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When Will They Ever Learn?

By j7uy5 on May 17, 2007.



With Wolfowitz out, Gonzalez on the way, can they even be seriious
aboutthis nomination?



href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/18/washington/18safety.html?ex=1337140800&en=41c7eca6618bb131&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss">Bush
Asked to Reconsider Safety Nominee

By STEPHEN LABATON

Published: May 18, 2007



WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Senate Democrats urged President Bush on Thursday
to withdraw his nomination of a top lobbyist from the National
Association of Manufacturers to lead the Consumer Product Safety
Commission, saying the candidate was unqualified and the appointment
posed insurmountable conflicts of interest...



In a letter to President Bush, Senator Bill Nelson of Florida and
Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, both Democrats, said Mr. Baroody
"cannot escape a serious conflict of interest" because he will receive
a $150,000 departing payment from the association. They asked Mr. Bush
to withdraw the nomination...



This is just insulting.  Cronyism verging on outright
corruption.  Consumer products are a matter of safety.
 With a guy like this in charge, terrorists would not have to
go out of their way to kill us.  Our own corporations will do
it for them.


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Well, I'll give them one thing: these guys gotta have one set of cojones to pull a stunt like this after all of their corruption scandals to date.

The contempt this administration has for our intelligence and decency is absolutely disgusting. In a saner world these crooks would be out on the street digging through KFC garbage bins for a meal.