I know that I'll regret getting into this, but couldn't resist putting in my
2 cents. Personally I'm not as upset about the fact that Chavez may have
done something illegal (housing an illegal alien; not paying SS taxes on her
), but am greatly offended by her hypocrisy. In the NY Times today there is
an article that gives some background about Chavez that may account for the
criticism that she received:
>
> >> On the other side, her critics noted that she often criticized President
>> Clinton in her newspaper columns and was fiercely critical of his first
>> nominee for attorney general, Zok Baird. Ms. Baird's appointment was
>> sidetracked following disclosures that she employed an illegal immigrant
>> as a nanny and had failed to pay Social Security taxes.
>> Appearing on PBS's "MacNeil- Lehrer NewsHour" in December 1993, Ms. Chavez
>> said: "I think most of the American people were upset during the Zok Baird
>> nomination that she had hired an illegal alien. That was what upset them
>> more than the fact that she did not pay Social Security taxes."
>> Ms. Chavez said today that she felt Ms. Baird was treated unfairly.
>>
>
When Clinton was President and it was a Democrat who was under consideration
for a cabinet post, Chavez had one set of beliefs. When it is Bush and she
is under consideration for a post, apparently those beliefs change. Seems
self-serving to me. And yes, it is call POLITICS.
Stephen
