Posted on 05/30/2006 2:00:26 PM PDT by boryeulb
OTOH, it is far, far more significant to me that the wife of the guy Dubya picked to run the Supreme Court belongs to Feminists for Life
Power, power, power, and fame, fame, fame.
I wonder if the first one was as misleading as this.
I thought I had pinged you to #53. Sorry.
He probably picked him for his fiscal ability and temperment
not for his pro/anti abortion views.
Just to reiterate, I'm not saying this was the case, especially on W's end, but this guy's donation record does have an off smell to it.
What power and fame does a Treasury Secretary have?
I'd bet more people would know who Paulson was as CEO of Goldman Sachs than as TS.
And, for God's sake, what power does a TS have as a parrot for the administration on tax and fiscal policy?
Gave the most to Arlen Specter -- not exactly a stellar Republican.
I guess you can place a bet on just one article...but you won't make much money using that practice!
At this point in Bush's career, I can't believe anyone would be suprised about this.
But is that the same Henry Paulson
http://www.411.com/10668/search/FindPerson?firstname=Henry&name=Paulson&city_zip=&state_id=IL
A lot listed in the Chicago burbs..
Again, not saying for or against, my motto is 'doubt the media', in this case, there are a lot of gaps in this story that makes one question the validity and motivation of the report.
I cannot believe you don't see what power and fame a high-ranking federal government official has. I only know by name the CEOs of a very few companies and only because they are multi-billionaires. I think your average Joe would be more likely to recognize the treasury secretary than a CEO.
I agree with you. The guy stinks. And Rush is right about the blueblood politicians. Now we get another one. I don't care what position he's being nominated for. President Bush could've found someone who isn't an apparent RINO. Isn't there ONE SINGLE DEFINITELY CONSERVATIVE person who could do just as good a job as this dude supposedly can?
That's why I stay away from the casinos.
Call it what you want, I know what those votes wrought, but we didn't have a lot of choices then and we really have no clear choices now.
The problem isn't with the American people as much as with the choices were are not given to begin with. We will stand a whole lot, but American's don't like being mislead or lied to and the differences I'm seeing between 2000-2004 and 2004 - 2006 are not making me feel very comfortable, the problem is the other choice was a non-starter(in my mind) and he got 48% of the vote.
My thread from earlier today. Expect more tax favors for the abolishers of private property.
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