Holder moves forward: Screw up, move up

By Michelle Malkin  •  January 28, 2009 12:16 PM

The Senate Judiciary Committee cleared the way for AG nominee Eric Holder. Only two nay votes — from GOP Senate Republicans John Cornyn and Tom Coburn.

Screw up, move up:

Eric Holder’s nomination as the first African-American attorney general moved to the full Senate on Wednesday with broad bipartisan support, as Republicans who earlier criticized the nominee determined he was well qualified for the job.

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 17-2 to favorably recommend Holder for the post.

The only senators who voted against Holder in committee were Republicans John Cornyn of Texas and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma.

Cornyn criticized Holder’s role in controversial pardons and questioned whether he would protect intelligence agents who participated in harsh interrogations.

Holder’s supporters said he wouldn’t be afraid to tell President Barack Obama he was wrong. They praised him for declaring that waterboarding as an interrogation technique is torture. And they said he would be tough on crime.

“When asked whether this country at is at war he said yes,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. “He indicated the enemy have declared war on this country long before we realized it. He sees the battlefield as the entire globe.”

Graham said he supports Holder’s view that the country needs to interrogate terrorism suspects in accordance with American values.

“I am confident this new attorney general will have a balanced approach and I look forward to working with him. I know he’s made mistakes and so have I,” Graham said.

Yup. Mistakes make you more qualified for the job. Only in Washington.

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  1. #604782
    On January 28th, 2009 at 12:20 pm, Socky said:

    Hey, if a tax dodger can be Secretary of the Treasurer, why shouldn’t a perjurer by Attorney General.

    Welcome to the New Age of Democrat Ethics.

  2. #604784
    On January 28th, 2009 at 12:22 pm, feebiebabe said:

    “I am confident this new attorney general will have a balanced approach and I look forward to working with him. I know he’s made mistakes and so have I,” Graham said.

    :lol:

    oh, now, that’s funny. “you made mistakes, I made mistakes …heck, we all made mistakes…”

    Going forward, lets not try to LEARN from mistakes, now, shall we.

  3. #604786
    On January 28th, 2009 at 12:23 pm, Jeddite said:

    A draft dodger for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs? Some weasel lawyer can surely finagle Billy Jeff into that role.

  4. #604792
    On January 28th, 2009 at 12:26 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    I know he’s made mistakes and so have I,” Graham said.

    Well hell, If that was the criteria, I should be King Of the World!

    Affirmative action run amok!

  5. #604793
    On January 28th, 2009 at 12:26 pm, jbh45 said:

    Senator Graham: enjoy your last few years on the public payroll…you better get that resume updated.

  6. #604794
    On January 28th, 2009 at 12:26 pm, Fineous Reese said:

    they said he would be tough on crime.

    because terrorism is a crime.

    would taking a bite out of terrorism be torture?

  7. #604798
    On January 28th, 2009 at 12:28 pm, Hangfire said:

    Why do I have “chicken-skin” when I listen to all of these Obama selectees?

  8. #604800
    On January 28th, 2009 at 12:30 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    Semi-OT

    Remember the secret camps Bush was going to build for gay people, according to leading Hollywood intellectual Cher?

    http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-645

    Probably not for gay people…

  9. #604814
    On January 28th, 2009 at 12:43 pm, simcoe said:

    Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. said that with Holder as attorney general, “Waterboarding is history. Guantanamo Bay is history.”

    …and so, I’m afraid, is the Constitutional Republic once known as the USA.

    A national government that holds the cowardly belief that it needs to be all things to all people (except its own citizens), in the baseless hope that they will respond in kind and not put their national needs first, is doomed from the get-go.

  10. #604816
    On January 28th, 2009 at 12:44 pm, J S Ragman said:

    “When asked whether this country at is at war he said yes,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. “He indicated the enemy have declared war on this country long before we realized it. He sees the battlefield as the entire globe.”

    Good. Now get the hell out of the way, and let DOD handle it.

  11. #604821
    On January 28th, 2009 at 12:51 pm, Fineous Reese said:

    sorry, forgot my /sarc off

  12. #604823
    On January 28th, 2009 at 12:52 pm, tiredofit08 said:

    the anti-gunners now have a huge advocate in a position of power….whether or not you own a gun or believe in gun ownership, stats show that when the law abiding citizens are disarmed, the criminals run amok….God help us all…

  13. #604834
    On January 28th, 2009 at 1:02 pm, RedDog said:

    Eric Holder’s nomination as the first African-American attorney general moved to the full Senate…

    Is the African-American thing supposed to offset his lack of competence and character?

