Mustache Parade

Eric Holder is looking to be the first mustachioed AG since 1945 when Francis Beverly Biddle held the post (and yes I scoured the archives for that fact). However, the appointment may not come as easily as many expected if Senate Republicans have their way.

Today, the LA Times reported that at least eight GOP senators are threatening to delay Holder’s nomination hearings until after the January 20^th inauguration, potentially throwing a wrench in what many thought would be an easy process. The sticking point for Republicans is the role Holder may have played in the 11^th hour Clinton pardon of the fugitive financier Marc Rich, as well as a number of other controversial commutations made in the latter days of the Clinton White House.

The Republicans say they are worried that Holder could kowtow to the wishes of the President at the expense of justice. Meanwhile, Democrats are accusing the Republicans of playing the party line and needlessly delaying the confirmation of an important cabinet official. Unfortunately, the editors of Mustache Aficionado could not be reached for comment at the time of this posting.

In other mustache news, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has accused Britain of starting a cholera outbreak that has killed over 700 and infected thousands more in the country. I would like to give Mr. Mugabe the benefit of the doubt here, after all his policies single handedly made every citizen in his country a millionaire.

Seriously though, with a glorious specimen of minimalist mustache design like that how could you even think of sharing power with your democratically elected rival?