House Republicans to try to impeach U.S. Attorney General Holder

[Bradical79]

Source: Posted on Yahoo from Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives plan to introduce articles of impeachment against Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday, in the hopes of removing a cabinet member they say has lied to Congress as well as failed to uphold federal law.

"This was not a decision that I made lightly. Since the House voted in 2012 to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt, the pattern of disregard for the rule of law and refusal to be forthright has only continued," Texas Representative Pete Olson, who drafted the articles, said in a statement provided to Reuters on Wednesday.

"The American people deserve answers and accountability. If the attorney general refuses to provide answers, then Congress must take action."

The Justice Department did not respond to requests for comment on the possibility of an impeachment move.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/house-republicans-try-impeach-u-attorney-general-holder-014011302.html

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Clearly will not make it through the Senate, and hopefully will backfire right in the Republican's faces. I'm not even sure what specifically they're trying to get him on

[rpannier]

1. What olson really meant is

"This was not a decision that I made lightly. Because I wanted to impeach Obama. But, I wasn't sure how it would play out, so I looked for another fall guy to spend millions of dollars on trumping up phony impeachment hearings."

[Brigid]

8. OK, so how much did these idiots waste trying to impeach Clinton?

The number $46 or $47 million comes to mind.

[Voice for Peace]

40. ".. plus, if we don't do something new and dramatic, we'll have to start figuring out how to create

jobs"

[Brigid]

49. We have our thread winner.

[Cosmocat]

44. SPOT on

nm

[Tx4obama]

2. More details - November 7th article below

November 7, 2013

Ted Yoho (R-FL) Tells Of Republican Plan To Impeach Eric Holder

Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251337393

[chillfactor]

15. Yoho.....the Tper.....

who says national GOP politics is not a problem for him.....scumbag that he is

[sakabatou]

3. Again?

[oldandhappy]

4. No time for immigration reform

but lots of time to vote against the ACA and to investigate the rollout at the expense of the repairs and to create chaos with this phoney impeachment action.

[nyquil_man]

13. The GOP: America's Concern Trolls

[Voice for Peace]

50. perfect.

[MyNameGoesHere]

5. They do this and it's the last straw.

Proof beyond a doubt they are trying to overthrow the government. It is time.

[Bradical79]

9. I wonder if it'll even get through the house

With a Congressional approval rating of 9%, I would think at least a decent number of House Republicans would be against embarrassing themselves with this sort of witch hunt just in the interest of pure political self preservation.

[MannyGoldstein]

6. What delayed them?

They were obviously aiming to do this during the "Fast and Furious" witch hunt.

[Wilms]

7. It's about time they busted him for coddling bankers.

Oh. Wait.

[Drunken Irishman]

11. Hey...does it matter what he's impeached for just as long as he's impeached?

[Divine Discontent]

10. these people are complete and utter

imbeciles!

they have no plan to make America a better nation for all, so they waste months with numerous outrages that they poutrage over, and meanwhile, nothing else really gets done on Capitol Hill unless it's down to the wire... they are disgusting.



http://www.zazzle.com/shutdown_the_gop_by_voting_in_2014_government-128195183613839642?rf=238107662556833486

[nyquil_man]

12. This is a distraction from all the important work the House does.

[SunSeeker]

14. FU GOP. Holder will keep taking your voter suppression schemes to court. nt

[DeSwiss]

16. Take care Rep. Olsen......

- The Obamacare Secret Security Force will after you with their syringe-weapons if you don't back off!!!



K&R

[Left Coast2020]

17. Never heard of this scumbag Olsen.

Probably just looking for his 15 minutes of Cluster Faux fame. Does he look as bad as that other over-weight Texas tea bagger Farenhurst or what ever his f-ing name is. The one who looks like Flounder.

[Gothmog]

42. Olson is an idiot

Olson drew a teabagger in the 2012 primary but won easily. Olson's sole accomplishment prior to this stunt was to introduce a resolution commending James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles. The man is an idiot

[Iliyah]

18. No jobs bill, infrastructure bill,

they love the sequester, i.e. cutting and taking away from children and seniors, other cuts hurting the middle class and the poor. GOPers are the true "DEATH PANEL" group who obviously blamed another party. GOPers don't want Americans to have health care and if so - pay through the roof for it.

They are NOT pro-lifers but pro-killers, but alas, they have time for bullshit investigations on bullshit scandals because they know they have the corporate media in their pockets.

