It had to happen: Al Sharpton has weighed in on Eric Holder being held in contempt of Congress. And as reasonable minds would anticipate, Sharpton has made it about color of skin. Following is part of what he had to say.
“The highest officer of law and order in this nation has been ridiculed, scapegoated and handled as some sort of criminal throughout this ‘investigation.’ Turning over thousands of documents and overextending himself, AG Holder was spoken to and mistreated as if he were a child, and reminded that despite his esteemed position, he can and would be profiled. AG Holder was in essence ‘stopped & frisked’ without probable cause, and after he cooperated, he was made an example of. What Issa just showed us is that no matter what our stature in this world, someone can easily try to ‘put us in our place.’ What could be more outrageous?” (Attorney General Eric Holder Has Been ‘Stopped and Frisked’; Huffingtonpost.com; 6/20/12)
In response to Sharpton‘s question, “What could be more outrageous?”–I’ll be glad to answer.
America is a nation of laws, and apart from child abuse and human trafficking, what greater crimes are there than murder, government sponsored illegal enterprise that results in murder, and an attempt to subvert the Constitution of The United States by those sworn to uphold and defend it?
As it now stands, we know the results of the aforementioned, but we do not know the participants. Ergo, it is imperative to leave no slip of paper unturned in the investigation of same. As is the case with any criminal investigation, that means everyone and everything must be looked at for the purpose of determining their and/or its involvement in the crime. And it is important to keep in mind that Operation Fast and Furious was not a botched gun-running sting; it was an illegal gun-running operation disguised as a gun-running sting.
Federal government employees and hundreds of other innocent people were murdered as a direct result of the more than 2,000 assault weapons covertly placed in the hands of the most violent drug cartels known. Gun shop owners were illegally coerced into going along with actions that they knew to be illegal.
This was not the act of a lone gunman or a rogue agent. It is incestuously intertwined in the highest offices in the federal government. Those responsible for these acts must be found, arrested, and brought to justice for the sake of those murdered and for the sanctity of justice.
There is also the very important issue of ensuring the sanctity of not just our system of laws, but, even more important, ensuring that the ongoing sanctity of the Constitution not be undermined by ruthless Euro-socialist anarchists bent on subverting it.
Sharpton, of all people, should know that and he, of all people, should support that. In America, criminal investigations are not based on status, wealth, position, or color. They are based on getting to the bottom of the crime and bringing the offenders to justice.
It is not about race and shame on Sharpton for attempting to make it so. How dare he use race as a ploy to prevent Holder from cooperating with Congress and any other law enforcement agency that deems it necessary to investigate his role in the commission of a crime. The idea that Holder is somehow above the law or that he is protected from having to comply with the investigation in totality based upon his willingness to cooperate in all areas of the investigation flies in the face of our system of jurisprudence.
President Nixon and all of his senior staff had to comply with the investigation into Watergate; all those involved in the savings and loan scandal known as the Keating Five had to comply–to mention but two incidents. But Sharpton would have us believe that because Holder is black and the attorney general he is somehow above this. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was held in contempt of Congress and was forced to comply with the Congressional investigation into the firing of Justice Department attorneys.
I repeat: we are a nation of laws and no one is above them regardless of what Obama and Holder believe and regardless of Sharpton‘s claims that it is wrong for a black man who holds elected office to comply with a Congressional investigation. Neither Holder’s color nor his position permit him to decide what papers he will turn over and/or in what way he will cooperate with a criminal investigation into his department.
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Thank you for posting this thought-provoking article. As we all know when it comes to Christian universities, many people have staunch opinions, however, I have always had an open mind. However, PCC’s choice of Troy Shoemaker as their new president is unthinkable. The man is a scheeming creature of darkness.
Mychal,
This Zimmerman/Trayvon , Fast & Furious(definately) is just for the purpose of gun control.
