Reading his bio....I'm thinking that Bush might have made a pretty wise choice here. Seems to have the education, experience and the ability to do the job well.
Here's to hoping that impression is correct. :beer:
Reading his bio....I'm thinking that Bush might have made a pretty wise choice here. Seems to have the education, experience and the ability to do the job well.
Here's to hoping that impression is correct. :beer:
I really don't have much knowledge of this person, but reading his resume makes me think he might be a good choice.
See Georgie Boy, that wasn't so hard, was it? At least you didn't pick Paul Wolfowitz or somebody like that.
All the more reason to like him.....he actually seems to have thoughts that don't lock-step with Bush!
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cKGunslinger
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If Bush does nominate this guy, I'll buy you guys some ketchup for that crow:
Admittedly, betting against Bush is rarely a risky proposition, but at some point it does stray from pragmatism into the realm of partisan tripe.
Maybe because the job description is so ridiculously long, but I find this amusing:
He does sound good from that bio though.
He does sound good from that bio though.
Looks like Bush pwned all the liberals here. Other than Miers he has a good record with appointments.
Do you really not understand the concept of sarcasm?
Do you think for a moment if this appointment wouldn't impact HIS financial well-being for the next decade and beyond he would have taken it as seriously? I seriously doubt that he would have. It would have been another long time personal friend of his or someone else from his dad's administration that is taking a break from Carlyle.
<Looks at the above statements>
<Looks at Zendari's sig and also remembers people like Michael Brown and General Myers' niece>
Don Vito Corleone
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Yeah, he really "pwned" us by picking the failed head of the American Arabian Horse Association to run FEMA! That was an outstanding pick.
which absolves bush of the blame for appointing him? Seems like some odd logic to me.
But, back to topic, this pick seems very good. Not only does this guy sound accomplished and smart, but his worth ethic sounds great.
Don Vito Corleone
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Actually, if memory serves only a handful of senators from either party showed up for his confirmation hearings, and they took all of 40 minutes. This is indeed disappointing, but then they were primarily guilty of taking the President's word for the fact that Brown was qualified, and for believing the lies in his resume.
That, of course, has nothing at all to do with whether he was a good pick in the first place, as you have said he was. Your transparent effort at misdirection does nothing to change the nature of the question at hand - do you think Brownie was a good pick, as you have previously stated?
Wait, not only was Brown the head of American Arabian Horse Association; he failed with that job as well?
judasmachine
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My comment in no way inferred I knew squat about economics. All I was suggesting is that he hire one of Greenspan's cronys, instead of one of his own. I figure Greenspan has a protoge somewhere that is at least as good as the teacher.
In hindsight, clearly not. Of course nobody said anything about him for 2 years so he must have been doing an OK job.
Shared power between the executive and the senate merits shared responbility, or in this case, shared blame if thats what you want to do.
What are you talking about. The left doesn't hate Greenspan. He's highly respected across political lines.
Share blame when things go wrong for Republicans, but horded credit for when you think thing go right. Nice double standard there.
That's exactly what liberals do when pointing at "Bush's war" or "Bush's taxcut" or "Bush's Patriot Act" without mentioning all the Democrats involved in them.
Last I knew that was standard political procedure, regardless of the level of government or the political persuasion of those involved.
judasmachine
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That right there is where you're wrong. I point at Schumer and Clinton and the rest of the DLC a-holes and blame them too for the pervasiveness of fearmongering and warmongering.
Don Vito Corleone
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Yep. He was allowed to resign, rather than being fired, but as part of doing so he had to contribute $25K of his own money toward their legal defense fund, because they had apparently accumulated sizable legal expenses as a result of his mismanagement.
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