« On wanting Obama (PBUH) to fail | Main | What we need to know about all those stimulus dollars »
February 3, 2009
They live in a parallel universe
Topics: Political News and commentariesJennifer Rubin on the Senate's handling of Obama's nominations:
Sen. Arlen Specter lays out the detailed case: repeated instances of poor judgment, lack of candor before Congress, breach of Justice Department and ethical guidelines and a failure to resist political pressure. Holder doesn't really clear up any of these issues. But he does apologize, sort of. (But not for the pardon of the 16 FALN terrorists.) The Democrats muscle through the nomination, resisting and denying requests for relevant information. No problem. Holder sails through with Specter voting in favor by a 75-21 vote.Change? Not even a "hope" of change!Tim Geithner never sufficiently explains his tax errors other than to apologize. He denies using the statute of limitations to his advantage, yet the facts show he never paid up in full until he was made to. Oh, never mind. He sails through with only 34 nays.
Tom Daschle racks up a repulsive record of tax avoidance and feeding at the trough of the special interests he will oversee. Among the tidbits -- he earns $2.1M from some private equity fund which throws in a car and drive he never reported as income. It was, he thought, a gift. (A gift??) As one keen observer put it, he monitized his senate career in two short years to the tune of over $5M. He apologizes. And the Senate seems to be marching right along. Yawn once again.
At some point the average voter looks at this and wonders: have they no shame?
Posted by Hyscience at February 3, 2009 8:00 AM
Articles Related to Political News and commentaries:
- They live in a parallel universe - Feb 03, 2009
