Obama Should Think Twice About This Clinton Retread
Attorney General candidate Eric Holder played a key role in the much-maligned pardon of fugitive Marc Rich. (Also, Roger Kimball on Eric Holder, Radical)
Reports are circulating that President-elect Barack Obama is considering Eric Holder as his attorney general. Earlier in the year when Holder was placed on Obama’s VP search committee we looked at Holder’s liabilities. Those are an even greater concern now that he is considered for the country’s top law enforcement job.
You may not always agree with his political analysis but Dick Morris, perhaps better than anyone willing to talk about it, knows his Clinton-ology. Morris reminded us that Eric Holder played a leading role in one of the most infamous events of a presidency filled with infamy: the pardon of billionaire fugitive Marc Rich. Morris dubbed candidate Obama’s decision to select Holder as one of three people charged with vice-presidential vetting his “first clear, serious mistake.”
Rich, of course, was the commodities trader who fled the country in 1983 to escape prosecution for tax evasion, racketeering, and trading with the enemy. Rich’s attorneys circumvented normal procedures, took the pardon to the White House attorneys, and gained pardon for their client, whose wife just happened to be a friend and major donor to the Clinton library, the Democratic Party, and Clinton’s legal defense fund. A firestorm ensued as did congressional investigations in which Democrats as well as Republicans excoriated the Clintons’ conduct.
This was not a Republican-contrived controversy. Time reported at the onset of the hearings:
But most see this as a source of bipartisan outrage. Republicans and Democrats alike were dumbstruck by the Rich pardon. The federal prosecutors who indicted Rich are especially livid, particularly because, by definition, Rich appears to be ineligible for a pardon: He never took responsibility for his actions or served any sentence. The congressional panels were called to investigate the path to Rich’s pardon — which, as various documents seem to indicate, did not follow usual channels. In testimony Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. pardon attorney Roger Adams says when the White House sent over Rich’s name for pardon consideration — only a few hours before the president was due to leave office — there was never any mention of Rich being a fugitive.
Rep. Henry Waxman declared that it was a “bad precedent, an end run around the judicial process, and appeared to set a double standard for the wealthy and powerful” and that had a Republican president “presided over a pardon process that resembled the chaotic mess that seemingly characterized the final days of the Clinton administration, I would be outraged and would criticize it.”
In a Senate hearing Senator Herb Kohl asked Adams how he viewed the affair:
KOHL: And in this case, do you feel good about that pardon?
ADAMS: All I can tell you, Senator, is that this case was clearly not — this was a very unusual situation. The Rich and [Rich partner Pincus] Green case were not handled anything approaching the normal way. I guess I have a parochial interest in seeing that they — I would prefer that things be handled the normal way. But when a president, for whatever reason, decides not to handle things in an orderly — in a way in conformity with the regulations, there’s very little that I can do about it.
No less than Maureen Dowd remarked that on this one the Clintons
perverted the legal system and may have traded a constitutional power for personal benefit. … The Clintons ran a cash-and-carry White House. They were either hawking stuff or carting it off.
Holder’s role is not in dispute. Without him this travesty would likely not have occurred, as described here:
Mr. Holder, the [Congressional] report says, played a major role, steering Mr. Rich’s lawyers toward Jack Quinn, a former White House counsel. Mr. Rich hired Mr. Quinn, whose Washington contacts and ability to lobby the president made the difference, according to the report. It says that Mr. Holder’s support for the pardon and his failure to alert prosecutors of a pending pardon were just as crucial. …
The panel criticized Mr. Holder’s conduct as unconscionable and cited several problems. It cited his admission last year that he had hoped Mr. Quinn would support his becoming attorney general in a Gore administration.
So to be clear, Holder helped steer the attorney for Rich, a fugitive whose pardon request would likely have been rejected through normal channels due to his status as a fugitive, to the man Holder wanted assistance with in getting his next job. Now there’s a man who knows something about conflicts of interest.
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1. Ed Wallis:YES, “judgement” is a key aspect in disqualifying The Obamboozler for consideration for the Presidency.
However, it’s underplaying it to see it only as his personal judgement when, in my opinion, the rotten criminality is at the core of the contemporary Democratic Party and its adherents:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/06/the_audacity_of_the_democrats.html
Jun 7, 2008 - 4:53 am 2. Carlos Echevarria:Ms. Rubin,
Great article about Eric Holder, that lying and manipulating sad excuse for a Justice Dept. official…
I would only add that Holder and Greg Craig (by extension Fidel Castro) worked hand in hand to expel Elian Gonzalez back to that repugnant Gulag in the Caribbean!!!
Jun 7, 2008 - 5:47 am 3. David Thomson:I find “Barry” Obama’s willingness to pick Eric Holder to be near frightening. It clearly shows that he believes the MSM will provide him enough cover until Election Day to easily capture the White House. He could be right! The impact of postmodernism on the general public may make it impossible to save this nation. Historical illiteracy and the inability to think and follow a logical argument seemingly have become the norm. A disturbingly large number of voters embrace a quasi-fascist approach to politics. Vague promises of hope and change are deemed of far greater value than hard evidence.
Jun 7, 2008 - 8:49 am 4. The Wizard:Ah, Change!!!! It always sound fantastic, especially when enhanced by the oratory skills of an Obama. But in truth, he is not about change, but the same, tired, left wing politics of the Democrats. Just look at the 11,000 earmarks they just passed. It is disgusting. The Democratic party is raping and stealing from America, lining their pockets with entitlements and benefits we ordinary voters do not have and spending trillions of dollars without funding. They have robbed the social security trust and they cry “global warming” to steal even more. America, wake up, it is time to clean the house (and senate for that fact). It is time for change, but sadly, it will not come with Obama.
Jun 7, 2008 - 9:06 am 5. 11B40:Greetings:
I grew up in the Bronx, back in the days of Nelson Rockefellar’s governorship. One of the bits of folk wisdom going around back then was that you didn’t have to worry about his being bribed because he already had all the money in the world.
Jun 7, 2008 - 10:17 am 6. Retired E9:“This is not the Eric Holder I knew” ???
Jun 7, 2008 - 2:54 pm 7. ZEITGEIST:[...] MARC RICH PARDON SCANDAL rears its head again. I was hoping for more change than [...]
Jun 7, 2008 - 3:23 pm 8. JohnMc:Germans in 1933 wanted change to and boy did they get it. Sometimes getting what the electorate asks for is not a good thing. My ‘Hope’ is that the three legged barriers the Founders put up will hold under the onslaught to prevent Obama if he becomes President.
Jun 7, 2008 - 3:53 pm 9. beb:I think the missing bit of reality here is that Holder will not be held accountable, just as Clinton wasn’t really. It was only when the Clintons dared to fall on the wrong side of the media narrative that anybody actually looked at their past with a critical eye. Holder will get a pass and people that bring this up will be dismissed as slinging mud.
Nothing means anything in this media world.
Jun 7, 2008 - 4:00 pm 10. thenakedemperor:All it takes to drink the kool-aid of a charismatic figure is “a willing suspension of disbelief” See hoist. See petard. Insert Tab A into Slot B.
My work is done here.
Jun 7, 2008 - 4:17 pm 11. Obama’s New Advisor Stained by Clinton Pardon Scandal:[...] shelly@palmer.net (Shelly Palmer) wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptEric Holder, a member of Barack Obama’s VP search committee, played an important role in the much-maligned pardon of fugitive Marc Rich. Is this his idea of the new politics? [...]
Jun 7, 2008 - 4:40 pm 12. Change we can expect « Blithe Spirit, the Blog:[...] 7, 2008 · No Comments Big O. has himself a major-league fixer as a v.p.-candidate [...]
Jun 7, 2008 - 5:02 pm 13. gdfdiver:As telling is the statement that if it had been a Republican president Waxman would hve been outraged and compelled to investigate.
Jun 7, 2008 - 5:06 pm 14. Jack Denver:It is beyond me how these, Democrats, have any credibility at all and have remined in office.
I’m no Clinton fan but the Constitution makes clear that the pardon power belongs to the President alone, in his sole and absolute discretion – he can pardon whoever he damn well pleases for whatever reason he cares to. The whole point of this is to create one last safety valve when justice has been miscarried. To give the same prosecutors who put you away a voice in your pardon or to require that you confess guilt and act remorseful first like a Chinese prisoner in a re-education camp is to totally miss the point. Congress can investigate all it wants and there’s not a bloody thing they can do about it short of amend the Constitution -this power belongs to the President personally and to him alone, not to the Justice Department, not to any board or commission. If anything, Presidents of both parties should be using this power more, not less – there are plenty of people who have been put away for too long by overzealous prosecutors and an inflexible sentencing system.
Jun 7, 2008 - 5:44 pm 15. Corky Boyd:“whose wife just happened to be a friend and major donor to the Clinton library, the Democratic Party, and Clinton’s legal defense fund.”
And I might add, a rather hot babe. Really hot. This might have been as much a factor for Bill as the contributions.
Jun 7, 2008 - 5:46 pm 16. ddl:Right on!
