Eric Holder and IRS Administrators Due to Advise Hundreds of African-American Pastors on How to Best Participate in 2012 Election

Representative Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri revealed on MSNBC Tuesday that lawyers from the ACLU, IRS administrators, and even Attorney General Eric Holder will soon be speaking with hundreds of pastors in the African-American community on how they can best comport themselves throughout the 2012 election.

(Related: Obama Does Damage Control Among Christian Pastors Following Gay Marriage Endorsement)

"We will have representatives from nine denominations who actually pastor somewhere in the neighborhood of about 10 million people," he said, "and we're going to first of all equip them with the information they need to know about what they can say and what they cannot say in the church that would violate their 501c3 status with the IRS." [Emphasis added]

While they won't specifically tell people whom to vote for, the respected speakers will discuss "draconian" (hint) voter identification laws, and the Congressional Black Caucus expects the move will only help the Obama's campaign.

Watch the clip, below:

Attorney General Eric Holder has been under fire almost since the first day of his term, for holding biases in such a high office.  He largely ignored voter intimidation by the New Black Panthers because it "demeans [his] people," despite the crime that was committed.  And while apparently the taxpayer-funded IRS and Justice Department are fine subtly contributing to Obama's re-election campaign, they have been known to disproportionately audit Tea Parties and other conservative gatherings.

Reports have noted that Obama alienated members of the African American community after endorsing gay marriage and overseeing an increase of the African American unemployment rate to roughly 14% (nearly 35% for teenagers).  Perhaps this is damage control?

"We want to let [the pastors] know that there is a theological responsibility to participate in the political process," Cleaver summarized.

(H/T: Washington Examiner)