He did a good job given that he had RW assholes bitching at his every move. I’m sure the same will happen to his successor especially if it’s a minority and or woman.

“He’s shown a deep and abiding fidelity to one of our most cherished ideals as a people…equal justice under the law.” —Obama on AG Holder

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 25, 2014

“He believes, as I do, that justice is not just an abstract theory. It’s a living and breathing principle.” —President Obama on AG Holder

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 25, 2014

“Thanks to [Holder's] efforts, since I took office, the overall crime rate and the overall incarceration rate have gone down” —Obama

— White House Live (@WHLive) September 25, 2014

“No citizen…should have to jump through hoops to exercise their most fundamental right” —Obama on Holder's efforts to defend voting rights

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 25, 2014

Do we expect him to announce a successor today?

re: #3 HappyWarrior

Do we expect him to announce a successor today?

Don’t know.

re: #3 HappyWarrior

Do we expect him to announce a successor today?

I’ve heard there is no successor in mind yet.

re: #5 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’ve heard there is no successor in mind yet.

I hope it’s a careful choice. AG is an important position.

re: #6 HappyWarrior

I hope it’s a careful choice. AG is an important position.

Well I can safely say it wont be Hillary.

re: #7 Bubblehead II

Well I can safely say it wont be Hillary.

How about Bill? Would that generate enough of a freakout?

Too bad Al Gore doesn’t have a JD.

re: #8 Feline Fearless Leader

How about Bill? Would that generate enough of a freakout?

That would be the Ultimate Troll job if Obama did that. Half of Wingnuttia would flatline by reading the headline alone.

re: #10 makeitstop

That would be the Ultimate Troll job if Obama did that. Half of Wingnuttia would flatline by reading the headline alone.

And the other half would be stuck between all their recent praise of Clinton and their genetic predisposition to hate him.

re: #9 Dr. Matt

Too bad Al Gore doesn’t have a JD.

I don’t think you have to be a lawyer by law to be AG. I know it’s not required for the Supreme Court. It of course is beneficial.

Surprisingly enough, Bryn is actually keeping the derp to a low roar.re: #8 Feline Fearless Leader

How about Bill? Would that generate enough of a freakout?

Not Bill either. He’s got his foundation to run. But yes, it would drive the wingnuts to: BUTTHURT LEVEL 5

Trolling ISIS like a boss pic.twitter.com/E5SV0kFhbP

— Lord Skip VC (@LordSkipVC) September 25, 2014

Let the replacement speculations begin!

How about…
California Attorney General Kamala Harris?

Kind of sounded like Holder was getting a little choked up there at the end of his address. That is what two good and respectful friends are like when having to split from working with each other. Very human. He probably feels he is letting the president down a bit, even though he stuck out a tough position in a crazy political time.

lolwut RT @ChuckCJohnson: I'm proud of the PUBLIC role I had exposing Eric Holder's anti-gun views & pro-Black panther radicalism.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 25, 2014

“Pro-Black Panther radicalism?” This guy is a piece of work.

re: #15 Rightwingconspirator

Let the replacement speculations begin!

How about…
California Attorney General Kamala Harris?

Buzzfeed has an article speculating about that. Outgoing Massachusetts Governor Patrick is another to speculate about IMO. Don’t know too much about the current deputy AG, associate AG, and solicitor general. Saw that the Anal Cyst, Limbaugh was claiming the “real” reason why Holder retired was so Obama could put him on the USSC. Yeah makes total sense to put a 65 year old man on a lifetime position that there isn’t even a vacancy available for.

If you were wondering whether Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson apologized personally to Michael Brown’s parents — nope.

Apology by Ferguson Police Chief Not Heard by Michael Brown’s Parents

The family of Michael Brown has not seen the videotaped apology by Police Chief Thomas Jackson of Ferguson, Missouri, their attorney said Thursday.