Jun 7, 2008 - 8:08 pm 17. northwoods:How are these issues helping Michelle Obama’s children?
Jun 7, 2008 - 8:27 pm 18. ronnor:Jack Denver, Mark Rich didn’t need a pardon since he was never convicted, he jumped bail and fled the country and is domiciled in Switzerland. His wife gave $500,000 to the Clintons for the Clinton Library, think her name was Denise and she was purported to be doing a Monica on the President also. It was a quid pro quo, the Federal Prosecutors just about had a coronary, Clinton sold out. It later came out that Mr. Rich was doing business with Saddam in the UN farce, “Oil for Food.” The worse pardons were for votes, the Puerto Rican cop killers and terroists that he pardoned to secure votes in New York for his wife.
Jun 7, 2008 - 8:49 pm 19. Anonymous:My hell, how many free passes will Obama get?!?!? His popularity goes to show you just how brain-dead a large segment of America is.
Jun 7, 2008 - 9:33 pm 20. john augustine:If 9 out of 10 BLACKS can vote for Obama , but less then that know how to read ??????
Jun 7, 2008 - 9:57 pm 21. In Excess Of Demand » Blog Archive » Obama shows that he is just another Democrat:Then I guess if you are WHITE just vote for the guy that looks like you and may the guy with the biggest majority , YOU KNOW DEMOCRACY , Win the race and represent the Majority of the people.
[...] Bottom line: Obama plays the game the same way as any Democrat. Read more here. [...]
Jun 7, 2008 - 10:54 pm 22. Paul from Jefferson:You’ll note that “Jack Denver” does not defend the Rich pardon itself which is the issue here. Care to tell us why the Rich pardon was not a miscarriage of justice and Eric Holder’s part in it was for the greater good?
Jun 8, 2008 - 4:48 am 23. Obama’s New Advisor Stained By Clinton Pardon Scandal : BigMouthFrog:[...] The Article [...]
Jun 8, 2008 - 6:07 am 24. Misanthropicus:I wonder, at the end of the day how many ancient Clinton operatives will be comfortably accomodated by the “change we can believe in” crew? Same old Democrat racket… by the way, is Holder from Chicago?
Jun 8, 2008 - 6:27 am 25. change?:This might be his second big mistake. The other would be hiring Patti Solis Doyle who was dismissed from the position of Clinton’s campaign manager after almost single-handedly destroying morale among the Clinton staff and mismanaging the campaign’s spending, burning through $100 million by super Tuesday.
Jun 8, 2008 - 9:33 am 26. Doctor sam:Does anyone remember who preceeded Holder?
Why it was none other than Webster Hubble. In case you forgot he was assistant AG for Clinton. He was also one of Hillary’s assistant thieves at the Rose law firm. You remember ‘I can’t find the billing records’ yeah, that law firm….well ol’ Web, he did two years in the Federal Pen. for all kinds of lying, stealing and cheating for the Clintons while being the country’s second in command in the Attorney General’s office.
Jun 8, 2008 - 10:58 am 27. The Wide Awake Cafe » It’s Not Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood:What a pair eh?
[...] the appointment of Eric Holder to Obama’s vice presidential search committee more questions [...]
Jun 8, 2008 - 11:32 am 28. Jack Denver:I don’t need to defend the Rich pardon. I’m glad the prosecutors had a coronary over it – I don’t blame them – that’s their job. As long as it can’t be proven that the President is selling pardons for personal gain (and despite the innuendos, there is no real proof that occurred here) then the President can pardon any damn one he wants no matter how guilty they are and how indefensible it is to pardon them. The only remedy is to impeach the President and even that can’t be done on the last day of the term. The is the President’s power under the constitution and he doesn’t have to defend it or justify it to anyone except the voters.
If I recall the original transactions that got Rich into trouble they were complicated overseas income shifting type schemes over which reasonable people might differ – I gather that Rich thought he was doing somewhat aggressive but legal tax planning and it apparently crossed over the line into what the feds thought was criminal tax evasion – he didn’t kill anyone. This sounds like a suitable use of the pardon power to me.
I’d like all Presidents, Republican and Democrat to retain their constitutional prerogatives and any “inquiry” into the exercise of the pardon power and the tarring of anyone who has participated in the pardon process is a bad idea in my book even if it is exercised for a good cause (keeping Obama far from the Oval Office). I don’t want Libby’s commutation (and I hope G.W.B. pardons him fully on his last day of office) questioned either, for the same reason.
Jun 8, 2008 - 2:20 pm 29. Mare:Holder was also responsible for the Clinton pardons of the FALN terrorists.
Jun 8, 2008 - 9:50 pm 30. Believer:Obama’s 3-man panel of advisors for VP is beginning to look like Monica’s blue dress.
Jim Johnson is in a nasty mess himself — add another stain.
I thought, “whaaa?” when Caroline Kennedy was announced as a member. But she’s looking pretty good right now.
I’d have my eyes wide open, though, if I were Caroline. Just in case Obama twirls — and those less-than-clean areas get uncomfortably close.
Jun 9, 2008 - 10:43 am 31. The PunditP Blog » Blog Archive » Does Obama Vet His VP Vetters?:[...] picking a presidential pretender’s fixtures. Juxtaposed are Jim Johnson, Caroline Kennedy and Eric Holder. Captains of the crew checking out VPs under consideration. Doing dirty laundry discovery duty, [...]
Jun 9, 2008 - 6:16 pm 32. The Flag of the World » Blog Archive » Obama’s judgement, continued:[...] headlines, but the second member of the search team has major problems, too. Eric Holder was the architect of the Marc Rich pardons. Wasn’t the whole point of not nominating Hillary largely to be done with all the ethical [...]
Jun 10, 2008 - 3:01 am 33. Commentary » Blog Archive » No Big Deal To Pick The VP:[...] The Obama camp must be asking where the media cocoon is when you need it (And by the way many of these reporters have now caught on to the problem with Eric Holder.) [...]
Jun 10, 2008 - 9:27 am 34. Pajamas Media » Obama’s Double Standard:[...] Obama offered that Johnson’s task, along with Eric Holder (who we have reported here has problems of his own), is “discrete.” Well aside from the candidate himself, most [...]
Jun 11, 2008 - 12:30 am 35. Ageiswisdom:Believer has it right. I might add when Johnson left Fannie Mae – not at his own request – he took a very comfortable severance pay which we are footing the bill for. My father used to be in the company of politicians and police his true stories lead me to believe his advice – don’t trust anyone but the flatfoot and a happy man!
So I am rethinking my Democratic position. An Independent would certainly be an indicator that we were not a corrupt country in our politics.
Jun 11, 2008 - 5:08 am 36. Some Liberal:Remember everyone. This is just to pick his Vice President, or, in other words, the warm bucket of spit that will sit down the hall from him should he win the white house. Are you really this concerned with how he fills that bucket?
And of course, yes, it’s important who he chooses. But these people aren’t the actual candidate – they’re brainstormers who hand a list to Obama and his senior staff. I don’t think they’ll start legislating or amending anytime soon.
Jun 11, 2008 - 7:47 pm 37. change of heart:And I thought Obama was something new: an honest candidate. I have gone against my Republican background and years of voting Republican to support him, but I consider his choice of Holder enough to throw all my enthusiasm for him up in the air. If it’s politics as usual, I’ll do what I hate to hear people say they are going to do and that is vote my pocketbook.
Jun 13, 2008 - 7:29 am 38. BizzyBlog » Obama VP Committe Member Helped Enable 2000 Elian Gonzalez Seizure:[...] his already-known involvement in facilitating the Clinton pardons, including that of fugitive billionaire financier March Rich, there’s the matter of former Clinton Administration Deputy Attorney General Holder’s [...]
Jun 13, 2008 - 9:47 am 39. Commentary » Blog Archive » Hold Over:[...] that would have been bad enough. What makes it especially egregious is that Holder himself had a conflict of interest – sending Rich’s lawyer to Jack Quinn, whom Holder was hoping would help him land an [...]
Jun 15, 2008 - 2:11 pm 40. 10 Reasons NOT to vote for Obama « Conservative Colloquium:[...] Three other people: Tony Rezko, Eric Holder, Jim Johnson. Why does Obama associate with such shady characters? Possibly related posts: [...]
Jun 30, 2008 - 6:04 am 41. Commentary » Blog Archive » Flotsam and Jetsam:[...] State John Kerry” and “Attorney General Eric Holder” (who has an understanding of ethics matched only by Bill Clinton) aren’t enough to give you second thoughts about an Obama [...]
Oct 20, 2008 - 6:37 am 42. Obama or McCain? - Page 3 - Philosophy Forum:[...] thought he could gain something. What does Obama hope to gain? 10. Three other people: Tony Rezko, Eric Holder, Jim Johnson. Why does Obama associate with such shady [...]
Nov 5, 2008 - 5:51 am 43. President-Elect Obama–Bought and Paid For–Will He Stay Bought? « Pronk Palisades:[...] Do you suppose foreign-born Tony understands irony? Do you think he’s scrambling to find Eric Holder’s phone number? Although, considering Obama’s demonstrated willingness to abandon anyone who [...]
