Mr. President Obama, why would you select a mediocre, right-wing ideologue in Judd Gregg who voted twice as a member of the Senate in 1995 to abolish the U.S. Department of Commerce? Mr. Obama, what made you think that this arch neo-con would have a miraculous, political, philosophical metamorphosis in one month or less when Mr. Gregg has been of the right-wing conservative mind-set all of his life? Or did you think that Mr. Gregg would change his political philosophy based upon osmosis, diffusion or some other unknown divine forces? Why not nominate David Stockman (Ronald Reagan’s Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 1981-85) or Dan Quayle (vice-president under George H.W. Bush, 1989-93) or David Duke (former Republican Louisiana State Representative)? I knew the moment Gregg would not vote for the Stimulus Bill in the Senate, that he would be a problem for the Obama administration.
Who is doing the vetting of the Obama vetting team? Mr. Obama, you need to quit trying to emulate the 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, in selecting individuals for your cabinet posts and develop your own unique political style and philosophy that is germane to the 21st century not the 19th century. I have often pondered, Mr. President, do you really know who you are? Furthermore, Mr. President, Rohm Emanuel, the ex-Clinton hatchet man, is not of the same political philosophy as you, so don’t fool yourself. Mr. Emanuel did a disservice to you, Mr. President, in his bungling the handling of Mr. Gregg’s nomination for Secretary of Commerce in reference to not being on the same page relative to your philosophy on the 2010 Census and the Stimulus Bill. Also note that on Friday, February 13, 2009, Mr. Obama’s former nominee for Secretary of Commerce, Judd Gregg, voted on the floor of the U.S. Senate against the 800 billion dollar Stimulus Package.
President Obama, you promised the American people that you were going to hit the ground running. Well Mr. President, you got out of your starting block but you keep stumbling over the various hurdles running down the track with these preposterous and absurd key cabinet level nominations. Mr. President, you will be faced with many other hurdles running down the track but I have confidence in your ability, intelligence and political savvy to overcome these many obstacles.
2 comments:
Black Buzz, remember 3 weeks in office. Gregg is just a silly man. If Emmanuel turns out to not to be the right man, I guarantee you he'll be booted.
Well it's been fifty days in office for President Obama,and the whole world seems to be acting very aggresively toward the U.S. especially the Chinese,North Koreans,Russians,Iranians,Iraqi's and other Arab fanatics. Obama sucess or lack of sustain progress in the international arena will define his presidency. Tell me Naysayer what is the mission in Afghanistan ? What are the U.S.objectives in Afghanistan ? How will the U.S. Achieve its objectives in Afghanistan? Why is Obama sending more troops into Afghanistan ? Why is Obama going to negotiate with the Taliban when they gave aid and comfort to Osama's crew ? Don't you think this is political suicide for Obama to give an apperance of being weak and overwhelmed by the foreign affair challenges? It wasnt a good move to have selected a duplicitous inexperience novice in Hillary Clinton.Remember Pakistan!
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