Rachel Maddow's Praise of Eric Holder [View all]

Rachel on the Fast and Furious Fiasco which was orchestrated by the GOP. Then she covers how all of MSM chose to NOT cover the momentous and noteworthy action taken by the Obama administration that same day, using a faked smear of Shirley Sherrod to make sure that no one knew what Obama had accomplished.

Rachel wondered if the American public would fall for the Faux, Rush, Beck, Infowars, Libertarian, GOP smear machine again. They have, repeatedly, because the MSM is as unanimous in their obstruction as the elected GOP. And that's how it has infected online boards, even 'progressive' ones:



Rachel on Holder's strong condemnation of Stand Your Ground laws. In this video she shows the corruption of the SYG law creators and supporters, and gives coverage of how Holder goes over his own experiences and being forced to have 'The Talk' with his own son after the Trayvon Martin shooting and trial. That didn't even touch on the experiences in his family.

Rachel includes a talk with an attorney who worked for the Holder DOJ who explains the limitations of civil rights litigation, but mentions the 141 hate crime convictions won under Holder:



Rachel deals with false memes pushed by MSM, and the disinformation put out about Holder. She adds the exchange where batshit crazy Gohmert claims that a flat recital of facts that are REALITY, so anathema to those who disregard facts on all sides, is a personal attack. This fact free, over the top rhetoric is common when people condemn Holder.

A red-faced Louie protests that the facts by Holder impugn his 'character' and 'integrity.' Then Gohmert accuses Holder of casting 'aspersions on my asparagus.'

Louie plays the role of a fool, but the court jester Touchstone, sees the truth:

...Of a certain knight that swore by his honor they were good pancakes, and swore by his honor the mustard was naught... But you can’t swear by what you don’t have - and this knight had no honor, or if he did, he swore it off before he ever saw those pancakes and that mustard...

In their next encounter, Holder still wishes him well:

'Good luck with your asparagus.'

Rachel goes into his work on voting rights and many other civil rights matters. After his resignation, she tells us he'll finish visiting the last US Attorney after having visited every other one. The scandals he cleared up from the Bush administration have made him hated. She's honest, but he's been too busy for sound bites.



Rachel wrapped up with this, in which she explains the extraordinary work he is doing now to extend voting to more Americans, how he has already changed unfair drug laws, and helped to keep people out of prison. And so much more:

The Rachel Maddow Show - AG Eric Holder and his Accomplishments:



I'll post more on what this quiet but determined man has done for us and the cases for and against him.

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