Bernard Kerik withdraws

[H2O Man]

turn to MSNBC. He has just withdrawn from HomeLand Security.


see: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041211/D86T6BF81.html

[Tess49]

1. Yippe!

[Drifter]

78. The local special report scroll said ...

that it was because of the immigration status of a housekeeper.

Cheers
Drifter

[Sara Beverley]

93. Follow the money!!! It costs him too much to work for the government!

He's not as "patriotic" or dedicated to fighting terrorism as Bush pretended. His company made and sold a boatload of stun guns to the Dept of Homeland security. Maybe they are the guns that caused the legal suits. I don't know.

[johnfunk]

101. Payroll tax "savings" by using an immigrant nanny...

... a few thousand dollars.

Embarrassing the incompetent, illegitimate "Popular Wartime Preznit" -- priceless!

[snippy]

132. He would have had the opportunity to steal significant sums as head of DHS

It wasn't about money. Rove pulled the plug on him because he wasn't worth the trouble.

[SW FL Dem]

114. AHHH - a republican Zoe Baird

Payback time!

[Wabbajack]

169. Already had that

Linda Chavez 2001

[Clark2008]

156. Nannygate, my ass.

Try Saudi Royal Family water boy...

Being loyal to the Saudi Royals is the new measure of patriotism, according to the Bush White House.

[JoFerret]

163. He was plenty loyal to them

...even to the extent of insisting foreign nationals abiding by Saudi "morality".

[johnfunk]

178. A great ending for another Bush fiasco...

[donheld]

182. Welcome to DU Tess

[THUNDER HANDS]

2. wow

something must be ready to break about him. Wonder what.

[bunny planet]

124. He made 6 million on a taser (stun gun) company deal and was

supposedly trying to get a contract with Homeland Security for these same tasers. It's just one of those crooked, conflict of interest kind of things. Nothing big, but a Nannygate story is more palatable for public consumption I guess. But geez, it's not as if he tortured anybody or called the Geneva conventions quaint. Bernie should have just hung in there for awhile. People do much worse in the * administration and still get a pass.

[nashville_brook]

179. my thought exactly! n/t

[H2O Man]

3. see Pat Buchanan

on Scarborough Country on MSNBC. He will talk to Kerik's attorney about why he withdrew from consideration for HS Director.

[DoYouEverWonder]

4. WTF?

Any particular reason, like maybe his sordid past? Leaving that kid behind in Korea doesn't look to good on the ol' resume? Or maybe it was a lack of qualifications for the job?

[H2O Man]

6. Buchanan

is in shock. Seriously.

[asthmaticeog]

8. Lack of qualifications?

Are you serious? Whose administration are we talking about again?

[candy331]

12. Dirt in the closet and dirt out of the closet has come to light and

more I believe, so out he goes. Time will tell, now only if some others would withdraw too.

[Pachamama]

64. Maybe he likes Fallafels too?

:shrug:

[Mira]

167. Carefully translated German saying applies:

" He just has too much dirt on the end of his stick".

[Quakerfriend]

13. I think

it might be the millions he made on TASAR stock.

WOW! This blows my mind, because he seemed to be pimping for the job as we led up to the election.

[Pachamama]

71. Yeah, I've been wondering about that Tazer stock-how does a cop get that

kind of cash to buy shares? Seriously, and even though I know he was a thug for the Saudi Royal Family and a mule for Giuliani's Partnership (doing Gawd knows what), but regardless of what he did and earned, how may I ask did he get that kind of cash? You don't just get that kind of stock for doing nothing....what did he do?

[BeHereNow]

17. His son's job at Hustler probably didn't fly well withe the fundies...

Someone posted a story about the
fact that his son had worked for Hustler
until quite recently.
Must be difficult finding fellow criminals to
fill the psoitions with the Fundies demanding
purity in the candidates.
BWAHAHAH!
bhn

[rockedthevoteinMA]

21. I thought that was Gonzalez's son? n/t

[BrklynLiberal]

25. That was Gonzales..The New Attonrey General's son... n/t

[BeHereNow]

34. Oops- You're right...my bad.

It's hard to keep so many evil people straight.
Perhaps they found some video footage of ...(fill in the blank)
That would not surprise me.
Wonder if we will ever know what they have on this guy.
bhn

[rockedthevoteinMA]

37. Mike Malloy is talking about it now - he's got a whole

string of reason right now ...he just called him a punk

On Edit: it's so easy to get all of them mixed up - they're all so sleazy and have such nasty backgrounds.

