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The Spectacle Blog
Even I, with my low opinion of Thug-in-General Eric Holder, can’t believe he would lavish praise on scofflaw, tax evader, and murderous inciter to violence Al Sharpton in the way Holder did here.
Amazingly, Holder “ thanked CNN’s Rev. Sharpton ‘for your partnership, your friendship, and your tireless efforts to speak out for the voiceless, to stand up for the powerless, and to shine a light on the problems we must solve, and the promises we must fulfill.’”
Presumably he wasn’t talking about voiceless people like the late Anthony Graziosi, killed in Crown Heights after Sharpton’s rabble rousing. Presumably he wasn’t talking about the voiceless seven people who died at Freddie’s Fashion Mart. Presumably he wasn’t talking about Steven Pagones, fraudulently accused by Tawana Brawley and Al Sharpton.
Then again, maybe Holder agrees with Sharpton’s screeds against Jews and Mormons. Maybe Holder likes racial violence, which may be why he won’t do anything to sanction the New Black Panthers. Maybe Holderlikes racial demagoguery if it comes from black radicals like Sharpton.
Maybe Holder holds all those views himself. Maybe he sees racial and religious payback against innocents as being among the “promises we must fulfill.”
Maybe Holder is a moral degenerate.
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Big Java| 4.11.12 @ 3:44PM
NO maybe about it.
C Bowen| 4.11.12 @ 3:47PM
What is worse is a Republican Attorney General, appointed as Special Prosecutor by a Republican Governor, sacrificing Zimmerman to placate Sharpton and Holder--two the cheers of the braintrust of Rick Santorum, Allen West and Rich Lowry.
No doubt, this is cynical politics, doomed to fail.
Bob| 4.11.12 @ 4:55PM
At best it is cynical politics. At worse, these people are deliberately stirring up race riots in anticipation of the "99% Spring", straight out of Alinsky's manual for radical leftists.
C Bowen | 4.11.12 @ 5:56PM
There will be riots one way or the other, doesn't really matter which way it breaks. A Republican Attorney General, a gal no less, will do the dirty work and railroad the guy.
The real issue is that Manhattan-DC mindset Conservatives (Santorum, West, Lowry) really believe that a witch-hunt after Zimmerman will improve their electoral chances. Worse then a crime, a mistake.
Bob Miller| 4.11.12 @ 3:59PM
So far, Romney has been unwilling t0 say that Obama is a bad man. Someone needs to tell him that Obama and his flunkies like Holder are such a danger while in office that they can be called out for what they are! As long as Romney pretends it's only about policy (which, of course, it largely is) and not personality, he puts himself at an advantage against the Democrats who always give a 100% aggressive effort.
Crassus| 4.11.12 @ 5:29PM
Mittenz won't say Obama is a bad man. Ever. He doesn't want to be called a racist.
Anommynous| 4.11.12 @ 6:31PM
But he might let his SuperPAC surrogates do it, since Romney says he can't control them. Or does he only do that when his foe is a Republican?
We will soon find out.
Bob Miller| 4.11.12 @ 8:24PM
Above, I meant "...he puts himself at a disadvantage..."
Anyhow, I tired of the bad guys playing hardball 24/7, legally and illegally, while the insecure well-bred good guys are too genteel to attack them in public on character.
Tanguera| 4.11.12 @ 4:05PM
We should recall that only 21 Republican Senators voted against his confirmation as Attorney General. Thus, wouldn't you -- if you were Eric Holder, with your widely known involvement in the Marc Rich pardon -- think that Congress didn't...wouldn't...have the stones to try to curb your radicalism?
It was brilliant of the radical Left to install in high places African Americans and gay men and women -- thus making it so easy to play the race or homophobic card to deflect the merits of criticism. Holder certainly demonstrated that he was fearless and had stones with his involvement with the Rich pardon. Did not the Republican Senators as a body think that Holder just might be as fearless and extreme as Attorney General of this Once Great Nation? I know they wouldn't want to be raaaacist. The Republicans in Congress, in large part, have let the country down -- bigtime. We have (at best) a Marxist President but it's impolitic to hint as much. Thus are we scroomed.
C Bowen | 4.11.12 @ 4:38PM
Holder earned his bones during the OKC bombing, snuffing out some investigations that might have proved embarrassing to the government.