Issa's misinformation is flowing with no questions asked. Lara Logan and this other rightwing female still have their jobs all the while spreading lies.

GOPers claiming that Dems are panicking over Obamacare which is a damn lie and of course their partners (media) lie spread the effing shit.

HOUSE and SENATE GOPers are worthless. Tax payers should request their money back. . .$24 billion and refuse to pay them alongwith no effing health care.

Eff them.

[Half-Century Man]

21. Have the entire 99% form a class action suit and

blast the 1% and their bought lawmakers for deceptive practices.

[Jack Rabbit]

19. this is just another reason why Republicans should be in the nut house, not Congress

It seems that the basis of articles of impeachment against AG Holder are credible only if one assumes that Darrell Issa's investigations of Benghazi or Fast and Furious had some basis in fact.

The impeachment of President Clinton at least had some basis in fact. Yes, he got a blow job from a White House intern. No, that is not an impeachable offense. He, the opposite is the case. At least this time the Republicans want to impeach AG Holder for things that are impeachable offenses. He's just not guilty of any of them.

If the Republicans want to impeach Holder, they should impeach him for his failure to prosecute banking fraud on Wall Street. However, the Republicans are trying to convince corporate criminals that they are even bigger suck ups than the Democrats are (which is saying a mouthful), that isn't going to happen.

[Maeve]

35. "..nut house, not Congress"...there's a difference???? eom

[Half-Century Man]

20. Holder was appointed AG by GW Bush, right?

So, are they charging him with "not showing rabid party loyalty and jacking up the black guy?"

[Capt.Rocky300]

22. He is an Obama appointment

[Half-Century Man]

25. Ah, Thank you

I thought I was remembering a off hand remark made by Cenk Unger of TYT. Something to the effect of saying Holder was a Bush holdover.
My bad. Responded too quickly.

Still, the ire from the House re-thugl-acans seems especially vile.

[progressoid]

23. Was a blow job involved?

[Maynar]

24. No blue dress

no foul (fouled?)

[Scuba]

26. So giving the banksters a pass and prosecuting gardners were OK, but once Holder ....

... suggested he might go after their vote-rigging schemes, now they're gonna impeach him?

[Berlum]

27. "Our Benghazi wankoff has been a bust, so we need a new bone to chew." - RepubliWankers (R)

"Besides, since we intend to do NOTHING AT ALL to benefit America, we have to keep busy. Smirk. Sneer." - RepubliWankers (R)

[cantbeserious]

28. No Substantive Charges Against Wall Street - I Agree With Them

eom

[Chipper Chat]

29. He wants his country back!

Wonder if he's asked Sarah Palin for her stamp of approval yet?

[RBInMaine]

30. Great. The GOP is about to FUCK ITSELF OVER with even more CRAZY SHIT and further isolate itself

from African Americans.

[Gothmog]

31. Pete Olson is my congresscritter

Pete is an idiot without any legislative accomplishments

[Madmiddle]

32. The scum of America.

Yes, I'm talking about the majority of congress, is the worst congress this country has ever seen, yet they are acting all righteous and shit thinking that they are the good side of government when just the opposite is true. How can corruption win in this environment, they just cheat. Republicans don't have aclue how to legislate, that's why they have all these witch hunts they're having, wasting millions of tax dollars on fucking bullshit!!!

[ancianita]

33. What total malarky. Answers and accountability are the last things Congress wants to give Americans.

Holder should tell 'em "Blow me!"

[BootinUp]

34. He must be doing a good job

and they don't like it.

[brooklynite]

36. The point is not, in fact, to remove him from office...

...its to achieve the theater of Impeachment to push their message.

If the House votes to Impeach, the Senate has not choice but to hold an Impeachment trial. Yes, the vote to remove him would be a foregone conclusion, but it would allow the House to bring in witnesses, publicly allege misdoings, and force a vote to hold over Democrats heads.

[xocet]

39. Who knew the Republicans were cryptothespians? n/t

[geek tragedy]

41. The Senate would be under no such obligation.

Harry Reid could ask for a vote to table the articles of impeachment, and done and done.

Not that Boehner is going to allow this (the wackadoodles blew their wad in October).

[MythosMaster]

37. As Boehner stated, Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!

Jobs for TV political pundit shills to feign outrage.

Jobs for GOP PAC operatives to cash in on Citizens United.

