The House Republicans and many Democrats voted 255-67 to hold the most politically motivated U. S. attorney general in modern times in contempt of Congress. Keep in mind the nuanced distinction; it was a “contempt of Congress” vote, not what you and I feel: contempt for Congress.

Attorney General Eric Holder failed to pursue blatant New Black Panther Party voter intimidation (all caught on tape), but instead went after Florida for trying to purge its voter rolls of those legally ineligible to vote and meddled in Arizona’s attempt to control its own borders. This speaks to the priority of his Obama-driven political agenda to change the laws rather than enforcing them. To Holder and Obama, everything is about Rosa Parks and re-fighting battles from more than 50 years ago that they neither were a part of nor lived through. They are beneficiaries of affirmative action and discounts on admission, indoctrinated by Ivy League schools that molded the men in their own image.

Holder makes previous Democrat Attorney General Janet Reno look like a piker. You will remember the Elian Gonzalez case, orchestrated by Reno; then came Waco and the Branch Davidians. She left her cabinet position in the Clinton administration for a successful career as a down-lineman in the Canadian Football League.

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Perhaps Holder will be forced to resign so he can spend more time suing his family to advance his political agenda.

If GOP candidates are elected in November, they can go back to their type of attorneys general, like crooner and songwriter (with the soothing vocal stylings of the Oak Ridge Boys) John Ashcroft, who seek to codify their view of the Bible into law while calling al-Qaida “religious fanatics.”

Holder was convicted of both criminal and civil contempt of Congress, and Barack Obama invoked executive privilege to protect himself and Holder from scrutiny. The self-proclaimed “most transparent administration ever” does not want anyone asking questions. After the ruling, the Holder Justice Department said it would not prosecute him for withholding documents/evidence. Our government can waste precious time and resources prosecuting baseball players Roger Clemens (twice) and Barry Bonds for lying about something they may have done that could hurt only themselves. But it will not pursue to its logical conclusion a calculated government guns program that resulted in the deaths of two border guards and more than 200 Mexican citizens.

The “Fast and Furious” operation troubles me on two levels. First, our government willingly put thousands of guns into the hands of violent drug gangs – and could not predict the outcome. Second, and more troubling, our government named the operation after dated and dreadful Vin Diesel action movies.

Perhaps Holder can have his folks give loaded guns to 6-year-olds and see what happens. They could call it “Potty Trained and Curious.” Or they could send teenage boys to a retreat with Jerry Sandusky and call it “Baths and Bi-Curious.” The list is endless of what our government officials can spend our money on, for stupid studies they did not get to finish in college while pursuing their humanities majors, yet they cannot apply common sense to pro forma the outcome.

Drug use and trafficking have increased in Obama’s America. Since this is an underground cash economy, away from the crushing regulation of this administration, it has flourished. It just goes to prove that few can make an honest living doing anything above-board and legal any more.

Many speculate that the “Fast and Furious” program, which was passed on by the Bush administration, was a way for Obama to make the case for curtailing our Second Amendment rights by sparking gun control laws. Obama and the statists would love to take our guns because they reduce citizens’ dependence on the federal government. Guns breed a sense of independent self-reliance among their owners of which this administration wants no part.

Obama prefers his Chicago style of government, where only his police have the guns; as long as you pay them a kickback and support them, they will not shoot you.

While actually having the agenda to curb our Second Amendment freedoms, this gun-running program ostensibly was supposed to curb the flow of guns and drugs into the U.S. Smoking Mexican weed is much like being appointed attorney general. At first you feel this euphoria; you are a big deal and above the law. But shortly thereafter, you start to feel that everyone is out to get you and you need the protection of a friend.

Ron Hart, a libertarian syndicated op-ed humorist, award-winning author and TV/radio commentator can be reached at Ron@RonaldHart.com or visit www.RonaldHart.com