As I know that you know because you live in Florida (hope it is the panhandle!)that the “Stand Your Ground” law was birthed in Pensacola Florida. It is an unique area and we have many hurricanes, tropical storms and tornadoes. We get looters taking advantage of our situations whether we leave or stay during the storms. I hope the likes of Al and Jesse do not cause us to lose our protection rights. Any person not experiencing 6 hurricanes in 2 seasons needs to keep their yaps shut and no longer air out their ignorance. I fear just naming the storms will soon be called racists. We will soon be hearing ‘Hussein”, “Sheemeekia”, “VonGrabAb”, “Morning Dove Who Walk Over Waters on Thursdays” well you get it! I need Gorilla tape to bond my head because of the nonsense, lies,ca ca, and I also need rubber gloves. What has this country become? I am sicken to my stomach!
bigh2o: your points are well taken…
Thanks Mychal. So far heart test was good, kidneys good and PSA’s are dropping, whatever that means. Apparently that’s good. Been shooting up Enoxaparin twice a day in the side meat so’s to flush out the Plavix when they do the by pass around the stent behind my left knee. Now taking a pill that’s supposed to improved blood circulation and it seems to be working. The pain is greatly reduced.
Not looking for sympathy friends and fun seekers, it’s just that I’m sure you are hanging on to my every post with baited breath to find out what’s next. Advice to the young; Old age sucks. However, the occasional “Po Summitch” is always appreciated.
I’m going to beat this because I’m not through with Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Boehner and apparently the entire New York contingency.
So much to do. So little time.
sumitch: my friend you are my friend and I ask because I care and am concerned when I do not hear from you and/or others for a period of time…I want to try to get down to ahve steak and cigars w/ you and Dan…hopefully before fall…
You have to forgive Al, it is only less than 3 years since he traded in the gold chain and shake-down-big-business tactics of Jesse Jackson for an MSNBC silk tie and suit. He is still learning about the race card game.
george: yeah right…
In a way I feel sorry for Al Sharpton, he is being used. However since he speaks of Esteem, we must reflect if Mr. Holder is ESTEEMABLE??? It is not the color of his skin, it is his utterly revolting way of carrying out the LAW and JUSTICE according to our laws. The corruption and misuse of his office is deplorable and shameful. And whether he is white . pink, purple or white makes no difference, the law is the law and he is NOT above it. The fact that a lot of people on both sides of the border have lost their lives due to a hairbrained action is vile. Power is a demoralizing position to have, it is also deadly in this case, but the ultimate goal which was to be met after the guns were run into Mexico could have cost even more lives. Great Interview of Katie Povlich, thank you Mychal and yes her book is stunning. Bright young lady. Kudos to her and you.
mischa: you are spot on…Katie Pavlich was delight to interview…
Great article. I wish more people knew about you. This administration really knows how to play the race card. It’s sickening.
patricia vilt: you can help spread the word…
@bob I have been looking all over for you!!! You were supposed to finish cleaning out the pool. You are fired!
bigh2o: whoa…that’s different…lol…
Carl Gallups has a web site CarlGallups.com and has a 3 minute video back in 2009 saying and telling specifically that Obama knew about this gun running. Maybe lying lips forget what they have said in the past.
Also, I live in Florida and am grateful for our “Stand Your Ground Law”. It especially protects women and the elderly. Jackson and Sharpton loaded up their mouths and over loaded their butts when they traveled down here to discover that oooops, oh no, George Zimmerman was not white! They had to make him a white hispanic! LOL! Ask just about anyone in our state and they would have been proud to have Zimmerman as a neighbor. How can a person retreat if they are lying on the ground? We hated that those 2 race baiters showed up on our door-steps and stirred the pot. Next the New Black Panthers infused themselves with that reward offered for Zimmerman. Zimmerman will never be safe no matter where he goes and we can partially thank Jackson and Sharpton for that. When those 2 racists keep up their crap, they are continually keeping everyone separated. There is money to be made for them.
bigh2o: I live in florida and agree…also…I strongly suggest you listen to my interview w/ katie Pavlich per her outstanding book on fast and furious…the interview is on front page of my blog…and by all means read her book…
Sharpton, just like all other liberals in my opinion , is a dipshit, liar, and a coward.
