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Republicans Poorly Scheduled Holder Contempt Vote on Obamacare Day: Agree?

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Conservatives criticized the Congressional Republicans for scheduling the Contempt of Congress vote on the same day as the Supreme Court's release of its decision on Obama's Affordable Care Act (aka "Obamacare").

Breitbart.com reports:In their latest display of political ineptitude, House Republicans today held the contempt vote for Attorney General Eric Holder over his failure to turn over documents in the Fast and Furious scandal. They could not have picked a worse time to schedule the vote.

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  • Steve 2012/06/28 23:13:45
    Agree
    Steve
    +4
    The GOPers were stupid on this any way you cut it. Whether because it's on the same date as the SC ruling, or because Fortune magazine makes clear they were duped into thinking Holder did something wrong:

    "A Fortune investigation reveals that the ATF never intentionally allowed guns to fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. How the world came to believe just the opposite is a tale of rivalry, murder, and political bloodlust."
    http://features.blogs.fortune...
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  • TruBluTopaz 2012/06/29 17:55:15
    Disagree
    TruBluTopaz
    The contempt hearing was scheduled before the ruling was changed from last week to this week. It was the SCOTUS that changed their date.
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  • Lady Whitewolf 2012/06/29 11:42:56
    Agree
    Lady Whitewolf
    Republicans ain't known for their brains!
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  • Beat Magnum True Hero 2012/06/29 09:38:53
    Agree
    Beat Magnum True Hero
    romney obama the same
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  • tblackb 2012/06/29 04:59:11
    Agree
    tblackb
    +1
    they thought it was gong to be a defining day for their party. the thinking was that health care reform would be struck down in the morning and they would vote for contempt charges against holder in the afternoon. their big day didn't go off as planned.
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  • Lady Wh... tblackb 2012/06/29 11:43:42
    Lady Whitewolf
    "their big day didn't go off as planned...."

    Gee, ya THINK? I hadda laugh.
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  • tblackb Lady Wh... 2012/06/29 15:30:39
    tblackb
    +1
    it wasn't merely chance
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  • Guru_T_Firefly 2012/06/29 03:40:43
    Agree
    Guru_T_Firefly
    +1
    Of course, that's not the only thing that they do poorly.
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  • ProudProgressive 2012/06/29 03:35:15
    Agree
    ProudProgressive
    +1
    I think it's pretty obvious that Boehner deliberately scheduled the vote for a time when he knew no one would be paying attention. Boehner isn't a complete idiot like Issa and he knows that a farce like this will always blow up in your face. But he couldn't actually say no to the tea partiers who forced this silliness so he made sure it would pass when no one would shine that big a spotlight on it.
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  • Aurora 2012/06/29 02:27:58
    Disagree
    Aurora
    Does not matter now, Obamacaretax is upheld, and contempt of court for holder.
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  • Mike 2012/06/29 02:08:25
    Agree
    Mike
    Yesterday ( prior day ) would have been a much better choice
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  • Kiosk Kid 2012/06/29 01:58:00
    Disagree
    Kiosk Kid
    +2
    Congress has their schedule and the Supreme Court has it's schedule.
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  • ProudPr... Kiosk Kid 2012/06/29 04:00:07
    ProudProgressive
    Yeah, but the thing is they knew days ago that the Health Care decision would be announced today. Boehner is the Speaker of the House and he could have scheduled the vote for yesterday, tomorrow or next week. I think he chose to hold the vote today because he knew that the move would be condemned as a cheap partisan waste of time and he didn't want too much attention focused on it. He couldn't actually stand up to the tea party contingent and refuse to hold the vote altogether, so he did the next best thing.
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  • Kiosk Kid ProudPr... 2012/06/29 04:25:13 (edited)
    Kiosk Kid
    +1
    The Tea Party supports Boehner. He won in 2010 and he will win in 2012. He has his schedule and the Supreme Court has theirs.

    All Holder had to do is produce facts and there would not have been any vote. We have been down this road before with both political parties. Nixon was the last one and now it is Obama hiding things.