Nov 8, 2008 - 2:22 pm 44. Self-hating boomer:It’ll be scandal-free. The MSM will make sure that no matter how much scandalous stuff goes on, there won’t be any scandals. There won’t be any homeless people, either.
Nov 18, 2008 - 1:32 pm 45. Washington City Paper: City Desk - A.G. Appointee Eric Holder Soft on Corruption:[...] complications to this appointment include Holder’s instrumental role in Clinton’s presidential pardon of “billionaire fugitive” Mark Rich and a June interview with Legal Times in which he said an ascent to A.G. “ain’t gonna [...]
Nov 18, 2008 - 1:33 pm 46. Rashputin:Self-hating boomer : LOL, no kidding. They could find ten bodies in a local park, all with Obamas’ fingerprints on their bruised necks and they’d just headline the news with, “Who Is Trying To Frame ‘The One’”.
I wish his wife would hurry up and say, “let them eat cake” so I could get a job helping to build them a little mirror lined place out in the country. You know, something to replace the White House, something befitting a king and not so much, well, not so McMansion. (Or is the title “McMansion” reserved strictly for making fun of anyone who wants a nice little house in the burbs?)
Nov 18, 2008 - 1:47 pm 47. Robert Hurley:Typical –
Nov 18, 2008 - 1:53 pm 48. Instapundit » Blog Archive » ERIC HOLDER to be Attorney General? Orin Kerr thinks that’s okay. UPDATE: Some may feel otherwis…:Try getting your fact right before you rant. Holder had nothing to do with the granting of this pardon. Nice try
[...] UPDATE: More here: “Eric Holder played an important role in the much-maligned pardon of fugitive Marc Rich. [...]
Nov 18, 2008 - 1:53 pm 49. Dave:We should not be suprised that a Chicago machine politician is surrounding himself with crooks.
This is going to be an ugly 4 years.
Nov 18, 2008 - 1:55 pm 50. TexEd:Heck, Holder at least knows the concept of pro quid quo. He must have gotten a piece of the bribe or at least a piece of the Iraqi Oil Voucher money that Rich was accumulating for Willie.
Nov 18, 2008 - 2:12 pm 51. cedarford:Besides, he is black and Hussein is going to need a black guy to pick and choose the federal attorneys who will ensure that the black mayors and politicians like Kwame, Dollar Bill, Alcee are not, in future, punished by white law. Holder will keep the law from ACORN, non-Republican voter fraud and illegal contributions.
Eric Holder was basically in the position Robert Bork was in under Nixon. The “big boys” had already decided on an action (Pardoning Rich and his crony Pincus for hiding money in Switzerland and Israel for purposes of tax evasion, involvement in illegal arms deals to Israel&Iran, oil deals with Iran – and firing Archibald Cox). Now, Holder could have done an Elliot Richardson and been an insubordinate employee, or he could be a good soldier like Bork was in carrying out a Presidential order.
The pardons were not Holder’s idea or initiative…but done via the power of money, and Denise Richards friendship and perhaps sex driving the Clinton decision. It was 100% legally, on Clinton for His Call under the Constitution..
Henry Waxman is upset about the pardons because of Marc Rich and Denise messing with his wealthy Hollywood constituency and trampling on his potent political place as their designated bagman to Congress, Israel, progressive groups. Waxman was infuriated that Marc and Denise Rich did not play by “the rules” for going through Waxman, but end-arounding him, threatening his power.
Remember that Borking can also be done on various Bush DOJ people that carried out Bush’s executive commands on aspects of the “WOT” – something elements of the Obama Team wish to avoid so Congress is not bogged down in witch-hunting and nothing gets done. But they could change tune if Repubs wish to pretend it is 1998 or 2001 and wish to “retry” Clinton and his people in Congress.
I am more concerned about what sort of AG Holder would be. He is NYC liberal, Columbia-educated, a past opponent of the 2nd Amendment and the death penalty. On the plus side, he is smarter and more competent than Bush hack Alberto Gonsales, sent to help salvage the hapless Janet Reno from mucking things up…
Nov 18, 2008 - 2:13 pm 52. A Harry Keester:When will there be honesty? This guy pardoned criminals under Clinton? Now AG?? What a joke. I hope his nomination is stonewalled.
Nov 18, 2008 - 2:13 pm 53. Concerned One:No doubt BO will assign Mr. Holder, as his first job, to rule on the propriety of ex-Pres. Bill’s (and Hillary’s benefit from) his income from foreign sources as tainting Mrs. Clinton’s ability to serve as Secretary of State. Perhaps, as he previously said about the Marc Rich pardon, his opinion about Mrs. Clinton is “neutral leaning toward favorable.” If he felt that way about Mr. Rich, how do you suppose he feels about Mrs. Clinton – neutral – yeah, right.
Is anyone really surprised at these appointments?
Nov 18, 2008 - 2:29 pm 54. Obama’s Cabinet: U.S. Attorney General | TheScholarsForum:[...] upfront about the Justice Department’s conduct in the Branch Davidians-Waco fiasco. And some suspect that he might have with-held information about billionaire fugitive and tax evader, Marc Rich, to [...]
Nov 18, 2008 - 2:30 pm 55. Don Quixote:Mr. Hurley wrote:
Typical -
Try getting your fact right before you rant. Holder had nothing to do with the granting of this pardon. Nice try
I’m not sure what pardon Mr. Hurley is referring to, unclear antecedent for “this.” If it is the Rich pardon, I think that the information presented in the article demonstrates that Holder had a major role.
If it is the FALN pardon, then Mr. Hurley may want to check out this URL, http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=28096. I won’t quote all of the relevant parts of the article, just “Holder played a central role in freeing these terrorists. As the deputy attorney general, he was responsible for signing off on all clemency matters forwarded to the President, and in this case he recommended that clemency be granted — despite vehement opposition from the FBI, the Bureau of Prisons, and his own Justice Department.” This would indicate that Mr. Hurley should follow his own advice “try getting your fact (sic) right.
Nov 18, 2008 - 2:33 pm 56. Eric Holder For AG? - US Message Board:[...] on the Rich pardon, where the outrage wasn’t just from the Republicans: Pajamas Media » Why Obama Should Think Twice About Another Clinton Retread [...]
Nov 18, 2008 - 2:47 pm 57. BMoon:Good article and my favorite comment was by Daid Thompson, who nails the real problem we are all becoming aghast and helpless spectators of – our education system with the media has destroyed thinking by destroying truth. Relativism and post-modernism has acted like a corrosive acid that eats away society’s ability to discern false from true and right from wrong.
Obama and the toadies like Holder he is gathering about him are not socialists, or any other ideological persuasion. Mussolini defined and depicted the attitude years ago§:
“Fascism is a super-relativistic movement because it has never attempted to clothe its complicated and powerful mental attitude with a definite program but has succeeded by following its ever changing individual intuition. Everything I have said and done in these last years is relativism by intuition…. If relativism signifies contempt for fixed categories and men who claim to be bearers of an external objective truth…then there is nothing more relativistic than fascist attitudes and activity…. From the fact that all ideologies are of equal value, that all ideologies are mere fictions, the modern relativist deduces that everybody is free to create for himself his own ideology and to attempt to carry it out with all possible energy. (Quoted in E. Ross, ed. Beyond the Myths of Culture, pp. xix-xxix)
Nov 18, 2008 - 3:26 pm 58. mrkwong:This is all SO COOL!
Obama’s doing his best to remind everyone of the last two years of Bill Clinton!
As far as I’m concerned, if the guy’s halfway pragmatic and not a social-justice loon he might do okay. At this point I’m more concerned about what kind of crackpot Obama can find to stick in at EPA.
Nov 18, 2008 - 4:05 pm 59. plutosdad:Not only was he a fugitive for his shady commodities trading, but according to the book Red Mafiya by Robert Friedman, after leaving the US Rich got heavily involved with the Russian and Jewish mobs (not exactly in the mob, but definitely involved in deals with them), and even had ties to blood diamond smuggling. And according to Friedman the FBI itself told Clinton (paraphrased) “this is an evil man, we can’t pardon him” but he went ahead and did anyway.
That makes me think, if Rich had ties to the Mob, and this guy Holder tried so hard to get him a pardon, then what are Holder’s ties? It would almost be reassuring if he were “only” of the Mike Milkin brand of wall street crook.
Nov 18, 2008 - 5:19 pm 60. thegr8 1:Two things:
Google “Senate Resolution 511″ read a few of the posts and I’d like to be a fly on the wall seeing the looks on your faces.
More for your reading pleasure:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid=aF7fB1PF0NPg
This is what 52% of you voted for and now we all pay the price.
Nov 18, 2008 - 5:40 pm 61. Jason Sieckmann:And…you just happen to be on an anti-Clinton run because you’re in support of the right.
I don’t see you here smashing Bush, because Bush is your buddy.
