Gunrunner: Hank Johnson blames Fast and Furious on the NRA, the Tea Party, and the Senate
December 10, 2011
In case you have forgotten who Congressman Hank Johnson is here is a little reminder:
With the reintroduction out of the way it is obvious that we can’t take what this man says too seriously but he made a couple of statements about Operation Fast and Furious that I still feel I must touch upon because this is going to be the new defense for the deadly operation.
When asked about Operation Fast and Furious Hank Johnson had this to say:
“I think this is another manufactured controversy by the second amendment, NRA Republican tea party movement
The deaths incurred during this disastrous scandal are simply not important to Hank Johnson and he feels that all the hoopla surrounding the investigation is simply a manufactured crisis. Apparently he feels that an operation which led to the deaths of hundreds of Mexicans and two Americans is not a real scandal but part of the vast right wing conspiracy. He lays the blame for the scandal at the hands of the left’s favorite targets all in one fell swoop.
According to Hank Johnson the real scandal isn’t about how guns got into the hands of Mexican criminals with the help of the United States government, but rather that the Republican led House is questioning the government. He must feel as if the government should be allowed to work with impunity.
But in the interest of redistributing the blame he didn’t stop with the NRA or the Tea Party, he also blamed the Senate for not confirming a permanent head of the ATF. (We can assume he was inferring that the Republicans in the Senate were able to muster a filibuster even while in the minority.) You could practically hear the gratefulness in Eric Holder’s voice for providing him with an excuse he had failed to think of before this.
This is going to be the Obama regime’s line of defense moving forward; they are going to portray themselves as the true victims of this scandal, claiming the Republicans are on a witch hunt in order to score political points heading into the election and that there really is nothing to see here.
Hank Johnson feels as if there is plenty of blame to spread around, but he finds that none of this blame falls at the feet of anyone who actually had something to do with Fast and Furious. He is more interesting in protecting Eric Holder and Barack Obama for political reasons than he is about getting to the bottom of a failed operation which left two American heroes dead, and I find this to be a disgusting marginalization of the deaths of Brian Terry and Jaime Zapada.
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Hank Johnson!!! Does anyone take him seriously? Apparently there are those that still vote him into office, but then again, we could name alot of others that have no business being there, either. All this was, was another example of “talking points” that were supposed to be thrown out for cover.
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Exactly, these are all talking points to take the focus and the blame off of Holder. This may work with the base but I don’t see many other people falling for it.
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Ok so the lefts plan is to turn this into a witch hunt and a second amendment issue.
Already republicans are on tv on the defensive,
As much as the goal here was to infringe on the second ammendment , this needs to be about criminal conspiricy, including mutiple MURDERS and a massive cover up involving at the very least our attorney general and more than likely napalitano, Clinton and the president.
The republicans need to be carefull not to get trapped into this narrrative and keep the focus on the crimes and criminals.
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I would hope for the same thing you posted, but as we know, the right has to be politically correct and that leads us to backing down most the time. I could say worse, but let’s just say that they could develop a spine and do what needs to be done to get this country back on track, or let it go down the tubes as it is going. Sometimes I feel like we are just sitting back and watching things happen in slow motion and can’t do a damn thing about them. There is plenty for this administration to answer for, but does Congress have the courage to hold their feet to the fire and start prosecuting the lot of them? Guess we will see, won’t we?
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Very true, there is no need for the Republicans to go on the defensive because they did nothing wrong. They need to stay focused on what happened here and I think Issa and Grassley will do just that.
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This is typical of the left. Misdirection! They say the most outrageous things to move the focus off the real problem and then get a free pass. This is why we must continue to call these folks out when the make such claims.
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And while Johnson may be a little out there I feel that there will be others that follow him and that is why I decided to write about this. We have to keep the pressure on these people and not let them distract us.
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OH , BULL S… !!
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I may be mistaken but I believe that there is a certain congressman who has leaned so far to the left that his brains are spilling out. What can I say? Some remarks are outrageous one has to laugh to keep from crying.
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And yet this man keeps getting reelected!
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Thanks for reminding me what we have in Congress. November cannot come fast enough.
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B, you already knew what we have OR you would not be here with the rest of us trying to find an answer to our problems. At least we are throwing things out there for others to voice their opinions on. We may not always agree and but for a handful of trolls that show up, we at least respect what the others have said. That is more than I can say for what this administration is doing. What happened to them putting any new bills out for us to view before voting on them? It seems the most nasty of the bills are voted on in the dark of night, what is up with that? I hold the people that voted this mess into office responsible. I have to believe that they think this is the right way to vote or were pushed into this way of voting. We have to start somewhere and our votes have to count this time. I know there will be massive fraud, so we need to pay close attention. Get involved at the polling places if possible, county wide is a good place to start. Most the polling people I see are in their 70-80’s and not to say that they do not do a good job, but we need to get younger ones involved. What happens in a few years when those that are doing it now, can’t? I have done this for a number of years and it is maybe something we can set a day aside for, if possible. I look at it this way, the more eyes, the less fraud. If you don’t want to sit there all day, volunteer to be a watcher. We cannot just sit back and give up. Ok, that was my pep-talk!
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It is unbelievable that people like this keep getting elected, hopefully 2012 will be different.
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The only thing MORE stupid than Hank Johnson are the MORONS that voted him into office…
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There is arguing that Fred.
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What’s really disturbing it that this clown was actually voted into office.
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We should have at least a basic competency test for public officials. Why is DC dysfunctional? Look no further.
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Johnson is, like most of his ilk a dangerous fool. It does seem that this new century seems to have an unlimited amount of dangerous fools, legion if you will, determined to smother us in obfuscation and contempt. In retrospect maybe it is us who are the fools for not physically rising up and throwing fools like Johnson out on the street….WM
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