Privileged Executive

You have probably heard by now that the current occupant of the Oval Office invoked executive privilege to avoid turning over subpoenaed documents to Congress, documents which almost certainly implicate the Obama administration in the so-called "Fast and Furious" debacle. It's pretty clear to anyone who has followed this particular scandal for the last year or so that the entire program was an orchestrated attempt by the White House to undermine public support for private gun ownership. By invoking executive privilege, however, King Barry may have crapped and fallen back in it.

As former DoJ prosecutor Christian Adams explains, pulling the presidential equivalent of locking the door and swallowing the key rarely indicates anything other than an attempt to disguise criminal activity. It's the legal equivalent of the nuclear option. By taking this action, Obama has effectively shined a spotlight on the entire issue, which the mainstream media has been trying their damnedest to sweep under the rug for him. Following Adams' analogy, Nixon tried this, too... and look what that got him.

Possibly the best short-term outcome is that the House oversight committee now has little choice but to hold Eric Holder in contempt. It may not get him fired, (not immediately, anyway), but it will absolutely end his political career. That's a very good payback, as keeping that particular piece of human filth out of public office can't be anything but good for the American people.