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By PUMA Pundit on February 3, 2009
It is shameful that it took so much grassroots pressure to get him to resign, this is despite the fact that Obama “stands stood by him”… AP Tom Daschle has withdrawn his nomination to be Health and Human Services secretary. That’s according to a joint White House statement from President Barack Obama and his former [...]
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By PUMA Pundit on February 2, 2009
From the words of the White House Spokesman, Robert Gibbs: AP White House spokesman Gibbs reiterated Obama’s support for the former South Dakota senator and said it would be up to the Senate to weigh a “serious, but corrected mistake against that three-decade career in public service.” “We still think he’s the best person to [...]
Posted in White House | Tagged barack obama, health and human services secretary, richard nixon, rober gibbs, tax evaison, tim geithner, tom daschle, us senate |
By PUMA Pundit on January 31, 2009
Obama’s adminsitration is quickly shaping up to be the most ethically challenged one in decades. He claims lobbyists won’t have a place in his administration, yet he has nominated one of the biggest beneficiaries of lobbying dollars as his HHS secretary. Tom Daschle’s wife, Linda was a highly paid lobbyist, he was a Senator… Remember [...]
Posted in White House | Tagged air transport association, airline bailout, american airlines, american association of airport executives, baker donelson bearman & caldwell, Bill Clinton, faa, health and human services secretary, howard baker, l-3 international, linda daschle, loral space technologies, northwest airlines, peter fitzgerald, tom daschle |
By PUMA Pundit on January 30, 2009
Barack Obama sure knows how to pick ‘em. Seems Tom Daschle was given a free car and driver by a wealthy friend, which he proceeded to use for 3 years. Even though it was required that he pay taxes on it, he did not actually do so till the vetting process to confirm him as [...]
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