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Fri Jan 31, 2014, 02:41 PM

Bobbie Jo (14,341 posts)

111. Again...

So what does that have to do with being the "first black AG?"

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131 replies	Author	Time	Post
Holder to Boston: #%^* you. [View all]	MannyGoldstein	Jan 2014	OP
Holder has been one of the worst attorney generals	quinnox	Jan 2014	#1
I strongly disagree. He's been one of the best. EOP nt	kelliekat44	Jan 2014	#4
Exactly what has Holder done well?	DefenseLawyer	Jan 2014	#6
Let me guess : you're not a black voter in	geek tragedy	Jan 2014	#20
Okay...kudos...I literally laughed out loud!	VanillaRhapsody	Jan 2014	#32
you totally	JustAnotherGen	Jan 2014	#78
There are times when you piss me off, and there are times when I want to hug you.	11 Bravo	Jan 2014	#105
suing the racist Texas Lege.	arely staircase	Jan 2014	#38
Lots of stuff...	nikto	Jan 2014	#68
Bingo.	Scuba	Jan 2014	#72
Holder has handled civil rights and voting rights matters very well.	Laelth	Jan 2014	#80
spot on! this, this, this.	cali	Jan 2014	#81
Good morning, cali.	Laelth	Jan 2014	#87
Citibank and Goldman Sachs agree with you	KeepItReal	Jan 2014	#21
The old slap on the wrist	warrant46	Feb 2014	#124
Not really.	gLibDem	Jan 2014	#63
Are ... are you serious ...?	DragonBorn	Jan 2014	#93
Yes, what a disappointment he has been! To say the least ...	sabrina 1	Jan 2014	#58
Wrong.	bravenak	Jan 2014	#103
Go give "Third Way Manny" a wedgie	1000words	Jan 2014	#2
Agreed! He should be put away for life.	hrmjustin	Jan 2014	#3
I actually think he should be found guilty, first. eom	Fawke Em	Jan 2014	#10
I agree but I think he did it.	hrmjustin	Jan 2014	#12
I just have to say I don't know.	Fawke Em	Jan 2014	#16
Good points. we will just have to see how it unfolds.	hrmjustin	Jan 2014	#18
He said fuck you to the city, the state and the region.	morningfog	Jan 2014	#5
Does it make you sick to your soul? nt	geek tragedy	Jan 2014	#13
I think it is shameful and disgusting.	morningfog	Jan 2014	#31
Meh. I oppose the death penalty as a policy,	geek tragedy	Jan 2014	#34
Not even the bombing itself?	VanillaRhapsody	Jan 2014	#35
"Sick To My Soul" Is A Reference To An OP By WilliamPitt Yesterday	Liberal_Dog	Jan 2014	#102
At least one victims' parents asked for the DP	MH1	Jan 2014	#7
So if a victim's family wants him drawn and quartered?	DefenseLawyer	Jan 2014	#8
I agree with you on that, which is why,	MH1	Jan 2014	#14
I read the filing.	Fawke Em	Jan 2014	#9
Maybe he doesn't show sympathy for the victims...	VanillaRhapsody	Jan 2014	#37
How would anyone know, though, is my point?	Fawke Em	Jan 2014	#43
I suppose he has had Psychiatrists or others who could interview him...	VanillaRhapsody	Jan 2014	#49
The jury will find out. nt	geek tragedy	Jan 2014	#56
Catch 22	MannyGoldstein	Jan 2014	#42
Exactly my point.	Fawke Em	Jan 2014	#48
And pleading the fifth means your guilty, too, right?	gLibDem	Jan 2014	#65
Sorry, I just saw this.	Fawke Em	Feb 2014	#115
I like your screen name.	gLibDem	Feb 2014	#118
More angsty melodrama. nt	geek tragedy	Jan 2014	#11
Wow ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jan 2014	#17
Apparently Derpitious Soul Sickness	geek tragedy	Jan 2014	#19
Ahhh Will Gave You A Sad	HangOnKids	Jan 2014	#70
Are you saying ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jan 2014	#74
A real question	BrotherIvan	Jan 2014	#26
Speaking for myself only, I generally oppose the death penalty but I adamantly	geek tragedy	Jan 2014	#47
I don't support the death penalty.	gLibDem	Jan 2014	#66
None of the three ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jan 2014	#75
Spinal Tap check.	Desert805	Jan 2014	#23
Being against the death penalty is now "angsty"?	BrotherIvan	Jan 2014	#24
No, claiming that Eric Holder insulted	geek tragedy	Jan 2014	#29
"People pounding nails through their own palms."	Capt. Obvious	Jan 2014	#100
Can you ever, ever address the issues?	morningfog	Jan 2014	#33
This discussion isn't about the issue,	geek tragedy	Jan 2014	#36
You are still focusing on the poster.	morningfog	Jan 2014	#44
The propriety has nothing to do with public opinion in Boston.	geek tragedy	Jan 2014	#46
I appreciate you discussing the issue. Conversations are much more interesting this way.	morningfog	Jan 2014	#51
He still has to use the Boston jury pool	geek tragedy	Jan 2014	#53
The full jury pool will likely be against DP,	morningfog	Jan 2014	#54
Medical marijuana shouldn't be prosecuted anywhere.	geek tragedy	Jan 2014	#55
What about recreational marijuana?	morningfog	Jan 2014	#57
Prosecutors have vast discretion beyond	geek tragedy	Jan 2014	#59