carpenter: he is indeed and it has been very profitable enterprise for him…
Lisa
Forget about Juan Williams every forgetting he is anything but a progressive liberal and will play the race card when he thinks it helps their cause. The only time he ever jumped the tracks got him fired. He truthfully admitted that being on a plane with a group of Muslims in full garb made him nervous. They believe that’s hate speech just like the judge in New Mexico, a marriage is one man and one woman state, who just charged a pair of Christian photographers with a hate crime because they would not consent to recording the wedding of a gay couple stating “Homosexuals are a protected class”. Judicial expediency trump’s the law now that we have a dictatorship with a Marxist agenda.
bill sr: juan williams just cannot get beyond color of skin…he reminds me of a deer caught in the headlights…
Mychal – once again you hit it out of the park, and speak for so many of us who are not as eloquent nor do we have the forum you have built! But we can chime in, and say “ditto”. To Bill Sr. who asks at the end of his post, did someone start playing “Bring in the Clowns”, I believe that tune started at the Democratic Convention as obummer et al. were walking in to be anointed, er, I mean nominated. And as it plays now for the umpteenth time, just as at the end of that song, “they’re already here.” The book out about obummer et al., “Amateur” does a disservice to actual amateurs of any endeavor – amateurs are people either in training for an endeavor or profession or hobby, but willing to say “hey I am learning”, or, they are non-professionals who do something as an avocation for the love of it not as vocation, and can be just as good if not better than some of the professionals, or, they are forerunners of professionals taking over an endeavor from them once it catches on, or becomes trendy – you know, like the Olympics with the “back in the day” actual amateurs vs. today’s professionals. LeBron & Company, oh yes, they are amateurs for a few games because they don’t get paid for those few games?? Well except for premium transportation, housing, food, burnishing the images that will result in big bucks for promotions eventually – - but I digress. The Clowns in the White House and satellite offices are pathetic – so empty that they resort to hiding behind the wagging finger of Alfred Charles Sharpton, Jr; what, was obummer’s usually wagging finger tired and limp after exhorting us peasants with it for the past several years? what’s an emperor to do . . . oh yes, get the court jester out there to bait and distract the crowds. “Fast & Furious” makes the democrat-detested Watergate gig look like an amateur break-in that netted not much . . . oh wait, that’s what it was. No one died, no foreign government was played for stupid on their own soil – I’m not excusing Watergate, nor the cover-up – - – but if that was worth getting into a tizzy about, screaming about laws and such about, actual investigative reporters doing actual investigative reporting about, then F&F would seem worth deep investigation, a few criminal indictments, firings, yanking of at least a few DOJ law licenses (the emperor and empress would be exempt from that last because they’ve already surrendered their licenses). Juan Williams was on F-O-X and had some unworthy excuses at the ready, just when I was starting to think that maybe he had cleaned the Vaseline off of his eyeballs.
lisa: they are socialist clowns…that is what makes them dangerous…
Mr. Shapton… here are a few questions you should ask yourself.
What was the PURPOSE of a gun running program from the US to Mexico?
Why was the president of Mexico not briefed on this program?
Do you really believe that the DOJ would/could come up with this hair brained plan WITHOUT the knowledge of the Oval Office??? I Do NOT!
You see, this isn’t about race, which is where you always want to go. It’s about an illegal program that has resulted in the death of two Border Patrol Agents not to mention thousands of innocent people in Mexico.
My suggestion to you, AL, is to shut the hell up if you cannot present the facts rather than trying to find a way turn this into a matter of race. You see, Holder is a LIAR, as is Obama. So get used to it. Their days are numbered. One covers for the other….two cheaters who have blood on their hands. Holder and Obama need to admit what they did, then bow out gracefully. All you’re doing is making a BIGGER ASS of yourself! So SHUT UP and GO AWAY!!!!!
mary syron: there is no money in his remaining quiet…
I’ve had a belly full of this racists rants!!!.He makes me sick to my stomach! And, that goes for Oblamer the Clown TOO!!
kenny1801: stand up and get involved…join the battle to end their tyranny…
Mychal
I just signed on to follow your blog. I am a 52 yr old white male who like many of my friends, co-workers and customers, are scared. Scared that our country, constitution and laws are no longer applicable to our government officials. With that said, I am tired of watching Fox news report over and over the wrong doings of our elected officials who are continually NOT brought to justice. This is just another case where it will probably happen again. How, as a country, can we fight this when so many of our own believe that this is just a conspiracy theory or they even worse, play the race card. Don’t people understand that little by little we are losing our most fundamental birth rights to those who would give our country away.