I, like most Americans, don’t particularly like either one. You, however, remain completely hung up the Clinton scandal still. Why don’t we all stay focused on Nixon still? Wasn’t Kissinger in Bush’s white house?
Your partisanship gives away your credibility. Or keep falling under the same group of people that don’t believe in evolution and believe that Israel is a valid state that we should be wasting money on; people like this guy: http://mediacondom.com/?p=302
Nov 18, 2008 - 5:46 pm 62. Anthony (Los Angeles):“…voters may begin to question whether Obama possesses the judgment necessary to run an effective and scandal-free administration.
The time to question that was before the election. Now, it’s a wee bit late.
Nov 18, 2008 - 6:32 pm 63. Uh, can’t we do better than Eric Holder? | BlogWonks:[...] Holder comes with some very serious baggage. Holder approved the pardon of that total dirtball and fugitive from justice Marc Rich rather than having the balls to stand up to Clinton. Holder also facilitated the forced [...]
Nov 18, 2008 - 6:34 pm 64. thegr8_1:Musical chairs continue in DC. Bill Clinton looks like the one without a seat. Hope and change using mostly Clinton appointments? Right brings back Gingrich to lead the party and 2010 will be 1994 all over again.
Nov 18, 2008 - 6:39 pm 65. cedarford:Carlos Echevarria:
Ms. Rubin,
I would only add that Holder and Greg Craig (by extension Fidel Castro) worked hand in hand to expel Elian Gonzalez back to that repugnant Gulag in the Caribbean!!!
I think the decision to ship the kid back to his surviving parent was one of the best, most just actions of the Clinton Administration. When you have a pack of Exile whackjobs that seek to put their ideology above parental rights, you have a problem. If the kid had been American and the situation reversed, with some foreign country determined to keep the kid with relatives with criminal records rather than return the child to live with a commendable surviving parent because the US “is so awful” – we would be outraged.
Nov 18, 2008 - 7:37 pm 66. jerryofva:The federal prosecutor in the Rich case was none other then Patrick Fitzgerald. Rich’s lawyers was none other then Scooter Libby. Put two two together and figure out that Fitzgerald had it out for Libby, hence his prosecutorial zeal to get Libby in Plame affair.
If Holder gets to be AG bet on Fitzgerald getting the boot in Chicago and Tony Rezko getting a pardon.
Nov 18, 2008 - 7:41 pm 67. wy_cowboy:The old Clinton band is getting wound up for yet another tune.
To #66….interesting, I never connected the dots, but will Obama face the kind of scrutiny that Bush has if there’s deputy AG’s dismissed without cause? Could that lead to House and Senate hearings?
Nov 18, 2008 - 8:57 pm 68. Jo Anne:I think it is so sad that we can not move forward, submit possible resolutions, and stop assuming that all that we read or hear is absolute truth! We are all smarter than given credit; however if we continue to inject fear and malice in to our country, we are all in for a very rude awakening!
Nov 18, 2008 - 9:10 pm 69. Gary Rosen:“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” Bertrand Russell
Before taking anything C-fudd (”Cedarford”) says at face value, remember he is the guy who said Churchill was “done” in 1945, not knowing that Churchill was re-elected as PM 1951-55. In other words, Fudd is an ignoramus who does not know what he is talking about.
Nov 19, 2008 - 1:12 am 70. cedarford:Uhhhh, Rosen…genius boy…Churchill was “done” by 1943 and booted in 45. The voters in no uncertain terms got fed up with him. He went back in with big US sponsorship when Labour overreached.
Nov 19, 2008 - 3:42 am 71. Spark22:Go to UK today, and he is not a revered figure there, as he is in the US, and as Stalin still is in some of Rosen’s circles of relatives…
I thought that Obama was the president for change? Now he’s picking Clintonites to run the country….again?!? …sounds like more of the same to me.
Nov 19, 2008 - 5:59 am 72. BizzyBlog » Things I’d Like to Post About Today ….. (111908, Morning):[...] Eric Holder for Attorney General? In addition to his inexcusable role in Bill Clinton’s Marc Rich pardon in 2001, the guy is no stranger to court-defying thuggish behavior, as his handling of the Elian Gonzalez seizure and deportation proves — which of course makes him eminently qualified to work for a president-elect who acts like a ___ ___ ___ ___ (go to the link and see). [...]
Nov 19, 2008 - 6:36 am 73. Commentary » Blog Archive » Re: I Beg Your Pardon:[...] contemporaneous news reports and the transcript of the hearings are quite instructive, and reveal Holder as someone who at best wasn’t focused on his duties, and at worst [...]
Nov 19, 2008 - 7:22 am 74. The Historian:THE “GLOBAL WARMING” SCAM
Humans will never control climate on planet earth. Why Obama and others promise they will is examined at this link:
http://greensrealworld.blogspot.com/2008/11/chasing-ghost-of-climate-change.html
Nov 19, 2008 - 8:18 am 75. Isidoro Rodriguez, Esq.:RE: Statement in Opposition to the Appointment of Mr. Eric Holder as Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”)
Dear President-elect Obama,
As an old Progressive Republican who after Name and Watergate worked as an appointee in both the Carter and Reagan Administrations, I have been a strong supporter of you.
However, I oppose the appointment of Mr. Eric Holder because he is a defendant in a civil RICO action for violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 241, 242, 1204, and 1513.
The evidence confirms that in his capacity as a Beltway attorney and lobbyist he has been the linchpin in a criminal conspiracy by government employees to deprive my Son of his civil rights as a U.S. citizen, obstruct my rights as a parent, and injure, stigmatize, and deprive me of my right as an independent civil litigation attorney in retaliation for my for petitioning Congress, litigating to enforce my federal statutory rights as a parent to compel DOJ to comply with their duty under the Hague Convention on Missing and Abducted Children and Virginia’s Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act VA Code § 20-124.1 et seq., [See http://home.earthlink.net/~isidoror, and for my past 30-year federal civil litigation against the unauthorized polices and practices of DOJ and the Federal Courts in violation of resident and nonresident Hispanics.1
In furtherance of the conspiracy Mr. Eric Holder did file a fraudulent bar complaint with the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board (“VSBDB”), complaining of my litigating to enforce federal rights. However, his actions were not only in violation of Federal criminal law, but too caused the uncovering of the Supreme Court of Virginia usurping the authority granted only to the General Assembly under the Constitution of Virginia of the power to crate courts-of-record. Thus the VSBDB is without judicial authority or jurisdiction to revoke any attorneys license, and its order as to me is void as issued by a kangaroo court. [see Petition for Impeachment of members of Supreme Court of Virginia et al., dated June 2007, http://www.petitiononline.com/RDL/petition.html, and see also http://best-lawyer.tistory.com/entry/Isidoro-Rodriguez-Civil-Rights-LawyerFAMILY-LAW.
Because of the far reaching implications of the criminal enterprise, since 2007 the Federal Courts have “stonewalled” by denying demands for a jury trial and by not applying the Void Order Doctrine, denied access to an impartial court to compel DOJ protect me as a victim pursuant to the mandate of 18 U.S.C. § 3771(a), and denied me of the right to sue for damages under RICO for malfeasance based on holding absolute Judicial and Executive immunity from tortious and criminal liability and lack of venue in D.C. to challenge the criminal acts initiated there by Mr. Eric Holder, Isidoro Rodriguez, Esq. v. Editor in Chief, Legal Times, et al., Petition for Writ of Certiorari, US S Ct. Docket No. 08-411, filed on September 28, 2008. See In re Isidoro Rodriguez, Petition for Writ of Mandamus, US S Ct. Docket No. 08-339, September 15, 2008, to compel the federal courts to comply with the 18 U.S.C. § 3771; and Isidoro Rodriguez v. Hon. Leroy Rountree Hassell, Sr. Chief Justice , Supreme Court of Virginia, et al., Petition for Writ of Certiorari, US S Ct. Docket No. 08-574, field October 30, 2008.
Consequently, to prevent a blot on your fledgling Administration I oppose any hasty appointment Mr. Eric Holder before requiring an investigation of the evidence and my allegations.
As proclaimed in the word inscribed on the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Department Building in, “No Free Government Can Survive That Is Not Based on The Supremacy of Law. Where Law ends, Tyranny Begins, Law Alone Can Give Us Freedom, ” it is a critical time when the to restore integrity and public confidence in DOJ.
_________Isidoro Rodriguez_
Isidoro Rodriguez, Esq.
Law Offices of Isidoro Rodriguez
Web: http://www.4jobs.com/1114836
Mobil: 703.470.1457 Email: isidoror@earthlink.net
1After I argued and won a Federal Tort Claim Act action, Martinez v. Lamagno and DEA, 515 U.S. 417 (1995), the Legal Times confirmed in March 1995, that I was the only know active U.S. license federal litigation sole practitioner residing outside of the U.S. and litigating in Federal Courts on behalf of resident and nonresident Hispanics, i.e. I have: (i) represented 360 nonresident Hispanic women in Class action Breast Implant Cases; (ii) litigated to stop the seizing of all nonresident Hispanic surnamed accounts in the United States as violation of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, and the Right to Financial Privacy Act, Lopez v. First Union, 129 F3.rd. 1186 (11th Cir. 1997); and, (iii) litigated against the issuance of the Constitutional prohibited bill of attainders against nonresident Hispanics.
