Because of the way privilege operates, we can understand Obama’s assertion of executive privilege in only three ways. (1) Obama’s White House was either involved in Fast and Furious, which is bad; (2) or it means that Obama’s White House doesn’t understand the nature of a privilege, which is embarrassing, especially with a lawyer at the helm; (3) or it means that the documents Holder is hiding are so dreadful that Obama’s White House would rather risk looking criminal or stupid than take the risk of allowing Congress and the public to see those documents.
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G. Gordon Liddy once explained how the Clintons were guilty in the Whitewater case by a process similar to this. The way the Clintons escaped justice was for Susan McDougal to take the fall and letting herself be in contempt of court for refusing to answer a question. The only way she could answer the question was to implicate the Clintons or commit perjury. So, she decided not answer at all, which provoked the judge to cite her for contempt.
Why did the Clintons get away with this? The economy was going gangbusters and the people didn't care.
Now the economy is struggling and Obama is in a similar situation if this is correct. The likely outcome looks not so good for Obama.
He may not make it through the summer.
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