“We haven’t heard about it at all, and we’ll address that when we find out, get something official from them. We don’t have anything official,” attorney Benjamin Crump told reporters at the National Press Club. Brown’s parents appeared at the National Press Club today with civil rights leaders and the mother of Eric Garner, who was killed by New York City police in a chokehold this summer.

re: #19 Charles Johnson

If you were wondering whether Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson apologized personally to Michael Brown’s parents — nope.

Apology by Ferguson Police Chief Not Heard by Michael Brown’s Parents

Of course.

Did you know Eric Holder is a “pro-Black Panther radical?” LMAO! https://t.co/BSTpgh1gIv

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 25, 2014

re: #17 Charles Johnson

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“Pro-Black Panther radicalism?” This guy is a piece of work.

Rush Limbaugh isn’t getting any younger. CCJ (and many others) seem to be positioning themselves as a replacement Rush. Channeling the filthy underside of US politics can be very lucrative, after all.

re: #19 Charles Johnson

If you were wondering whether Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson apologized personally to Michael Brown’s parents — nope.

Apology by Ferguson Police Chief Not Heard by Michael Brown’s Parents

That would imply that Wilson’s shoot was not good and thus be detrimental to the morale of the Ferguson Police Department. Thin blue line n’at.
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re: #22 EPR-radar

Rush Limbaugh isn’t getting any younger. CCJ (and many others) seem to be positioning themselves as a replacement Rush. Channeling the filthy underside of US politics can be very lucrative, after all.

There’s good money in it. Rush lives a pretty what I hear called a charmed life.

re: #22 EPR-radar

Rush Limbaugh isn’t getting any younger. CCJ (and many others) seem to be positioning themselves as a replacement Rush. Channeling the filthy underside of US politics can be very lucrative, after all.

Rush is also getting his ass handed to him thanks to the StopRush folks.

re: #17 Charles Johnson

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“Pro-Black Panther radicalism?” This guy is a piece of work.

Charles C. Johnson is growing harder and harder to take.

I do not wish ill will on him, but hopefully my reaction is a majority one and he just flat ruins his career by people getting tired of him for being a creepy, malicious, pompous ass.

Please…just go away. Somebody shut Chucky up…for the good of mankind and the children.

re: #19 Charles Johnson

If you were wondering whether Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson apologized personally to Michael Brown’s parents — nope.

Apology by Ferguson Police Chief Not Heard by Michael Brown’s Parents

Figures. Just a PR stunt to deflect criticism.

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#17

I’m proud Chuck C. Johnson is facing a subpoena.

re: #26 ObserverArt

Charles C. Johnson is growing harder and harder to take.

I do not wish ill will on him, but hopefully my reaction is a majority one and he just flat ruins his career by people getting tired of him for being a creepy, malicious, pompous ass.

Please…just go away. Somebody shut Chucky up…for the good of mankind and the children.

Indeed, hope he finds another line of work. I for one hope we’re not still hearing from him 30 years or so from now when he’s around the same age as his hero Rush.

re: #25 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Rush is also getting his ass handed to him thanks to the StopRush folks.

The StopRush effort is one of the best examples of effective activism we have.

re: #18 HappyWarrior

Buzzfeed has an article speculating about that. Outgoing Massachusetts Governor Patrick is another to speculate about IMO. Don’t know too much about the current deputy AG, associate AG, and solicitor general. Saw that the Anal Cyst, Limbaugh was claiming the “real” reason why Holder retired was so Obama could put him on the USSC. Yeah makes total sense to put a 65 year old man on a lifetime position that there isn’t even a vacancy available for.

Sense? You want Rushbo to make sense do you? There doesn’t have to be a reason that makes sense to scare up some more hatred for the black guy in the highest office.

It’s the thought that counts.

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re: #31 ObserverArt

Sense? You want Rushbo to make sense do you? There doesn’t have to be a reason that makes sense to scare up some more hatred for the black guy in the highest office.

It’s the thought that counts.

