[uncbob]

Cisneros was also indicted for bribery for paying off a former mistress when mayor of San Antonio. Clinton also had Federico Pena at Transportation, but moved him after Pena said that ValueJet was safe days after the crash in Florida.

So I was right and Rush was wrong

[Political Junkie Too]

Sure, but with what integrity?

The claim against Clinton's picks was that they were more for "photo-op" than for quality.

-PJ

[LS]

No, you are wrong. Rush specifically said, "Clinton did not appoint any Hispanics to the federal bench."

[johnb838]

HUD and Trans are NOT strong cabinet positions. They have long been a place to put token minorities and Clinton was no exception.

[holdonnow]

Rush's point was that they're not in top positions -- like top policy positions. HUD, Transportation are big jobs, but they ain't secretary of state of national security advisor. He was quite clear, I thought.