Fast & Furious: Holder Pulls Out the Race Card

Attorney General Eric Holder said this, quoted from DailyCaller: 

"In a front page New York Times story on Sunday, Holder alleged that some of his critics — a group he referred to as the “more extreme segment” — are motivated by racism. “This is a way to get at the president because of the way I can be identified with him,” Holder said of criticism he has received for the Fast and Furious scandal, among other things. “Both due to the nature of our relationship and, you know, the fact that we’re both African-American.”
The comment drew instant and heated responses. Rep. Allen West, Republican of Florida, called Holder’s playing of the race card “reprehensible” and the “most insidious thing I ever heard.” Republican Rep. Joe Walsh of Illinois also denounced Holder’s comments, saying he believes President Obama “orchestrated” them."

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Turning to the race card is, I think, disgusting.  Fast & Furious has absolutely no aspects of race in it.  Indeed, it is DOJ that plays the race card in many cases.  For instance, why did they drop prosecution of the Black Panthers who intimidated a voting station in 2008?   Many feel there is an unwritten rule in the Obama DOJ that says blacks must be favored.

Whats-more, DOJ has been making a political game out of the deaths of Agent Brian Terry and hundreds of Mexicans for months.  Holder has freely admitted he is following a "progressive" agenda, instead of following the law.  A centerpiece of this political favoritism is the total lack of punishment for anyone involved with F&F.  Instead, promotions and lateral moves are the order of the day.