Posted on 12/11/2004 1:40:41 PM PST by wagglebee
Nah, she derailed a nomination that Pat Buchanan couldn't do in a column, and the NYT will have his wrath two fold, one she was hispanic, two she took what seemed like a good job.
Oh wait a minute, there is a third reason, The New York Times is doing the bidding of Pat Buchanan to bring down a Republican, no doubt that there will be a letter from Pat Buchanan, to Pinch Sulzberer, and the editors of the NYT, on the issue of nannies employed by Republicans, that issue is Pat Buchannan's and Tom Trancredo's perview exclusively and how dare the NYT tread on their turf.
I'm surmising that letter will also be CC'ed to Michelle Malkin.
Ollie North would be excellent...or any number of officers and gentlemen who have moved up the military/security ladder in an honorable way.
Who is doing candidate vetting at the WH, idiots? This reminds me of the Klintoon years and the many failings to vet his miserable candidates for office. Zooks!
So the jerk was worth at least 7 million and yet broke the law, twice, by hiring an illegal alien, paying her next to nothing while evading paying SS taxes on her!?
Just makes ya wanna love rich, RINO, country-club repub's, don't it?? /sarcasm
Nothing like selling out your country to save a few bucks, especially if your a flipin multi millionaire!
[I didn't need a nanny, but my children had a nanny.
She took care of the children so I could actually go to the supermarket alone. She watched the children on some occasions so I could leave the house for a meeting or a lunch date]
Sounds reasonable to me, so long as you raised the children (to speak English, for example).
I would have had no problem at all with the children being bi-linqual.
Senator Susan Collins, that august presidential counsellor, is telling the press who should replace Kerik as nominee and adds, "I am confident that President Bush will move swiftly to find a replacement for Bernie Kerik."
Hope somebody figures out to hold their horses and thoroughly vet the next nominee.
A nanny is deemed super necessary to take care of the kids while the wife is off doing important shopping, getting her hair arranged and playing cards with her friends. Gosh, I thought everyone knew how important matters like these have to be dealt with every day by important ladies ( I know some myself and they all have illegal nannies helping out at home for a fee). If it is a pol's wife, she needs nannies like a drunk needs a drink. Politicians are the worst offenders and that may account for their failure to fix illegal immigration--their wives will not allow them to deport the nannies, cooks, gardeners or drivers.
Communication is not and never has been the admin's strength. A shame.
I don't think I want a liar flipping my burger. I want my burger done right.
That goes without saying.
But I do feel a sense of justice in that Bush got burned on illegal immgration. I generally do not like to see Bush get burned, but if Kerik couldn't stay, this reason might help some good to come out of it.
Nope. You should be proud. Well done.
Is it possible that this whole thing was a setup for 2008? Kerik has baggage, everyone knew it. Get it out now, so that in 2008, everything is "old news".
Rudy wins in 2008, Kerik can then slip right in and deflect all of the noise about his confirmation for any post as ancient history, taken care of in 2004.
Either way, Kerik wins. Either he gets the confirmation for 2004 or he's cleared for 2008.
Just wondering aloud I suppose. If that's not the Case, Kerik really BLEW it. He should have been up front ahead of time so as not to torpedo some of W's capital.
I never really liked him in NY. He comes across as a thug and/or opportunist depending on who's painting him. Besides that, I don't think I've ever seen him smile and he got plenty of face time here in the NY media. As an impationate observer he just comes across as very angry.
he is a tough SOB - that's what he is. there are plenty of empty suits who can smile, and now we may well get one of them for the job.
it was probably just an honest mistake. he got the forms he needed to fill out for confirmation, then said to his wife "what about that nanny you hired while I was in iraq?". and it all came apart.
[We all spoke english.
I would have had no problem at all with the children being bi-linqual]
the problem is, in all too many cases, the nanny raises the children while the selfish parents are off somewhere. The nanny speaks Spanish or whatever and raises the children according to her culture and personality -- not that of the parents (well, without the values of GOOD parents).
Rudy's driver to HST Czar (almost) in 11 years.
That's an all-time brown nosing record.
He also now has a job working for Rudy and he got over $6 million dollars in stock options from Taser International. It tends to make me wonder what there is to the story that we will never find out.
Kerik was the right man for the job, but alas, this system screens out the best. Come on, what does hiring an illegal alien have to do with a person's character? What Kerik went through during his childhood and and his achievements in later years far outweighs this minor "character flaw". He is one of a kind and this is our loss.
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