    Naturally if he produced facts, it would all be over if those facts didn't incriminate. But I think they do which is why he doesn't produce them.
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  • ProudPr... Kiosk Kid 2012/06/29 04:33:42
    ProudProgressive
    I think you miss the point. John Boehner is the Speaker of the House. He can schedule the vote for any day and any time he wants to. He CHOSE to schedule the vote at a time when it would get the least possible media coverage because he KNEW what an embarrassment it would turn out to be for the Right Wing. The Tea Party has owned him since last summer when they forced a lowering of our credit rating and took us to the brink of default by blackmailing Boehner into rejecting the deal President Obama offered that included four TRILLION dollars in spending cuts in exchange for a 0.2% increase in taxes on the second million dollars earned by the top 340,000 Americans. Instead we got the nonsensical "supercommittee" and now mandatory cuts that the Republicans are still struggling to weasel out of.

    No, Nixon was not the last one. The Bush Administration was the most secretive and combative Administration in American history. Nancy Pelosi was completely correct when she pointed out that she could have had Karl Rove arrested on the spot for his contemptuous conduct. Dick Cheney went all the way to the Supreme Court where his fishing buddy Antonin Scalia made sure that he wouldn't have to disclose to Congress who he met with on his "energy task force" - Note they weren't even ask...
    I think you miss the point. John Boehner is the Speaker of the House. He can schedule the vote for any day and any time he wants to. He CHOSE to schedule the vote at a time when it would get the least possible media coverage because he KNEW what an embarrassment it would turn out to be for the Right Wing. The Tea Party has owned him since last summer when they forced a lowering of our credit rating and took us to the brink of default by blackmailing Boehner into rejecting the deal President Obama offered that included four TRILLION dollars in spending cuts in exchange for a 0.2% increase in taxes on the second million dollars earned by the top 340,000 Americans. Instead we got the nonsensical "supercommittee" and now mandatory cuts that the Republicans are still struggling to weasel out of.

    No, Nixon was not the last one. The Bush Administration was the most secretive and combative Administration in American history. Nancy Pelosi was completely correct when she pointed out that she could have had Karl Rove arrested on the spot for his contemptuous conduct. Dick Cheney went all the way to the Supreme Court where his fishing buddy Antonin Scalia made sure that he wouldn't have to disclose to Congress who he met with on his "energy task force" - Note they weren't even asking for the content of the conversations, just the identity of the people who were there, and Cheney spit on the Constitution and his friend on the Court protected him. Those are people who actually broke laws. The only thing Eric Holder is guilty of is not being corrupt and thus not a suitable target for the latest Right Wing vast conspiracy theory of the day.
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  • Kiosk Kid ProudPr... 2012/06/29 05:33:20
    Kiosk Kid
    +1
    You said; “He CHOSE to schedule the vote at a time when it would get the least possible media coverage because he KNEW what an embarrassment it would turn out to be for the Right Wing.”

    You’re spewing Marxist propaganda. Marxism doesn’t work! Therefore, Liberals can’t produce facts. They can only spew accusations, fallacies, and personal attacks.

    Produce facts (quotes and references) to back up your party line crap but you can’t. Come on slam me with facts but you can't.
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  • aherbert 2012/06/29 01:23:43
    Agree
    aherbert
    +2
    Republicans will do anything within their power to disrupt progress; their only agenda is to make the President a one term President. It not going to happen though just ask the Supreme Court that upheld healthcare reform bill … what a great day for Americans.
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  • Lady Wh... aherbert 2012/06/29 11:44:47
    Lady Whitewolf
    +1
    agreed
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  • EdVenture 2012/06/29 01:21:34
    Agree
    EdVenture
    They knew they were not going to get a decision and feared that the F&F; issue which I understand occured primarily because of Arizona's rediculously relaxed gun laws.
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  • Azrael-In GOD we trust 2012/06/29 01:07:26
    Agree
    Azrael-In GOD we trust
    They should have scheduled Eric's big day on a manic Monday!
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  • CAPISCE 2012/06/29 00:50:17
    Disagree
    CAPISCE
    Nope, good timing
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  • jubil8 BN-0 PON 2012/06/29 00:26:06
    Disagree
    jubil8 BN-0 PON
    Must you pander to the sound-bite mentality by implying that adult Americans can't handle 2 real pieces of news in one day?
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  • ProudPr... jubil8 ... 2012/06/29 04:34:19
    ProudProgressive
    +1
    LOL they can, but they are easily distracted. From the channel surfing I've been doing it seems like health care is getting the bulk of the attention.

