There is no other ready explanation for why a supposedly free press looks the other way when the DHS, IRS, DEA, ATF, ICE, and the Obama Justice Department are all named under oath as being tied to Fast and Furious in one way or another. The same media personalities that still get a sparkle in their eye when talking about Watergate staunchly refuse to report on what could and should be the biggest scandal in the last fifty years.
(CNN had a blurb on the topic but I didn't read it because I am boycotting the Communist News Network altogether.) gs
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For the record, members of the ruling class can be found in both parties. Those in the Republican Party are of the establishment stripe, while those in the Democratic Party are proud to count Barack and Michelle Obama, Eric Holder, the Kennedys, and Senator John Kerry among their numbers.
Angelo M. Codevilla alluded to this bipartisan nature of the ruling class:
Americas real divide is certainly not between the Republican and Democratic parties. Rather, on one hand, there is a class of people who dominate both parties as well as academe and the media.
It should come as no surprise that John Kerry is mute on Fast and Furious or that Chris Matthews has yet to mention it. Obama only talks of it in response to questioners, and even then all he does is defend other members of the ruling class from charges of being involved. In response to a post-press conference question on October 6 regarding Holders misleading statements to the congressional investigators, Obama said:
With respect to
Fast and Furious, I think Ive been very clear that I have complete confidence in Attorney General Holder in how he handles his office.
Hes indicated that he was not aware of what was happening in Fast and Furious; certainly I was not. And I think both he and I would have been very unhappy if somebody had suggested that guns were allowed to pass through that could have been prevented by the United States of America.
Of course, 90% of what the president said in defense of Holder consisted of fluff or falsehoods theres tangible evidence that Holder knew about Fast and Furious at least as early as July 2010. Yet that doesnt matter to Obama. What matters is defending the other members of the ruling class, of which Holder is one (for the time being).
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Fast and Furious demonstrates a chasm between the ruling class and the people. And the quickest way to bridge that chasm is to follow Sheriff Babeus recommendation and start filing charges.