Posted on 11/09/2008 6:29:16 PM PST by Comparative Advantage
As he prepares to take office, President-elect Barack Obama is relying on a small team of advisers who will lead his transition operation and help choose the members of a new Obama administration. Following is part of a series of profiles of potential members of the administration.
The New Team A series of profiles of potential members of the Obama administration.
Name: Jamie Gorelick
Being considered for: Attorney general
Would bring to the job: A wide-ranging Washington résumé that spans corporate, legal and national security affairs. Ms. Gorelick (pronounced Guh-REH-lick) was the No. 2 official at the Justice Department in the Clinton administration, from 1994 to 1997, and if chosen would be the second woman to be named attorney general, following her former boss, Janet Reno. Ms. Gorelick would also bring corporate experience to an Obama administration at a time of financial crisis.
Is linked to Mr. Obama by: Deep contacts in Democratic circles and a background in civil rights. But Ms. Gorelick backed Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primaries and contributed early on to her campaign, which could work against her as a contender. She contributed $10,000 to Mr. Obama’s presidential political action committee in August, after his nomination was all but assured.
In her own words: “You know someone respected you if they called you ‘sir,’ ” Ms. Gorelick said, alluding to the glass ceiling at the Pentagon, where she worked as general counsel in the 1990s. “ ‘Ma’am’ is what you call your mom.”
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Gorelick is doing legal work for Duke, defending it against the civil claims made by the remaining lacrosse players that were so shabbily treated during the fake rape case. Her legal filings so far have been inept.
Just read this. How courageous of her...
And Jamie Gorelick walked away from her job at FNMA with $26 million
after looking the other way while the books were cooked to facilitate fat bonus checks for herself
stunning
this is truly a nation gone mad
She must have stolen the 900 FBI from Hillary’s office.
The GOP has to play this as smart as possible.
The moment BO takes office we get to see their emails.
All the White House emails.
that’s it. Gotta check out for the next four or more. This is like a nightmare that won’t end. Gorelick had her corrupted finger prints on everything bad that happened.
al qaeda must be lovin it. She helped them before and prob do so again.
“Post Partisan” just means “we don’t give a crap what anybody else thinks”
this will be an interesting confirmation hearing. It will be an early indication of who in the Republican party has the ‘nads to oppose the preznit.
The fact that Gorelick is not radioactive for any Democrat admin. shows the grotesque failures of the Republicans (and the Media, of course) — they have failed utterly to investigate, expose, and crush some of the worst people of the past 15 years.
Gorelick has been a toxic force throughout the US national security agencies, throughout the DOJ, and throughout the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac and the sub-prime meltdown.
That she can even be considered for appointment to any position of public trust is an indictment of the Mediascum andd also the Republicans, who have allowed her to get away with so much malfeasance.
Fifty, Fifty, Fifty Four Months to go....
I wanna be sedated!
We are in a bad Star Wars sequel, "2008 - The Rise of the Assclowns."
Well, no! They're NOT!!!
Then ya couple that with THIS!!! AND LOOKOUT!!! Here comes Barak Odrama!!!
Gorelick bump
WHOSE emails?
WHOSE emails?
Janet Reno and 8 years later Jamie Gorelick, the architect of the “Wall” that enabled 9-11? I’m at a loss for words.
GORE-Lick, Can this shiite keep getting worse?
I just came from the in-laws, it was an orgy of obama-idiots. It felt like they were on the Titanic and cheering for the iceberg.
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