Nov 19, 2008 - 9:21 am 76. Dave Surls:Holder not only played a role in the Rich pardon, he also was involved in the pardons of convicted FALN terrorists and Weathermen terrorists when he was a lackey for the utterly amoral and crooked Clinton regime.
Just the guy you want as A.G. while we’re fighting terrorists.
Not.
Anyone who believes that Barack Obama or his pals are going to go after America-hating terrorists is living in a world of dreams. They’d rather pardon terrorists than fight them.
Nov 19, 2008 - 9:25 am 77. GayPatriot » Barack Obama: New Kind of Politician:[...] details, his conduct in the pardon of fugitive Mark Rich in the dying hours of that Administration was cited as “unconscionable.” Some kind new of [...]
Nov 19, 2008 - 9:44 am 78. Tom H:Y’all are preaching to the choir – latest sounds like it is a done deal and no real opposition from the spineless Repubs. Who wants to bet that Holder doesn’t make it through the year without being indicted and removed??? Just the first of many sideshows to come….
Nov 19, 2008 - 12:17 pm 79. Rachel Peepers:I’d be laughing if it weren’t so serious.
Bob Hurley lobs a grenade.
47. Robert Hurley:
“Typical -
Try getting your fact right before you rant. Holder had nothing to do with the granting of this pardon. Nice try.”
Kaboom.
Hurley’s verbal grenade explodes, and well meaning Republicans just all over him.
But jumping on Hurley is like trying to grab a greased pig, it’s like trying to jump on a storm cloud. Even when they call day night, good bad, high low, terrorists patriots, Holder innocent, they usually manage to slip away.
Well meaning Republicans expend all their energy trying to correct obvious misstatements. But misstatements are the Democratic their bread and butter. Defending them is their meat and pototoes.
To understand the demented Democratic mentality, you have to think like a Dem. Understand their motives.
These are people who want money and power. That’s why they went to law school. Not that there aren’t many lawyers who love the law, want to practice it, because they believe America is a nation of laws. Abe Lincoln fell in this category.
Obama, the Clintons, our friend, Robert Hurley; Richie Daley, on the other hand, fall into another category.
They believe in using our legal system of government to gain money and power.
They want to live a life of opulance, wealth and prestige. They don’t give two hoots in hell what happens to the United States of America unless it affects their ability to possess money and power.
The position of Attorney General in part is a payoff to Holder for all his dirty work. Setting up the pardons and other stuff.
Of course, Marc Rich wasn’t the only one who benefitted. How much money do you think exhanged hands, went from Rich’s domain and control to Democrats in untraceable ways after the pardon was given by Clinton. Give me a figure. What do you think?
Likewise, Holder will use his office in innumerable ways to pay back the Democrats who helped him, the country be damned. In other words, Democratic money and power comes first, not the country.
Hurley is here just to egg us on. He wants the narrative to be about how wrong Obama is to nominate a creepy, moral degenerate like Eric Holder.
Hurley tries to push the discussion in that direction because The Democratic Machine DOESN’T CARE.
You can yell about Holder and the FALN and Rich pardons till the cows come home (or till Michelle wipes the scowl off her face; whichever comes first). And the Democrats won’t care.
Why?
For one reasons, they know Holder can talk his way out of it. The most you’ll get from him is that, “If I had it to do over again, I’d do it differently. I made some mistakes.”
The least you’ll get is, “I don’t remember,” Hillary’s favorite defense.
The other reaons: the Democrats know they have the votes (both committe votes and black citizen votes)to pay back Holder for the dirty work he’s done for them.
Republicans, they don’t care what you say because, as the Zogby Poll demonstrates, Democratic Voters not only aren’t up on currect events, but they do not react to logic and rational arguments. They’re more like attack dogs. Obama or Biden or Reid points them in a direction and that’s where they go.
You ask how a man like Obama could be elected. The answer is that Democratic voters don’t put the country first. They put race first. Their friends first. Or hate first. Or money first. Or welfare checks first. They just know what the media and Democratic Party tells them. In exhange for their votes, the Democrats promise them money, people to hate and blame, a chance to get back at the white man, easier access to everything from welfare to work.
And because the idiot vote goes to the Democrats, Obama could nominate Osama Bin Ladin for attorney general and the votes would probably be there. Well, maybe not Osama, but you get the point.
When it comes to money and power, Democrats are like Pac-Man. They can’t get enough. That’s what motivates them.
And for the next four years, they won’t be caring about indictments or imprisonment for wrongdoing because Obama, in the end, will pardon them.
How about that?
An attorney general who’ll stop at nothing to dish up money and power who’s virtually un-indictable. He’s the country’s first black attorney general.
If Republicans go after him, obviously it’s racially motivated. Because when you indict Eric Holder, you indict all blacks. (I can hear Obama saying those words, can’t you?)
The Democrats picked the perfect person to be attorney general. Republicans can rant and rave all they want.
My friends, THE DEMOCRATS COULDN’T CARE LESS.
So from now on, when you see Barack Obama, Hillary, Harry Reid, Nancy Palosi, Bill, Eric Holder, the list goes on and on, jus think of Pac-Man.
They’re the scum of the earth. But like water, even scum eventually finds its own level.
Nov 20, 2008 - 12:55 am 80. Instapundit » Blog Archive » IN THE WASHINGTON POST, doubts about the Eric Holder nomination. “Ultimately, the call was President…:[...] possible answers to that question here. ”So to be clear, Holder helped steer the attorney for Rich, a fugitive whose pardon [...]
Nov 20, 2008 - 4:58 am 81. Eric Holder « Internet Scofflaw:[...] the pardon, saying he was “neutral, leaning toward favorable” on it, but he also (as Jennifer Rubin points out) had a major conflict of interest in the case. The New York Times reported in 2002: Mr. [...]
Nov 20, 2008 - 8:30 am 82. Isidoro Rodriguez, Esq.:RE: Opposition to the Appointment of Mr. Eric Holder as Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) for His Past Collusion with the Judicial Branch in violation of Separation of Power and the Rights of Citizens.
Greetings:
As an old Progressive Republican who after Name and Watergate worked as an appointee in both the Carter and Reagan Administrations-before the era after 1983 of divisive politics-I have been a strong supporter of President-elect Obama. However, I oppose the appointment of Mr. Eric Holder for two main reasons:
First, Mr. Eric Holder as part of DOJ has a record which subscribes to the collusion of DOJ with the Judicial Branch in violation of the rights of citizens, and the mandate of separation of power.
During the past 32 years that I have conducted federal civil rights litigation on behalf of resident and nonresident Hispanics1-Mr. Eric Holder was in DOJ and as a Beltway attorney worked with the Judicial Branch to make the government less accountable. Thus, if he is appointed and gets Senate approval, the policy of DOJ will be to permit less and less right and ability of citizens to control abuse of government and its employees. The evidence confirms during the past 32 years that Courts, DOJ and the Bar have made it almost impossible to make the government accountable by use of both Civil Rights and Watergate legislation. Query–Who can now afford to sue the government for malfeasance, even if one could find a lawyer willing and able to do so? This is no accident. Also, the Bush Administration’s disregard for the Rule of Law was no anomaly, but in fact consistent with past DOJ policies under Mr. Eric Holder.
To understand the magnitude of the problem that the citizens are confronted with by DOJ’s policy of the violation of separation of power by collusion with the Courts,2 I suggest for your reading, The Fraternity: Lawyers and Judges in Collusion, by John Fitzgerald Molloy. St. Paul, Minn.: Paragon House,* and a recent article, “How to Save the Courts” by Justice Sandra Day O’Conner, Parade Magazine, February 24, 2008.
Second, Mr. Eric Hoder is a defendant in a civil RICO action for violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 241, 242, 1204, and 1513.
The evidence confirms that in his capacity as a Beltway attorney and lobbyist he has been the linchpin in a criminal conspiracy by government employees to deprive my Son of his civil rights as a U.S. citizen, obstruct my rights as a parent, and injure, stigmatize, and deprive me of my right as an independent civil litigation attorney in retaliation for my for petitioning Congress, litigating to enforce my federal statutory rights as a parent to compel DOJ to comply with their duty under the Hague Convention on Missing and Abducted Children and Virginia’s Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act VA Code § 20-124.1 et seq., [See http://home.earthlink.net/~isidoror, and for my past 30-year federal civil litigation against the unauthorized polices and practices of DOJ and the Federal Courts in violation of resident and nonresident Hispanics.