/

Oh I don’t expect him to make sense but I do think if he’s going to spread fear and loathing it should at least make some sense.

re: #30 EPR-radar

The StopRush effort is one of the best examples of effective activism we have.

It’s been nice to see some blowback against that prick.

re: #19 Charles Johnson

If you were wondering whether Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson apologized personally to Michael Brown’s parents — nope.

Apology by Ferguson Police Chief Not Heard by Michael Brown’s Parents

So the video was a PR stunt meant to deflect accusations that the FPD doesn’t give a rat’s ass about the unarmed teen one of their own gunned down without cause or warning.

Shocker./////

Twitterfun

@Green_Footballs @ChuckCJohnson Right remember the big gun confiscation program? Me neither.

— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) September 25, 2014

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#34

“And while I can neither confirm nor deny that heroic officer Darren Wilson was bum rushed and suffered a blown eye socket, here is a File Foto showing blown eye socket that we’ve all seen.”

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#35

That’s because patriot Americans like award winning journalist Chuck C Johnson SToOPPED it’!!!11p

re: #33 HappyWarrior

It’s been nice to see some blowback against that prick.

The StopRush people are insanely organized. They listen to the program, note the advertisers in a database, and then follow up. New advertisers might initially get sucked in, but then they drop their advertising.

As a result, Rush has been relegated to lower-tier radio stations in rather large markets.

He’s 63 years old. I bet he works until he’s 65, retires after the presidential election, then collects Social Security and honoraria for speaking to various groups of wingnuttia until he dies.

re: #30 EPR-radar

The StopRush effort is one of the best examples of effective activism we have.

Pity we don’t have a certain ex-lizard around to browbeat us about how wrong it is to “silence” Rush the Hutt.

re: #39 Targetpractice

Pity we don’t have a certain ex-lizard around to browbeat us about how wrong it is to “silence” Rush the Hutt.

CENSORSHIP. Except you know boycotting is a form of free speech too. He never did get that. It was like talking to a wall.

re: #22 EPR-radar

Rush Limbaugh isn’t getting any younger. CCJ (and many others) seem to be positioning themselves as a replacement Rush. Channeling the filthy underside of US politics can be very lucrative, after all.

Chuck is nowhere near up to the task. He’s a fool.

Evening Lizardim.

re: #32 HappyWarrior

Oh I don’t expect him to make sense but I do think if he’s going to spread fear and loathing it should at least make some sense.

Yeah, I agree. But my point stands. It does not have to make a lick of sense to rile up the Barack Hussein Obama detractors.

How much of all the outrage since Obama has been in office has factually made sense?

I’m betting its like 25% based in some facts, even if bent. The rest seems to me to be almost pure fabrication. And that is what is both sad and scary.

What people don’t grasp (not LGF members - the always outraged) is that devaluing people with fact less hyperbole devalues all of us. It makes everything suspect and a joke. And it just opens the door (the internet and other media) to just more and more crap. Pretty soon no one believes in anything and it all just becomes meaningless.

re: #43 ObserverArt

Yeah, I agree. But my point stands. It does not have to make a lick of sense to rile up the Barack Hussein Obama detractors.

How much of all the outrage since Obama has been in office has factually made sense?

I’m betting its like 25% based in some facts, even if bent. The rest seems to me to be almost pure fabrication. And that is what is both sad and scary.

What people don’t grasp (not LGF members - the always outraged) is that devaluing people with fact less hyperbole devalues all of us. It makes everything suspect and a joke. And it just opens the door (the internet and other media) to just more and more crap. Pretty soon no one believes in anything and it all just becomes meaningless.

Yeah see your point.

re: #41 stpaulbear

Chuck is nowhere near up to the task. He’s a fool.

He’s a fool, but he’s a fool with a following. And that following is the absolute dregs of the Interwebs - which dovetails nicely with the pompous windbag’s listenership.