Thank you for speaking out against such and continuing the good fight. God bless you!
slip60: we don’t have time to be afraid…and the color of your skin means nothing to me…all who see and understand what is happening must become involved in the battle…either by supporting those of us on the front lines or joining us in the trenches…fear is not an option…they count on fear to weaken us…thk you for joining my blog…welcome aboard..
Mychal:
As always my friend excellent rant, would really like to see the long list of good things the actions of Sharpton and Jackson have accomplished over the last forty or so years. Any suggestions as to where that list might be found?
spark: that list would fit on the head of a pin leaving room to spare…
As if Eric Holder weren’t prissy enough,he now needs someone like Sharpton to fight his battles in the court of public opinion!Well guess what Messrs Holder,Obama & Sharpton: we the people aren’t buying it! There’s a higher court & we’ll see you there for Judgement Day!
chris: wells said…
Sharpton needs another hole in his head so the sap can escape.
john: sharpton needs Jesus…
Thank you for continuing to keep the focus on the LAWS of our country, Michael.
What the Sharpton/Jackson team don’t understand is the fact that MOST Americans have long put aside any ‘racial divide’ thoughts. And…they can’t stand to accept the fact that every person should be treated equally – not better, not worse, EQUALLY.
Their constant playing of the race card is getting old – in fact, I hope it is now working against them! Scream about the Sandford killing and IGNORE the many many many Chicago deaths…or the many deaths/beatings all over the country in retaliation for what the J/S team perceived to be murder in Florida.
Attorney General Holder should be charged with lying to Congress, plain and simple. People are not allowed to retract documents given in sworn testimony…just because they have been found to be falsified!
It is quite disgusting to have to sit and watch REPEATEDLY the efforts of those who wish to constantly excuse the bad/illegal behavior of some simply because of the color of their skin or their nationality. I don’t care if the ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT is from Mexico, Brazil or Ireland…they should NOT receive special treatment! Tens or hundreds of thousands of people all over the world are waiting to come to America LEGALLY and the fact that this administration now deems ILLEGALS not worthy of deportation is grounds for impeachment! This president continues to believe he is judge and jury and king! This is America, sir, whether you like it or not! And that is NOT the way we do business!
cape conservative: immigrants are not illegal…aliens are illegal…
Thanks Mychal. Sorry so late for the courtesies. I’ve been busy making Mercedes payments for my doctors. I fooled them. I still have my MasterCard with 37 cents left before I reach my limit. I wonder if Mickey D will sell half a cheeseburger?
sumitch: I hope you are better my friend…we need you…I just started yesterday to get caught up…my friend and i took some time for vacation and to catch our breath…
This is so laughable. You know darn well that if Holder was white and Brian Terry was black Sharpton and Jackson would be on the other side of the fanatic farce fence cursing the AG demanding the documents. And bobble head Nancy Pelosi with her loony liberal logic portrayed as compassion for minority voters, what happened to let’s just “pass all the documents to the committee first so we can find out what’s in them” approach to proper progressive legislative procedures? Did someone start playing “Bring in the Clowns”?
bill sr: that’s teh point it is foolish on its face…yet there is the media breathlessly reporting it and fox news having their fair and balanced debate…how do you debate stupidity and idiocy fair and balance…any view that supports what he is espousing is by its nature just as stupid…
Dear God, can’t that man just GO AWAY and take Obama with him?????
betrayed: I’d contribute to that…
You can teach an old dog new tricks, except Al Sharpton, who only knows one tune.
