Obama Accepts Daschle's Withdrawal After Daschle Admitted He Failed to Pay Taxes.
In a stunning setback for President Obama, Tom Daschle abruptly withdrew his nomination to become secretary of Health and Human Services today, following an admission that he failed to pay about $140,000 in back taxes.
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In a stunning setback for President Obama, Tom Daschle abruptly withdrew his nomination to become secretary of Health and Human Services today, following an admission that he failed to pay about $140,000 in back taxes.
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Thank you Mr. Daschel, for accepting that your political life is fouled by your elitist ways.
And the hits just keep getting better.
Who pays for Obamas "mistakes" ?
With the errors in Obamas cabinet choices, what would it be if we were attacted tomorrow ? God forbid.
The only thing Obama has down is the color. Or can he mess that up too !
Finally some good news. I wish we could just rid of the tax system and start over....if Democrats and their accountants can't figure it out...
Junk the entire congress , including the current President, and start fresh . Like the bogus stimulus bill.
Well this is a fine how-da-do!
What the heck kinda government
do we have now? Do you know it's against the law to talk about overthrowing the government( or
is it overthrough)(whatever), wow , we in
a hip of trouble it appears!
Democrates , democrates , what
has greed gotten you?
I am so sick of hearing about these "mistakes". Here we have three cabinet appointees who have committed criminal acts that you and I would never get away with. It's time for the new Treasury Sec to follow suit and decline his new appointment. He is not worthy of the position.
These three tax crooks fall right in line with BO's other associates - Rev. Wright, Bill Ayers, former Ill. Gov Blogo, etc.
A man is known by the company he keeps. Obama - I judge you by your friends and heroes.
Congratulations on being the first BLACK president - but you are still nothing better than a dirty crooked politician.
I say - pull the chrome handle on the procelain capital and flush it all
Tom Daschle = POS
I'm getting a bit worried about this Obama guy , but I always have been . Maybe we should start the impeachment process now , while
it's hot.
Now we know why the Democrats want to tax the rich ! It doesn't apply to them they don't pay.
Just imagine how the media and internet trolls would be screaming like banchees if Bush had done something like this, How many other Democrats are criminals, Al Franken owes income tax too!! Meanwhile the devastation in Kentucky is much greater than Katrina but where is the outrage? Oh thats right, most of the people effected are white . This is undoubtedly the biggest fraud of a president in history, Chicago politics at its finest.
Did any one see how President Obama was squirming during that "one on one" interveiw. He was quick to deny any part of writing the bogus bill. hahaha
"No I did not" He is feeling the heat of his numerous mistakes. He is well past the get out of jail free card stage.
I don't blame Obama for the problems the vetting process uncovers in his cabinets nominations, but I do have a problem with Obama when he learns of the issues and then says he still supports them. I can't believe in this great country with some of the greatest minds on the planet, Obama thinks the people he nominated are the best and only qualified for the positions for which he nominated them. I personally wish all his nominations were of people with no political pedigree.
And isn't Obama's cabinet simply filling up with most of Clinton's corrupt leftovers anyway?
Where IS this promised change? That focal point of his platform --CHANGE!
I see none of it. It's the same old Washington song and dance and the rest of us get screwed. They are beginning to run out of us to make bend over.
How can this be seen as anything but a good move for Obama (and the Democrats at large)? Daschle was the wrong guy for the job anyway. Howard Dean was a better choice from day one...
Obama continues to take the high road by throwing Daschle under the bus and moving on. Once it was discovered that Daschle fixed up his taxes ONLY after he knew he was to be tapped for HHS, the game was over. He was a permanent liability.
The ONLY thing you can fault Obama for is not scrutinizing Daschle more carefully. But Daschle was a veteran politician with a sterling reputation who should not have needed such scrutiny.
All in all, what appears to be a bad day for Obama, actually turns out to be a pretty good day...
Yup, we are getting "change" for sure! Not all change is good, however...I suspect these numerous missteps that Mr. O'Bama has made are just a tip of the iceberg!
We're still ticked about the acceptance of timmy, the new treasury secretary. Were that us, we'd be in jail...or bankruptcy.
Anyone notice that when a republican senator is named for anything, that his state has a DEMOCRAT governor, who can NAME his or her choice to replace him or her.
That's how the dems will get their senate majority. Then we are ALL doomed to failure...financially & otherwise.
Still, can't help but rejoice in "puffs" WD!
Anon 7:05
You've got to be kidding. Bush had criminals of all kinds in his administration, starting with his VP!
My o My how short some people's memories are!
I'm definitely not condoning all of this because it really does tick me off but to make the comparison you did also ticks me off.
This stuff is ALL over Washington DC! BOTH parties!
Time to CLEAN HOUSE folks...and I really mean CLEAN!
The sad part of that is, there are more just like the crooks in there now waiting in the wings for their turn.
You want to work for the government? You have to be subject to all sorts of investigations, including IRS audits. That probably wouldn't help either though because some will have friends within the IRS too I'll bet.
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