Oh and I am super stoked, tomorrow I am taking the day off and doing an all day off shore fishing trip with a friend of mine for fresh Yellowtail, Yellow Fin and Dorado.

re: #38 dholmes32

The StopRush people are insanely organized. They listen to the program, note the advertisers in a database, and then follow up. New advertisers might initially get sucked in, but then they drop their advertising.

As a result, Rush has been relegated to lower-tier radio stations in rather large markets.

He’s 63 years old. I bet he works until he’s 65, retires after the presidential election, then collects Social Security and honoraria for speaking to various groups of wingnuttia until he dies.

I don’t know. I think he likes hearing himself too much to give it up. He needs it to feed his ego. it is rather large and probably needs a lot of feed.

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re: #39 Targetpractice

Pity we don’t have a certain ex-lizard around to browbeat us about how wrong it is to “silence” Rush the Hutt.

That comparison is horrendously offensive towards Hutts. What have they ever done to you to deserve that (short of perhaps delivering your pizza late)? //

“One day the world shall know my greatness, and kneel in terror before my enormous IQ! Moo hahaha!” https://t.co/Givxk7GNCr

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 25, 2014

re: #47 ObserverArt

I don’t know. I think he likes hearing himself too much to give it up. He needs it to feed his ego. it is rather large and probably needs a lot of feed.

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Like a dung beetle just a-rollin’ those turds. (with apology to dung beetles for the comparison)

re: #19 Charles Johnson

If you were wondering whether Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson apologized personally to Michael Brown’s parents — nope.

Apology by Ferguson Police Chief Not Heard by Michael Brown’s Parents

What happens when PR is more important than People.

I hate this police department. They are horrible human beings.

re: #49 Charles Johnson

.@ChuckCJohnson What? Your sources haven't already given you the dirt? Your slipping. #EricHolder

— Bubblehead II (@BubbleheadII) September 25, 2014

re: #52 Bubblehead II

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What really happened? Did you threaten to sue him unless he quit?

re: #22 EPR-radar

Rush Limbaugh isn’t getting any younger. CCJ (and many others) seem to be positioning themselves as a replacement Rush. Channeling the filthy underside of US politics can be very lucrative, after all.

Unfortunately for CCJ, there are already too many too looney GOPers (Levine especially comes to mind). I don’t know how much further over the edge of sanity one can get to make it big in an already crowded field.

re: #53 thedopefishlives

What really happened? Did you threaten to sue him unless he quit?

Can I tweet that?

re: #52 Bubblehead II

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“We managed to force him out, and it only took two years longer than the average AG tenure to do it!”

re: #19 Charles Johnson

If you were wondering whether Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson apologized personally to Michael Brown’s parents — nope.

Apology by Ferguson Police Chief Not Heard by Michael Brown’s Parents

Actually, it doesn’t matter. Michael Brown’s parents were not the intended audience. Both PR firms know they can’t be won over. It was for the folks who already support the cops. Now they can say, ‘You can’t complain about [the murder; the body left in the street, etc.] because the chief has apologized for that!’

re: #55 Bubblehead II

LOL.

It’s been a really snarky day. Any trolls might want to duck and cover.

He really is going for the Greenwald.

Talk abt “I”,”Me”&”Mine” Does @ChuckCJohnson ever not make himself (Mr awardz winninist journalizt) the focal point? @Green_Footballs

— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) September 25, 2014

re: #57 wrenchwench

Actually, it doesn’t matter. Michael Brown’s parents were not the intended audience. Both PR firms know they can’t be won over. It was for the folks who already support the cops. Now they can say, ‘You can’t complain about [the murder; the body left in the street, etc.] because the chief has apologized for that!’

On camera: “So sorry we murdered your child.”

Off camera: “Good enough? Great. Now maybe they’ll shaddup.”

re: #39 Targetpractice

Pity we don’t have a certain ex-lizard around to browbeat us about how wrong it is to “silence” Rush the Hutt.

