Obama’s Pick of Daschle May Test Conflict-of-Interest Pledge

Politico reports that President-elect Obama has chosen Gov. Janet Napolitano (D-AZ) to serve as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Napolitano is a border governor who “brings law-and-order experience from her stint as the Grand Canyon State’s first female attorney general.”

That’s TP’s lead paragraph in this morning’s lead summary. Be sure to castigate TP’s staff, like you did me.

The last 8 years have been nightmarish for our vets. A maze of fruitless passing the buck, Walter Reed, stopping vets from registering to vote, you name it.

It would be even more awesome if they could incorporate both of them into the VA. What better people to run the VA than people who have given limbs for the fight and have made their lives productive and inspiring! Neither one of them would allow what happened at Walter Reid to happen under their watch.

I would rather just ignore idiots who grasp at straws to find something wrong with someone who hasn’t even been sworn in yet. Or ridicule them.

It seems to have taken a turn toward Think Centrist or is it now Think Corporatist? That’s fine.

Don’t watch Rahm Emanuel’s talk with Wall Street CEO’s on CSPAN. And ignore Tom Daschle’s trip the 2008 Bilderberg Group meeting, moved to Chantilly, Virginia.

Just cheer loudly for the New Blue Team! Rah rah rah! (Thinks what the addition of a simple “m” does to that cheer.) Best to all!

In this case, I wanted to point people to his wider bio. If you don’t like it, ignore it. Apparently, you lack that skill.

Next you will posting links to drudge and redstate and blaming your posting from their site on them?

I post a link to Tom Daschle’s information from his employer and you acuse me of being biased?

Take responsibility for what you do with the information. If I want to write a blistering piece on Tom Daschle, I am fully capable of doing so.

In this case, I wanted to point people to his wider bio. If you don’t like it, ignore it. Apparently, you lack that skill.

And yet you know that Politico is a biased site and you come here and quote them. I guess that makes you biased also.

Wayne ,
and what category does Joe Lieberman fall into ? Because a (D) appears behind a name doesn’t necessarily mean the individual is good for America , though most likely it does except in rare instances portend the lesser of 2 evil .
It’s time to think out of the (2 party ) box .
Bernie Sanders says hello .

And what appointment did Senator Traitor Lieberman serve in the big Clenis administration, exactly freeman?

Duh?

http://www.politico.com/arena/bio/tom_daschle.html

Please contact them with you concerns about their biased coverage.

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Or Tammy Duckworth. Or both!

So. You really are bound and determined to find fault with Obama before he has really done anything to fault, aren’t you.

Do you really believe that because someone at some time worked for a lobbying firm that they are forever tainted and will never do anything other than what is good for their former lobbying firm?

Besides, there really are good lobbying firms who lobby for things that are good for “we the people”. It was the Republican fat-cat corporate lobbyists who have given lobbying a bad name. Same for earmarks. There are good earmarks for worthy projects. Unfortunately they get slimed by the bad earmarks.

You missed an option. Experienced people who worked in the Bush Administration. But, that’s a non-starter. You are entirely correct. If Obama wants people with experience he has no choice but to choose people who once worked for Clinton.

I also don’t understand what’s wrong with people who worked for Clinton. Just because they were part of the Clinton administration DOES NOT mean they are avid supporters of all things Clinton.

http://www.alston.com/tom_daschle/