Senate Should Reject Daschle Nomination
Obama’s appointment of the former Senate Democratic leader suggests that his pleas for postpartisanship were little more than a clever campaign slogan. Tom Daschle defined Democratic obstructionism during President Bush’s first term (as Eric Holder defined the Clinton Administration’s politicization of the Justice Department during the Arkansas Democrat’s White House tenure).
The Senate should reject the Daschle nomination to help the president make good on the postpartisan pledge he made in his campaign.
UPDATE (02/01/09):Â Since I first posted this, we learned that “Daschle waited nearly a month after being nominated to be secretary of health and human services before informing Barack Obama that he had not paid years of back taxes for the use of a car and driver provided by a wealthy New York investor.“
This leads Ed Whelan of the National Review to conclude
If President Obama were really serious about ending business as usual, he would immediately withdraw the nomination of someone who was cheating big-time on his taxes and who didn’t level with Obama about the problem at the outset.
I agree.
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So after Obama nominated Dashle Sec Health and Human services he “discovers” he owes over $100,000 in back taxes. An “oversite’, an “honest mistake”….ooops that one’s been used already. hehe. How bout that flawless Obama vetting process eh? Let me ask….would it just be easier for us to ask who in the Obama cabinet ISN’T a TAX CHEAT?
Bumbling boobs, cheats and creeps.
Comment by Gene in Pennsylvania — January 30, 2009 @ 9:11 pm - January 30, 2009
He’ll be approved easily. GOP senators think very highly of him.
Comment by buckeyenutlover — January 30, 2009 @ 9:57 pm - January 30, 2009
I read in the WSJ how he is a big proponent of communized healthcare, and he says we ought to pass it quickly in a very broad bill so that the public doesn’t know what is being passed. That’s kind of like what is happening with the stimulus with 10 million new people–including Wall Street bankers fired in the credit crunch–being eligible for medicaid.
Comment by Mitchell Blatt — January 30, 2009 @ 10:46 pm - January 30, 2009
I grew up in South Dakota, and I’ve always liked Daschle. He visited my mother’s high school class, which I thought was nice. I also met him once when I was working at Borders–he bought a Dylan CD. So, I guess I have to support him.
Comment by Ashpenaz — January 30, 2009 @ 11:01 pm - January 30, 2009
Tiny Tom is up to no good. How is it that so many Democrats don’t pay their taxes? They sure are happy to empy our bank accounts, but God forbid they pay what they owe. The jerk at treasury, now dashle, rangel, blago, dodd (of the favored mortage rates), jefferson, and the list goes on and on. As San Fran Nan said, “the most ethical congress in history”. Most ethical my ass. 2010 is coming faster than the Obamunists realize.
Comment by John in Dublin Ca — January 30, 2009 @ 11:50 pm - January 30, 2009
How much do you think he owes in state taxes since that number is calculated from the federal number?
Comment by Thomas F — January 31, 2009 @ 12:33 am - January 31, 2009
Your local used car salesman can be very nice to you and your mother. Would you support him for HHS?
For that matter, I can be nicer than Daschel could ever pretend to be. Would you support me?
Daschle’s wife funnelled $500K into the DNC from the airlines which killed Algore’s Airline security plans. Want to find out what else the Daschles could kill with cash?
Better yet, could you explain to me why it should be up to Uncle Sugar to decide who gets to live and who gets to die in this country?
Comment by ThatGayConservative — January 31, 2009 @ 2:20 am - January 31, 2009
I wonder if he’ll be approved so easily now and I’d heard quite the opposite about Obama’s popularity among his former Republican colleagues.
Comment by GayPatriotWest — January 31, 2009 @ 2:30 am - January 31, 2009
So, the Obama cabinet is going to contain two tax cheats and a perjurer. And their deputies are going to be the lobbyists Obama swore he wouldn’t hire. Change you can believe in, all right.
Comment by V the K — January 31, 2009 @ 8:17 am - January 31, 2009
VtheK, it is change you can believe in. When the Republicans have a corrupt politician, they get rid of him. The Dems are saying to us: screw you.
Our politicians are much more corrupt, but we’re keeping them – there is change for you.
Also, little folk, go on, pay confiscatory taxes, it’s all for the good of your ‘elected’ officials. They deserve so much more than you do.
Comment by Leah — January 31, 2009 @ 11:34 am - January 31, 2009
V the K these are the people so far that we know about. Remember Gov Richardson the hispanic was sent packing back to NM. I guess it’s ok to be a crook as long as you aren’t a Hispanic crook. Are we lovin these liberals yet? If you were a MSM “journalist” you could spend weeks on “special reports’ detailing this kind of corruption in one party. You could create one whole network to rail against this kind of illegal behavior. Think the MSM will? Crooks , creeps and dummies.
Comment by Gene in Pennsylvania — January 31, 2009 @ 11:36 am - January 31, 2009
I drove through South Dakota several times and Tom Daschle never jumped out and bit my tires. I stopped at Wall Drug and bought a Coke and I noticed other people drinking Cokes, so I guess Daschle must be OK.
If you pay your taxes in order to take a huge pay cut by accepting a government job, you must be as pure as the wind driven snow. Good heavens, there is plenty of wind driven snow in South Dakota, so Daschle must be next to the Virgin Mary when it comes to purity.
It would be wrong to deny this good man a seat on The Community Organizer’s planning committee. This is no ordinary functionary. He is a key part of the “solution.” Always remember that the millstones of the gods grind slowly, but ever thoroughly. We can not afford amateurs feeding our economy into the millstones.
Comment by heliotrope — January 31, 2009 @ 11:38 am - January 31, 2009
I guess it’s ok to be a crook as long as you aren’t a Hispanic crook.
Or, more likely, Richardson did something even bigger and dumber than Daschle and Geithner. I see “convicted of taking bribes” in Don Billy’s future.
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — January 31, 2009 @ 7:00 pm - January 31, 2009
I was wrong when I said Dashle was a $100,000 tax cheat, the new figure is up to $140,000 tax cheat. It kinda feels like an episode of DEAL OR NO DEAL. Can we get some exposees on any more of Obamas stellar cabinet members? hehe
Comment by Gene in Pennsylvania — January 31, 2009 @ 10:36 pm - January 31, 2009
“This leads Ed Whelan of the National Review to conclude:
If President Obama were really serious about ending business as usual …”
Who swallowed THAT kool-aid? The only change I expect is more socialism.
Comment by DoorHold — February 2, 2009 @ 11:05 am - February 2, 2009
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