**)&&!@&#^&@ that $%#&$&#ing Jennifer
Rubin. Here I was, planning to do my column later this week on
the incredible font of corrupt, race-baiting rottenness otherwise
known as Attorney General Eric Holder, and Jennifer Rubin
steals my thunder! Her article in the newest issue of The
Weekly Standard lays out a sober, thoughtful, thorough case
proving that Holder's Justice Department is becoming
frigtheningly lawless (my words, not hers). Read it. And be very
afraid.
It's not just the "nation
of cowards" speech or other
racial stunts, and not just the
outrageous dismissal of the voter intimidation case against
dangerous New Black Panthers. It's also the
stonewalling of legitimate
congressional inquiry, and it's also the open politicization
of the staffing and the atmosphere at Justice. Rubin writes:
Then there is Les Jin, who was chief of staff to the
controversial former chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights, Mary Frances Berry, who engaged in such regular
political stunts as attempting to prevent the seating of George
W. Bush's lawful nominee to the commission. Jin is now in a
senior counselor spot at Justice. Another opening has been
staffed by Julie Fernandes, an attorney who, prior to joining
the department, worked for a left-wing civil rights
organization and routinely weighed in on pending cases. Mark
Kappelhoff who was chief of the criminal section of the civil
rights division at Justice (and who took the position, while
serving in the criminal section, that a campaign mailer
reminding voters they must be citizens to cast a ballot was
illegal "voter intimidation") maxed out as an Obama donor and
has been boosted to principal deputy attorney general for civil
rights.
While the Bush administration was investigated for seeking out
conservative lawyers and staff, the Obama administration has
been given a pass for going to the other extreme and stocking
Justice with ultra-left leaning partisans. Overt signs of
political activity and support now are on full display
throughout the department. While it was unheard of to display
campaign literature or paraphernalia during the Bush years, in
the Holder Justice Department "Yes we did!" signs are fully
evident, as are copies of reverential Obama campaign posters.
And it really does get worse. Again, read Jennifer's whole
article, linked above (at "steals my thunder"). Eric Holder is
subverting American justice. He is dangerous. He must be stopped.
