SECRETARY OF TRANPORTATION MINETA on LARRY KING NOW: PROVES HE IS A FRAUD

Elenchus File ^ | Nov. 19, 2001 | S. Elenchus

[elenchus]

Bush Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, a Clinton appointee inexplicably retained by President Bush, is on tv now with Larry King on CNN. This incompetent hack and fraud relates to Larry, in proof that he is qualified, his vast experience and preparation for this job: "I am familiar with the [anti-terrorism] technology" giving as the prime example of his expertise, the "biomedic" face recognition technology.

[elenchus]

Why does Bush make racial appointments of Democrats from the criminally negligent Clinton Administration? Why did those in the know fail to warn Pres. Bush?

[clikker]

Of course the technology is not biomedic but "biometric."

He mixed up two letters... and you conclude that he is a fraud? Methinks that you're over-overreacting.

There are so many buzzwords, acronyms, and such nonsense floating around nowadays that you can't fault him for getting a few similar ones mixed up. Give the man a break.

The all-capital letter title is hardly warranted in this case.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

I've listened to Sec. Mineta a number of times since 9-11 and find him to be straightforward, reasoned....an adult. Along with President Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Conde Rice he reassures by his refusal to rise to the nincompress's bait. Is there another reason you dislike Sec. Mineta besides his one mangled word (many Clinton appointees are glad Clinton's gone)?

[Commonsense]

I screw up the words "irradiate", "exacerbate", and "redistricting" every time I say them yet I know exactly what they are and mean.

[tgiles]

Do you think Bush pronounces "nucyular" on purpose at this point?

It HAS to be a conscious decision. You know the whole staff has had meetings about that particular word, and Bush probably vetoed any nincompoop idea that he should change who he is.

[jackbill]

Why does Bush make racial appointments of Democrats from the criminally negligent Clinton Administration?

It was a token appointment. Little did the President know that the Sec. of Transportation would be front and center, due to the events of 9/11. It's still better that the token be in Transportation than Defense.

Would you really like to see William Cohen there now?

[txrangerette]

Mineta was a congressman who served for years on a House Transportation committee, a California Dem. Someone correct me if you prove otherwise, but I believe he came from the House of Representatives, NOT from WJC's administration. I think his race doesn't matter...

[Commonsense]

Change his malaprops and you've changed the man. I hope he NEVER changes.

[Howlin]

Evidently this poster do not reply to anybody on any of the threads he posts. ;-)

[WOSG]

Remember President Carter??? ... "NUCULAR" :-)

Somehow only when Repubs do this they get pegged as "Dan Quayle". :-?

[clikker]

Oh, well there's a huge surprise. :)

[Howlin]

Isn't it?

[hsszionist]

Bush's track record for Cabinet appointments is pretty good. Who knows perhaps Billary may have stumbled on to a good appointment, even a broken clock is right twice a day.

[Illbay]

Forget it, you're wasting your breath. There are just some folks here who have such a rabid, virulent, PERSONAL hatred for Democrats in general, and Clintonistas in particular, that they will never stop to think how loony they sound when they post sh*t-for-brains "articles" like this.

[elenchus]

For those who are not active in the sciences and medicine, there is a much higher standard for scientific fraud than there is in other professions. If someone claims that he has 20 years experience that prepares him for understanding new technology, and he lacks even the most basic understanding of the new technology, this is a very serious breach of standards and is unacceptable. It is not accidental that Mineta and certain others who speak for the government fail to give the public the needed reassurance that they know what they are doing in the fight against terrorism. You cannot hold such a position and falsely claim to have knowledge you clearly lack. This was not simply a matter of transposing letters. He clearly stumbled in making the statement showing that he had no familiarity with the very technology he cited as his proof.

[Mannaggia l'America]

Mineta was a congressman who served for years on a House Transportation committee, a California Dem. Someone correct me if you prove otherwise, but I believe he came from the House of Representatives, NOT from WJC's administration.

You are correct that Mineta was a DemocRAT congressman that was on the Transportation Committee, but he was appointed to be the Sec. of Transportation towards the end of Clinton's 2nd term and Bush kept him on as the token 'rat in the administration. I forget who preceeded Mineta - wasn't it the guy who screwed up the Denver airport?

[elenchus]

Wrong; he was Clinton's appointee to the same position.

[elenchus]

Here we go again,playing the race card. Have you no shame?

[Twodees]

It would appear that anyone of average intelligence who hasn't been living a cloistered life would have no need for anyone "in the know" top clue him in that Clinton's people were all as bad as Clinton. Well, anyone except a politician I suppose. Prepare yourself for the possibility that Bush makes these spectacularly bad decisions on his own in some cases.