Holder is a made man so to speak, so his confirmation was always in the bag.
http://www.westernjournalism.c.....-cover-up/
Tanguera| 4.11.12 @ 7:20PM
Thank you, C. Bowen, for further background. Even more reason for the Republicans to make a strong stand. But then, these are the Republicans who can't stand up against a Marxist President. We've lost to the Progressives, who, of course, were it not for the corrupt media would never have a chance since they are clearly a fringe group.
albert constantine jr.| 4.11.12 @ 8:01PM
CB;
There is much that you post with which I find very limited or no agreement, but I want to thank you for the link above. While the article and some of the linked articles there didn't provide a lot of new information (though I wasn't previously aware of the 1.1 mil settlement or damages paid by the USDOJ courtesy of the taxpayers to the Trentadue family), I still think there is a lot to this story that has yet to be released to the general public, and Holder's role is but one aspect.
C Bowen | 4.11.12 @ 8:08PM
AC JR;
I am not really a jerk in real life, it's just tactical here on this horrible comment forum.
Start here:
http://freedominourtime.blogsp.....nneth.html
Anyhoot,
http://prolibertate.us/index.p.....for?blog=7
for the most recent on the topic.
Or just google his brother, jesse trentadue, but I caution, you might end up jaded like me.
C Bowen | 4.11.12 @ 8:14PM
Oh, and please see my post at Conservative Times on the Martin case:
http://conservativetimes.org/?p=11203
And do respond T. and AC JR as you see fit. I won't go all Lowry if you disagree.
Leon| 4.11.12 @ 4:22PM
I called both my senators and asked they not vote for Holder's confirmation.
Since they are both leftist apparatchiks it did no good.
Republicans should have made more of a fuss at the time. It might have encouraged him to
actually do a decent job.
Wait, this is Holder we are talking about...
old progrmr| 4.11.12 @ 4:42PM
Our first Federal AG with blood on his hands, who cheers on people like himself with blood on their hands......just as long as it is the proper ethnic blood.
Trinacria| 4.11.12 @ 7:34PM
Not the first (Reno), but bloody hands nonetheless.
JmsA| 4.11.12 @ 8:34PM
Holder was the power behind the throne, so to speak, as far as Reno was concerned.
Bob| 4.11.12 @ 4:47PM
Translation: "Thanks for stirring up the recent race riots and spreading misinformation. You gave us a lot of votes with that last stunt."
Brilloboy| 4.11.12 @ 4:52PM
Black business owner here, taking a break from doing my taxes this afternoon. Articles like this, from writers like you, are the primary reason I, and virtually every other Black conservative in this country, don't vote Republican.
Bob| 4.11.12 @ 4:59PM
Because you have all been brainwashed by the radical leftists in power? Deny it all you want, but it's true.
Brilloboy| 4.11.12 @ 5:06PM
Funny how our "brainwashing" started the day the GOP incorporated the Dixiecrats into the party and told conservative Blacks to get lost.
Purple Lips| 4.11.12 @ 5:13PM
Please construct a list. Because until the 1990s the South was still a Democratic holdout.
Are you sure you're not Alan Brooks in drag?
Truth| 4.12.12 @ 12:32AM
Don't take the bait, Bob; he's not really black...
Hint 1: business owner
Hint 2: working hard
Hint 3: paying taxes
Conservative Bob| 4.11.12 @ 5:03PM
So what exactly as a conservative do you admire about Mr Holder? or Mr Sharpton?
Brilloboy| 4.11.12 @ 5:08PM
Nothing. You realize that there are other choices available other than admiring them or engaging in racist commentary on them.
Purple Lips| 4.11.12 @ 5:14PM
Please name your conservative choice(s)
Conservative Bob| 4.11.12 @ 5:22PM
Holder has done some very questionable things as has Sharpton.
I am not sure calling them to account is on its face racist.
Sharpton is well documented to have said those things attributed to him above. Holder for his part has much to account for "fast and furious" and droping the voter intimidation case come to mind.
Is it racist to question them and their actions and in the case of Sharpton his repeated vile racist remarks?
Brilloboy| 4.11.12 @ 5:43PM
But of course, you're not simply calling them to account, are you? You're doing so with racist terms and phrases, which is the problem.
