Lobbyist-turned-Bush nominee withdraws.
By on May 23rd, 2007 at 12:18 pm
Lobbyist-turned-Bush nominee withdraws.
“President Bush’s pick to head the Consumer Product Safety Commission withdrew his nomination Wednesday amid strong opposition from some Senate Democrats.” Michael Baroody, a senior lobbyist at the National Association of Manufacturers, was set to receive an “extraordinary” $150,000 “departing payment” from the association before taking his government job.
UPDATE: More details.
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Sorry…not surprised.
Nothing this administration does surprises me anymore.
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:22 pmAnother crony down! Collect them all!
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:22 pmSee ya, Baroody. Get lost.
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:24 pm#1
Me too. I just constantly remind myself that everything that W says is a lie and I’m never surprised.
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:24 pmSo…does he get to keep the 150k? Was it for services rendered… or services to be rendered when he took his govt post? Would love to know- doubt anyone will cover it though.
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:29 pmIt’s all about the money. Maybe Ralph Reed can get the job he worked hard for the GOP using God’s name to get votes for the Satan Administration. Wolfie needs another job or save the job for Bush’s old friend Jack Abramoff. American has changed to everyone for themselves as we follow the lead of the Bush Administration.
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:31 pmRecess coming up. This may not be over.
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:32 pmNo underlying crime.
He serves at the Pleasure of the president.
Clinton did it too.
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:34 pmRecess coming up. This may not be over.
Comment by wvng
I saw a report somewhere that Harry Reid had a plan to keep some local senators available during the recess so that, technically, no recess would exist. Good plan if he can make it work.
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:36 pmTo gummitch. Reid has a strategy for long recesses, but I don’t think for short recesses.
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:38 pmgummitch sez:
Excellent…I was wondering a few days ago if just such a thing was possible…eliminate all this “recess appointment” garbage by eliminating the recesses themselves.
Let’s hope enough CongressCritters are sufficiently motivated to stop this tin-pot tyrant to give up their recesses.
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:39 pmRecess appointment incoming…
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:41 pmYeah, no conflict of interest there, no sir, manufacturing lobbyist incharge of Consumer Safety.
There’s no way those razor sharp edges on childrens toys can cause any damage, approved, next…
Hating the Repukian Mafia daily
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:43 pm“Extraordinary $150,000,” Thinkprogress? That sounds pretty normal to me, given that his government job would have possibly paid him less. It acts as a decent offset to help him transition.
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:44 pm#12 ~ There will be no recess until 2008.
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:46 pm“Extraordinary $150,000,†Thinkprogress? That sounds pretty normal to me, given that his government job would have possibly paid him less. It acts as a decent motivation to help him remember where his bread is buttered.
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1 — May 23, 2007 @ 12:44 pm
There. Fixed it for you.
May 23rd, 2007 at 1:01 pmThere won’t be LONG recesses. From Talking Points Memo http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/014234.php
“Apparently, Harry Reid’s office has an idea. (via Memeorandum)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has a little trick up his sleeve that could spell an end to President Bush’s devilish recess appointments of controversial figures like former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton. We hear that over the long August vacation, when those types of summer hires are made, Reid will call the Senate into session just long enough to force the prez to send his nominees who need confirmation to the chamber. The talk is he will hold a quickie “pro forma” session every 10 days, tapping a local senator to run the hall.
Senate workers and Republicans are miffed, but Reid is proving that he’s the new sheriff in town.”
Don’t put it past Bush to find a day, any day, when the Congress is out to do this. That’s what he did in April.
May 23rd, 2007 at 1:07 pmDang! These corporate wh0res aren’t cheap. Wolfie, 400k, Mickey 150k, and never did any job…
May 23rd, 2007 at 2:47 pm