Oh yes, that is a great tragedy. /// /// /// /// ///

.@ChristinaKSDK Right. And also, the PR firm hired by Ferguson told him to do it, wrote the script, and shot the video.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 25, 2014

re: #59 WhatEVs

He really is going for the Greenwald.

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The guy really does think the world revolves around him, doesn’t he?

Upchuck still thinks that Daily Caller article he wrote (that DC had to walk back later) validates his delusions about Holder?

re: #62 Charles Johnson

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Yeah, it weighed so heavy on his heart that it took the city hiring a PR firm for him to make a video apology instead of, you know, hauling his pasty ass to the family’s front door and offering the apology in person.

re: #22 EPR-radar

“Replacement Rush”…I just threw up in my mouth a little.

An apology fer real would include frog marching Darrin Wilson to the station to be booked for murder.

Where is Darrin Wilson?

re: #66 Frenchy

“Replacement Rush”…I just threw up in my mouth a little.

I thought Foreigner was the replacement Rush

re: #67 allegro

An apology fer real would include frog marching Darrin Wilson to the station to be booked for murder.

Where is Darrin Wilson?

Hiding out until the grand jury fails to come back with an indictment, at which time he’ll show up to do the talk show circuit, talking about how happy he is that he’s been cleared of wrong-doing.

re: #69 Targetpractice

Hiding out until the grand jury fails to come back with an indictment, at which time he’ll show up to do the talk show circuit, talking about how happy he is that he’s been cleared of wrong-doing.

*snarl*

re: #15 Rightwingconspirator

Let the replacement speculations begin!

How about…
California Attorney General Kamala Harris?

Now that would be great. Rightwing heads exploding everywhere.

I just saw a name floated for a possible replacement: Jenny Durkan.

So we have a teenager gunned down for jaywalking, a young man gunned down for shopping at Walmart, guy shot multiple times cuz a police officer says he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt… surely others are as alarmed as I am at what is being defined as “protect and served” of late? What in the actual fuck is going on in today’s police departments?

re: #62 Charles Johnson

Holy shit did he really say that? How stupid do they think people are?

re: #74 Frenchy

Holy shit did he really say that? How stupid do they think people are?

Stupider than them, which is a pretty high bar to begin with.

re: #73 allegro

So we have a teenager gunned down for jaywalking, a young man gunned down for shopping at Walmart, guy shot multiple times cuz a police officer says he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt… surely others are as alarmed as I am at what is being defined as “protect and served” of late? What in the actual fuck is going on in today’s police departments?

The inevitable results of militarizing our police. There’s a reason why the military and police are supposed to be kept separate.

re: #73 allegro

So we have a teenager gunned down for jaywalking, a young man gunned down for shopping at Walmart, guy shot multiple times cuz a police officer says he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt… surely others are as alarmed as I am at what is being defined as “protect and served” of late? What in the actual fuck is going on in today’s police departments?

The same shit that has being going down for years. It’s is only the advent of the internet and social media that is bring this crap to the surface.

Ready to have some Duggar sexytime tips shoved down your throat? Of course you are… http://t.co/EwxHJrDkzM

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 25, 2014

Rule 1) Always be available for sex

Yeah, doesn’t matter if you’re a stay at home mom taking care of 19 fucking kids. When ole Jimbo is in the mood for love, you’re in the mood for love, if you know whats good for you.

re: #77 Bubblehead II

The same shit that has being going down for years. It’s is only the advent of the internet and social media that is bring this crap to the surface.

Bingo. The number of incidents are probably the same, its just knowledge and reporting of them is going way up.

re: #78 Kragar

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Yeah, doesn’t matter if you’re a stay at home mom taking care of 19 fucking kids. When ole Jimbo is in the mood for love, you’re in the mood for love, if you know whats good for you.

Also: pregnant for 171 months….or were there some twins in there?

re: #17 Charles Johnson

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“Pro-Black Panther radicalism?” This guy is a piece of work.

Doesn’t know many black people, does he?

