MSNBC Panel: Fast & Furious Scandal Bad for GOP, Good for Obama
Update [12:52 ET]: Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele followed Bernard's lead in MSNBC's noon hour by claiming the Fast & Furious investigation was "not good" for the House GOP. Video below and audio here.
In an attempt to twist the Obama administration's Fast & Furious gun running scandal into bad news for Republicans, on Wednesday's The Daily Rundown on MSNBC supposed Republican pundit Michelle Bernard proclaimed: "...when you think about just the damage that has been done over the last year to the GOP's brand, this is just another – adds more fuel to the fire." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
Bernard was referring to the possibility of Attorney General Eric Holder being held in contempt of Congress for not providing documents about the failed policy to lawmakers. Instead of questioning the White House, Bernard continued to rant: "...this is just another thing that I think gives the Obama administration and the Obama campaign a little bit more fuel to go to the American public and say, 'Why won't they just do their job? We don't elect members of the Congress to come in and beat up on the Attorney General and be obstructionists. Ask them to do their job and back off of Eric Holder.' It makes no sense."
Prior to Bernard's spin, Politico's Jake Sherman warned: "There are elements, significant elements within House Republican leadership, that think this is a really bad message. The economy is struggling. Obama's numbers are not where he wants them to be. So why get off message? That's what some people, high-ranking aides and even lawmakers in the House Republican conference, are telling us."
Following Bernard, fill-in host Luke Russert concluded that the President even welcomed the congressional confrontation: "It's another dynamic of Obama versus Congress. Which is a fight that he's actually wanted."
Update:
Here is a transcript of the June 20 exchange:
9:47AM ET
(...)
LUKE RUSSERT: Another story that's sweeping over the Capitol today is this ongoing fight between Eric Holder and Darrell Issa. Eric holder said this yesterday when he was on the Hill.
ERIC HOLDER: I think the ball is in their court. They rejected what I thought was an extraordinary offer on our part.
DARRELL ISSA: Ultimately, the documents necessary to cause a postponement appear to be in their possession.
RUSSERT: Jake, you've been following this story. What's going on here? And more importantly, how does the leadership feel about all this? Are they worried that it distracts from the economy message?
JAKE SHERMAN [POLITICO]: The freight train is going full speed. Contempt vote's going to happen by noon today, we're told, in committee. Then it will head to the full House floor. Speaker John Boehner and Eric Cantor are very cognizant that their conference, that their 242 members want this vote. They're angry at Eric Holder, they don't trust Eric Holder. The interesting dynamic will be – is whether there are documents that come to the Hill before the vote happens on the floor.
There are elements, significant elements within House Republican leadership, that think this is a really bad message. The economy is struggling. Obama's numbers are not where he wants them to be. So why get off message? That's what some people, high-ranking aides and even lawmakers in the House Republican conference, are telling us.
MICHELLE BERNARD [BERNARD CENTER FOR WOMEN]: You know, Luke, when you – for a different vantage point, when you think about just the damage that has been done over the last year to the GOP's brand, this is just another – adds more fuel to the fire. The economy is in a very, very bad place. We should be talking about job creation. We should be talking about all of the pocketbook issues that matter to Americans. And this is just another thing that I think gives the Obama administration and the Obama campaign a little bit more fuel to go to the American public and say, "Why won't they just do their job? We don't elect members of the Congress to come in and beat up on the Attorney General and be obstructionists. Ask them to do their job and back off of Eric Holder." It makes no sense.
RUSSERT: It's another dynamic of Obama versus Congress.
BERNARD: Exactly.
RUSSERT: Which is a fight that he's actually wanted.
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Holy Smokes
Submitted by fivestring_assassin on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 12:19pm.
She's the most stupid person on Earth
I was going to say the exact same thing!
Submitted by Diesel on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 12:53pm.
After reading the article, I was ready to start typing "Holy $*#t" this has to be the stupidest network in the history of television!