In furtherance of the conspiracy Mr. Eric Holder did file a fraudulent bar complaint with the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board (“VSBDB”), complaining of my litigating to enforce federal rights. However, his actions were in violation of Federal criminal law. Also, it uncovered evidence that the Supreme Court of Virginia usurped the mandate of separation of power and the authority granted only to the General Assembly under the Constitution of Virginia to crate courts-of-record. Thus, the evidence is that the VSBDB is without judicial authority or jurisdiction to revoke any attorneys license, and its order as to me is void as issued by a kangaroo court.3 [see Petition for Impeachment of members of Supreme Court of Virginia et al., dated June 2007, http://www.petitiononline.com/RDL/petition.html, and see also http://best-lawyer.tistory.com/entry/Isidoro-Rodriguez-Civil-Rights-LawyerFAMILY-LAW.
However, because of the far reaching political implications of holding Mr. Eric Holder et al. Accountable for their criminal acts, the Federal Courts since 2007 have “stonewalled” by denying demands for a RICO jury trial, refused to comply with the Void Order Doctrine, denied access to an impartial court to compel DOJ protect me as a victim pursuant to the mandate of 18 U.S.C. § 3771(a), and denied me of the right to sue for damages under RICO for malfeasance based on holding absolute Judicial and Executive immunity from tortious and criminal liability and lack of venue in D.C. to challenge the criminal acts initiated there by Mr. Eric Holder, Isidoro Rodriguez, Esq. v. Editor in Chief, Legal Times, et al., Petition for Writ of Certiorari, US S Ct. Docket No. 08-411, filed on September 28, 2008. See In re Isidoro Rodriguez, Petition for Writ of Mandamus, US S Ct. Docket No. 08-339, September 15, 2008, to compel the federal courts to comply with the 18 U.S.C. § 3771; and Isidoro Rodriguez v. Hon. Leroy Rountree Hassell, Sr. Chief Justice , Supreme Court of Virginia, et al., Petition for Writ of Certiorari, US S Ct. Docket No. 08-574, field October 30, 2008.
Consequently, to prevent a blot the fledgling Obama/Biden Administration I oppose any hasty appointment Mr. Eric Holder before requiring an investigation of the evidence of malfeasance and my allegations.
At this critical time when the to restore integrity and public confidence in DOJ., we as citizens to protect our rights under this Republic must comply the complying with the word proclaimed on the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Department Building in, “No Free Government Can Survive That Is Not Based on The Supremacy of Law. Where Law ends, Tyranny Begins, Law Alone Can Give Us Freedom”
Isidoro Rodriguez, Esq.
Law Offices of Isidoro Rodriguez
Mobil: 703.470.1457 Email: isidoror@earthlink.net
Web: http://www.4jobs.com/1114836
Web: http://justiciaportodo.webs.com
1After I argued and won a Federal Tort Claim Act action, Martinez v. Lamagno and DEA, 515 U.S. 417 (1995), the Legal Times confirmed that I was the only know active U.S. license federal litigation sole practitioner residing outside of the U.S. and litigating in Federal Courts on behalf of resident and nonresident Hispanics, i.e. I have: (i) represented 360 nonresident Hispanic women in Class action Breast Implant Cases; (ii) litigated to stop the seizing of all nonresident Hispanic surnamed accounts in the United States as violation of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, and the Right to Financial Privacy Act, Lopez v. First Union, 129 F3.rd. 1186 (11th Cir. 1997); and, (iii) litigated against the issuance of the Constitutional prohibited bill of attainders against nonresident Hispanics.
2In a review of The Fraternity, Dennis DeConcini, U.S. Senator (Ret), stated regarded the violation of separation of power by the Judicial Branch that”…it is very clear…that the Courts in our judicial system have, in fact, become the lawmakers, when it is very clear…that our Constitution delegated that responsibility to the Congress of the United States and the State Legislatures….treads on almost sacred ground when he gives his readers the real insight into how the legal profession has truly changed from being one of the premier professions in our society to a business where the number one objective or bottom line is financial profit…” (Emphasis added).
3“Kangaroo court.” . . . 2. A. Court or tribunal characterized by unauthorized or irregular procedures, . . . . 3. A sham legal proceeding. . . .‘” Bryan A. Garner, Black’s Law Dictionary, at page 382 (8th ed., 1999). Emphasis added.
Nov 20, 2008 - 8:38 am 83. Obama Attorney General Nominee Eric Holder Helped Enable 2000 Elian Gonzalez Seizure | The 2008 Elections:[...] Administration Deputy Attorney General in facilitating the Clinton pardons, including that of fugitive billionaire financier March Rich, there’s the matter of Holder’s involvement in the Elian Gonzalez case in [...]
Nov 20, 2008 - 10:32 pm 84. The Reality Of Broken Promises | 101 Dead Armadillos:[...] Reno. Eric Holder held a “neutral” position leaning toward “favorable” on the pardon of Marc Rich. Although he denied his recommendation was an official Justice Department position, he was [...]
Nov 20, 2008 - 11:12 pm 85. Clinton Staffers PLUS 40-Year-Old Democratic Platforms TIMES SQUARE ROOT OF “Yes We Can” EQUALS Change You Can Believe In!! « American Missive:[...] Eric Holder – Attorney General; formerly U.S. Deputy Attorney General under Bill Clinton, 1997 – 2001 (and famed co-conspirator in Bill Clinton’s highly controversial Marc Rich pardon). [...]
Nov 21, 2008 - 3:26 am 86. Obama Choice For Nation’s Top Cop, Eric Holder, Executed Gonzales Raid, Guided Release of FALN Terrorists and Marc Rich, and Likes the So-Called “Fairness Doctrine” To Extinguish Obama Opposition Speech « New Republican Party Blog:[...] Holder was also involved with the highly controversial Marc Rich pardon by Bill Clinton. Holder actually helped steer the attorney for Rich, whose pardon request would likely have been rejected through normal channels due to his status as a fugitive, to the man Holder wanted assistance with in getting his next job. [...]
Nov 21, 2008 - 2:34 pm 87. Jeff:This should be a direct reflection on Obama and his leftist illuminati ideals that are going to ruin our country’s morals (what’s left of them). We’ll never hear anything negative from the liberal MSM, though, because they’re too busy covering for the Great One.
Nov 21, 2008 - 8:42 pm 88. Jack:Holder’s complicity in the Rich pardon may be enough for conservatives to oppose his nomination. So, go ahead. Get your votes lined up and try to prevent his confirmation. Even if you fail, look how much pleasure you can derive from taking such a moral position.
Nov 22, 2008 - 3:53 pm 89. Obama Choice For Nation’s Top Cop, Eric Holder, Executed Gonzales Raid, Guided Release of FALN Terrorists, the Pardon of Marc Rich, and Likes the So-Called “Fairness Doctrine” To Extinguish Obama Opposition Speech « New Republican :[...] Holder was also involved with the highly controversial Marc Rich pardon by Bill Clinton. Holder actually helped steer the attorney for Rich, whose pardon request would likely have been rejected through normal channels due to his status as a fugitive, to the man Holder wanted assistance with in getting his next job. [...]
Nov 23, 2008 - 11:00 pm 90. Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » Chris Matthews And The Four-Year Long Obamagasm:[...] Mr. Matthews has chimed in with an early response to the Obama transition leak that the infamous Eric Holder will become attorney general in the new administration. In what appears to be a sign of Matthews’ [...]
Nov 24, 2008 - 10:12 am 91. easyjay:Ahhh what a nice place for all of us OBAMA Haters to come and bash him..
Nov 24, 2008 - 12:25 pm 92. Timothy Birdnow » Holder Your Horses! Obama`s Bad AG Pick:WE ALL SHOULD START A CHANT on 3
BUSH WE WANT BUSH …. WE WANT BUSH….
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We Neocon ditto heads don’t want change we can believe in … BUSH has given us prosperity and a new way of life… WE WANT BUSH all Together now…. WE WANT BUSH
[...] Jennifer Rubin dishes on Holder`s involvement in the Marc Rich pardon, and Roger Kimball discusses Holder`s [...]
Dec 18, 2008 - 6:06 am 93. Isidoro Rodriguez, Esq.:Good Morning,
My allegations of criminal conduct are very serious against Holder, DOJ and the Federal Courts. The violation of Federal criminal law is foced on two issues:
First, how could Eric Holder have filed a valid bar complaint to take my license as an attorney in Virginia for my litigating to enforce his Treaty and statutory rights as a father and attorney?
Second, how could DOJ and the Federal courts deny me access to a jury trial and to an impartial court to challenge the void issue by a body that has acted without either Constitutional or statutory authority so to permit the violation of federal rights of the father and attorney?
What are the motives? Why, for eight years my Son and I have been the target of government malfeasance which Eric Holder was in the lead?
My recent letters to all members of the Senate and House on need to use the confirmation proceeding of Eric Holder as a means to review and challenge the above criminal collusion of DOJ and the Federal Courts.
As I have stated repeatedly, based on my more than 32 years as a Federal human/civil rights litigation attorney, under Chief Justice Rehnquist and now Roberts a coup d’etate has been permitted to occur to usurp Congressional authority. Through the Judicial Conference this policy is maintain by Chief Justice Roberts (a defendant in my RICO Federal Tort Claims action for false testimony to Congress at his confirmation).