Every time Republicans open their mouths to criticize a Black person, this deluge of racism comes out. Which makes folks who might otherwise agree with your criticisms of that person, unable and unwilling to associate ourselves with the GOP.
Bottom line- learn to criticize Black public figures without spewing racism.
Skippy| 4.11.12 @ 5:51PM
Apparently criticism is racism.
Please isolate the "racist terms or phrases".
Grow a thicker skin or admit to your own hyper-sensitivity and racism.
Brilloboy| 4.11.12 @ 5:57PM
Um, "black chicago thug"? I didn't even have to scroll up to find that one.
Skippy| 4.11.12 @ 6:02PM
If Obama were white, would "white Chicago thug" be similarly racist?
Methinks you have a chip on your shoulder almost as large as the one on Obamas.
"I see racist white people"
JmsA| 4.11.12 @ 8:45PM
Scrolling down, it appears Brilloboy has left. Too bad; he was most educational about the hypersensitivity affecting some many in this country nowdays. Now, if only whitey and others could do same, we'd truly have something to cheer about.
Jill Johnson| 4.11.12 @ 11:44PM
No, it seems you just invented it. Where is this phrase in any of this. Methinks you are just trying to provoke someone into saying something racist.
Purple Lips| 4.11.12 @ 5:56PM
Brillo,
You're projecting. Please give explicit examples. BTW, I'm still wating for your replies to my earlier questions.
Conservative Bob| 4.11.12 @ 8:03PM
Brillo
Where the f**k do you see me using racist terms and phrases?
Where did Hillyer use racist terms and phrases?
I suspect that the occasion you would agree with any conservative idea or expression is indeed rather limited.
How dare you call me a racist, you have no idea who or what I am or what I think. Look through every comment I have ever made anywhere on line and find a single racist term or phrase. Take the f***ing chip off your shoulder dude so much weight on one side will eventually effect your posture and world view.
To all other I apologize for my language but am more than a little tired of assholes calling me a racist because I disagree with them or their politics.
Paul Zummo| 4.11.12 @ 8:45PM
You're a phony. There is nothing conservative about you, and you know it. At best you're a concern troll who pretends to be conservative in order to pretend to have some moral authority. If you think calling Holder and Sharpton on the carpet for their demagoguery is racist, then you are certainly no conservative.
Harry Nhadzack| 4.12.12 @ 12:38PM
Every time Republicans open their mouths to criticize a Black person, this deluge of racism comes out.
Bitch Please
anything other than verbally kissing ass is considered racism? With all the problems the black community has in it's closet, it better get used to criticism, at least until the black community decides to CLEAN said closet.
15% of the population committing 40% of violent crime....I bet you would call that a racist statistic.
The sky is blue..........racist
You should want a better life for your kids than you had...............racist
You need to do well in school and go to college.......Racist
again.........Bitch Please
Harry Nhadzack| 4.12.12 @ 12:42PM
pointing out obvious problems in policy is racist, huh?
If the race card is the only thing you cling to when shit doesn't go your way, you are truly one sad individual, who thinks one should be given a paycheck and go unquestioned, because of skin color
That is the definition of racisim
Every time I faced discouragement, I dug deeper to do better the next time, unlike people like you, sitting on your ass all day playing "racist"
Ryan| 4.11.12 @ 5:15PM
Really? Is it untrue? Does it blame their actions purely because of their skin color, or because of something else?
Purple Lips| 4.11.12 @ 5:16PM
Why do you hate Jews? Sharpton's been a racebaiter since at least the 1980s. Quite a few people lost thier lives thanks to his actions.
Ed| 4.11.12 @ 6:19PM
So, does that mean you favor incidents like Al Sharpton starting a pogrom against jews and inciting the murder of seven people? Wow, and we can't convince you to vote R? Save the lies about your conservative leanings.
Gus| 4.11.12 @ 8:55PM
Brilloboy?? Nice name you got there. Either you are a troll, a clown or an idiot.
Pick one. or three.
If being black makes you want to protect FILTH like HOLDER. You are more than all three.
I suspect you are a clown.
DO yourself a favor. Next time you disagree give a reason other than your COLOR. K???
