And, once appointed and entrenched, and she doesn't do the job, she can simply be canned, right? Or will it be too late then.
Posted on 01/05/2006 4:50:26 AM PST by gridlock
Debbie Schlussel: BREAKING: As PREDICTED by SCHLUSSEL, Unqualified Julie Myers Gets Bush Recess Appt. to Head ICE
By Debbie Schlussel
DAMN! You heard it here, first. Back in November, we broke the news that Julie L. Myers--President Bush's unqualified nominee to head Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)--would get a recess appointment.
Unfortunately, yet another of our dark predictions has come true (like our Al-Arian-would-walk prediction). Today, the White House announced that President Bush gave Ms. Myers the ultimate undeserved Christmas present over the holidays. Bush gave Julie Myers a recess appointment as Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, overseeing ICE.
Happy New Year! Or rather, an UNHAPPY one. On this site, we've extensively detailed Myers' absolute unsuitability for this most important of Homeland Security positions. This silly recess appointment was in response to a number of holds placed on Ms. Myers' nomination because she is as qualified to run the agency as our personal friend, Carrot Top (and he knows how to use cool gadgets). Put to a vote, Myers would have been voted down. That should have sent a clear message to the President. But, apparently, he is even more out of touch on Homeland Security than we had earlier diagnosed. This appointment is a huge joke on America. What's the punch line?
Now, thanks to this recess appointment, Myers' appointment will be valid only until the end of this session of Congress, at the end of 2006. This makes her a lame duck for an entire year--in "leading" this rudderless agency without a clear mission (or leader). Myers has never held a job longer than 11 months, and we hope this new one is no exception. Although, we predict that lazy, gutless politicians will clear the way for this inexperienced Martha Stewart wannabe, when the time comes in 2007 to renew her "contract."
ICE agents are not celebrating. And no American should be either. Except Myers' husband (DHS Secretary Chertoff's Chief of Staff John F. Wood), uncle (Retired General Richard Myers), and the lucky Myers, herself, who selected herself for the job in her job at White House personnel for the Bush Administration. Look at me, I'm the new Queen of the ICE Palace. Like way totally cool.
Look for illegal alien problems to get worse, not better. Ditto for Islamic money laundering through such means as Hawalas. The clueless Myers doesn't have an inkling about any of this--or about law enforcement. Extensive tutoring and hand-holding by Senior ICE officials didn't help. But, hey, we hear she makes a mean wedding party favor . . . complete with White House trinkets.
After she's gone, we vote for Anna Nicole Smith to head ICE next. We hear she, too, is looking for a new position.
Posted by Debbie on January 4, 2006 08:27 PM to Debbie Schlussel
Oops. Ben, I'm afraid you and I are going to have to leave. Too much factual information intruding into the hysteria. Please go quietly.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that you don't particularly care for Debbie Schlussel. But what do you think of Julie Myers?
BTW, are you related to Oprah? Maybe you are her more belligerent sister, Uprah? If so, can you get me one of those Pontiac G6s?
You think more nepotism and insider bootstrapping makes this story look better instead of worse?
If this woman is so wonderful, why didn't the President just let the Senate confirm her?
We can all find issues with which we disagree with President Bush. It is unrealistic to expect any one president to mesh perfectly with all of the conservative positions. Heck, conservatives don't even speak with one voice on all issues.
On the other hand, it is too little to be satisfied that President Bush is better than Gore or Kerry. I am not convinced that W has furthered the conservative agenda as much as he could have.
But, on the third hand (I've been doing some home workshop cloning), we don't, and cannot, know the level at which the President has been occupied with responding to terror threats since 9/11. I suspect that in years to come we will learn of thwarted attacks that will make our hair stand on end. We have to KNOW that there have been attempted attacks since 9/11, of varying magnitude and weaponry. As Rumsfeld might say, we don't know how much we don't know. But we do know what we know: We have been kept safe, and that safety of the American people is directly attributable to decisions that this president has made.
I refuse to assume the worst about Mr. Bush, and will keep him in my prayers.
I don't know. Why didn't he just let the Senate confirm John Bolton?
Nor am I. But your statement is reasonable, and a far cry from "HE'S DONE NOTHING FOR CONSERVATISM!!!!" [pant, gasp]
:-)
Yes, you are a Bushbot. He has done too little for me to consider him as Conservative. I agree he has done some things that Bubba didn't, but he has also failed at the biggest task, Protect our borders. That is all the military mission that is required, Constitutionally.
With his drug giveaways, his largess with all the rest of our tax monies, and his failure to wield the veto pen, he has endeared himself to quite a few of his friends and contributors.
Hillary would have done things differently, but she SOUNDS more conservative than Mr Bush, these days... I wouldn't have voted for her, but I would never vote for him again (if he could run).
I was fooled twice. Shame on me... Keep you rhead in the sand!
gridlock: "If this woman is so wonderful, why didn't the President just let the Senate confirm her?
Coop: "I don't know. Why didn't he just let the Senate confirm John Bolton?"
Coop, it's not very sporting to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.
Hillary would have done things differently, but she SOUNDS more conservative than Mr Bush, these days.
Make that a delusional poopyhead.
Make that a delusional poopyhead.
Sorry, but you are correct. Mr. Bush SOUNDS more conservative than Hillary. It is some of his ACTIONS that are more liberal...
(And, I wiped you off my head. thanks for drawing attention to it, neener, neener!)
And, once appointed and entrenched, and she doesn't do the job, she can simply be canned, right? Or will it be too late then.
It is the conservatives off the reservation of Myers, not the Snowe/Chaffee wing of the party. Myers could not be confirmed because she is unacceptable to the base.
A more accurate comparison would be Harriet Miers, not John Bolton.
Chertoff wants to reorganize the agency but he doesn't want to combine divisions. He chose Myers, who will be the gatekeeper in this division, because he trusts her. This way he will be able keep more control over the division.
The interim director is a career man who started as a BP Agent and that is the last thing Chertoff wants because that man will always be butting heads with Chertoff.
How critical is this job? The previous director left to become a US Attorney so you wouldn't consider this to be a plum position. In fact, given the situation with the Senate committee, there are no doubt that many potential candidates for the job would decline the appointment.
I am suggesting that Myers is being groomed and will eventually become a very important individual in the Republican party.
Actually, she will be canned automatically on January 4, 2007, when the 110th Congress is seated, because this is a recess appointment. So, amongst other things, this appointment means there will be no consistent leadership at ICE for the next few years.
I think you are right about that.
Chertoff is the consistant leadership.
You may be right about that. Like I said at the beginning, I should probably have gone to a quiet room to calm down for a while.
Sorry about infecting you with my spelling errors. It's consistent, of course.
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