ellen: lol well said…
I have long thought that Rev. Sharpton is one of the most racist people on the face of the earth. He promotes hatred and pushes others to the point that when they think of a black person, they think of him, their stomach turns over and they immediately don’t want any part of him/her/them. I would love to know where his church is (he is a Rev after all) and why he doesn’t stay there once in a while, and preach something other than hate. My God is not a God of hate, (s)he is a God of love. He becomes a screaming jackass when a black person is “perceived” to be injured, physically or emotionally. But….let a bunch of black kids knock down, beat up and rob an 80 year old woman, he just shakes his head and ignores it. Where is the justice in that attitude? I gave the Air Force more than 20 years of blood, sweat, and tears (and I mean that in the most literal way) and sometimes I do wonder why. I see men like Sharpton and Jackson whipping up hatred and wonder if I can find a nice deserted island to live on.
lvonova: whatever church it is the address has hell for its zip code…
@ Bob. You’re new here, aren’t you?
snoopsister: he’s a drive by shooter trying to stir things up…
Oh, Reverend (?) Al does it again. You’d think by now he could come up with something more original than the tired race card. Where is the justice for Agent Terry? Why isn’t Al defending him? Couldn’t be because he’s white, now, could it?? I wonder if he’d be screaming bloody murder, (rightfully so), in defense of Agent Terry and on behalf of his family if Agent Brian Terry’s skin was a few shades darker? Because, you know, with Al, that’s really all it comes down to. Color – or lack thereof. Oh, and celebrity – celebrity matters, too.
snoopsister: sharpton has never done anythign to support a white person in his life…
>>You are either two faced or just another
>>blackman trying to incite whites, which is it?
I believe you’re a tad confused. Mr Sharpton made the issue about race, not Mr Massie.
You go, Mychal. I’m afraid Mr Sharpton is little more than a wolf in braying jackazz clothing. When are some folks going to realize that you aren’t endorsing equality among races when you continue to single out individuals based upon race? Mr Holder needs to answer to the American people. That’s the long and the short of it. His race is irrelevant.
mrs avery: well said…no one being investigated for a crime gets to decide in what way and to what extent they will cooperate…it didn’t work that way for roger clemmens and it didn’t work that way for Mr. Nixon…and it certainly shouldn’t work that way for holder…
Wow, Bob, you might try reading the entire article, rather than just the headline. Mychal wasn’t questioning whether this would happen if Obama was white, he was asking whether the criticism would be categorized as racism. Pay attention!
donna: thk you for pointing out what should be obvious…
But yet a few weeks ago your article wondered if the President was white would we have all this outcry. You are either two faced or just another blackman trying to incite whites, which is it? You do seem to pull the right strings with the whites about the black supporters especially for Holder or Oman. Will the really Massie please stand up. Please no more RaceCards.
bob: your intrauterine torsion is affecting your limited ability to think…see a good urologist and find a good proctologist to also remove your head from your behind…then maybe you’ll be able to use what limited mental capacity you have…
I’d really like to know where Al gets off calling himself “Reverend.”
There ain’t nothin’ reverend about this person. And it’s not because he’s black that I make these comments. It’s because he’s total jerk – who is only in this game because of what he can get. I say – GET OUT AL. You are an endangerment to my country.
swamprat: I agree…
Tried voting excellent twice. If this were a democratic site I could do it. Sharing on Facebook. Thank you Mychal once again for the courage you exhibit in your words. It gives me encouragement in disgusting/depressing times.
In Christ,
Dennis McCutcheon from Guatemala
dennis mccutcheon: I keep saying that it isn’t courageous…it’s willingness…
Marilyn, you’re in the money as usual but I wonder if Sharpton really believes that everything is about race. It’s been proven that Holder has lied to Congress. That’s the fact that Sharpton refuses to address. It’s a fact that Holder has refused to provide the papers that Issa’s committee is looking for. There’s something that smells here and I don’t think a skunk is loose in Holder’s office (the four legged kind). Unless he’s going to come up with some reason that Holder had to lie because he’s black, he, as usual, is doing nothing but trying to stir up trouble. That’s the way he makes his money. That’s his stock in trade.
