Posted on 01/27/2009 5:27:25 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
President Obama promised change. But some of his cabinet and subcabinet appointments have been anything but. I posit two examples here, first Treasury Secretary-designate Tim Geithner:
Timothy F. Geithner became the ninth president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on November 17, 2003. In that capacity, he serves as the vice chairman and a permanent member of the Federal Open Market Committee, the group responsible for formulating the nation's monetary policy.
Geithner is the consummate insider, and President Obama even said so himself in pushing for Geithner's confirmation, despite serious income tax issues. Geithner is extremely bright, clued in, and knows the system. All of these are good things. But they do not represent change.
Neither does the nomination of William Lynn as deputy defense secretary:
The Obama administration made an exception to its ban on hiring lobbyists in nominating William Lynn, who lobbied for Raytheon, one of the military's top contractors.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs has said that the rules require "reasonable exceptions" for "uniquely qualified individuals."
McCain says it's "a bit disingenuous" to announce strict rules and then waive them for one of the most important jobs in Washington.
Still, he says, "we need to probably move forward" with the nomination.
The Pentagon announced Friday that Lynn will sell his stock in Raytheon. But he won't be forced to step back from decisions related to his former employer. Instead, his dealings at the Defense Department will be subject to ethics reviews for one year.
Funny how once they win election, politicians' promises go out the window.
What changed, CBS?
Funny how it's not "Senator McCain", or even "John McCain", but just "McCain".
Oh, well, we are just so So grateful for their wisdom and insight! Right? V’s wife.
WOW! Subject to "ethics reviews" for a whole YEAR? Isn't that a little harsh? < / sarcasm off >
What a pack of disingenuous, lying, vile scum. This country is going to have a huge hole to climb out of four years from now. I wonder if we'll have the spine for the undertaking when the time comes...? We sure didn't last November.
;-/
Do you know how bad it must be for CBS to write this? Just think of all the things they are still ignoring.
Which is why Zero wants cover Republicans to blame and avoid another 1994 election.
What’s going on here? we have CNN, ABC and now CBS talking about Obama and it’s not in a good way. Why are they finally doing their job?
I should warn cbs that anything that comes from barack is change and his vision of change is the definition of change and they better never second guess him again.
Here's a quote from Reuters: Even so, Obama wants the political cover that some support from the opposition party would bring for an unproven plan that will hugely increase America's budget deficit and may or may not halt the economy's downward slide.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/marketsNewsUS/idUKN2744304220090128?pageNumber=2
I believe the MSM will turn on Zero sooner or later. He is so arrogant that he believes he controls the entire world. If the MSM starts questioning Zero, it will get interesting.
The Greek chorus here better watch themselves, lest they find themselves on the short end of an FCC license renewal.
CBS news saying that.. did HELL freeze over?
LOL, first Campbell Brown, and now CBS.
Who’d have thought NObama’d go down so fast?
Because even the simpletons with 8th grade educations and stars in their eyes can see that Zero is empty, hollow, MIA. At best, he's Clinton's 3rd term. At worst, he's something they've brought to power from Hell that is going to kill them in the first wave of many purges. It's Doomsday, Zaius.
Neither is Rahm and Panetta and Biden and all the other retreads he’s associating with.
First interview of his presidency to Al-Arabiya, perhaps? Hell hath no fury...
As scary as that “first” interview is..
I have to agree. The MSM probably got a kink in drawers. *chuckle*
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