  14. #604835
    On January 28th, 2009 at 1:02 pm, BuckeyeSam said:
  15. #604837
    On January 28th, 2009 at 1:03 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    the anti-gunners now have a huge advocate in a position of power….

    Note to Rock River – where’s my M4?

  16. #604842
    On January 28th, 2009 at 1:11 pm, bradley said:

    Well, if “mistakes” are the main criterion for the Obama administration, then I guess we’ll soon be seeing the likes of former Democrat mayors of Detroit, Atlanta, Newark, Birmingham, and others to be named soon, since they’ve ALL made “mistakes”. Of course they’ve all gone to jail, or are about to, but what the hell, they were only a “innocent” mistakes, and these people are too valuable not to include in an administration full of crooks, liars, cheats and thieves.
    Culture of corruption? Look no further than your own city mayor’s office in many cases. Then look up.

  17. #604845
    On January 28th, 2009 at 1:13 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    Is the African-American thing supposed to offset his lack of competence and character?

    Worked for Obama, didn’t it?

  18. #604867
    On January 28th, 2009 at 1:30 pm, hadsil said:

    It’s not as if executive experience is a requirement for President, so what do you expect?

  19. #604868
    On January 28th, 2009 at 1:32 pm, imjustsaying said:

    We’ve had plenty of white incompetent people without character running the government I guess some incompetent African-Americans doing it won’t make much a difference.

  20. #604874
    On January 28th, 2009 at 1:36 pm, rainbow said:

    I cry daily now. . .cry for my country and what she used to stand for. I e-mailed my congressmen about Geithner and his nomination and he still got it! We need to go to Washington and demonstrate against corruption, etc.

  21. #604881
    On January 28th, 2009 at 1:42 pm, maisy said:

    lindsey Graham…just the man to oversee the collapse of the country….The lapdog of John McCain makes me want to vomit.

  22. #604887
    On January 28th, 2009 at 1:46 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    Well, at least I’m proud that we hold our hiring candidates to a much higher standard than Obama. Tax cheats? Nope. You won’t be hired. Questionable past ethics? Nope, you won’t be hired.

  23. #604911
    On January 28th, 2009 at 1:55 pm, PKAmmoTroop said:

    Chuck “The Schmuck” Schumers endorsement alone should have negated Eric Holder’s nomination.

  24. #604912
    On January 28th, 2009 at 1:55 pm, cheapseat said:

    only in government. but then i remember nardelli at home depot and then to cerburus/chrysler. and just think of all the bank ceos who get hired despite screwing up at their previous job. but in government you don’t even get criticised, like the people who f’ed up fannie may and freddie mac.

  25. #605001
    On January 28th, 2009 at 2:57 pm, dewaun said:

    I smell the essence of the Peter Principle in action, here.

  26. #605062
    On January 28th, 2009 at 3:47 pm, walterc said:

    So the New Surgeon General is going to be Dr Kevorkian, Bill Ayers Director of the FBI, and Osama Bin Laden the new Congressional Chaplain? Got it.

    And maybe we can put that drug dealer that Ramos and Compean shot in the butt in charge of the Border Patrol.

    I feel like I’ve fallen through the looking glass and even the mad hatter is confused.

  27. #605088
    On January 28th, 2009 at 4:04 pm, akoypinoy said:

    Got it!! Qualifications and requirements needed to become an Obama political appointee - First African-American for that position, few mistakes in your past, and voila’ you’re in like Flint!

  28. #605284
    On January 28th, 2009 at 6:53 pm, CW4_KGP said:

    Yet another sad day in the USA. What ever happened to the words of wisdom of MLK, who said that crap (and now it is crap) that he looked forward to the day when a person was not judged by the color of their skin???? That’s all there is in Obamaramaland

  29. #605342
    On January 28th, 2009 at 7:32 pm, Jim C. said:

    Is this what they call being “kicked upstairs?”

  30. #605378
    On January 28th, 2009 at 8:28 pm, cicerokid said:

    I hear Kevorkian is up for surgeon general…

  31. #607028
    On January 30th, 2009 at 6:55 am, Jason L. said:

    What I think is absolutely hilarious is the fact that Obama claimedand campainged on the pledge to “clean up Washington”, yet the balance of his cabinet is riddled with former Clinton people. How is assigning corrput people from a corrupt former administration “change” and “cleaning up” opf anything, let alone Washington????

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