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Obama Takes Blame as Daschle Withdraws Nomination for HHS Post ["I screwed up.".........]
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Posted on 02/03/2009 3:31:42 PM PST by Sub-Driver

Obama Takes Blame as Daschle Withdraws Nomination for HHS Post Former Senator Says He 'Will Not Be a Distraction;' Obama: 'I Screwed Up'

By NAFTALI BENDAVID, LAURA MECKLER and JONATHAN WEISMAN

WASHINGTON -- Former Sen. Tom Daschle, under fire for his failure to pay more than $140,000 in taxes and interest on time, withdrew his nomination to be secretary of health and human services, saying he had lost the confidence of the Congress.

President Barack Obama is taking responsibility for mistakes in the handling of the tax controversy that led to Mr. Daschle's withdrawal, saying: "I screwed up."

The president did a series of back-to-back television interviews in which the subject of failed nominees was a top subject. Mr. Obama told NBC, "I'm frustrated with myself" for unintentionally sending a message that there are "two sets of rules" for paying taxes, "one for prominent people and one for ordinary folks."

"I take responsibility for this mistake," he told Fox News.

The decision shocked Capitol Hill, where Democrats were rallying around his embattled nomination, and marked a sharp setback for President Barack Obama, who had hoped that Mr. Daschle could take the lead in pushing through Mr. Obama's ambitious plan to remake the U.S. health-care system.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhohhs; corruption; cultureofcorruption; daschle; democratcorruption; dramaqueenobama; meaculpa; taxcheatparty
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To: Sub-Driver
Uh, Huh.

I think his daddy did too!!

41 posted on 02/03/2009 4:06:50 PM PST by prophetic (God, let 0Bama and his evil plans for this country fail & let him be utterly disgraced like HAMAN!!)
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To: Sub-Driver
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42 posted on 02/03/2009 4:09:24 PM PST by Jackknife (Chuck Norris grinds his coffee with his teeth, and boils his water with his rage)
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To: brushcop

<Would this be tolerated if you owed taxes?

I have owed taxes. I arranged w/the IRS to pay them. People find they made unintended mistakes on their tax forms all the time, that’s why we can make amended returns.

The problem w/these folks, as I see it, is not that they are dealing w/an unwieldy and contradictory IRS Code, but that they owe taxes because they don’t pay their employee taxes or they hire illegals. That’s what sets me off. A mistake in determining the amount owed is one thing. Hiring illegals or paying people under the table ought to be immediate cause for withdrawal from consideration for office.


43 posted on 02/03/2009 4:10:25 PM PST by radiohead (Buy ammo, get your kids out of government schools, pray for the Republic.)
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To: Sub-Driver
Puff's boss, Mr. Leo Hindrey probably told him to get the hell out of there. He doesn't need a full blown investigation into the Global Crossing mess that he was in charge of and if Puff stayed in the running it might have opened it up to closer scrutiny.
44 posted on 02/03/2009 4:14:28 PM PST by bestrongbpositive
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To: DoughtyOne

If they don’t care about tax compliance, why should we?


45 posted on 02/03/2009 4:24:33 PM PST by 4Liberty (Discount window +fractional reserve banking = moral hazard + bank corporate welfare + Inflation tax)
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To: Sub-Driver
"I screwed up."

What every person who voted for the Liberal Messiah should be saying.

46 posted on 02/03/2009 4:26:09 PM PST by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Its pretty bad when a clinton is your most ethical person in your cabinet.

Pray for America, Our Troops and obama’s Guidance


47 posted on 02/03/2009 4:26:58 PM PST by bray (Honest Sarah vs Oblago)
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To: 4Liberty

That’s a good question. Here’s another situation along these lines.

The State of California is refusing to pay income tax returns to the citizens who are due them. Their latest plan is to have those refunds into our hands by the end of May.

I’ve got a refund due right now. I’ve filed my paperwork and should be getting it back now.

They refuse to pay any penalties, fines, or interest to us.

Now you tell me why any California citizen should continue to pay the state withholding?

The owe me thousands and are going to stiff me for it.


48 posted on 02/03/2009 4:28:42 PM PST by DoughtyOne (D1: Home of the golden tag line: FBI cuts off CAIR for contact with Hamas, Obama wants to talk to.)
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To: duckman
Here's Obama's biggest screw-up.

Obama's COS, Rahm Emanuel, pledges allegiance to the USA on inaguration day.

BTW, has anyone checked this little turd's taxes?

49 posted on 02/03/2009 4:35:11 PM PST by Liz (The right to be left alone is the beginning of freedom. USSC Justice William O. Douglas)
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To: Sub-Driver

I keep asking myself why The Messiah keeps tapping tax cheats, lobbyists, former Clintonians and retread RINOs.

Is it really just political pay back? Is the demrat talent pool really that meager. Or is it because a lot of goof and talanted folks are reluctant to serve in His presidency? Could be a combination of all three. But I find the third possibility most intriguing and not discussed anywhere so far as I know.


50 posted on 02/03/2009 4:40:23 PM PST by dools007
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To: bray

We have winner! Post of the day!


51 posted on 02/03/2009 4:43:08 PM PST by Sub-Driver (Proud member of the Republican wing of the Republican Party)
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To: Baynative
You raise an interesting point and something that we may be seeing now, maybe a tax revolt, who knows?

Your CPA is perceptive and puts to words what many of us know in our hearts, that it will surely be an era of no ethics, no morals, no standards which leads to chaos and anarchy, I think this is going to be quite a ride.

52 posted on 02/03/2009 5:22:31 PM PST by brushcop (We remember SSG Harrison Brown, PVT Andrew Simmons B CO 2/69 3ID KIA Iraq OIF IV)
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To: Sub-Driver

When polled, we must always agree with the ONE.

Then when he crashes and burns, it is dems fault.


53 posted on 02/03/2009 5:24:19 PM PST by Darwin Fish (God invented evolution. Man invented religion.)
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To: Dog
They are lining up to test Bambi...Putin just flipped an all[y] of ours ...

Like wolves sensing a weakened prey, girly-men are very dangerous, traitorous, pathetic wretches.

54 posted on 02/03/2009 5:25:53 PM PST by brushcop (We remember SSG Harrison Brown, PVT Andrew Simmons B CO 2/69 3ID KIA Iraq OIF IV)
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To: Da Coyote

Can hardly wait for the next election as the voters grt rid of the dumb-o crats the are now in office.


55 posted on 02/03/2009 6:19:54 PM PST by chiefqc
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To: Sub-Driver
 
I am deeply saddened.

56 posted on 02/03/2009 8:00:33 PM PST by Salvation ( †With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Sub-Driver
But...but...but...I thought Obamessiah was The One, perfect in every way, sinless.........He can't just up and say, "I screwed up!" That will destroy so many of his disciples' faith in him............/s

Another false god............fallen two weeks into office.

57 posted on 02/04/2009 9:49:22 AM PST by OB1kNOb (Quinn's 1st Law - Liberalism always generates the exact opposite of its original intent.)
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