Oh, are we talking about people that are despicable now? You said that you didn't remember other Presidents having problems putting together their cabinets. I just showed you a number of instances where Bush had problems putting together his cabinet. I don't care what you think about Chavez, Kerik, etc, I was simply pointing out that your stance on Obama's problems being unusual is not grounded in reality.
Judah On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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. > > From Wiki > In 2001, President George W. Bush nominated Chavez for Secretary of > Labor. She was the first Hispanic woman nominated to a United States > cabinet. She withdrew the nomination after it was revealed, through > her neighbor Margaret "Peggy" Zwisler, that she had allegedly given > money to Marta Mercado, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala who lived > in her home more than a decade earlier. Contrary to some reports, > Chavez did not actually employ Mercado, but provided her with > emergency assistance due to the domestic abuse the woman had been > facing at the time.[5] Chavez, Mercado, and National Review writer > John Miller all stated that Mercado was not an employee of Chavez,[5] > and both Miller and Mercado credit Chavez with helping her at a time > when she needed it most.[3] A subsequent follow-up of the matter by > the FBI found Chavez was not guilty of any wrongdoing. Chavez later > helped Mercado find work at the Zwisler home.[3] Mercado is now a U.S. > citizen.[6] > > Spencer Abraham for Energy who had sponsored a bill previously to abolish the >> DOE. > Never heard of him but what's wrong with that? > Was his spouse making money form other governments he was dealing > with/ Did he cheat on his taxes? Did he do anything unethical or just > things you don't support? > > Bernard Kerik for Homeland Security who had an illegal alien >> nanny and didn't pay taxes. > > One > >> Remember Harriet Meyers? > > She didn't pass the confirmation. What laws did she break? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:287410 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
