Posted on 02/03/2009 5:43:40 AM PST by theothercheek
Tom Daschle, Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services, may be that proverbial straw that breaks the camel’s back.
Timothy Geithner’s chiseling was overlooked by a Senate more driven by fear that they won’t be re-elected if their constituents are all jobless than by disgust that a man who consciously avoided paying his fair share of taxes for years will be running the I.R.S. Then Obama immediately made exceptions to his executive order barring lobbyists from the executive branch by tapping Raytheon lobbyist William J. Lynn III to be Deputy Secretary of Defense and anti-tobacco lobbyist William Corr as Deputy Secretary at Health and Human Services.
Daschle not only had serious - but innocent and unintentional, he claims - tax problems but he also has significant conflict of interest problems – as does his second-in-command. With Corr promising to recuse himself from matters involving such clients as UnitedHealth - which claims to provide private coverage to one in five Medicare recipients - how can the American public have any confidence that this duo will “finally deliver real health care reform for the American people" and will “do a superb job in helping us fix our healthcare system,” as Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and John Kerry (D-MA) insist?
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“is daschle’s nomination doa?
nah. he’s a necessary part of the revolutionary committee.
IMHO
Heck no! He’s a DEMOCRAT! They can break the law and slide 99.999% of the time.
Besides, a fresh face like Daschles is an essential part of the new ‘Change’ we all need to put our hope in!
Little Tommy Dashole is an arrogant SOB.
I’ll be ‘deeply saddened’ if he isn’t sent packing. President Zero used up every excuse for tax evasion with Geithner.
Even the NY Times is calling upon him to step down. That should say something ...
Sad thing is there were republicans that voted for Geithner.
I agree. And the Repubs - who are deathly afraid of being blamed if the “stimulus” doesn’t work - are still trying to stand upright from having bent over backwards for Geithner. Evn if you buy the argument that Geithner is “indespensible”(I don’t), you’d be hard pressed to make that argument about Daschle since his lobbying creates too many conficts of interest.
Doesn’t matter, conservatives win either way.
If BO adds another tax cheating scumbag and/or lobbyist to his team, it is to his discredit.
Fresh face - LOL! Someone needs to post that picture of little Tommy in a pink tutu.
If he steps down, can he get his money back from the IRS?
Exactly.
It kills me they say Geithner is ‘the one’ and this idiot couldn’t be bothered to file a correct tax return.
If it is DOA, it’s still unfortunate that many are only looking at this like a confirmation issue. Not only should he be answering for this in front of the Senate, but shouldn’t he be answering for this in front of a federal prosecutor?
Hey! Daschle’s “shorter than the average bear”! You can’t pick on Boo-Boo that way!!!
No.
Step down ?
...and coincidentally enough, “change” is about the only money I’m going to have left when the Obamites finish with me.
Are you kidding? Didn’t you see all the Dems standing behind him last night? Of course, he might need to see if there are any knives in his back...
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