In summary, this policy has the objective of isolating and minimize attorneys who were and are aggressive civil rights litigators and advocates, so to convert the profession of law now heavy with “transactional attorneys.”. This has affected all aspects of our government and society–not only the area of family law and access to an impartial court–but to the way financial institutions are run. Does anyone believe that ENRON and the financial crises did not occur to a large extent because lawyers failed in their oath to protect the greater public interest.
Thus, for your information and use is my letter (enclosed are web sites relating to background info).
________________________________________________________
RE: REQUEST TO TESTIFY IN OPPOSITION TO THE CONFIRMATION OF
ERIC HOLDER FOR OBSTRUCTION OF THE STATUTORY RIGHTS OF A
FATHER AND VIOLATION OF THE RULE OF LAW.
Greetings,
Although not a constituent, as a citizen and Nam Vet who took an oath 44years ago to protect the Constitution I write to you as a member of the Senate to
permit me to testify and present evidence in opposition to the confirmation of Eric
Holder to be the next attorney General of the U. S. Department of Justice (”DOJ”),
at the Committee on the Judiciary hearing scheduled for January 15, 2008. I note
that although posting other letters in support of Eric Holder’s confirmation, your
staff has yet to post on the Committee’s site any of my letters in opposition or
request his response to the allegations of misconduct by obstructing my federal
statutory rights as a father.
As I have explained the evidence to be presented will confirm that the pardon
of Marc Rich from accountability for his alleged criminal acts was not an anomaly,
but in fact a pattern and practice of Eric Holder in his capacity as both a Beltway
attorney/lobbyist and a former official in DOJ. As such the evidence will confirm
that Eric Holder has repeatedly violate his oath as an attorney to “serve the
American public,” by his use of his position to prevent accountability for bad acts:
First, Eric Holder in his previous senior positions at DOJ supported the
policy of non compliance with Congressional statutes, i.e. the use of signing
statements to disregard the protections of the Right to Financial Privacy Act and
the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. Also, Eric Holder supported the policy
that the public has no right to hold DOJ accountable for malfeasance under the
Federal Tort Claims Act.
This will be confirmed by a review of the record of past civil trials/appeals
against DOJ’s violation of the right of U.S. citizen and nonresident Hispanics before
the U.S. Tax Court, the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 11th, and District of Columbia Circuits, as
well as the United States Supreme Court, all of which coincide with Eric Holder’s
tenure in senor positions at DOJ, i.e., See Martinez v. Lamagno and DOJ/DEA, 515
U.S. 417 (1995)(DOJ asserted absolute immunity for negligent driving by DEA
agent having sex and drunk while driving causing an accident-”James Bond
Defense”), see also Organization JD Lida. v. Assist U.S. Attorney Arthur P. Hui and
U.S. Dept of Justice, 2nd Cir. No. 93-6019 and 96-6145; and, Lopez v. First Union,
129 F3.rd. 1186 (11th Cir. 1997)(Litigation successfully stopped the unlawful
disclosing of information by financial institutions and the illegal seizing by DOJ of
all nonresident Hispanic bank accounts in the
U.S.)(http://justiciaportodo.webs.com).
Second, Eric Holder has been the linchpin in an ongoing federal criminal
conspiracy by DOJ against me for petitioning for an investigation of the collusion
and malfeasance of the DOJ and the Federal Court by developing policies in
violation of the Constitutional and statutory rights of my U.S. citizen Son and I as a
fathers (http://www.liamsdad.org/others/isidoro.shtml). Here the courts too have held that DOJ and they are absolutely immune from suit for tortious and criminal acts!
As such Eric Holder did provide a fraudulent bar complaint to retaliate,
punish and stigmatize me in violation of 18 U.S.C. 241, 242, 1204, and 1513: (a)
because I litigated against DOJ for damages and to compel it to comply with its
ministerial duty under Treaty, US Code and Va UCCJEA, to enforce my statutoryrights as a father and attorney (http://www.liamsdad.org/others/isidoro.shtml); and,
(b) because I exercised my First Amendment right to petition Congress to oppose
the confirmation of John G. Roberts based on his false statement to Congress and
other acts outside of his judicial capacity in furtherance of aiding and abetting the
criminal obstruction of my right as a father to compel DOJ to comply the Treaty
and Virginia’s UCCJEA (http://www.home.earthlink.net/~isidoror/id6.html) (Void
order of 11/27/06 http://www.vsb.org/profguides/actions_jul06-dec06.html) .
Based on the above act, as explained in open letters to members of both the
Senate and House, Eric Holder will be sued in a civil action under the Racketeer
Influence and Corrupt Organizations Act (”RICO”), 18 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.,
http://capwiz.com/congressorg/sbx/f/?aid=12313551&r=1; and,
http://capwiz.com/congressorg/sbx/f/?aid=12332481&r=1. Therefore, it would be
inappropriate to name Eric Holder as the chief law enforcement officer of the
United States, pending the outcome of a jury verdict.
At this critical time for our Republic the Congress must restore the Rule of
Law, as well as the integrity and public confidence in DOJ and the Courts by
assuring that all proposed appointees to DOJ comply with the words inscribed on
the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Department Building: “No Free Government Can
Survive That Is Not Based on The Supremacy of Law. Where Law ends, Tyranny
Begins, Law Alone Can Give Us Freedom.” As President-elect Obama stated the
“Attorney General serves the American people.”
The dangers to our Republic and citizens by the policy of collusion of DOJ
with the Federal Courts to usurp Congress’ authority are real. As explained by
former Senator Dennis DeConcini (Ret),
“. . . the Courts in our judicial system have, in fact, become the lawmakers,
when it is very clear . . . that our Constitution delegated that responsibility to the
Congress of the United States and the State Legislatures . . . the legal profession
has truly changed from being one of the premier professions in our society to a
business where the number one objective or bottom line is financial profit . . . ” The
Fraternity: Lawyers and Judges in Collusion, by John Fitzgerald Molloy. St. Paul,
Minn.: Paragon House.
Thus, the Senate must confirm that the next Attorney General is an attorney
who “serves the American people,” not just Administration or President. The
Senate must now take the opportunity to make certain that both DOJ and the
Courts return to the Rule of Law and comply with the mandate of separation of
power and checks and balances.
This is because the lessons from history have shown that,
Once certain checks and balances are destroyed, and once certain institutions
have been intimidated, the pressure that can turn an open society into a closed
one-turn into direct assaults; at that point events tend to occur very rapidly, and a
point comes at which there is no easy turning back to the way it used to be. Naomi
Wolf, The End of America: Letter of Warning To A Young Patriot, p. 14, Chelsea
Green Publishing, Vermont, 2007.
Remember, “..it does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate,
tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people’s minds..” – Samuel Adams
For the foregoing reasons, I respectfully request your assistance in my
obtaining time to testify and present evidence in opposition to confirmation of Eric
Holder at the Senate’s Judiciary Committee hearing on January 15, 2009.
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Finally, Regarding my fight against the malfeasance of both the Federal and Virginia judiciary, in collusion with the U.S. Department of Justice and respective State law enforcement authority, as explained I will be suing Holder and Roberts again in their individual capacity-since the courts too have denied access to a jury trial and access to an impartial court by hold that DOJ and they are absolutely immune from suit for tortious and criminal acts!
How this relates all of us is:
First, to secure this policy, the U.S. Judicial Conference moved from an administrative arm of the courts, to a policy arm which provided a forum where the Chief Justice and the Attorney General are legislative authorized to confer on judicial policy. Thus over the past 30 years the evidence confirms their doing almost totally away with jury civil trials, the use of Article I Magistrates, the expanded use of summary judgments, the use of unpublished opinions, complicated local rules which make null and void the objective of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to simplify civil litigation, and the almost doing way with aggressive pro hoc vice civil rights attorneys; and,
Second, to secure this policy through the U.S. Judicial Conference in the Federal Courts have permitted State Bars the role of “courts” and their member as “judges,”–in violation of the Constitutions.
This has usurped the legislative authority of Congress and the State legislature. This is why it is a good time to take the issue to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
In closing, “[f]ind out just what the people will submit to and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue until they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress. — Frederick Douglass, civil rights activist, Aug. 4, 1857.
If you have not lease review and sign a Petition to General Assembly of Virginia to Investigate the illegal collusion of the Executive Branch with the Judicial Branch to usurp the restrictions and limitations placed on them by the Constitution: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/RDL/petition.html
I wish you all the best for the Holidays and New Year.
Very truly yours,
Isidoro Rodriguez, Esq.
Dec 29, 2008 - 5:25 am 94. You can tell a lot about a man by what’s in his cabinet « Sleepy G’s:THE LAW OFFICES OF ISIDORO RODRIGUEZ
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Email: isidoror@earthlink.net
[...] Obama. Perhaps the most disturbing skeleton in Mr. Holder’s closet is his leading role in the shady last-minute Clinton pardon of fugitive commodities trader Marc Rich. He has also advocated federal restriction of the internet [...]
Jan 4, 2009 - 7:09 pm 95. Isidoro Rodriguez, Esq.:RE: No Dog and Pony Show During the Confirmation Hearing of Eric Holder.
