Posted by
Ronald Lanham Jr. on Thursday, March 12, 2009 11:09:02 AM
During the Napoleonic Wars, a list of the dead and wounded was called
the "Butcher's Bill". Since so many of Obama's nominations for key
positions have fallen under the weight of their own misdeeds I have
decided that I will keep a "Butcher's Bill" for the Obama
Administration. New entries will be marked in red.
- Vivek
Kundra; appointed last week Chief Information Officer by the Obama
administration; killed due to "an ongoing investigation" by the Feds
(his former office in the District of Columbia Chief Technology Office
was raided today)
- Charles Freeman (former
ambassador to Saudi Arabia); nominated to to be the chairman of the
National Intelligence Council; killed due to strong anti-Israeli views
and close ties to the Chinese and Saudis (including the Bib Laden
family)
- Tom Dashcle (former Senate majority leader); nominated to be Secretary of Health and Human Services; killed due to unpaid taxes
- Nancy
Killefer; nominated to be deputy director of the Office of Management
and Budget; killed due to failure to pay employment taxes on household
help (D.C. placed a tax lean on Killefer’s, $1.7 million home in
Northwest Washington in 2005 for failure to pay the taxes)
- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson; Commerce secretary; killed due to federal investigation into “pay-to-play” allegations
-
U.S. Attorney Gen. William Holder; wounded due to his support for the
early release of FALN terrorist bombers and the pardon of Marc Rich
- Timothy
Geithner, (former president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank that
failed to head off the Wall Street meltdown); wounded due to his
failure to head off the Wall street meltdown and unpaid taxes
- Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel; wounded due to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich scandal
- Senior Adviser David Axelrod; wounded due to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich scandal
- Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett; wounded due to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich scandal
- Leon
Panetta (former Clinton administration chief staff); nominated to be
CIA director; wounded due to lack of intelligence experience
- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; wounded due to possible conflict of interest with her husband's foundation
- William
Lynn; wounded because despite Obama’s “no lobbyists” pledge, he
selected the former Raytheon executive and lobbyist to serve as the No.
2 official in the Pentagon. Raytheon is a major Pentagon contractor
Newsmax interviewed James P. Pfiffner, author of
The Modern Presidency, about the number of "casualties" in the Obama administration:
Presidential
transition and policy expert James P. Pfiffner, author of The Modern
Presidency, tells Newsmax that Obama’s nomination mishaps have been
somewhat greater than normal for an incoming president, particularly
regarding tax issues.
The errors suggest flaws in the Obama
team’s vetting process, he says, and adds that the stumbles are
worrisome given the high expectations for good governance created by
Obama himself.
Pfiffner, a public policy professor at George
Mason University, says he finds Obama’s missteps all the more
surprising given what he viewed as an extraordinarily effective
presidential transition.
SOURCE: POLITICO story on Vivek Kundra
SOURCE:
Newsmax article on Ambassador Charles Freeman
SOURCE:
Newsmax article on other nominees
NOTE:
We haven't made it to the first 100 day mark yet and this is already
shaping up to be one of the most corrupt administrations in history.