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alan · December 19, 2011, 08:15 PM

Steel Talon provided the following:
Eric Holder Claims Racism

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Unfricking believable..

Eric Holder Claims Racism Responsible for Fast and Furious Criticism

Quote:
The Weekly Standard.. The Blog comments..
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/...sm_613596.html
But Mr. Holder contended that many of his other critics — not only elected Republicans but also a broader universe of conservative commentators and bloggers — were instead playing “Washington gotcha” games, portraying them as frequently “conflating things, conveniently leaving some stuff out, construing things to make it seem not quite what it was” to paint him and other department figures in the worst possible light.

Of that group of critics, Mr. Holder said he believed that a few — the “more extreme segment” — were motivated by animus against Mr. Obama and that he served as a stand-in for him. “This is a way to get at the president because of the way I can be identified with him,” he said, “both due to the nature of our relationship and, you know, the fact that we’re both African-American.”

The Times Article…Sited
A Partisan Lightning Rod Is Undeterred
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/us...ldiers-on.html

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This reader wonders as to whom it might be that is guilty of racism? You have as many guesses as might be necessary, though I suspect that one would prove sufficient. Do thse basketball players really stick together?

December 19, 2011, 08:15 PM	#1743
alan Senior Member Join Date: June 7, 1999 Posts: 3,847	Steel Talon provided the following: Eric Holder Claims Racism -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unfricking believable.. Eric Holder Claims Racism Responsible for Fast and Furious Criticism Quote: The Weekly Standard.. The Blog comments.. http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/...sm_613596.html But Mr. Holder contended that many of his other critics — not only elected Republicans but also a broader universe of conservative commentators and bloggers — were instead playing “Washington gotcha” games, portraying them as frequently “conflating things, conveniently leaving some stuff out, construing things to make it seem not quite what it was” to paint him and other department figures in the worst possible light. Of that group of critics, Mr. Holder said he believed that a few — the “more extreme segment” — were motivated by animus against Mr. Obama and that he served as a stand-in for him. “This is a way to get at the president because of the way I can be identified with him,” he said, “both due to the nature of our relationship and, you know, the fact that we’re both African-American.” The Times Article…Sited A Partisan Lightning Rod Is Undeterred http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/us...ldiers-on.html -------------------- This reader wonders as to whom it might be that is guilty of racism? You have as many guesses as might be necessary, though I suspect that one would prove sufficient. Do thse basketball players really stick together?