Leaking On Holder's Still-Empty Grave

This is news to me - the NY Times found some West Wingers who have come to bury Eric Holder, not to praise him:

While the White House publicly backed Mr. Holder as he tried to smooth over the latest uproar amid new speculation about his future, some in the West Wing privately tell associates they wish he would step down, viewing him as politically maladroit.

However, they can't make these calls public (except they just did):

But the latest attacks may stiffen the administration’s resistance in the near term to a change for fear of emboldening critics.

I think the critcs are already pretty emboldened. Where spirits seem to be sagging is at the White House Press Office. The original Times headline, per the URL, was:

Goals To Fulfill And Foes To Foil Keep Holder Going

Reality triumphed; the final headline is this:

Seeking a Fresh Start, Holder Finds a Fresh Set of Troubles

ERRATA: In my headline fantasy, the final version is "...Holder Finds A Sea of Troubles". That preserves the absurd notion that these troubles just happened without involvement from the passive Holder and also works in a Shakespearean theme that ties back to the Hamlet on the Potomac shtick that Obama and Holder love.

DOUBLE PLAY: The Times could have shown a real independent streak if the original headline had been changed to "Goals to Foil And Foes To Fulfill Keep Holder Going". Darn.

Comments

[Ignatz Ratzkywatzky]

Trouble ensued.

[Cecil Turner]

Quick, somebody find out who leaked!

[peter]

http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/06/01/if-obama-disapproves-of-force-feeding-gitmo-detainees-why-doesnt-he-stop-it/

Passivity..

[Captain Hate]

The Iranian Rodent won't be pleased with these leakers because the chinless Stedman is her personal sock puppet.

[BR]

Let's see how many instances of this we find:

Targeting Conservative Sites.

5/20/13, 3:13 PM: "Daily Caller, Breitbart, Drudge Report.....all not available. Something is going on with google chrome [not necessarily google chrome, cld be other origin]. Is it yet another way of silencing ... critics? "

[BR]

6/2/13 early morning hours: American Spectator Obama’s Sword and Shield, reporting Obama's use of words, i.e., the old KGB emblem, had a virus notice.

[Captain Hate]

Dear God, why would anybody invite Slick to speak at commencement exercises? Leaving aside the STD risks on campus (stringently unconstitutional rape laws FTW), he only ends up talking about himself and Stalin-Rodham. This wasn't difficult to predict.

[BR]

Ha, I remember wondering a while back whether Axelrod was a Swedish name, and look what I found: Marxist revolutionary, close associate of Lenin 1900-03, Pavel Axelrod:

[Jane -]

The Iranian Rodent won't be pleased with these leakers because the chinless Stedman is her personal sock puppet.

And we all know who the real president is.

[BR]

David Axelrod. I wonder if the Dem campaign insiders had funny names for their dirty tricks projects like the guys during Watergate, Operation Gemstone, etc.

[matt]

As I recall, Holder was supposed to resign early in Obama's second term. He was done. I'll bet he's really done now.

Has anyone gone through Friday's document dump yet?

[Jane -]

Was there a doc dump? I know the IRS failed to produce what was due.

[pagar]

"why would anybody invite Slick to speak at commencement exercises? "

When they could have had- one of the best American speakers available today IMO.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/06/sarah-palin-speaks-to-republic-high-school-class-of-2013-and-brings-them-a-gift/

[jimmyk]

Good point, pagar--did Sarah get any college commencement offers?

[narciso]

No, jimmy, recall the kerfluffle when she spoke at some university, as a mere fundraiser, In a just world, both Bill and Hillary, would have the decency to hide in the shadows hoping for us to forgive them, I'm tired of taking Ed Klein seriously, I can't imagine that both of them and their entourage, weren't smart enough to realize what giving their imprimatur to Obama meant,

[pagar]

http://recovering-liberal.blogspot.com/2012/03/socialistcommunist-axelrod-family-in.html

[pagar]

Hallelujah, Elbert Guillory has seen the light.

May millions join him in his quest to make America better.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/05/31/Party-Switch-Louisiana-State-Senator-Is-Now-First-Black-Republican-In-Legislature-Since-Reconstruction

Holder and the others seeking to defeat the US are responsible, IMO

[Captain Hate]

I can't imagine that both of them and their entourage, weren't smart enough to realize what giving their imprimatur to Obama meant,

Those grifters aren't nearly as smart as their toady enablers would have you believe. They are very adept at getting over on the rubes though, which will always serve them better than they deserve.

[CR]

Commencement speakers: Conservatives need not apply

In 2012...There were no conservative speakers at Ivy League commencements and no conservative elected officials who spoke outside of the South.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/26/3414349/commencement-speakers-conservatives.html#storylink=cpy

[narciso]

In the meantime he will make every excuse for him;

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/06/nbcs-tom-brokaw-tough-to-see-how-holder-stays-as-ag/

[BR]

Fascinating, Pagar. It seems David Axelrod's family went to Switzerland just like Pavel Axelrod. (He was born "Pinches Borutsch" - don't know why the name change.)

[Porchlight]

Slick spoke at my alma mater's commencement in 2000. Even though it is a thoroughly liberal northern college, there were still (mostly) older alumni who refused to donate to the college after that and haven't to my knowledge given since.

[Captain Hate]

Good to hear, Porch; actions have consequences as my two alma maters are realizing. I'd sooner donate to F.I.R.E. than them. Sorry but that's how free thought works.

[Comanche Voter]

"Leaking" on Holder's grave? To recall a phrase from my enlisted man's days, once I left the Army I'd never stand in line again.

Holder's political grave will have to go unleaked on by me. But the rest of you guys can have at it.

[Laura White]

TM would have had a more apposite thought if he'd let go the trope of the empty grave-- because there was once a very famous one. Not to carp--I sure the reference was inadvertent--in fact, I am sure of it.

[Laura White]

Also, just read through last evening's thread (an idle hour). You are all really funny. Probably perfectly obvious, but thanks anyway.

[mojo]

Why drag an old mixed metaphor into it?