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Black Panther Case Bites Holder

By Quin Hillyer on 7.31.09 @ 10:37AM

The establishment media lap dancers for Obama are, of course, mostly ignoring the story about the Justice Department dropping the already-won, voter intimidation case against the New Black Panthers, but at the Washington Times we have been holding, or is that Holdering, the feet of Justice to the fire of righteousness. I dug up this MySpace page of the Panther who is simultaneously a Democratic poll watcher, Jerry Jackson. Kerry Picket did a great job listing the highlights/lowlights of this sicko web page. Reps. Frank Wolf and Lamar Smith have been doing an excellent job at keeping the heat on as well. Earlier editorials on the topic are here and here. Oh, and here. And kudos to the Election Journal, which I THINK was the first one to break the news that Panther Jerry Jackson AGAIN was a poll watcher four days after his case was dismissed.

Overall, this case, combined with Walpin-gate, about the fired AmeriCorps IG, shows SO much more corruption and cover-up of legitimate law enforcement or investigatory functions than ANYthing the Bush/Gonzales Justice Department did, that it really is outlandish for the establishment media to mostly ignore the stories, But here we are, again today, with the Washington Post giving big play to the story about the fired Bush-era US Attorneys -- or, I should say, what basically should be a non-story. (Since the Post requires a pain-in-the neck sign-in every time you visit the site, and I can't be bothered to look up my friggin password, I won't bother linking to today's Post story.)

Anyway, this Panther story has legs, and even Inspector Clouseau could figure out it's important. Which makes Clouseau a hell of a lot smarter than the establishment media.

View all comments (10) | Leave a comment

Ran| 7.31.09 @ 11:06AM

"Duz yor Black Panther baht?"

Geezerman| 7.31.09 @ 11:23AM

For a free week-end with Barney Frank in San Francisco,Ca,name which one is NOT a racist.Obama,,Gates,,the AG Holder,,Michelle,,Rev Wright,,officer Crowley,,Sharpton,,Jackson,,Wrangel,,,,send your answer to The Huffington Post....Good Luck.

Tim| 7.31.09 @ 11:45AM

"this Panther story has legs"
It's the claws they need to worry about.

Marc Jeric| 7.31.09 @ 12:16PM

Don't worry - there will be stimulus money-paid ACORN brownshirts at every polling place soon. Those local soviets serving our Abu Hussein from Kenya Community Organizer-in-Chief will make sure that voter registrations are "correctly" interpreted and reported, with "incorrect" absentee and military ballots thrown away.

Sheila| 7.31.09 @ 1:40PM

That the media are Obama's lap dancers would be amusing if it weren't so d@mned dangerous. George W is gone, morons--pay attention to what's happening right now. Watch dogs are lap dogs.

Rich Berger| 7.31.09 @ 3:12PM

On the train this morning, I noticed a guy a few seats ahead reading a story in the NYT about Karl Rove's testimony regarding the attorneys that were fired during the Bush adminstration. The Times finds that important, but has little interest in any of Obama's corruption.

Oldefarte| 7.31.09 @ 4:18PM

It's all part of the BRAINWASHING of Americans, or OUT OF SIGHT.....OUT OF MIND!!!!!

Liberal Reader| 7.31.09 @ 6:14PM

Media "lap dancers"?

How puerile.

Hillyer: ever wonder why so few people pay attention to fringe right wing websites?

Maybe it has to do with talk like this.

Eric Dondero| 7.31.09 @ 7:31PM

Ironic how many in the conservative media find that there's possible shenanigans with Americorps and Walpingate, but determine that investigations into Obama's birth certificate, college transcripts and passport records are "nutty fringe stuff."

Sheila| 7.31.09 @ 7:59PM

If the name fits--wear it, LR/Jeremiah. Considering Obama's tanking approvals I'd think you'd be more circumspect about your Obama whore-mongering behavior.

I bet you don't get paid as much as the MSM hucksters, obviously your services come cheap.