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Canis Mala

(91 posts)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 11:23 AM Jun 2012

Fast and Furious...

The last bumbling scandal of the Bush presidency... maybe. Let us remember that it was the Bizarro World of the Bush presidency that gave birth to this program. Why isn't he being asked to come before congress? I guess Dick Cheney is too busy to hold his hand through his testimony. We shoulda gone after this band of comic book criminals when we had the chance in 2007.

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Fast and Furious... (Original Post) Canis Mala Jun 2012 OP
F&F was intitated under the Bush admin and implmented under Obamas...when conservatives uponit7771 Jun 2012 #1
Didn't Wide Receiver end in 2007? joeglow3 Jun 2012 #2
But who were these "people in Obama's administration"? JDPriestly Jun 2012 #3
Which puts him at fault joeglow3 Jun 2012 #4
Apparently a Fortune magazine article debunks the whole "scandal." JDPriestly Jun 2012 #5
Farce and Frivolous. JoePhilly Jun 2012 #6
+1 maddezmom Jun 2012 #8
don't insult comic book characters..these are serious criminals. spanone Jun 2012 #7

uponit7771

(90,367 posts)
1. F&F was intitated under the Bush admin and implmented under Obamas...when conservatives
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 11:25 AM
Jun 2012

...are cornered on this time line they cut and run.

Issa ALREADY has evidence that the initial denials of the program were from the Arizona ATF and not from holders office....

Issa is being a jerk

 

joeglow3

(6,228 posts)
2. Didn't Wide Receiver end in 2007?
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 11:33 AM
Jun 2012

While I agree this is an issue that needs to be addressed, it in no way excuses people in Obama's administration from starting it back up in 2009.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
3. But who were these "people in Obama's administration"?
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 11:53 AM
Jun 2012

Was the Arizona federal attorney a Bush holdover or an Obama appointment?

Obama made the mistake of retaining so many Bush federal attorneys.

 

joeglow3

(6,228 posts)
4. Which puts him at fault
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 12:10 PM
Jun 2012

If you choose to retain prior appointments, you are now taking responsibility for their actions. It was a dumb ass move and this whole thing makes me nervous.

Clearly, the best answer is to address it, deal with it and put it behind you. Stone-walling carries a price with it. The only way you should stone-wall is if the alternative is worse, which is why I am nervous.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
5. Apparently a Fortune magazine article debunks the whole "scandal."
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 06:29 PM
Jun 2012

Yet another "scandal" proving only one thing -- the idiocy of the Republicans.

spanone

(135,907 posts)
7. don't insult comic book characters..these are serious criminals.
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 06:31 PM
Jun 2012

war is as serious as it gets and they LIED us into one.

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