Jill Johnson| 4.11.12 @ 10:20PM
And we really have no idea what you are talking about, since you do not tell us what exactly you find objectionable. The article seems to be a pretty accurate description of Holder's views, buttressed by reasonable suppositions -- and sarcasm.
fred| 4.11.12 @ 4:59PM
urrum...maybe Holder hugged Sharpton (known black chicago thug and black panther sympatizer)?
Your bed sheets are showing.
tj| 4.11.12 @ 5:06PM
We at least we can be thankful ole al and the rest are getting so old
the y won't have too much more time to make mischief in this world...good riddence to bad rubbish
ncatty| 4.11.12 @ 5:26PM
For whatever reason I cannot reply to Brillo person above. All Mr. Hillyer is doing is accepting Mr. Holder's invitation to have an honest discussion about race.
Purple Lips| 4.11.12 @ 5:30PM
Mr Brillo is probably none other than Alan Brooks or Proud Liberal, or whatever avatar he/she chooses.
DINORightMarie| 4.11.12 @ 5:26PM
Maybe Holder is an adherent to Critical Race Theory. J. Christian Adams would say that is so, and his book Injustice outlines how the Holder DoJ has now, in the Civil Rights Division, been realigned in "compliance" with CRT. What a travesty of justice, civil rights, and the rule of law. Despicable.
Skippy| 4.11.12 @ 5:48PM
Mr Brilloboy,
You may be black; you may be a businessman; you may be a lot of things but you are obviously a racist.
For when a man rejects a second man because of what he percieves a third man did to him, he is engaging in prejudice based on emotion rather than intellect or evidence.
That is no different from a Klansman hating you for a sin another black man committed.
I marched for your full inclusion in America, but am coming to believe black Americans have been poisoned by entitlement and racism.
Not surprising since black "leaders" have been selling that line for 50 years.
Hating Southerners is racist and you know it.
Time to be honest and stop hiding behind the 19th and 20th centuries.
You are embarrassing.
Ed| 4.11.12 @ 6:24PM
So, does that make brilloboy a concern troll? How can I, a black conservative business owner with conservative tendencies, possibly vote R given that R's are now criticizing Holder and Sharpton for being the racist violence provoking charlatans that they are.
Harry Nhadzack| 4.12.12 @ 12:31PM
So what you are asking is why doesn't the black community have a larger component of common sense?
That, my friend, you need to ask of your fellow African-Americans. IF I do it, I would be labeled a racist
W| 4.11.12 @ 6:58PM
If you think that Holder is a bad Attorney General wait till Obama appoints him the Supreme Court where he will carry out Obama's agenda for the next twenty years.
But Obama has to win in November.
WL| 4.12.12 @ 4:44AM
If this doesn't get the "conservative" and "libertarian" holdouts to see how we have to un-elect Obama....and get over their self-righteous "Principles" since their guy or "our guy" lost....
Then they are willful contributors to the Obama cause.
beebop2| 4.11.12 @ 7:06PM
Did they pass out barf bags when they let people in for this announcement about George Zimmerman? Who is the ditz?
Oldefarte| 4.11.12 @ 7:24PM
Maybe? Disgrace? Come on! This is and always been about socialism and reparations for slavery. Local, state, national its the same basic thing. Government enlargement/spending versus economic frugality of the taxpayers' hard earned money [aka wealth redistribution]. No human being denies the need to care for the truly sick/elderly, but cradle-to-grave governmental welfare has got to stop. Thats what its all about, folks and everyone with intelligence know it to be true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oldefarte| 4.11.12 @ 7:34PM
Okay, the suspect shooter has just now been charged with 2nd degree murder...........satisfied? These rebel-rousing jackars street merchants have gotten what they were protesting for. Satisfied? he was not originally charged in the crime, but he is so now after their political pressure.....satisfied? What about the hundreds of comparable black on non-black crime/murders? Are these politically hypocritical preachers ginnning up racial hatred for politics going to similarly protest over those cases as well? Yeah, when donkeys fly! This BS has to stop and a good place to start is on 11/4/12!!!!!!!!
Your Excellency| 4.12.12 @ 7:53AM
I like the cut of Mr. Hillyers jib.
Mike Lee| 4.12.12 @ 8:10PM
No maybe about his moral degeneracy. He's all about racial payback. He is a contemptible p----k.
David C| 4.19.12 @ 12:43PM
"Maybe Holder is a moral degenerate."
There's no maybe about it.