Great minds, and all that, Bass-Dude!
I can guarantee to the MSNBC crowd that . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 2:21pm.
. . . there is not one person in the WH or in the Obama 2012 Campaign HQs that thinks the GOP focus on Fast & Furious is good for Obama and bad for the GOP.
For one thing, neither Romney nor the GOP had anything to do with it, so it's all in Obama's yard.
Secondly, there is absolutely no good news from F&F. The best that Holder can offer is that it was a screwed up operation, still reflects back on him and Obama regardless of what else gets revealed.
And lastly, it ain't going away. The WH knows that other whistleblowers can leak documents over the next 4 months, each of which is a potential political A-bomb. Super PACs are poised to tell the evolving story via TV ads/
RE-TAR-DED!
Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 4:25pm.
.
MSNBC:
Submitted by ThisnThat on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 12:38pm.
"o'bama welcomes the confrontation with Congress". Oh yeah, THAT's why he invoked his "Executive privilege" decree -- because he's so brave. What's he trying to hide? The only reason a President invokes executive privilege is because HE's directly involved. And he wants to protect his involvement.
Besides, just listening to Rush -- since o'bama is blaming the whole thing on Bush, why wouldn't they release the papers to prove that, rather than invoking executive privilege?
Once again, MSNBC proves they are in the tank. And don't know how to ask the pertinent questions.
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“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
I was wondering how the White
Submitted by Bruzilla on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:10pm.
I was wondering how the White House can exert executive privilege over documents that originated at the Justice Department and supposedly had nothing to do with the White House.
I think both Boy Baraka and
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:16pm.
I think both Boy Baraka and Eric (With)Holder claimed to have heard, or read about, the Fast'n'Furious situation in the media - so obviously neither one of them is complicit in this scandal.
Worse....
Submitted by jon_torlin on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 2:11pm.
Boy Baraka is not just complicit, his hands are dirty, just like Tricky Dick.
In fact, the WH, not just Holder, fired the first shot with this executive privilege nonsense, especially for something they said they knew nothing about, and by doing so, they overplayed their hands.
I got a feeling this is gonna get real ugly too, not just real interesting, especially with the race card being bandied about like everything else they've done, except worse.
-Jon
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!!!
Submitted by bigdaddy on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 12:31pm.
I know the left is flinging a whole lot of poo against the wall to see what sticks but how in the "H-E-Double Hockey Sticks" can they connect this to the GOP? Stedman is the most corrupt AG evar, and he is just Baracko, the organ grinder's, dancing monkey.
Given this administration's penchant for leaking secrets, the Executive Privilage on F&F might just be the way that Issa can find out the information he is looking for.
Holder will probably resign
Submitted by I hate marxists on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 12:31pm.
and the sooner the better. He won't be able to handle the pressure without Obama backing him up and Obama's advisors will advise him to get out of the way even though they know his tenure as president is over. good riddens to the racists and down with marxism.
Holder will go, not quickly.
Submitted by UpNorth on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 8:08pm.
He'll hang on til the first week of November, embattled, but then he'll reluctantly, for the good of the country, resign. With a back room pardon in his hip pocket, of course.
And, Baracka will hold a presser, or maybe just a statement in the Rose Garden, so no one can ask questions, expressing his sadness that racism has, yet again, claimed a wonderful son of America.
IOW, he'll fall on his sword for Baracka. And, the two paragraphs above were all sarcasm, if anyone has to ask.
Holder might hang on
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 8:56pm.
He's stuck it out so far. I think, like Obama, he has a huge ego. He thinks he's smarter than everyone and can tough this out.
Remember Van Jones? That was a guy who knew how to take a fall for Obama.
MSNBC Public Relations
Submitted by John21 on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 12:38pm.
MSNBC Public Relations firm doing there jobs.
The cesspool that is our Justice department and Obama and Holder playing horse is unimportant. Their smell of rank corruption is perfume to these people but that means that somhow in their little bias minds it is bad for the Republican not further evidence of the incompetence and corruption of their client (Obama).