I’d more likely believe that Sharpton knows that it’s not about race, but has had a slow week of race baiting and had to find something. This one is custom made for his type. He’ll stand up there shooting off his fat mouth and soon we’ll see the Right Reverend Jessee show up to give him a rest and carry on with their lies. Maybe they should contact their Black Panther buds and have them take out a contract on Issa to make it a hat trick.
And for cover they’ve got POTUS to run blocking for them because they know that our spineless Congress won’t do anything. I can’t wait for November to vote every one out of office in the Executive and Legislative branch of our government. that has not stood for the rule of law. There’s but a handful that has called what’s going on for what it is…….Treason. Rest assured I’ll do my part.
sumitch: well reasoned response…
Maybe someone could start a web site called “Sharpton & Jackson Don’t Speak For Me” where people could go on record & distance themselves from these to Anti American Morons! A call to MSNBC protesting this asinine spiel that Sharpton fouls the airwaves with would also be a good idea. It would have to be a black person or it would just fuel these two idiots!
n holiway: I argue we cannot allow the belief that they will malign us stop our confronting their evil bile…they trade on that fear which ultimately does nothing more than encourage them in their damnable rhetoric…if we rise up as the waves of the ocean we can successfully drown them out…until we do that they will continue unabashed…
Sharpton is someone whose IQ would be improved by a lobotomy. A corrupt, self-serving, idiot, blind to any reality that doesn’t directly benefit him. A testament to the impotence/depravity of the left/MSNBC that he is given a public forum in spite of his numerous, spectacular, failures. I thank god that the left has such august spokesmen as Weird Al because every time he opens his mouth he diminishes them just a bit. Keep talking Al, people are noticing.
kwatz: he is corrupt and self-serving all the way to the bank…his vulgar racial accusations have made him a very very very wealthy man…and being absent any moral conscience he sleeps well knowing his gains have been made from erroneous and divisive accusations…
I wish Sharpton would take a long walk off a short pier. He always sticks his nose where it doesn’t belong. I didn’t hear a word from him about the boy who was set on fire in Sebring, FL by two Latino kids. I guess that didn’t count because none of them were black. He’s the biggest racist around. Give it up, Al.
dorothea: not a bad idea but human waste floats and it would pollute our waterways…
This makes him looks like a complete fool, again (and again, and …) This is about as crazy as Pelosi saying that it’s a conspiracy to go after Holder because he is trying to stop states from suppressing the vote (yeah, voting illegals, voting dead people, heck, even voting dead dogs).
Mychal, on a side note, do you do yoga? I just wonder how you get your blood pressure down. I know I’m having trouble keeping mine down these days!
dlb: I smoke cigars…lol…I recognize them for what they are…they aren’t worth my allowing them to affect my health…
Mr. Sharpton is only showing his lack of intelligence and his position as a mindless zealot with his statements. He can twist anything to fit his perception (everyone is racist and all decisions involving anyone of color is based on racism). Sad for him & for the rest of us, but especially for those that listen to him and believe him.
deb: very well said…
Sharpton is a liar and deceiver. He is interfering with and impeding a lawful Congressional investigation. Mr. Issa is pursuing his duties as an elected representative of the people. He is fulfilling his sworn oath of office. Sharpton is setting himself up for arrest and prosecution for his mindless rants that make him an accomplice to Holder’s crimes.
saxman: anyone and everyone that does not support a full unimpeded investigation and the bringing to justice of the guilty has bllod on hteir hands…
Let’s do this again!
Sharpton, crawl back under that rock you came
Out of !
Good grief….
fishfam: maybe sharpton should hundreds of dead people resulting from fast and furious are like trayvon…
Only one thing to say:
Sharpton, crawl back under you came out of!
Good grief!
Great article, Mychal. Sharpton only proving he is NOT a real American who believes in the laws of our country. Shaprton is a rich misguided fool. He has made a name for himself and actually believes that everything is about race; promoting more unrest in the far left black communities.
marilyn: its not that he necessarily believes everything he says…its that he profits from it…