Jobs for Congressional Lobbyists to dole out the cash from the billionaire sugar daddy's.

The money goes out, and the money comes back in....

And the 99% gets stuck holding the bill.

[Dopers_Greed]

38. Holder needs to be booted

IMO he should have been gone years ago after he failed to prosecute the Bush administration.

But the Republicans are trying to do it as a cynical move in order to hit Obama.

[Gothmog]

43. Jon Stewart had fun with Pete a Couple of Weeks ago

Pete is a Rice grad and went to UT law school. Pete went from UT to the Navy where he flew search and rescue plans based in Florida. To my knowledge, Pete has never left the states while in the military. From the Navy, Pete went to work for Sen. Phil Gram and then ran for Congress. Pete is a horrible public speaker and can not read a speech to save his life.

Jon Stewart had fun with Pete a couple of weeks ago. Remember that Pete has never been a combat pilot.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/29/1251442/-Jon-Stewart-breaks-out-into-song-over-Republicans-complaining-about-HealthCare-gov-website-issues

That's not fair. This committee, I'm sure, includes people with the proper expertise.

REP. PETE OLSON, R-TX (10/24/2013): Being a computer science major from Rice University, and a former Naval aviator....

Computer science major, former Naval aviator, that's what I'm talking about!

REP. PETE OLSON, R-TX (10/24/2013): ... who could not afford to have my computer drop offline as I'm rolling in my plane to drop a torpedo to stop Russian submarine from launching ballistic missile, nuclear missile, at our country.
(confused audience laughter)

I think that guy just used the plot from The Hunt for Red October to slag HealthCare.gov. Anyway, let's move on to someone else.

[Orsino]

45. Beats working. n/t

[mike_c]

46. if it works, I'll be glad to see him go...

...no matter how bullshit the GOP's justification. Holder needs to go.

[Gothmog]

47. Pete Olson had 19 other idiots supporting this plan

Pete was able to find 19 other idiots to support his crazy plan http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/20-house-republicans-seek-to-impeach-eric-holder

As part of an effort led by Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX), twenty Republican congressmen on Thursday signed onto articles of impeachment against Attorney General Eric Holder.

The other 19 co-sponsors include Reps. Larry Buschon (R-IN), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), David Roe (R-TN), Randy Weber (R-TX), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), Roger Williams (R-TX), Ted Yoho (R-FL), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Bill Flores (R-TX), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Steve Stockman (R-TX), Mike Conaway (R-TX) and Thomas Massie (R-KY).

The above list is a good list of some of the more extreme crazies in the GOP caucus.

[Gothmog]

48. Tom DeLay may be the cause of this effort

It seems that Pete has been hearing the same rumors that Juanita Jean has been hearing about Tom DeLay (the former holder of this seat) wanting to return to congress. http://www.juanitajean.com/2013/11/15/some-rumors/

No, seriously, my phone has been ringing like a bad handbell choir with people anxious to tell me that Tom is doing a Reunion Tour. He wants to go back to Congress. I saw him get handcuffed and hauled off myownself. I was there having a party the night before and the day after. I never wanted to see him again.

Okay, so Pete didn’t know he was a place holder and got to liking all the attention he gets as a congressman. If I’m hearing about Tom’s plans, you know that Pete is, too. So ….

Pete had decided to lead a movement to impeach Eric Holder. He got 20 other Republicans to sign on with him, 8 from Texas. Yeah, his desk would have gotten at least 26. Furniture. Bless his heart.

Now we have 99 problems in my congressional district, and maybe Eric Holder is one of them, I dunno, but even if he is, he’s gotta be like 96 or 97 on the list.

Pete Olson needs headlines to beat Tom DeLay. So, Holy Crap!, watch Mr. Placeholder become Louie Gohmert, Jr.

I swear that my congressional district is snakebit. Somebody throw some chlorine in the hot tub – Tom is back.

Every business venture pursued by DeLay since he left or was forced out of congress has been a flop. DeLay was horrible on the dancing program. Getting back to congress is the only way that DeLay can get attention and evidently the local GOP types like DeLay.

[Bradical79]

52. That guy should be roting in prison!

What a dirtbag. So many should be in prison for all the Abramoff stuff. Abramoff should be too of course. I could make a long ass list of the awful criminals walking around free that were involved with those life destroying scandals.

Tom Delay seen dining with Jack Abramoff

[kiranon]

51. More Republican theater of the absurd. n/t