Is their anyone in the NBC organization (Not a news network) that has any integrety? Intelligence? pride?
I didn't think so.....
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None work for the NBC Corporation
Increasingly, the Liberal
Submitted by LinTaylor on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 12:40pm.
Increasingly, the Liberal media reminds me of Monty Python's Black Knight:
"Look, you bloody fool, you've got no arms left!"
"Yes I have!"
"Then what's that?" (gesturing at his severed arms as they lay on the ground)
"I've had worse."
Merely a flesh wound. :-)
Submitted by Newsbusterbrown on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 12:57pm.
Merely a flesh wound. :-)
“There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
"Bring Out Yer Dead"....
Submitted by bigdaddy on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:01pm.
...I'm not quite dead yet!
"Yes you are"
"I'm feeling much better!"
"Who's that?"
Submitted by dzejk113 on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 3:49pm.
"I don't know, must be a king?"
"Why's that?"
"He hasn't got sh*t all over him"
This next part is added by me
"And who are they?"
"Must be Barack Obama and Eric Holder"
"Why's that?"
"Cause they're full of sh*t"
Maybe so, but African
Submitted by Lumina72 on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 10:04pm.
Maybe so, but African swallows aren't migratory.
What they won't tell the
Submitted by ricklail on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 12:42pm.
What they won't tell the pulbic is that a US Border Agent died and so did a lot of Mexicans. They act like Holder is inoccent and he is not. Do they not wonder why all of a sudden after trying to get these documents for over a year and half that Obeyme invokes executive priviledge? The conga line of morons on MESSNBC will continue to dance to the tune Obeyme plays.
Bizarro World quote of the day
Submitted by nolotrippen on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 12:44pm.
"when you think about just the damage that has been done over the last year to the GOP's brand"
What color is the sewer in your world, Michelle Bernard?
Can you say Michigan? Can you say San Diego? Can you say poll numbers (going up)? I knew you could. Now say R E P U B L I C A N. I don't see any damage at all.
Now can you say Fast and Furious? Can you say ObamaCare. Can you say Economy? Can you say poll numbers (going down)? Now say D E M O C R A T. I see damage all over that poor boy.
Take a nap Michelle. We'll wake you when it's over.
“It is almost impossible to distinguish a politician from a gangster.” (Will Durant, 1931)
I predicted tea parties would return. Now I'm predicting dueling will return.
They live in an alternate
Submitted by MrSnuggles on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 12:54pm.
They live in an alternate universe. what will they do when Obama loses?
Their heads will explode and
Submitted by ricklail on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:01pm.
Their heads will explode and they'll be brain matter, what little there is, all over the studios.
Really???
Submitted by Blorg on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 12:55pm.
"We don't elect members of the Congress to come in and beat up on the Attorney General..."
Then why did the Dems come in and beat up on Attorney General Gonzales for nothing more than something Bill Clinton had previously done?
But but but...
Submitted by retrocon on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:44pm.
HE was a latino conservative, he had to be beaten up!
c'mon, read the librule book, will ya, Blorg?
;-)
But, that's the point isn't
Submitted by texastommy on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 2:19pm.
But, that's the point isn't it.
Congress is SUPPOSED to oversee the executive branch. If they don't, then who? The media? Uh huh. That'll work, won't it?
MSNBC - Massive Stupid Nincompoops Before Cameras.
I have just one question for this panel...
Submitted by lesterwink23 on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:03pm.
What's life like on the moon?
The MSM circus is open for
Submitted by celator on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:04pm.
The MSM circus is open for business.
We'll see distractions and legerdemain used to keep our eyes away from Obama's executive privilege/Fast and Furious mess. As the days go on, the hysterical MSM performers and supporters of Obama/Holder and the MSM will dance, sing, perform magic tricks, work the high trapeze, shoot themselves out of a cannon and give away lots of cotton candy. Anything to keep us from seeing the dead donkey in the center ring.
