Rep. Tim Walberg compares botched 'Fast and Furious' probe to Penn State sexual abuse case

[RandySF]

U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg compared the "Fast and Furious" operation to the Penn State child sexual abuse case involving former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, USA Today reported.

Walberg, R-Tipton, whose district includes Jackson County, is among the members of a House panel questioning U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder about the botched federal gun smuggling probe.

The House Oversight Committee has been holding hearings about Fast and Furious. Federal agents lost track of nearly 1,400 guns that were sold to "straw buyers" who were supposed to be tracked to find smuggling ringleaders. One of the guns was recovered at the scene of a homicide.

Walberg also suggested that the Obama administration intentionally gave guns to criminals for the purpose of justifying new gun control measures, the Arizona Republic reported.

http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2012/02/rep_tim_walberg_compares_botch.html

[Suich]

1. What new "gun control measures?"

Did I miss something?

[Angry Dragon]

2. Yes you did

You have to remember that republicans just open their mouths and shit just spews forth

[rfranklin]

3. Thousands of guns used in homicides not involved in "Fast and Furious" yet this yahoo...

is focused on one gun? Any concern about the tens of thousands of guns that are bought and sold illegally?

[justiceischeap]

4. This is the closest they've come to "having something" on Obama

And they're going to milk it for all it's worth. Shrub can lie us into a 10 yr war that leaves our country in such economic turmoil that it'll probably take 20 yrs to truly recover from and, to the Repubs, that's no big deal. Yet, we have a botched war on crime operation and you'd think all hell had broken loose.

If you want to compare botched operations, let's talk about that memo the Bush admin ignored upon taking office, the one that talked about terrorists wanting to fly planes into buildings in the US.