Since when do the victims of crime get a say in sentencing?	X_Digger	Jan 2014	#15
Happens a lot	davidn3600	Jan 2014	#97
I bet you have no clue how it's decided.	DevonRex	Jan 2014	#22
I know how it's decided and took issue with one point of it above.	Fawke Em	Jan 2014	#25
Then yuo should print the formula.	DevonRex	Jan 2014	#27
Could you do us a favor?	MannyGoldstein	Jan 2014	#39
Find it yourself.	DevonRex	Jan 2014	#40
I looked.	MannyGoldstein	Jan 2014	#41
It doesn't exist. It is very much decided on emotion.	morningfog	Jan 2014	#45
Got that? It doesn't exist.	cali	Jan 2014	#85
Here is how it works:	morningfog	Jan 2014	#50
They will make him a martyr.	lpbk2713	Jan 2014	#28
I read an article earlier today	Warpy	Jan 2014	#30
I'm usually against capital punishment....	DrewFlorida	Jan 2014	#52
So is my husband.	Fawke Em	Jan 2014	#60
you ar not against capital punishment. period. at all. so don't claim it.	cali	Jan 2014	#83
No not, "JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE", that's your exageration.	DrewFlorida	Jan 2014	#89
no, it's not an exaggeration. Everyone who supports the DP has their criteria for it- just	cali	Jan 2014	#90
"And honestly, one poster on DU shouldn't make you did in" what is that supposed to mean?	DrewFlorida	Jan 2014	#91
it's a typo- did should have been "dig"- as in dig in.	cali	Jan 2014	#92
I think that authoritarians love the death penalty. It's all about retribution. Nancy Grace will	rhett o rick	Jan 2014	#61
Or maybe Holder supports the death penalty.	gLibDem	Jan 2014	#62
Holder opposes the death penalty.	former9thward	Jan 2014	#110
Apparently not as he is seeking the death penalty.	gLibDem	Jan 2014	#114
I abhor the death penalty.	TheMathieu	Jan 2014	#64
Don't you know the goal of the first black AG is to prove he can be as good as a white Republican?	Spitfire of ATJ	Jan 2014	#67
What does that mean?	Bobbie Jo	Jan 2014	#79
There is a long time meme that it's easier to slip in the conservative agenda under Dems.	Spitfire of ATJ	Jan 2014	#94
Ok	Bobbie Jo	Jan 2014	#108
Really? It's just like the OTHER meme out there applies to Obama too....	Spitfire of ATJ	Jan 2014	#109
Again...	Bobbie Jo	Jan 2014	#111
He has to be a badass or Republicans will attack him....	Spitfire of ATJ	Jan 2014	#113
Oh, is that why he called for federal oversight of stop-and-frisk in NY?	BeyondGeography	Jan 2014	#82
Look how Republicans are STILL railing about "Fast and Furious"....	Spitfire of ATJ	Jan 2014	#95
We are murdering Mr. Tzarhnaev	DemocraticWing	Jan 2014	#69
I oppose the death penalty, and I insist on a fair trial	Eleanors38	Jan 2014	#71
I was pretty sure this would be the decision. Cowardly as far as I am concerned. The	seaglass	Jan 2014	#73
Pretty much expected though, politically.	Blue_Adept	Jan 2014	#76
Thank you.	Fawke Em	Feb 2014	#116
.	randome	Jan 2014	#77
Just because the DP is on the table doesn't mean it's going to happen	lapislzi	Jan 2014	#84
He can plea deal for life w/o parole in prison	aikoaiko	Jan 2014	#86
Not necessarily. That may not be on the table.	morningfog	Jan 2014	#101
Maybe not.	aikoaiko	Jan 2014	#104
What if he's not guilty?	Fawke Em	Feb 2014	#117
there is the theory that Holder favored the DP only to silence him	soundsgreat	Feb 2014	#119
Then he can defend himself at trial.	aikoaiko	Feb 2014	#121
You Better Believe It!!! nt	msanthrope	Jan 2014	#88
snort	PeaceNikki	Jan 2014	#112
Exactly. n/t	FSogol	Feb 2014	#127
I imagine it would be a rather bizarre country that predicates its judicial sentencing on polling da	LanternWaste	Jan 2014	#96
Yeah, but people on the internet who don't live here want him killed	Capt. Obvious	Jan 2014	#98
To be honest, I think Carmen Ortiz is the driving force behind this. Not shocking	bullwinkle428	Jan 2014	#99
The attack occured in Boston, but it was not an attack on Boston.	JoePhilly	Jan 2014	#106
It's not something that goes up for a vote...	Lost_Count	Jan 2014	#107
But, it is something that is up to the descretion of the AG.	morningfog	Feb 2014	#122
In your opinion...	Lost_Count	Feb 2014	#123
My opinion shared by the majority of nations in the world	morningfog	Feb 2014	#125
Oh...	Lost_Count	Feb 2014	#126
LOL.	morningfog	Feb 2014	#128
It's just a very convenient standard...	Lost_Count	Feb 2014	#130
Although you aren't here in good faith, I'll respond with this:	morningfog	Feb 2014	#131
Federal Court, federal law applies	treestar	Feb 2014	#120
...and you hate holder too!?!... lol... ok Would this be a post if it was about gay marriage and	uponit7771	Feb 2014	#129

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