tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post9006737944324343745..comments2024-01-05T12:03:52.460-05:00Comments on No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money: Melson: DOJ Response to Fast and Furious Investigation Intended to Protect Political AppointeesJohn Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151468462458613615noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-86822403815502862692011-07-18T23:40:18.522-04:002011-07-18T23:40:18.522-04:00If [Holder] were more politically astute, he would...<i>If [Holder] were more politically astute, he would have known better than to make a career bureaucrat the fall-guy for Operation Fast and Furious because they are exceedingly adept at in-fighting.</i><br><br>This relates to something I talked about (at the end) <a href="http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-st-louis/melson-refusing-to-be-gunwalker-fall-guy" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br><br>It's almost as if all the complaining about a "leaderless ATF" isn't so much about any lack of a career bureaucrat's ability to get things done, but because such a bureaucrat doesn't afford his superiors the plausible deniability that a political appointee would.Kurt '45superman' Hofmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14091930034162667742noreply@blogger.com