From the paper which essentially says Obama can do no wrong:
When President Obama nominated former Senator Tom Daschle to be his secretary of health and human services, it seemed to be a good choice. Mr. Daschle, as the co-author of a book on health care reform, knew a lot about one of the president’s signature issues. As a former Senate majority leader, he also knew a lot about guiding controversial bills through Congress, where he remains liked and respected by former colleagues.
Unfortunately, new facts have come to light — involving his failure to pay substantial taxes that were owed and his sizable income from health-related companies while he worked in the private sector — that call into question his suitability for the job. We believe that Mr. Daschle ought to step aside and let the president choose a less-blemished successor.
Of course, if you read the entire editorial you won’t find the Times condemning Obama for being fool enough to appoint someone like Daschle…to do that would also call into question Obama’s judgement on a bunch of his other nominees with, as they say, “ethical lapses” (what we say is they’re crooks, but such phraseology is banned when describing Democrats). The MSM is still in full-blown worship mode as it relates to Obama, but the plain fact of the matter is that Obama has assembled a which is going to be the major stumbling block to enacting Obama’s plans. A collection of has-beens, crooks and hacks with only one or two adults in the whole mix (hard to believe that we’re relying upon Hillary and Panetta to keep Obama’s Administration more or less up on the rails).
This is what we get when we elect to the Presidency a man who, point blank, is not fitted by knowledge or experience to be President. We can only hope he has the stomach for the job and that he’s a really quick learner.
Meanwhile, Daschle has to go – and Obama should figure out the best way of getting rid of a couple other albatrosses ’round his neck (Holder immediately springs to mind) as soon as he can ease them out without too much of a fuss.
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