By Alan Joel ——Bio and Archives--September 27, 2014
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"He did a lot of the tough stuff that you would say, 'Hey, the attorney general has to do tough stuff, this is not a forgiving job, you have to do tough stuff. But, what's interesting about him, he is a very non-political person. And I think people used to mistakenly think that this guy was this long-time political operative who happened to be an attorney general. That's not him at all."Thankfully, the folks over at NRO reminded us all that Eric Holder himself prefers to be considered a partisan hack. "In an August interview with the Hill, Holder revealed he was proud to be labeled an activist attorney general, adding that those who say the DOJ has an 'activist civil-rights division and this is an activist attorney general, I'd say I agree with you 1000 percent and [I am] proud of it'." Eric Holder is the man who has completely destroyed the Office of the Attorney General. As for others Attorney Generals before him, even though they were hired by a particular President, they still put the country first. Attorney Generals have to contend with many different issues and cases, and they are expected to generally pick the most egregious ones to go after. With Holder, on the other hand, instead of picking out the most egregious, he purposefully picked out the most politically motivated ones to make hay with. Holder proudly relishes in his partisanship, yet Chuck Todd feels compelled to try to present this other Holder narrative instead--that Holder is "non-political" Pinky swear. Amusingly, Chuck Todd's asinine remarks drew swift ridicule online especially over on Twitter, where Twitchy quickly compiled a list of incredulous and snarky responses. As one person pointed out, "not even Eric Holder thinks this is true".
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Alan Joel has been a practicing CPA in NYC for more than 40 years. He loves liberty and writes on the politics of taxes at his popular blog, AlanJoelNY.com