they needed a escapegoat and so greg craig was ousted from his position as white house counsel. now you got to wonder whether eric holder may face the same fate. megyn: is it realistic to put this on arabic holder? i eric holder? i know the administration is saying he was behind this decision but most lawyers who have worked in the department of justice will tell you a decision like this comes from the top, it comes from the commander in chief, it doesn t come from the attorney general. you re absolutely right, but you know what, you live by the sword and die by the sword. when obama announced this, first of all, i agree, he is the employer of eric holder and i never bought the fiction that the white house put out that oh, this was eric holder act be on his own. so you re going to have that when you make the announcement you can t turn around afterwards and keep the guy on. you know, i think you have to megyn: got to be consistent. exactly. megyn: bill salmon, thank you so mu
governor it was a completely different ball game. when you get on to the national level where you re actually talking about maybe running for president you should expect the light to be in your eyes all the time. shouldn t be getting interrogated and questions all the time. is there a snarkiness that comes out with regards to her, absolutely and i think it s inappropriate. what robert gibbs said was inappropriate and what other reporters have also down was inappropriate. at the end of the day she s really going to have to be willing to be criticized. she brings a lot on herself. she s not a shrinking violet she criticizes the administration strongly and calls people out and out there making endorsements of candidates like paul down in texas so she invites criticism. i agree with you, elliss, i don t think she can t have it both ways a critic and not be and ron paul. ron paul in texas. and thank you for the correct. you re welcome. bill salmon of this network
bill salmon of this network caused fire when he said the mainstream media hates sarah palin and that s his word and everyone hated him for saying that. and martin was on the show and jim said we love palin, we can t get enough about her. the more stories we write about her the more eyes we get. she s catnip for the press. jim is right about that part of it. who at that level has been immune from criticism. the clintons, you don t think they get a snark. obama joe biden never got what sarah palin got. boring. s actually not boring, he says a lot of things that are very strange sometimes, incorrect. you know, i m not saying that makes him not competent. i think if he was a republican he would have gotten more scrutiny, i really do. or maybe if he had longer hair. or if he was a woman. time for a break, but first, it s like being a fly on the
administration released sensitive information for its own political gain. time for the sunday panel. bill salmon, washington managing editor of fox news. and contributors mara liasson of national public radio, bill kristol of the weekly standard and juan williams also from national public radio. what started the latest flap was a tuesday night briefing held by the white house in which they told reporters that abdulmutallab was cooperating with authorities and investigators. there is a difference of opinion between the white house and senator bond who is the top republican on senate intelligence as to whether or not the fbi want that information kept secret. let me start with the basic question. why would any one in the u.s. government think it was a good idea to tell our enemies that abdul it is mutallab was talking? that is what kid bond was saying and and he was direct saying the fbi director
about whether the obama administration released sensitive information for its own political gain. time for the sunday panel. bill salmon, washington managing editor of fox news. and contributors mara liasson of national public radio, bill kristol of the weekly standard and juan williams also from national public radio. what started the latest flap was a tuesday night briefing held by the white house in which they told reporters that abdulmutallab was cooperating with authorities and investigators. there is a difference of opinion between the white house and senator bond who is the top republican on senate intelligence as to whether or not the fbi want that information kept secret. let me start with the basic question. why would any one in the u.s. government think it was a good idea to tell our enemies that abdul it is mutallab was talking? that is what kid bond was saying and and he was direct saying the fbi director