidence and there is none, nor is Issa even saying that there is. You are just a useful idiot for the GOP leadership. They know you believe what Beck and FOx News tells you, so they continue to lie.
Read the Fortune investigation for the truth.
NHwinter
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:32pmWow, what a surprise. The DOJ protecting Holder, gosh.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 30, 2012 at 5:41amThis is my shocked face :-o
Report Post »Boulderite
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:31pmGee, what a big surprise.
Report Post »Banter
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:27pmRegardless of the outcome of either contempt charge, Holder still has to go home and look his family in the eyes.
Report Post »historyguy48
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:35pmAnd why couldn’t he do that? He is an important part of the communist cabal that has taken over our government. By his lights he has done nothing wrong. Remember “the end justifies the means” isn’t just a slogan, it is reality.
Report Post »Comrade, get use to our new reality before you get onto Bill Ayre’s extermination list!
Banter
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:41pmThe only “comrades” here are those who have given up. I am now, and will always be in the fight for the Constitution and this country.
I long for the day that I am on Ayre’s list. Hey Bill, if I’m on your kill list, please send me a copy so I can frame it for my wall.
Report Post »AmericanWomanFirst
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:26pmBetter yet put a face on corruption. Anyone want to buy a yard sign with Holders face on it? “GOOGLE HOLDER …THIS IS THE FACE OF CORRUPTION…ASK THE TERRY FAMILY”.
Report Post »shogun459
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:26pmConservative Congressmen will be arrested and removed from the Building long before any of Obama’s people. They will go to the camps with the rest of us.
Report Post »OlefromMN
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:25pmIs it time for Boehner to rethink his ruling out the use of Inherent Contempt? I think it is close to that.
Report Post »cassandra
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:24pmDoes this surprize ANYONE what did you think would happen when a SKUNK puts a SKUNK to smell him
Report Post »capitalistpig78
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:23pmThey say the GOP is only doing this to make Obama look bad. I think it is clear they are making decisions totally based on protecting Obama and his friends until the election.
Report Post »Total double standard again
encinom
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:42pmThe GOP knew nothing was going to happen, yesterdays vote was nothing but political theater for the benefit of the campaign mailers the GOP will send the tea baggers.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on July 1, 2012 at 1:46pmencinom
Report Post »If this is “political theater” we may be approaching the scene where the fat lady sings.
RamonPreston
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:20pmObama and his flunkies are above the law. He has destroyed the Constitution and America is no longer a sovern nation. Do you really think this country is going to do “the right thing?” Everything is done in the interest of the European bankers, the NWO and our corrupt politicians.
Report Post »hayesstephen
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:45pmTruly we are lost as a Nation. obama will be reelected, he will declare martial law, he will suspend the Bill of Rights, he will suspend both houses of Congress ( really so what, they do nothing for the people who elected them) he will become President for Life and we will become not a third but a fourth world nation. Give up hope all ye who enter into here. The only thing that gives me a perverse pleasure is all the Liberals AND
JEWS who voted for him. One day they will decided to protest against one of his policies and THEY WILL BE THE FIRST INTO THE CAMPS ALONG WITH ALL THE JEWS .Please understand my Christ is a Jew and I love Israel and her people. Jews voted for the Nazis and they’ve done it again here in America. They just can’t see they should fear. God save America and Israel and our Peoples.
Report Post »nativetexanne
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:18pmAddendum: If you have nothing to hide, don’t hide. If there is something so important to protect on this issue, why can’t Holder just sit with Issa and have a top secret meeting to view the docs. If you have something that needs to be kept secret, fine. Just show Issa the docs, and if he says good enough, then we can drop it. What is the deal????
Report Post »joeyps
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:16pmWhy doesn’t the State of Arizona file charges against Holder for his actions in Fast and Furious? Without a doubt selling weapons to people you know to be straw purchasers is not only a federal crime but a state crime also that illegal activity resulted in 100′s of deaths including 2 U.S, citizens making Him an accomplice to the murders.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:22pmOh, I don’t know, just off the top of my head, maybe BECAUSE THEY CANNOT ACCESS THE EVIDENCE!!!!!!!
Report Post »encinom
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:25pmFederalism, the State can not sue the Federal government or actions of agents of the Federal government for carrying out the duty of the federal government.
Sorry, the Constitution to block.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:28pm“Without a doubt selling weapons to people you know to be straw purchasers is not only a federal crime but a state crime also that illegal activity resulted in 100′s of deaths including 2 U.S, citizens making Him an accomplice to the murders.”