This is going to be fun.
Now that's funny!
Submitted by James3 on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 3:25pm.
I don't care who ya' are.....:^)
But it IS the business of the Congress
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:16pm.
MICHELLE BERNARD [BERNARD CENTER FOR WOMEN]: You know, Luke, when you – for a different vantage point, when you think about just the damage that has been done over the last year to the GOP's brand, this is just another – adds more fuel to the fire. The economy is in a very, very bad place. We should be talking about job creation. We should be talking about all of the pocketbook issues that matter to Americans. . .
The House of Representatives have passed multiple budgets; the Democratic Senate refused to deal with them.
But the Congress also oversees the running of the Federal government. It comes under checks & balances -- the very system our Constitutional government is based on.
The Attorney General of the United States has steadfastedly refused to comply with the House committee executing its oversight role. Holder is the obstructionist.
BERNARD: . . . And this is just another thing that I think gives the Obama administration and the Obama campaign a little bit more fuel to go to the American public and say, "Why won't they just do their job? We don't elect members of the Congress to come in and beat up on the Attorney General and be obstructionists. Ask them to do their job and back off of Eric Holder." It makes no sense.
It makes perfect sense, How did the Justice Department conduct an international law enforcement operation without the knowledge of our State Department, our Homeland Security Department, or the Government of Mexico? Holder has been unwillingly to identify who even authorized this operation.
For over a year, Holder has resisted answering the question: "How high up did this authorization go?" Moreover, he has lied at least twice as to the gunwalking nature of F&F, and the previous AG's knowledge of it.
If Obama wants to put a spotlight on F&F as a Republican embarrassment, have at it. The more the voters understand what's at stake, the more they will distrust Mr. Hope & Change.
This dope runs a 'Center for
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:20pm.
This dope runs a 'Center for Women'??? Jeez..............I can't imagine what goes on there!!!
I tried starting up one of those, but the Mrs. found out.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 2:08pm.
Luckily I hadn't signed the lease yet.
There's an alternative
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 3:04pm.
Apply to both the Departments of Energy and HHS for grants to start up a green contraceptives lab.
Sure you can, Killa.
Submitted by UpNorth on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 5:17pm.
There are movies covering it, on Cinemax late on Friday and Saturday nights. Very late.
Just when we thought these libs were as stupid as one can get...
Submitted by Anne_PA on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:08pm.
Ooops, they prove us wrong.
Think of all these libs who get up each morning and say to themselves...
"Today I'm going to make it my mission to be even STUPIDER than I was yesterday!!!"
And damn, "mission accomplished" first thing in the morning.
They are good!
F&F and Contempt is "GOOD" For Barry Kardashian? Really?
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:12pm.
What's next.
You'll call it a "blessing" if he gets cancer?
And you say you want to "talk about job creation"?
Really?
Tell Barry we want him to run on that topic, you ignorant cat turd.
The Obamination... A crisis leading to a catastrophe..(please donate to MRC)
so it is OK for Dems to go after Gonzales (sp?) for firing
Submitted by Lipton on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:14pm.
people, but not go after HOlder for running an operation that killed people?
If this was "bad" for GOP and
Submitted by gopsteve on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:15pm.
If this was "bad" for GOP and "good" for Obama, would the msm have spiked the story for so long? GOTCHA!!!!!!!!!!
Deja Vu All Over Again....
Submitted by Samaritan01 on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:15pm.
I'm beginning to see a pattern here, the Socialists lose Wisconsin and they attempt to claim the loss as a victory.....they're losing the Fast and Furious investigation and they attempt to claim this loss as a victory.......I am now looking forward to the Socialists claiming victory in the November elections (a really, really BIG victory)!!! ;- )
''And tonight's big winner".......
Submitted by James3 on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 3:33pm.
"President Obama.....he was quoted as saying 'Thank goodness that wasn't me that got whacked by that drug dealer we sold those guns to!'.......