    And you know, what's kind of sad is that there's actually a third story that no one seems to be reporting. Today the Supreme Court also struck down a law making it a crime to lie about having earned military decorations.

    http://www.sodahead.com/unite...
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  • jubil8 ... ProudPr... 2012/06/29 05:27:55
    jubil8 BN-0 PON
    I know, I heard that this morning. I remember learning in college that sometimes a conservative SC will make an unexpectedly liberal-sounding decision and vice-versa, and this struck me as one of those moments.

    It's really highly conservative to say it's ok to lie about earning military decorations, but it sounds flamingly liberal. Freedom of speech means it's nearly always ok to lie as long as no positive harm is done. If I steal your decorations, I can be brought down for stealing, but not for lying about how I got them because the lie didn't hurt you, the theft did. Conversely, it's highly liberal to say we have to protect some people from lies by other people.
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  • cmdrbnd007 2012/06/28 23:40:18
    Disagree
    cmdrbnd007
    Everyone thought that the Supreme Court's ruling was likely to come out on Monday. The Congress doesn't and shouldn't wait for rulings from the SCOTUS.
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  • ProudPr... cmdrbnd007 2012/06/29 04:35:39
    ProudProgressive
    The vote wasn't even scheduled until after the Court let everyone know that the ruling would be coming down today. Boehner deliberately scheduled the vote for today so this embarrassment would get the least possible media coverage.
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  • Steve 2012/06/28 23:13:45
    Agree
    Steve
    +4
    The GOPers were stupid on this any way you cut it. Whether because it's on the same date as the SC ruling, or because Fortune magazine makes clear they were duped into thinking Holder did something wrong:

    "A Fortune investigation reveals that the ATF never intentionally allowed guns to fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. How the world came to believe just the opposite is a tale of rivalry, murder, and political bloodlust."
    http://features.blogs.fortune...
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  • lonewolf 2012/06/28 23:01:02
    Agree
    lonewolf
    it took the attenion away from what the jackass obama pulled on this country. but in reality obama should be held in contempt also.
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  • The Elitist Libtard SodaJerk 2012/06/28 23:00:45
    Agree
    The Elitist Libtard SodaJerk
    +1
    It's kind of a big day for them, and a historical one and yet it got drowned out by the SCOTUS decision.
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  • Schläue~© 2012/06/28 22:59:36
    Disagree
    Schläue~©
    +1
    It doesn't make a bit of difference. The two are completely unrelated and Breitbart.com has nearly lost all credibility since Andrew's 'passing'.
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  • ProudPr... Schläue~© 2012/06/29 04:39:20
    ProudProgressive
    You? Criticizing the latest Right Wing Martyr for The Cause? Are you feeling ill? I mean, we both know that Andrew Breitbart and those affiliated with him never had a shred of credibility to lose, but I find it fascinating that even when one of your own "accept without question" sources tells you something you don't want to hear you can't accept it.
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  • Schläue~© ProudPr... 2012/06/29 04:42:25
    Schläue~©
    Read carefully
    I clearly said Breitbart .com
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  • Dan 2012/06/28 22:56:30
    Disagree
    Dan
    I don't see where it makes any real difference.
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  • ConLibFraud 2012/06/28 22:55:45
    Agree
    ConLibFraud
    +3
    Wake up! This was done on purpose!!! Mark my words! This Holder thing is going to simply go away. Why? Because the American people continue to allow themselves to be constantly distracted.
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  • lonewolf ConLibF... 2012/06/28 22:57:11
    lonewolf
    +1
    true
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  • ConLibF... lonewolf 2012/06/28 23:08:05
    ConLibFraud
    +2
    I mean what a bunch of sheep!
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  • lonewolf ConLibF... 2012/06/28 23:08:49
    lonewolf
    +2
    agreed obama sheep
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  • ConLibF... lonewolf 2012/06/28 23:11:29
    ConLibFraud
    +2
    The people have made their own bed.
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  • lonewolf ConLibF... 2012/06/28 23:13:42
    lonewolf
    +2
    the sad part is the rest of will suffer.
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  • Crypt_H... lonewolf 2012/06/29 00:49:15
    Crypt_Heart
    Hey you're the ones with a First Past The Post system of voting meaning you either get your selected participant or you have absolutely no say whatsoever. There are alternatives.
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  • ConLibF... lonewolf 2012/06/29 02:53:37
    ConLibFraud
    +1
    Not for those of us who have not turn a cheek to the info that is out there and have been preparing. I hope you are one.
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