Holder as Attorney General
Karen Bune
Victimology Contributor
Officer.com
President Elect Barack Obama’s choice of Eric H. Holder, Jr. for the position of Attorney General is an outstanding one. Mr. Holder is an accomplished attorney with demonstrated achievements and highly regarded by legal veterans, like myself, who work in the law enforcement arena and criminal justice system. Despite any criticism that is now floating around concerning his alleged failure to prevent the pardon of Mr. Marc Rich, he likely was caught between a rock and a hard place–particularly if he was an “at will” employee at the time. It is highly probable he had to walk a fine line in the decision-making process and may not have been the ultimate decider despite being tagged as the recipient of blame.
Mr. Holder has a demonstrated record of professional achievements. His knowledge base is broad, yet relevant, and his awareness is critically focused on vitally important areas. Historically he has recognized domestic violence, child abuse, and hate crimes as crucial components that need attention, and he remains amenable to tackling other problems that are monumental in nature and challenging in scope.
Holder is one who works cooperatively with a broad range of agencies and extends a welcoming reception to outside jurisdictions to work collaboratively toward achieving mutual goals. He maintains a listening ear with an astute awareness of the need to find ways to resolve problems and discover alternatives that work to create safer communities.
Holder is reality based in his outlook and sensible in his judgments. Throughout his professional tenure, he has engaged people and resources to promote public safety at its best. Holder, in all respects, is a distinguished professional who would be a welcome asset to public service in the Obama administration. He should be confirmed without hesitation. I would like to be the first in line to extend a congratulatory hand along with a very warm welcome.
Nice piece!
Eric Holder was a part of the Beginning of our case!!! Need I say any more
Eric Holder was a part of the beginning of Shaquita Bell’s case!!! Need I say anything more.
“… concerning his alleged failure to prevent the pardon of Mr. Marc Rich, he likely was caught between a rock and a hard place–particularly if he was an “at will” employee at the time”
Does this mean that he does not have the moral fiber to take a stand if it comes with a personal cost?
What a lame excuse. If he had an iota of a backbone, he should have protested. Tim is definitely correct. He is devoid of moral fiber.
Karen,
Are you out of your mind? Or did you mistakenly have wine with your prescription drugs? Eric Holder is the worst enemy that law-abiding, firearms owning, patriotic Americans citizens could have as Attorney General. His record on the Second Amendment is even worse than Obama’s (if that is possible). He was Bill Clinton’s point man on all things “gun control”, and would do as much damage as possible to the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. In his world, the Constitution and Bill of Rights are just so much Charmin. He is for: “Assault Weapon” bans (even though the 10 year social experiment under the Clinton administration (by the administration’s own admission) was a TOTAL failure - didn’t prevent ONE crime, only burdened the lawful citizen; federal licensing of gun owners; closing the non-existant “gun show loophole”; bans on lawful concealed carry (the only “gun” law that has proven to reduce crime); ammunition bans; ammunition “coding”; handgun bans; handgun “microstamping” (unproven, unreliable, and prohibitively expensive technological witchcraft); limits on how many guns you can own; “childproofing” (whatever the Hell that is); and any and everything “gun control” to come down the pike. Aside from the fact that all of these have already been proven to be failures and absolutely USELESS as crime-preventive tools, I guess he’s O.K. (sarcasm). His idea of “gun control” is that he would control the guns, and more importantly, We, the People. How obtuse can you be?