"Why won't they just do their job?" ???
Submitted by minky on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:20pm.
She has got to be kidding, right? Part of the job of Congress is to investigate such cases of unlawful action on the part of the administration. Had Holder not lied about the gun-running to begin with, the investigation would likely be over. Why was Michelle Bernard of the Bernard Center for Women even included on a panel discussing such an issue?
Too bad Mika wasn't on air when the news broke
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:21pm.
We would have some galactic stupidity. This is just really, really stupid.
I'm making a run to the store, must replenish the popcorn and tea trolley. This is going to be entertaining.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
that's funny
Submitted by Barabbus on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:57pm.
Replenish the popcorn and the tea trolley. I laughed at that one, cause I feel the same way. There's a hysterical "whack-a-mole" effort by the media to plug the ever increasing amount of leaks in their dam. It is entertaining to watch them come up with loopy explanations, in a weird kind of way.
It's only going to get better.....
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 5:42pm.
Hunger Games?
Um...not so much. Baraka et. al. have begun the Desperation Games.
Here....passing the popcorn and a little cold drink. Enjoy!!!!!!!!!
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thanks, I'll have a few. Need some ice B?
Submitted by Barabbus on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 6:14pm.
But who to watch? Maybe I'll start with a light helping of CBS, just a taste of ABC, a smidgeon of NBC and then I'm going to gorge myself on the main course tonight! Tingles, with a heaping, helping side order of Rachel! Can't wait! Enjoy everybody! Should be a great show!
Watch out Blonde!
Submitted by bigdaddy on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 8:03pm.
Have you got clearance for that popcorn and cold drink from Nanny Wombberg?
I Love the stuff that the MSM feels is worthy to report...
Holder
Submitted by crabman2 on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:26pm.
Beating up on holder ? He has to be accountable for his actions while in that position . The committee is only trying to determine what his role in those actions were . If he had no role , then there should not be any reason to stonewall the committee , save one . That is to protect the person who did have a role in the actions . The person being protected is the same one who will do whatever it takes to back up Holders' stonewalling .
How laughable
Submitted by HockeyKid on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:28pm.
Bernard making ridiculous assertions to the ever-dim agreement of Lukie Russert.
And to think some people consider this to be solid reporting. Now THAT's scary.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Well then....
Submitted by c5then on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:31pm.
It should be absolutly FABULOUS when the articles of impeachment are brought forth in the House...
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
Oversight?
Submitted by octavioj on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:32pm.
Is that not one of the most important tasks of Congress? To have oversight over the executive? Where do these people live?
Seem You Don't Know Constiutional Requirements
Submitted by happi_flyer on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 4:51pm.
Yes, Little 'O', they are clueless. It is Congress' task to advise and consent on many things the President does. They are also required to conduct investigations when appropriate in case there have been misdeeds by the administration (or appear to be), including holding the executive branch members in contempt of Congress.
The usual
Submitted by russedav on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:34pm.
Demoncraps are deranged lawless degenerate fascist scum who think they're above the law and even God, cold-hearted subhuman butchers (like vile satanist slut sisters Pelosi & Sebelius & 0) caring nothing for either the babies (especially their niggers, www.blackgenocide.org) they gleefully lustily murder in cold blood or any others who are helpless and in need they only exploit for their immoral purposes, for nearly two centuries lovers of slavery (still), and then feminism and abortion and child molesting and now sodomizing both kids & true marriage with their propaganda fraud exposed by "The gay invention" at www.touchstonemag.com as well as www.DrJudithReisman.org and the exposing of the Kinsey fraud that has almost single-handedly decimated America's morals jurisprudence. And Romney will be worse, see www.renewAmerica.com & http://www.amycontrada.com/amycontrada.html
An asteroid the size of Texas striking the earth would
Submitted by SickofLibs on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:50pm.
be 'good news' for Obama, too. That about right, Ms. Bernard?
