Democrats walk out of Holder contempt vote

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by spence

Because an investigation is being performed doesn't give the investigator carte blanche to ask for any information they may seek. Sensitive documents could contain information unrelated to the case that could prove embarrassing especially if used for political reasons.

There should be no doubt that Issa is seeking payback for how the Democratically controlled House treated the Bush Administration with multiple contempt votes, including where the GOP walked out.

If you want to get into a discussion about Attorney Generals misleading Congress, I'd love to bring up Gonzales.

So keep the accusations to where they should be and with the facts that we do know. The initial assertion that Republicans are somehow more responsible to their constituents is laughable.

-spence

"Because an investigation is being performed doesn't give the investigator carte blanche to ask for any information they may seek."

That's true. If congress asked Holder if he ever belonged to the Black Panthers, that would be an irrelevent witch hunt. If Holder has blatantly contradicted himself on the record, and congress asks for evidence to see what the truth is, that's something else. And that, the latter, is what happened. Spence, your automatic let's-paint-this-in-the-most-favorable-possible-light-for-liberals, is made-up, not supported by what took place.

"There should be no doubt that Issa is seeking payback for how the Democratically controlled House treated the Bush Administration with multiple contempt votes"

Really? Really? THAT'S THE BEST YOU'VE GOT? Please, please, please Spence...if what you say is true (and it isn't), why did 15+ Democrats vote to hold Holder in contempt. Issa isn't acting unilaterally on this...you go ahead and try responsing to that in a way that doesn't sound preposterous.

"keep the accusations to where they should be and with the facts that we do know"

In other words, according to you, if Holder withholds documents, then we can't talk about the subject matter in those documents. If Holder chooses to only turn over letters that contain his fan mail, then according to you, we can't talk about anything else. You want to reward Holder for refusing to hand over those documents.

Unbelievable, Spence. Simply unbelievable.