In the wake of Eric Holder’s announcement that he will be stepping down as Attorney General, the media is filled with right-wing bloviating (no, right-wing, Eric Holder’s Justice Department is NOT “scandal ridden” … any more than “Romney won Ohio”).
This headline from The Hill stomped on my last nerve:
That article includes this quote from Ted Cruz:
“Allowing Democratic senators, many of whom will likely have just been defeated at the polls, to confirm Holder’s successor would be an abuse of power that should not be countenanced”.
“This shall not stand!” proclaims man whose freshness date expired months ago. “Abuse of power” and “should not be countenanced” are, of course, code words for impeachment. Go with that, GOP!! It has worked so well for you in the past. If the Republicans want to waste their time on impeachment to please their shrinking base, let them. The country needs a strong, intelligent, principled, Democratic replacement to continue the important work that Eric Holder started; if we have a better chance to get that now rather than later, with a thinner majority, we should do it.
Oh, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell? May I say this about your comment: “I will be scrutinizing the president’s replacement nominee to ensure the Justice Department finally returns to prioritizing law enforcement over partisan concerns.” With apologies to bubbanomics, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! The Justice Department that was replaced in 2009 was the most partisan in recent memory. A Republican Party operative, Karl Rove, directed the firing and replacement of 7 U.S. Attorneys who refused to go after Bush Administration political enemies. That is the very definition of “partisan”.
And one more thing, leaders of the Party of Southern White Males Still Bitter Over Losing The Civil War: Attorney General Eric Holder did uphold the law, the most important laws of the land: protecting the right to vote and the right to equal justice. Simply because it ran counter to the Republican Party’s plan to hang onto power by disenfranchising (and incarcerating) likely-Democratic voters, does not make it partisan. Yes, the citizens who need more protections than most tend to vote for Democrats — mainly because they are minorities, the poor, and women, people who feel, on a daily basis, your party’s disdain for them and for their concerns.
The Minoritea Party … now and for the foreseeable future:
The relative liberalism of Millennials translates into a greater likelihood of affiliating with or leaning toward the Democratic Party compared with those in older generations. Today, about half of Millennials (50%) are Democrats or lean to the Democratic Party, while just 34% affiliate with or lean to the GOP.
So a party that is anti-women, anti-people-of-color, anti-LGBT, anti-working-class, anti-education is not so popular with young people?
Who could have predicted that?
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