To assure the Senate Committee “vigorously question [Eric] Holder
about his background and qualifications,” I must write again now because there are
only being posted letters in support of Eric Holder’s confirmation. To date the
Senate staff has yet to post on the Committee’s site any of my letters in opposition
or my request for Eric Holder to respond to the allegations in the RICO complaint of
his misconduct by his obstructing my federal statutory rights as a father and
attorney.
As I have previously written, at this critical time for our Republic the Senate
and House, irrespective of being either a Democrat, Republican, or an Independent,
must restore the Rule of Law, the integrity and public confidence in DOJ. As
President-elect Obama stated the “Attorney General serves the American people,”
not any particular President or Administration. Thus, the Senate Committee on the
Judiciary must vigorously question Eric Holder, as well as all other proposed
appointees to DOJ, to assure that they will comply with the concept stated in the
words inscribed on the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Department Building: “No Free
Government Can Survive That Is Not Based on The Supremacy of Law. Where Law
ends, Tyranny Begins, Law Alone Can Give Us Freedom.”
This is because the next Attorney General is the key to confirming future
compliance with the Rule of Law and the oaths of office by all Federal employees,
including Judges and Court staffs.
The evidence confirms during the past 35 years since Watergate, all of the
past Attorney Generals have worked with Chief Justice Berger, Rehnquist, and now
Roberts, in violation of the mandates of separation of power and checks and
balances to undercut the Rule of Law by the use cronyism to not enforce the laws
and to make official action unaccountable for malfeasance by declaring “absolute
judicial and ministerial immunity” for criminal and tortious acts . The evidence
will confirm that based on this lack of accountability during this time period
citizens have lost their fundamental rights under the IX Amendment vis-a-vis the
Government and the Courts. It is now the consensus in the legal profession that
there is unlimited Federal government power, i.e. it has the ability to torture, the
ability to conduct rendition, deny habeas corpus, and violate privacy of the public
without a warrant. In effect we no longer have a limited Federal government. See
Channel 22 WMPT, “Torturing Democracy” Director Sherry Jones.
Related to the above are my open letters to members of both the Senate and
House opposing the confirmation of Eric Holder because his past criminal acts as a
Beltway lobbyist/attorney, See http://www.liamsdad.org/others/isidoro.shtml.
Consequently, irrespective of whether or not Eric Holder is confirmed he will be
sued by me as the lead defendant in a civil action under Racketeer Influence and
Corrupt Organizations Act (”RICO”), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961 et seq.,
http://capwiz.com/congressorg/sbx/f/?aid=12313551&r=1; and,
http://capwiz.com/congressorg/sbx/f/?aid=12332481&r=1.
Therefore, for the good of the future of our Republic citizens must not permit
Jan 8, 2009 - 8:23 am 96. Pajamas Media » Rocky Seas for Team Obama:the Senate Staff to use past cronyism, the wink and the nod to control the
confirmation process which in the past has allowed government attorneys to
cynically justify their avoiding their greater responsibility to the public, based on a
false loyalty to their supervisor. Does any thinking person really believe that
corporate executives and accountants would have conducted business as they have
if their legal profession were not culpable? How can you have effective regulation if
lawyers refuse to abide by the Rule of Law?
[...] Department guidelines,ethical standard and even with their colleagues (in his testimony during
Jan 11, 2009 - 1:50 am 97. The Big Kahuna : “7.62mm Justice” ™:[...] in the last-minute presidential pardon of commodities trader Marc Rich, who fled the country to avoid prosecution on charges of tax evasion, racketeering and trading with the enemy. (He even admitted to supporting [...]
Jan 21, 2009 - 2:02 am 98. Rook's Here:Carlos wrote (comment #2)about how Holder was responsible for sending Elian Gonzales back to “that repugnant gulag in the Caribbean.” Did he mean Fidel’s (Cuba) or ours (Guatanamo)?
Obama isn’t the messiah the media is making him out to be. No president ever will be, or should. But I don’t blame Obama for benefitting from Hillary’s and McCain’s inability to frame the issue as one of experience rather than change. That Obama, now elected, has little will to actually effect change is evident from his picks of Holder and Geithner. If they’d had any real decency, rather than just ambition, they’d have both recused themselves.
And how the media can simply turn a blind eye and deaf ear to the fact that as a lawyer and senator Obama should have turned in the Illinois Gov. for soliciting a bribe just shows the extreme they have gone to in fawning over Obama. And just like they did with Clinton, when the pendulum swings the other way, they’ll be just as nasty and distorted. Better far to turn those talking heads off completely!
Jan 31, 2009 - 6:33 am 99. GayPatriot » AP’s Silence about Holder’s Troubling Record:[...] There was something else in the AP article which said a lot about how both leading Democrats and the media few politics:
Feb 2, 2009 - 5:35 pm 100. U.S. Senate Confirms Holder | Crystal Clear Conservative:[...] is all kinds of information coming out about Holder’s ties to the Rich Scandal. NewsMax, Pajamas Media, and FOX News provide extensive coverage on why Holder’s ties to this scandal and other [...]
Feb 3, 2009 - 3:03 am 101. Rundown on Obama’s Cabinet | RazShafer.com:[...] many sources he is a man familiar with scandal. These instances range from his association with an 11th hour Clinton Presidential pardon to professional ties to a company which has been convicted of materially supporting terrorist [...]
Feb 4, 2009 - 10:15 pm 102. GARY ANDERSON:HOW MUCH FUTHER CAN THIS GO . I AM A VIET NAM VETERAN,WHO SERVIED MY COUNTRY,VOLANTRY WITH PRIDE.WHEN WE RETURNED HOME WE WERE SPIT ON AND CALLED BABY KILLERS, MOSTLY BY PEOPLE WHO WERE TO BIG A COWARD TO STAND UP WHEN ASKED TO SERVE THEMSELVES.NOW FOR THE MAN TO CALL ALL AMERICANS COWARDS IS BEYOUND BELIEF;HE IS A DISCRACE TO THIS COUNTRY AND SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED ANY PUBLIC OFFICE.SHAME ON YOU FOR EVEN CONSIDERING THIS MAN FOR THIS OFFICE
Feb 19, 2009 - 10:04 am 103. GARY ANDERSON:SHAME ON YOU OBAMA.
Feb 19, 2009 - 10:17 am 104. Attorney General: America Is a Nation of Racial Cowards | Your Politics Are Boring:[...] accomplishments. He lead the pardon of the tax-evading, racketeering, fugitive billionaire Marc Rich (whose wife just happened to be a major donor to the Clinton library and legal defense fund). He [...]
Feb 19, 2009 - 11:37 am 105. GARY ANDERSON:how many get out of jail cards are in that deck , anaway?
Feb 19, 2009 - 5:51 pm 106. GARY ANDERSON:eric holder should be droped from consideration for any policital post.i served my country.only to be called a coward by this bum.you are a discrace to your country and i am not afraid to tell you so.
Feb 21, 2009 - 9:50 am 107. Andrew Yu-Jen Wang:Speaking of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder:
Eric Holder is a racial-minority individual, and in his heart and mind he inevitably does not endorse hate crimes committed by George W. Bush.
George W. Bush committed hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism (indicated in my blog).
George W. Bush did in fact commit innumerable hate crimes.
And I do solemnly swear by Almighty God that George W. Bush committed other hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism which I am not at liberty to mention.
Many people know what Bush did.
And many people will know what Bush did—even to the end of the world.
Bush was absolute evil.
Bush is now like a fugitive from justice.
Bush is a psychological prisoner.
Bush has a lot to worry about.
Bush can technically be prosecuted for hate crimes at any time.
In any case, Bush will go down in history in infamy.
Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993
“GEORGE W. BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY” BLOG OF ANDREW YU-JEN WANG
Mar 7, 2009 - 2:29 pm 108. Get Ready for Obama’s Department of ‘Extreme’ Justice | Citizen-Right:______________________
I am not sure where I had read it before, but anyway, it is a linguistically excellent statement, and it goes kind of like this: “If only it were possible to ban invention that bottled up memories so they never got stale and faded.” Oh wait—off the top of my head—I think the quotation came from my Lower Merion High School yearbook.
[...] nonpartisanship from Eric Holder is a bit much. Holder helped Bill Clinton sell a pardon to fugitive Mark Rich for the large contributions made by [...]
Mar 11, 2009 - 6:42 am 109. Eric Holder’s Department Of Politics:[...] after the November 2008 election Jennifer Rubin warned against appointing Eric Holder to the Obama Administration … but it fell on deaf ears. Or maybe what we now have was the intent all along of these [...]
Aug 1, 2009 - 9:53 am 110. Liberals & The CIA:[...] [...]
Aug 30, 2009 - 6:12 pm 111. BarbieB:I don’t know much about Holder but I know this much. He is putting us in danger!
Aug 31, 2009 - 1:33 pmLeave the past in the past and leave the ones that kept us safe alone!! If anything happens to the US and us you can be sure it will be said it is on your head along with the pres.
Isn’t the President in charge? He should act like it!! NOW!!