And luckily, for the
scandal-chasing Issa, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
chairman (and no stranger himself to allegations of dishonor ) it is
a conveniently-complexioned Holder, Obama's law enforcement head honcho, along
with those gat-snatching varmints at the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms
-- a traditional target of hatred by the three-cornered-hat-wearing crowd -- who
are the biggest threat to their 2nd amendment rights. And the weapon Issa and others including Texas
Sen. John Cornyn have crafted to beat back this threat: "Fast
and Furious." What a monumental stroke
of luck they must have thought. An
opportunity to knock off two birds -- a hated attorney general, and the threat
to the 2nd Amendment -- in one fell swoop. And, with the added bonus of Obama becoming
part of the collateral damage.
Too bad that at this point the
whole thing seems not only doomed to fail, but may ultimately backfire on
them. It may result in the most
devastating of unintended consequences to their 2nd amendment rights
by in essence transforming what they had to have known is a cockamamie
conspiracy theory about a sinister government plot to curtail gun rights, into
a moment of clarity about the need for even stronger
gun control laws.
As is typical, particularly in
their political jousts with President Obama, the Republicans are their own
worst enemies. And the Holder probe is no different. The kooky clumsiness and lack of finesse which
characterizes most GOP political hatchet jobs are clearly apparent. Amid the
transparent stupidity that permeates the convenient post-George W. Bush
starting point for Issa's Fast and Furious probe lies the bat-sh*t absurdity of
what the investigators allege: direct Justice Department complicity in the
murder of a federal agent. Even battier
is what they've concluded to be Obama's hidden agenda: to establish a climate
conducive to public approval of stricter gun control laws; an agenda that
Issa's actions are ostensibly designed to thwart.
However, that narrative has
been suddenly blown apart by a near-7000-word bunker-buster coming in the form
of Katherine Eban's spectacular
investigative report in Fortune
magazine. It exposed Issa's Fast and
Furious narrative as little more than voodoo histrionics foolishly placed into
the public spotlight by the chairman.
Indeed widespread knowledge of what Eban uncovered during her six-month
investigation could well provoke a backlash against lenient gun control laws that
could seriously undermine the ambitions of those who would settle for nothing
less than completely unregulated access to guns of any kind.
For openers, the article explains
how our judicial system actually serves as a powerful enabler to those American
citizens intent on providing arms to Mexican drug gangs. It also details and how U.S. laws actually prohibit the prosecution of Americans
who function as proxy weapons purchasers for these gangs who -- due to a ban on
gun sales in Mexico -- are forced to acquire their weaponry here and elsewhere.
Thus, rather than spark outrage
against Holder and, obviously by proxy, President Obama, knowledge of the true facts
underlying Issa's Fast and Furious probe could cause Americans -- particularly
those already spooked by the presence of millions of poverty-stricken Mexicans
at its borders -- to become more willing to accept tougher gun control laws if
only as a means of keeping these guns out
of the hands of their neighbors to the south.
So, as it now stands, Holder
has been held in contempt, which is unprecedented among
As for the outcome of their
case against Holder, any potential gains are likely to be just as limited. Issa and company may gain the right to crow
to the extremists controlling their party about the first U.S. Attorney General
ever held in contempt of Congress being a Democrat appointed by Barack Obama,
the nation's first black President.
(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
1
1
1
