I wonder if he gives a damn about anything but his friends. He was forced to do something about 9/11. He has done little to advance conservatism. Instead, he is the big spender, who invites anyone off the streets, to join the celebrations...
Posted on 01/05/2006 4:50:26 AM PST by gridlock
Debbie Schlussel: BREAKING: As PREDICTED by SCHLUSSEL, Unqualified Julie Myers Gets Bush Recess Appt. to Head ICE
By Debbie Schlussel
DAMN! You heard it here, first. Back in November, we broke the news that Julie L. Myers--President Bush's unqualified nominee to head Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)--would get a recess appointment.
Unfortunately, yet another of our dark predictions has come true (like our Al-Arian-would-walk prediction). Today, the White House announced that President Bush gave Ms. Myers the ultimate undeserved Christmas present over the holidays. Bush gave Julie Myers a recess appointment as Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, overseeing ICE.
Happy New Year! Or rather, an UNHAPPY one. On this site, we've extensively detailed Myers' absolute unsuitability for this most important of Homeland Security positions. This silly recess appointment was in response to a number of holds placed on Ms. Myers' nomination because she is as qualified to run the agency as our personal friend, Carrot Top (and he knows how to use cool gadgets). Put to a vote, Myers would have been voted down. That should have sent a clear message to the President. But, apparently, he is even more out of touch on Homeland Security than we had earlier diagnosed. This appointment is a huge joke on America. What's the punch line?
Now, thanks to this recess appointment, Myers' appointment will be valid only until the end of this session of Congress, at the end of 2006. This makes her a lame duck for an entire year--in "leading" this rudderless agency without a clear mission (or leader). Myers has never held a job longer than 11 months, and we hope this new one is no exception. Although, we predict that lazy, gutless politicians will clear the way for this inexperienced Martha Stewart wannabe, when the time comes in 2007 to renew her "contract."
ICE agents are not celebrating. And no American should be either. Except Myers' husband (DHS Secretary Chertoff's Chief of Staff John F. Wood), uncle (Retired General Richard Myers), and the lucky Myers, herself, who selected herself for the job in her job at White House personnel for the Bush Administration. Look at me, I'm the new Queen of the ICE Palace. Like way totally cool.
Look for illegal alien problems to get worse, not better. Ditto for Islamic money laundering through such means as Hawalas. The clueless Myers doesn't have an inkling about any of this--or about law enforcement. Extensive tutoring and hand-holding by Senior ICE officials didn't help. But, hey, we hear she makes a mean wedding party favor . . . complete with White House trinkets.
After she's gone, we vote for Anna Nicole Smith to head ICE next. We hear she, too, is looking for a new position.
Posted by Debbie on January 4, 2006 08:27 PM to Debbie Schlussel
If there was anybody out there who was not yet sure the President just doesn't give a damn about protecting the border, this should be the final straw.
I can't imagine why anyone would think he was serious, he's given no evidence he intends to uphold our laws against invasions.
Uh oh. Debbie might hav just earned herself a spot on the Bushbot sh*t list.
Oh nonsense! I am likewise upset with Bush's performance on the border. That said, I went to high school with Dick Myers, and he lived close nearby. Julie Myers is an attorney, very sharp like her uncle, and I don't think there is anybody who would deny his abilities. They are very close, and look for her to do a great job.
I wonder if he gives a damn about anything but his friends. He was forced to do something about 9/11. He has done little to advance conservatism. Instead, he is the big spender, who invites anyone off the streets, to join the celebrations...
glad Debbie has a glue in this clueless Bush world.
Will you guys lighten up? The President is serious about protecting the whole United States of America - including the border. He is surrounded by advisors, and this Myers creature has managed to lick every one of the President's advisors' butts sufficiently to secure this recess appointment.
What a couple of whiny, pathetic hacks.
Why don't you just use your own name instead of trying to hide behide some butthead handle like - 'gridlock'?
He wants it protected, on his terms.
Miers and Myers. Big eye openers for me.
Folks who make such arguments presume that NO ONE BUT THEMSELVES can learn by reading or discussing anything with others with experience. That is, they deny the transmissibility of knowledge.
If the woman has a law degree she's no different than a myriad of other federal bureaucrats who have only that or less who engage in all sorts of things of various levels of importance every day.
True enough there are some stupid, lazy and inept lawyers ~ on the other hand, there are some smart folks who are also lawyers.
I won't hold lack of field experience against the lady.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha...
You make an interesting point. On one hand, you sound like a Bushbot. On the other, you make him sound like he has no ability to think for himself. You say Ms. Myers has licked butts. Maybe...
If there is any controversy about Myers, it has less to do with her and more more to do with Chertoff re-organizing the agency.
Except for tax cuts... and improving our nation's military... and advancing pro-life issues... and appointing conservative judges...
Oh. Sorry. Didn't mean to interrupt your hysterical tripe. Carry on.
I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. I thought his guest worker proposals were deft and necessary, given the economic realities of the effect of illegal immigration on the American labor market.
But I was queasy about his continued refusal to get serious about border enforcement.
And now this.
I gotta tell you, I am the original Bushbot. When the President loses me, he has lost everybody. I am just disgusted over this recess appointment. It embodies the very worst tendencies of President Bush into one tidy little package. The cronyism, the lack of seriousness about border security, the reliance on insiders, the nepotism. It's the whole enchilada, right here.
I should probably go into an empty room and cool down for a while, BUT THIS PISSES ME OFF!!!
LOL
Nice to see you!
Wasn't she already there? One critical thought and WHAMMO, it's to the idiot list for you.
;-)
I alternate between finding the action rather entertaining, and rather annoying; but mostly entertaining.
Oh he gives a damn, he is heavily invested in keeping the status quo.
If the border is secured, businesses will start feeling the pinch which means a decrease in political donations. It will also finally kill social security without the millions of illegals filling the void which keeps the cash conveyor belt running into the SSA coffers. No illegals, no money for retirees to make their own political donations with.
Secure the border? Not on his watch.
Depends entirely on how she does the job.
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Nope. He hasn't lost me. I'm not bothered by this appointment in the least. But I am quite amused by some of the Chicken Littles cackling on this thread. :-D
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