He DOES know that there are a lot of people, a lot of non-black people, who knew what the Black Panthers were all about?

Seriously, Fundies are some of the most perverted sexual deviants out there.

re: #78 Kragar

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Yeah, doesn’t matter if you’re a stay at home mom taking care of 19 fucking kids. When ole Jimbo is in the mood for love, you’re in the mood for love, if you know whats good for you.

It’s a common sentiment in the Christian community. When the Bible tells women to submit, they’d better submit, or else Satan sin hellfire damnation EBIL.

re: #82 Kragar

Seriously, Fundies are some of the most perverted sexual deviants out there.

Yeah, but it’s all good, because they’ve received forgiveness from God. Or rather their equally fucked-up buddy higher in the clergy has granted them forgiveness in God’s name.

You gotta figure there’s a whole lot of fundies who get to the pearly gates, only for St. Peter to laugh his ass off when they say God forgave them their sins.

re: #82 Kragar

Seriously, Fundies are some of the most perverted sexual deviants out there.

It’s a byproduct of how viciously their sex drive is repressed during their early years. Not that I really want to encourage early sexual activity, but simply telling your kids SEX IS OF TEH DEBIL (unless you’re married) SO DON’T THINK ABOUT IT OR DO IT OR DO ANYTHING WITH YOUR PRIVATE PARTS EXCEPT PEE is not conducive to raising a sexually healthy human being.

re: #83 thedopefishlives

It’s a common sentiment in the Christian community. When the Bible tells women to submit, they’d better submit, or else Satan sin hellfire damnation EBIL.

Demons!

Everybody look shocked:

Cruz: Senate should wait until next Congress before voting on new AG http://t.co/Unz1OqyyBK

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) September 25, 2014

re: #87 Targetpractice

“To ensure that justice is served and that the Attorney General is not simply replaced with another extreme partisan…”

Ted Cruz, always standing up for comity and nonpartisanship.

re: #73 allegro

So we have a teenager gunned down for jaywalking, a young man gunned down for shopping at Walmart, guy shot multiple times cuz a police officer says he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt… surely others are as alarmed as I am at what is being defined as “protect and served” of late? What in the actual fuck is going on in today’s police departments?

Dashcams, in-store surveillance footage, and cellphone cameras.

That’s the only thing that’s changed.

re: #79 Kragar

Bingo. The number of incidents are probably the same, its just knowledge and reporting of them is going way up.

Yep. Growing up here in Twin Falls, Idaho in the 80’s, you soon learned what cops didn’t have a problem with knocking you around if they thought you needed to be “disciplined”. Prosecution for excessive force was also a joke. Especially if you were Hispanic.

re: #77 Bubblehead II

The same shit that has being going down for years. It’s is only the advent of the internet and social media that is bring this crap to the surface.

True, and isn’t THAT a depressing thought.

re: #78 Kragar

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Rule 1) Always be available for sex

Yeah, doesn’t matter if you’re a stay at home mom taking care of 19 fucking kids. When ole Jimbo is in the mood for love, you’re in the mood for love, if you know whats good for you.

But she’s not taking care of 19 kids… once the older ones are strong enough or coordinated enough to feed a baby, or smart enough to learn how to run a washing machine, adding more to the brood doesn’t mean any more work for mom.

re: #26 ObserverArt

Charles C. Johnson is growing harder and harder to take.

I do not wish ill will on him, but hopefully my reaction is a majority one and he just flat ruins his career by people getting tired of him for being a creepy, malicious, pompous ass.

Please…just go away. Somebody shut Chucky up…for the good of mankind and the children.

CCJ needs a house dropped on him…

We see so many stories of cops spending a ton of time talking white guys into dropping their weapons. Or just letting them carry them all over Target and Chili’s. This is infuriating.

I learned about this from RW nutbag sites, it’s to save Obama or something

They’re hopinig Obama is soon, but I’m not understanding it from an Australian point of view.

Did he give a reason? Family reasons don’t count