Something To Keep In Mind About Daschle

Huh, when I saw the headline I assumed it was that before he finally disappeared he had threatened to get our little dog.

That is an interesting point.
Could be why no one felt the need to vouch for him.

“It would be nice if Howard Dean could replace him”
Dean DESERVES it — without Dean, The Puppet would never have made it to the nomination and the presidency that came with it this year — and, having recent experience as a non-celebrity medical doctor, knows what’s ACTUALLY needed for poor — the word Obama won’t use, although millions and millions of those who voted for Him ARE, exactly, “poor” — and working people, and for those now thinking themselves “middle class” who soon WILL be poor.
If Dean isn’t made head of HHS, un-rich Americans might as well forget about the “Obama” administration … it’s all full of people who can’t bother to help their suspiciously-numerous house servants, or — in the case of Ms. What’s her name — even to pay their taxes, so they can get Social Security if they live long enough.
Dean, on the other hand, actually IS an uber-WASP who’s like Roosevelt. The people LOVE Dean … maybe that’s the problem for Obama.

This whole thing shouldn’t be about loyalty or owing anyone anything. A tax cheat is a tax cheat….you can defend him as a person if you want, but in the public eye, he is a tax cheat who only paid because he got busted. This two sets of rules thing is getting ridiculous….

Daschle the DINO was the second biggest shill for the insurance companies in the Senate, after Frist. He was a terrible pick, and the left, at least, is not sad to see him go.

Blue Fairy: “Dean, on the other hand, actually IS an uber-WASP who’s like Roosevelt. The people LOVE Dean … maybe that’s the problem for Obama.”
Actually, I’d offer that the problem in this instance is WH Chief of Staff, not President Obama, although the buck clearly does stop with him. Emanuel’s problems with Howard Dean are rooted in the fallout from the latter’s success in deploying his “50-state strategy” at DNC.
Regardless, there are other equally plausible candidates for HHS Secretary who would be just as effective, such as Dr. Jack Lewin, a physician who is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the American College of Cardiology in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Lewin served for 11 years as President / CEO of the California Medical Asociation (1995-2006), and prior to that he was the Director of the Hawaii Department of Health (1986-1994). He has been at the forefront of the health care reform movement for three-plus decades, and a deputy director of Hawaii DOH (1978-86) was instrumental in that state’s adoption of universal health care coverage in the late ’70s and early ’80s, which has since served as the model for all other recent reform efforts undertaken by various states.
Additionally, Dr. Lewin was also the founder of the Navajo Nation Department of Health, which serves America’s largest Indian tribe across eastern Arizona, western New Mexico and southern Utah, and he served as its first director.
I’ve known Dr. Lewin personally for many years. He knows his way around the political world, and has extensive management experience in both the public and private sectors. Further, as a licensed physician who practiced in economically-challenged communities in the Southwest and Hawaii, he’s firmly committed to the effective reform of health care delivery in the United States.
Howard Dean was and still is my first choice for the HHS post, but if the aforementioned personality issues prove irreconcilable, I’d really urge people to take a closer look at Jack Lewin. If we are truly serious about undetaking reform of health care in this country, he could well be the meeting of man and moment. I believe that Dr. Lewin would be a great Secretary of Health and Human Services, if ever given the opportunity.
Aloha.
P.S.: And Blue Fairy, please stop calling President Obama “the Puppet.” It’s inherently disrespectful of both the man and all of us who voted for him in November, and makes you look emotionally diminutive and petulant.

Democrats!!
Welcome to CHANGE
So much for HOPE

I used to support President Obama, but ridiculous, Tom Daschle has plenty of friends in Congress. Do you think Democrats would harp the “people like me should pay a little more” nonsense if they did, in fact, have to pay a little more? I think not!
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I’ll ask again…. Exactly, when and why did you support Obama? You have been leading with “I used to support President Obama” for a very long time followed by far right wing talking points.

Obama went to a school with 7 year olds today to put himself with people on his same intelligence level because as Obama quoted “We were just tired of being in the White House,”

Almost every promise Obama made during his campaign of hate has been broken in less than a month.
I would be ashamed to say i voted for Obama and if i had an Obama bumper sticker on my car i would use a blow torch to burn it off.

the IRS should AUDIT every Democrat and pay particular attention to any Democrat that Obama nominates.

The stimuus package could be paid for simply by collecting the taxes Democrats haven’t paid.

How many times do we have to listen to Obama apologize for his bonehead mistakes before we take action and impeach him?

Jake, do you think IRS needs to audit all senators and congressman reported tax? I am sure IRS will collect a lot of money. It seems to me that IRS just runs after hard working people that make $ 20,000/yr.

Something to keep in mind. Most people did not vote for Obama because they were in love with him like the media. They voted for him because of Bush.

Within just 2 weeks of taking office, we’ve had the new “Hope” administration try to nominate at least 4 cabinet nominees with tax issues (ok, I’ll say it, tax cheats), one who actually made confirmation by the Bozo Congress (Hello, Congress – WAKE UP!), we’ve had the VP make fun of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for flubbing the oath of office to Mr. Obama while he himself flubbed the oath to the Secretary of State. Hypocrite? Joe Biden? Nah. To top it off, we have Mr. Obama saying that national health care, a major campaign issue, is now suffering because of the failure of the Congress to confirm a bona fide tax cheat(the Congress actually did something???!!!). Sir, if your merry band of whatever-their-smoking-decision-makers did their homework, we, the American people, specifically those of us who desperatley need that health care, would not have to suffer. Understand, sir, we want you to succeed. We want you to reform Washington (good luck with that). We want you to restore our nation. We are willing to make the necessary sacrifices, to walk with you. But, YOU have to show you want to walk with us. We don’t want rhetoric, we don’t want tax cheats, we want ACTION!!! Action, YOU promised. So far, since election day, we’re still walking alone; YOU are not walking with us. If I may date myself, I invoke the musical group, The Who: “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” Where is the YOU of the campaign trail? Where is the hope? Step up, Sir, or step aside.

Interesting that a Democrat has the same issue as the Republicans- they dont get to see the Bill until the last minute and arent given tie to figure out what things in it actually mean.
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The 645 page stimulus package was posted online over two weeks ago. The specifics and breakdown of the proposed funding have been clearly presented with a number of sources. It sounds like Cooper has a lazy streak when it comes to acquiring data for legislation, along with some kind of agenda up his sleeve. I hope his laziness, petulance, and obfuscation is remembered in a couple of years.

One third of the senate can smell what
90% of the electorate can smell. Me-
thinks that an ENT physician be appointed to evaluate the olfactory
deficiencies of the august body. They’re
way behind Main Street in the ability
to recognize the odor of….a compost
pile of Obama appointees.

“The 645 page stimulus package was posted online over two weeks ago. The specifics and breakdown of the proposed funding have been clearly presented with a number of sources.”
It was introduced on 1/26 (although HuffPo seemed to have it on 1/24) and voted on 1/28.
So four days.
If the funding is so specific then why is everything round numbers?
Bertie- I don’t think the House had to rely on the Huffington Post days before the vote for info — especially when the bill was posted by Jake around three weeks ago. Weeks ago you could also find specific information correlating parts of the bill to amounts. I’m not aware of giving bills appropriating funds commas and decimal points, especially with amounts in the billions and millions.