Perjury and Impeachment

So many subjects, what to write about! Today, it was reported that Eric Holder, our esteemed and beleaguered Attorney General, said he was filled with remorse over what he did to Fox News and James Rosen. He never really meant to investigate and prosecute him. And now, the media and his liberal Democratic friends in the Congress are lining up against him.

Good!

It seems that Mr Holder has other things to worry about, more than losing friends in the media. It seems that in his testimony on May 15 to the Congress, he was pretty emphatic that he didn't recall and had no knowledge of signing a subpoena to investigate anyone in the media, without giving the defendant the opportunity to challenge his actions. Oops! Looks like a perjury charge in his future.

Mr Holder has shown himself to be an arrogant, difficult demagogue, who thinks he is above the law he has sworn to uphold. He thinks that since he is a "friend" of President Obama, he is able to do things that others would have already been removed from office.

"Fast and Furious", the gunrunning operation, caused the death of a border patrol officer, Brian Terry. Mr Holder used the power of his office to delay and ultimately, avoid providing emails and other subpoenaed documents to the Congress. For that, he was held in contempt of Congress. He used his friendship with the President to have this information covered by executive privilege.

Mr Holder also wants to bring the Gitmo prisoners to the United States, over the objections of the Congress. He hasn't had the American citizen, who made the you tube video that was supposed to incite the Arab world which was blamed for the disaster at Benghazi, released from jail. He is also involved with the suspension of questioning of Boston bomber, Dzokhar Tsarnaev, 16 hours into the interview.

Other Attorneys General have done questionable acts which forced them to resign, eg, Alberto Gonzalez and Edwin Meese. John Mitchell went to jail for his part in the Watergate fiasco. The power of this office can be blinding to even an honorable person.

Mr Holder is not.

It is time for Mr Obama to be a leader and ask Mr Holder to resign. The ongoing Congressional and media attention is diverting Mr Obama's attention from any part of his second term agenda. And as I have written previously in Tap, Tap, Tap... and  It's Not the Deed, It's the Lie... time is growing short for him to get his agenda through. He is coming closer and closer to lame duck status, and soon he will be irrelevant. He needs to do this to save his presidency.

Mr Obama also knows that if Mr Holder is impeached for committing perjury under Congressional oath, that by itself could bring down his administration. And if he is convicted by the Senate, who knows what could happen next.

Mr Obama is a smart politician who has his legacy on the line. Is he willing to risk it to save Mr Holder? I don't think so. But vanity and conceit have a way of clouding good judgement.

Will Mr Obama's good judgement fail him? We shall see.