You don't remember Bush having problems with confirmations? Linda Chavez for Labor who, oops, turned out to have an illegal immigrant nanny that she never paid employment taxes on. Spencer Abraham for Energy who had sponsored a bill previously to abolish the DOE. Bernard Kerik for Homeland Security who had an illegal alien nanny and didn't pay taxes. Remember Harriet Meyers?
As for Daschle, he wasn't my first choice for the position but he was chosen precisely because he has a long standing interest in health care reform and because of his influence in the Senate. He was chosen to guide healthcare reform through Congress. There was nothing stealthy about it, it was entirely upfront. Judah On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Tax problems seem to be routine >> amongst the wealthy and powerful. One of the two people that withdrew > > I don't remember any president having this much trouble building a > cabinet. Yet you pass it off as common. > >> Daschle was chosen because of his leadership experience with the >> Senate. > > He was chosen because he's a huge lobbyist even though he's not > registered as one. > The plan was to use his influence in the Senate, along with the > stimulus money to socialize health care. I don't like the way he tried > to sneak it through and the fact that Daschle knows nothing about > health care but has lot's of friends in high places. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287382 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