Murder has a way of not going away-
Submitted by JIMMY1660 on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:59pm.
there is no statute of limitations-those who created the environment for the Agents death someone must pay.
No spin will ever change that
There is Blood on Holders hands and now it looks Like Obama may have some on his.
One piece of advice...
Submitted by OldJarhead77 on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 2:03pm.
For FORMER CHAIRMAN STEELE......................
SHUT YOUR STINKING PIE HOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Submitted by chiefpayne on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 2:07pm.
So, the Fast and Furious investigation is bad for the GOP??!!
LOL
They REALLY don't expect THINKING PEOPLE to BUY this garbage, do they?
All one has to do is say...
MOST TRANSPARENT ADMINISTRATION EVER.
Executive Privilege - The Barry Kardashian Story
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 2:29pm.
Here is how we should define Executive Privilege...
1. Being elected President with no qualifications.
2. Ignoring the Constitution at every turn.
3. Blaming somebody else for every problem you created.
4. Being surrounded by the state-run media who will lie for you at every opportunity.
5. Letting your moose of a wife take vacations all over the world on our dime.
Yeah, that about covers it, Leroy.
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So, republicans are bad for
Submitted by FishFace222 on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 3:32pm.
So, republicans are bad for investigating a wrong and bad if they are being investigated for a wrong. Is this a "don't criticize the black guy" issue? I believe that GWB said something about subtle bigotry because college(s) were giving extra points for minorities on their applications. The same applies here.
their bigotry is not subtle
Submitted by ohio granny on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 4:42pm.
The bigotry is very much out in the open They can't criticize on the merits only onObama and Holter's race. Just wishful thinking when they say this will be bad for the GOP.
Steele Can't Help Himself...
Submitted by happi_flyer on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 4:47pm.
...he has that same basic characteristic that Obama has looked for in Holder (hue) and can't seem to break free of the little box that puts you in.
Michael Steele is no different than Joe Scarborough. Both have
Submitted by Rush Fan on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 5:15pm.
forsaken their ethics and principles for a regular paycheck.
Deranged
Submitted by draygeaux on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 5:48pm.
It makes me wonder how so many deranged people can walk around totally unsupervised. MSNBC should just reorganize as a mental institution, because after all they already have inmates.
You from
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 7:47pm.
SE LA?
"Executive Privelege" is not in the Constitution
Submitted by lrgon on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 6:14pm.
Darrell Issa and the House committee members that voted in favor of having the executive branch turn over pertinent files related to "fast and furious" stand on sound constitutional grounds.
But where does the White House stand? Is there a "stonewalling" feature to the Constitution allowing a president to ignore congress? Some presidents have taken the attitude that if there is not such a provision they will invent one. That attitude does not serve the people well even when the committee doing the investigating is not popular among the press and the committee chairman has been demonized by the media.
Article II of the U.S. Constitution requires the executive branch to give information to the Congress, saying of the President that “He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union.... [and] he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.”
The Constitution is silent on any question of “executive privilege,” a concept invented by President Eisenhower to stonewall the investigations of communism by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.
it's curious that "executive privilege" was also roundly criticized by President Obama when he filled a senate seat.
The "Fast and Furious" cover-up is perhaps the first presidential scandal that smacks of the same issues that destroyed the Nixon presidency. The Nixon administration complained that congressional subpoenas of White House deliberations on the Watergate break-in were private discussions, and used this as a means of hiding misdeeds. The Barack Obama White House is using Nixon's strategy.
After 18 months of silence about F&F,
Submitted by bfrank on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 6:46pm.
this is what MSDNC comes up with? Pathetic. And not a peep about Brian Terry. It is all about protecting their Messiah like cultists.
Hate to say it
Submitted by rgallegos on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 7:12pm.
But they may be right. The way the media spins this, alot of people will see this as an unnecessary thing. Don't get me wrong it is needed but too many will see this as a witchhunt.