Read the Fortune article, it will clear this false statement up. The AFT was monitoring strawmen purchasers buying guns from licensed Arizonia gun dealers, who then would sell the weapons on the street. The gun laws in Az are so lax, that the US Attorney’s office had no case to bring against the strawmen. The problem in the Arizonia laws that provide cover for the strawmen to operate.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:28pmENC, JOEY is referring to a Criminal charge, not Civil Lawsuit. Literacy to check-mate.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:34pmENC, you glutton for punishment, No one here is going to accept an article in Fortune as proof of anything. The proof we demand is being withheld by Justice by way of Presidential EP. Don’t you ever get sick of being humiliated?
Report Post »chazmo
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:42pmEncinom insert foot and now remove.. Criminal not Civil bonehead… idiot
Report Post »This is why you need to stfu… you have no clue what you are talking about..
usedCZARsalesman
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:43pm@ENCIDIOT
“Federalism, the State can not sue the Federal government or actions of agents of the Federal government for carrying out THE DUTY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT” (emphasis mine)
At what point is selling completely unmonitored assault weapons to drug cartels “the duty of the federal government”?
Report Post »joeyps
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:45pmENCINOM= Immunity is not absolute, The Justice department violated Federal law, State law and Justice Department guidelines permitting this travesty.
It doesn’t matter if gun laws are lax in Arizona it still is a felony to knowingly sell a gun to a criminal (In both federal and State)
Report Post »yiska8
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:56pmIf a Conservative Republican President had an AG this corrupt and then exercised ExPriv, impeachment proceedings would have begun and riots would have broken out. Stories in every newspaper and every MSM channel would cover it non-stop until the Republican resigns and waves goodbye from Air Force One, Nixon style. Arizona,and the rest of the border states on on their own. The cartels and the violence that spills over isn’t enough to deal with I guess.Everyone on the border has the fear of the federal government trying to entrap gun shop owners and make accomplices out of them to erode away Second Amendment rights. I wish the state of Arizona could bring criminal charges against Holder, but it won’t happen. No impeachment either, with Dem-Rat controlled Senate. He’s black, he‘s got the Kenyan’s back and the Kenyan has his. Two birds of a feather, flock together and their *hitting all over us on a daily basis.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 7:12pm@MODEL82A1
Encinomunist lives in or near England where civilians and Bobby‘s aren’t allowed to have guns. Only criminals and British Special Forces (don’t know the exact name) have guns there.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 7:14pmIdiots, I am talking about Criminal, a state can not charge a Federal Agent with a crime that is associated with the Federal Agents duties.
In re Neagle, 135 U.S. 1, 75 (1890) (a federal agent held “to answer for an act which he was authorized to do by the law of the United States … [who] did no more than what was necessary and proper for him to do … cannot be guilty of a crime under the law of the State)
The State can not touch him.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 7:17pmI see the problem here, you idiots still believe the lies told to you by FOx News about the program. Learn the facts, read the Fortune article first. The agents were hamstrung by the lax laws in Arizonia. Its is the NRA that lobbied for the laws that killed the agent.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 8:02pm@encinom
“Learn the facts, read the Fortune article first.”
You mean the Fortune Telling article? Are you a Gypsy? You must have one of those “Palm Reading” signs in front of your shack. Yes?
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on June 30, 2012 at 7:22pmencinom
Report Post »Regarding not arresting or questioning the straw purchasers you are wrong the gun stores were not going to sell the guns until the ATF assured them that they would track them downstream. You had law abiding gun store owners report these sales to the Obama controlled ATF and were told basically, “Go ahead and help us nab the bad guys” unfortunately the keystone cops failed to nab the bad guys.
MODEL82A1
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:15pmGee, it’s almost like the game it rigged. Almost….
Report Post »REPUB1
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:14pmthe FIX IS IN !!! it has always been in. Gee really surprised NOT, what that everybody is obummers toy in the right places.
Report Post »nativetexanne
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:13pmSorry, parents of Brian Terry, your son is not important. Also, not the correct color. Holder is.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:12pmNo suprise here, its as most of us have expected to occur all along.
Report Post »RamonPreston
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:21pmDitto on that.
Report Post »frogg
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:12pmAnd they say that it isn’t time for us to take back our country. There are some trees in Washington DC. We could always string the ******** up!
Report Post »Mobie1316
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:25pmString’em Up are you a Sheep.
Report Post »1armscissor
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:26pmHey now, we need to be better than them.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:30pmAll you toothless idiots are free to go now.
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