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ProSense

(116,464 posts)
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 11:43 AM Jun 2012

Boehner Accuses White House Of Fast And Furious Cover-Up

Boehner Accuses White House Of Fast And Furious Cover-Up

House Speaker John Boehner’s spokesman Michael Steel issued this statement on President Barack Obama’s decision to assert executive privilege on documents related to DOJ’s response to congressional inquiries about the botched operation known as Fast and Furious:

Until now, everyone believed that the decisions regarding ‘Fast and Furious’ were confined to the Department of Justice. The White House decision to invoke executive privilege implies that White House officials were either involved in the ‘Fast and Furious’ operation or the cover-up that followed. The Administration has always insisted that wasn’t the case. Were they lying, or are they now bending the law to hide the truth?

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/boehner-accuses-white-house-of-fast-furious-cover

Congress springs into action!

Where are the jobs?

BREAKING: Obama Asserts Executive Privilege Over ‘Fast & Furious’ Documents
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002832760

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Boehner Accuses White House Of Fast And Furious Cover-Up (Original Post) ProSense Jun 2012 OP
re: Boehner Accuses White House Of Fast And Furious Cover-Up clang1 Jun 2012 #1
Perfect analogy. emulatorloo Jun 2012 #10
I am not surprised SoutherDem Jun 2012 #2
Don't be surprised if they start impeachment proceedings... rfranklin Jun 2012 #3
We knew this was coming but...... Swede Atlanta Jun 2012 #4
Here: ProSense Jun 2012 #5
re: We knew this was coming but...... clang1 Jun 2012 #6
that was fast . . . bigtree Jun 2012 #7
Coming from the slow and the furious. Swede Jun 2012 #8
Boner's comment was delivered with his usual madashelltoo Jun 2012 #9
The right-wing echo chamber of hate is at it again meow2u3 Jun 2012 #11
Thom Hartmann is going over this right now On his show aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2012 #12
WHERE ARE THE JOBS, BONER?! Woody Woodpecker Jun 2012 #13
Did Boehner ever have anything to say when Bush invoked EP? sabrina 1 Jun 2012 #14
 

clang1

(884 posts)
1. re: Boehner Accuses White House Of Fast And Furious Cover-Up
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 11:48 AM
Jun 2012

Wind up the box, and up pops the funny head : Congress springs into action! and the Boehner.

SoutherDem

(2,307 posts)
2. I am not surprised
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 11:48 AM
Jun 2012

Congress can't budge on helping America, but if their witch hunt is stopped, they pounce like a lion.

 

rfranklin

(13,200 posts)
3. Don't be surprised if they start impeachment proceedings...
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 11:50 AM
Jun 2012

they're still trying to get even for the raw deal that Nixon got over Watergate.

 

Swede Atlanta

(3,596 posts)
4. We knew this was coming but......
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 11:56 AM
Jun 2012

to be honest, the Democrats have raised voice about the assertion of executive privilege by Republican presidents.

I for one am in agreement we need to understand what went wrong with Fast and Furious both to prevent it from happening again and also to take appropriate action up to and including seeking criminal charges, if warranted.

But I suggest the House majority has done nothing, absolutely nothing about creating jobs. That was their sales pitch to the nation in 2010 - Elect us and we will create jobs.

That went nowhere. They have wasted their time on abortion, gay marriage, religious "freedoms", women bashing, etc. instead.

 

clang1

(884 posts)
6. re: We knew this was coming but......
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 11:59 AM
Jun 2012

What in hell was it to begin with? I need to go back and look at that I guess. I ask my question again: Who injects more arms into a conflict where all parties are already armed to the teeth? It just defies all sense.

madashelltoo

(1,699 posts)
9. Boner's comment was delivered with his usual
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 12:27 PM
Jun 2012

alcohol saturated lisp. Who cares what he has to say about anything?

meow2u3

(24,771 posts)
11. The right-wing echo chamber of hate is at it again
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 03:33 PM
Jun 2012

Don't repukes have an original thought of their own among them, or are they really that evil and stupid?

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
12. Thom Hartmann is going over this right now On his show
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 03:34 PM
Jun 2012

He's even explaining that Joe The Plumber's statement in his ad about the Armenian genocide and Hitler's extermination of the Jews figures in to a crazy zany wingnut conspiracy pushed by Fox News that Fast and Furious has become code for an alleged conspiracy by Obama to take guns away from white people and put them into concentration camps. It's Vince Foster nuttiness on steroids. Hartmann is calling it the Republican Twilight Zone. He's taking Darrel Issa apart like a cheap suit and giving the most detailed description of this insane conspiracy theory behind Issa's witch hunt. Must see TV.

 

Woody Woodpecker

(562 posts)
13. WHERE ARE THE JOBS, BONER?!
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 03:37 PM
Jun 2012

Fast and Furious was a Bush program. Go after the Bush administration for your information needed.

You have failed to create ONE net job thus far, Boner.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
14. Did Boehner ever have anything to say when Bush invoked EP?
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 03:38 PM
Jun 2012

Bush invoked EP six times but I don't remember what Boehner's opinion was back then. Obviously he was consistent, I'm sure!

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