Michael Chertoff - New HomeLand Security Secretary per Fox News

crushelits | Jan. 11, 2004 | crushelits

[Southack]

"The episode left some Republicans angry, and then amused. With no credible evidence, Klayman pulled the wool over Democrats who will grab any reason to stop a Bush nominee. But in their eagerness, they left themselves open to an embarrassing question: If Paul's allegation about Chertoff was credible enough to launch an investigation, then why not his charges against Bill and Hillary Clinton?"

When kooky Klayman and Senator Clinton both dislike the same Republican, you know that you've got yourself a winner!

[justshutupandtakeit]

I think you are correct.

[Oorang]

He is not a Christian

Source? Hope he's not a mooselimb.

[Sacajaweau]

Well, I can dream.....

"Bubba, remember when you were a viking? Well, I got the idea from some little kid at Harvard. He was cool...A little budding lawyer geek.

"No, no....he was underage....geez".

"But he was a real good writer and you know how I hate to write. It's always so discombobulated. So, when I wrote my thesis, I asked this little dork to rewrite it".

"No, no....I didn't give him a signed copy. He's just got my....my....notes."

Well, I can dream. Poof!!!!

[Sterlis]

Chertoff was the only reason that I didn't rip my hair out and break the TV during the Whitewater hearings. He the kind of guy that makes you glad he's on our side. Judging from what I saw during the hearings he has the testicular fortitude in combination with brains to be a hell of a Head of Homeland. On the other hand I only wonder if he is a good enough manager... that is a HUGE organization.

I really like the guy (even though he's a lawyer) and am intrigued by the Whitehouse selection of him.

[bmwcyle]

His own words.

[Oorang]

Thanks.

[OldFriend]

Alphonse had some VERY interesting information in his FBI files.

[DoughtyOne]

He stated "ALL OF THEM". What do you mean he didn't name any?

These were 19 guys with 63 driver's licenses among them, operating under an number of aliases.

I believe a number of them came here to attend school, but never did. Others did attend school, and we can see what they learned.

This isn't a topic for this thread, granted, but you did ask.

[OldFriend]

Gee, President Bush ought to fire all his advisers and hire you.

[OldFriend]

And we have a freeper giving him a pass even tho he's not a Christian.

Two peas in a pod, our freeper and a DUmpster.

[marajade]

what's your source on Tancredo

[OldFriend]

Chertoff happens to be jewish so I guess that offends certain freepers.

[newgeezer]

"Quite a stretch to go from a cop "

A cop?

Keric was a cop. I think his point was that these two nominees have very different resumes.

[KwasiOwusu]

"Keric was a cop. I think his point was that these two nominees have very different resumes"

Ahhhh...
An interesting point.

[KwasiOwusu]

"Chertoff happens to be jewish so I guess that offends certain freepers"

Doesn't offend me in the least.
A super smart, highly qualified, highly experienced, very tough Jewish guy who is also a conservative..just makes me support him him even more.

[Oorang]

Thanks for the information OldFriend. I most definitely do not have any problems with Jewish folks. In fact, I think we could learn a thing or two from Mossad and I wish we took airline security as seriously as the Israeli's do.

[Sarastro]

Stepping in as head of a small bureaucracy that's running on auto-pilot is not in the same league as trying to tame a beast with hundreds of thousands of employees.

Moreover, Chertoff is the genius who indicted Arthur Andersen to teach them a lesson. As a direct consequence, they promptly failed with the loss of over 100,000 jobs worldwide and left the financial markets with only four surviving firms large enough to audit world finance and industry. This is now widely seen as a disastrous miscalculation on the part of DOJ. It tells me that Chertoff's vaunted intelligence is of the theoretical, not practical, kind.

If he gets the job, good luck to him (and us), because we'll all need it. But his nomination is a mistake.

[Soul Seeker]

Bet the Libs wish they hadn't taken such glee in Kerik's fall.

Any pick that makes them sputter is off to a good start. I'm particularly encouraged at his history with the Clinton's. To his credit he wasn't intimidated as so many in D.C. are by them.

[RockinRight]

Like most of Bush's picks, he's decent. Not awesome, but not bad. Decent.