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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Oh boy. This just gets better and better.
Too familiar. Wherever she goes...she has a negative impact on the country.
Yes, they better fight this one. Bring up the fact that her “wall” was a contributing factor to September 11th and the fact that she made millions while mismanaging Fannie Mae (or was it Freddie Mac?, either she should be wearing prison orange, not being considered for AG).
I’ve been searching the internet. Didn’t Gorelick have a role in Waco and Ruby Ridge? Any Freepers know?
Wasn’t she on Freddie or Fannie board? Put up the wall that made us deaf, dumb and blind against domestic terror threats? Not good at all.
BEWARE FOLKS,
she may be a “sacraficial annode” to slip in an even MORE unacceptable someone somewhere else.
IE la raza in charge of immigration services,
robert kennedy at the EPA,
brady at the BATF.
Yes!!! When he names Robert Kennedy, Jr. to head up the EnvironMental PerpetualErection Agency!!! (Arnold is loaning him back to the feds)
There's a reason Gorelick was seated on the investigation side of the table in the 9/11 Hearings rather than the hot seat giving testimony where she should have been.
Oh, this is just dreadful. Naturally, none of this will be reported.
Go. Relic.
Go-bama.
Bring out a big ol’ jug of that change juice (otherwise known as Kool-Aid).
I’m pretty sure I’m in a nightmare, and apparently you are as well, but we will wake up soon.
Please???????
Ugh. You just KNOW that there is not going to be any real investigation of this whole housing debacle. The fix is in.
ping.
I know exactly how you feel...it was like that at my church on Wednesday and this morning...only I felt more like Alice after she'd fallen down the rabbit hole.
Oh, man. This gets worse and worse.
Good night, first Rahm-bo and now Jamie Quickbucks. Are ALL Obama's people going to be drawn from the ranks of the subprime corruption racket?????
I am just shaking my head. This is just too much for one week. I'm not a drinker, but man....
As Assistant Attorney General she tried to derail Senate hearings on Ruby Ridge.
Well, IIRC she was Janet Reno’s Deputy Attorney General! Is that a big enough role for ya???
Corrupt....? Or evil?
Architected the “wall” between intelligence and law enforcement that hid al Qaeda activities from FBI, covered up for Democrat negligence in chasing al Qaeda on 911 Commission, was a director of Fanny Mae (maybe Mack?) and got a bonus as it was failing in excess of 90K.
OK....corrupt and evil.
Heck, at this point, why not just let them all go. Put them in a halfway house—make them do community service. They just need a big hug!
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