Eric Holder

It appears that the more we hear of change, the more things stay the same, or go back in time eight years. Word is that Eric Holder is going to be the next Attorney General in the Obama administration. Hmmm, where have I heard that name before...Oh, now I remember, he was the number two (no pun intended) in the AG office under the Clinton administration. He was also in charge of reviewing pardon requests for the outgoing president.

This includes the disastrous pardon of Marc Rich. Rich was under investigation for evasion of taxes on $48 million, 51 counts of tax fraud and more importantly, of illegal oil dealings with the Iranians from 1979 - 80 during the hostage crisis.

It has been alleged that the reason for the pardon was that Rich's ex-wife Denise has been giving the Clinton's money hand over fist, which includes funds for the ex-President's library. The truth is that Eric Holder gave Clinton the thumbs up on pardoning this scum bag, not that Slick Willy can blame the whole thing on Holder. If he wasn't so interested in flavored cigars, maybe he could have read a little about Rich... as well as two Weather Underground (Bill Ayers, come on down) members.

Update: Yes, I changed the name from Holden to Holder. I must have had Stalag 17 on my mind.

Update II: Eric Holder's fingerprints are also all over the Elian Gonzalaz debacle.

Update III: The editors over at NRO have a must read article over at their site. You should check it out.

Change you can still believe in.