Leona Helmsley Democrats
If the Senate confirms Tom Daschle as Secretary of Health and Human Services, at least two members of the president’s cabinet will be tax scofflaws, leading my friend David Boaz of the Cato Institute to remark, “It’s too bad Leona Helmsley can’t be nominated as Commerce Secretary.“Â Given that the president is from Chicago where dead people vote on a regular basis, I woulndn’t put it past him to tap a dead woman for the cabinet.
While David, ever a foe of big government, sympathizes “with anybody trying to hold down his tax bill,” he wonders why those “who want to increase taxes on the rest of us — like Daschle, Geithner, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Chairman Charles Rangel, Al Franken, Governor David Paterson’s top aide, Democratic National Convention staffers, Al Sharpton, and so on — pay their own taxes?”
I guess we’ll just call Geithner, Daschle et al. Leona Helmsley Decmorats, you know because, like her, they don’t pay taxes, only the little people do.
And while you’re at it, read David’s post–and anything else he’s written for that matter.
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Great name for the O’s cabinet members, Leona Helmsly Democrats. Too funny. We need to make sure this label sticks.
Comment by John in Dublin Ca — January 31, 2009 @ 8:44 pm - January 31, 2009
I’ve been trying to get the exact figures, but I’ve heard the Obama cabinet is also almost exclusively multi multi millionaires. it was CNN I think the other day who mentioned it, but then spent 5x as much air time on the ONE cabinet member who was more regular. Former Gov Napalatano Homeland Security Sec. One of the CNN “journalists” mentioned to John Roberts how all the millionaires was good because afterall, now all that they wanted to do, was go serve the people. John Roberts said…”good for mentioning that so people have some perspective.” Wow, such understanding reasoning from the MSM. Wonder if all the multi multi millionaires were conservatives in a Republican administration. (who were tax cheats).
Comment by Gene in Pennsylvania — January 31, 2009 @ 11:40 pm - January 31, 2009
I wonder if the new cabinet / top staff will approach the number of convicted criminals George Bush had in his 8 years…..
Comment by Kevin — February 1, 2009 @ 10:22 am - February 1, 2009
In fairness, Kevin, please list the cabinet/top staff in the 8 years of Bush who were convicted criminals. Who were they and for what specific crime were they convicted?
Comment by heliotrope — February 1, 2009 @ 12:21 pm - February 1, 2009
“Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter. †Sen. Tom Daschle, Congressional Record, May 7, 1998, p. S4507
Senator Daschle: I couldn’t agree more.
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MDdjZjFkYmIwZjRhNmM2MjIzYzAzYTNmNWRmMjg0MmI=
#3: Gee, Kevin, just how many convicted criminals were there in the Bush admin?
Comment by SoCalRobert — February 1, 2009 @ 12:22 pm - February 1, 2009
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Pingback by GayPatriot » Daschle Democrats:Raising Our Taxes, Failing to Pay Their Own — February 1, 2009 @ 1:00 pm - February 1, 2009
Kevin you moron, don’t you get it yet. Liberals don’t get prosecuted they get promoted. Rangel, Dashel, Geithner, Clinton, Jackson, Frank, Kennedy, Caroline Schlossberg, Kilpatrick, Conyers, P Kennedy, Dodd, Sharpton, Reid, crooks, creeps, and dummies. Oh and murderers.
Comment by Gene in Pennsylvania — February 1, 2009 @ 1:37 pm - February 1, 2009
We’ve been waiting quite a while for Kevin’s list of Bush admin convicted criminals…..tic tic tic
Comment by Gene in Pennsylvania — February 1, 2009 @ 10:48 pm - February 1, 2009
Kevin…..testing……..testing………testing…….Kevin……..you out there? Testing……testing……..testing…….
Comment by heliotrope — February 2, 2009 @ 10:21 am - February 2, 2009
Maybe one of the Republican Extermination Squads got him.
Comment by V the K — February 2, 2009 @ 11:49 am - February 2, 2009
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