[BeHereNow]

43. LOL! I just posted the same thing below!

About Malloy...
Tee-hee.
Great minds think alike eh?
BHN

[rockedthevoteinMA]

48. Yeah

He talks so fast when he gets going it's hard to follow him!

:hi: bhn!

[H2O Man]

40. Maybe Kerik's son

posed for the magazine.

[BeHereNow]

52. ROLF!!!!

You just never know with this bunch!
Malloy just talked about his Dyncorp connection
and the fact that he stalked women for a sexual
predator while he was working in Saudi Arabia.
Nice.
As if women weren't getting felt up enough
by Homeland Security workers at the ariport?
bhn

[Pachamama]

86. No way - are you serious? Gonzales's son worked at Hustler?

:bounce: :puke:

These fucking hypocrites...I'm so tired of the whole lot of them....

:grr:

[LeighAnn]

129. He's NOT the New Attorney General...not even

You can help stop it

http://www.stopalbertogonzales.com

[rockedthevoteinMA]

5. WTF?

What inspired this? I can't wait to hear more.

On the other hand - who is going to be put in in his place?

They can have my governor!! (Mitt Romney - MA)

[Skink]

7. I heard Chalabi's available

[H2O Man]

10. And has Cheney's backing n/t

[goforit]

102. LOL!!!..................Well, if he has every Ex-Con in the book, Why not?

[Clark2008]

159. LOL!

At least we wouldn't have to guess what's in his closet! :P

[maddezmom]

9. Jay Carney from Time is reporting

[H2O Man]

15. Late Friday

there is a pattern here.

[LSdemocrat]

11. Good ole "Take out the Trash Day" at the White House

It's a West Wing reference for those who are wondering what I'm talking about.

[goforit]

108. They haven't even begun.

[Occulus]

117. aka the FND (Friday News Dump)

[Leilani]

14. Aaron Brown just talked about a few Kerik scandals

It was gonna hit the fan...LOL

[H2O Man]

18. Cool!

There were stories about to pop. -- commentator on MSNBC

[goforit]

104. Oh well.....I guess he deserves this square n square!!!

[wicket]

16. Hoo boy

This should get interesting.

[H2O Man]

23. Very strange .....

and Buchanan is playing a film clip of Spiro Agnew now! I think it's an omen.....

[wicket]

28. "I think it's an omen....."

'Twould be nice :D

[kohodog]

75. When is the next full moon?

Been raining here so much I don't have a clue. But Snow is back because no one would take on the job. We may be in even more serious trouble if they have to keep going lower in the barrel to find people who will serve. But Kerik scared me. We may need Homeland (and that word offends me) security, but we certainly don't need a skinhead running it.

[Osamasux]

139. Did you see Paul Krugman's backhanded shot at Snow?

In his December 10th piece in the NY Times.

"And maybe the fact that serious financial experts, the sort qualified to be Treasury secretary, understand all this is the reason why John Snow has just been reappointed."

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/10/opinion/10krugman.html?n=Top%2fOpinion%2fEditorials%20and%20Op%2dEd%2fOp%2dEd%2fColumnists%2fPaul%20Krugman

[savistocate]

161. Not near FM..but NEW MOON is Mon

For what anyone may take from it.--Moon & Sun align --this one has Mercury (in retrograde) aligned as well and Pluto is aligned.
Interesting for Ohio recount and lawsuit filing Mon Dec 13th.

[LynnTheDem]

19. GREAT news!!!

:)

[Freddie Stubbs]

121. Great news unless

the next nominee is worse than him.

[LynnTheDem]

137. Oh yeah that's a given...but one nasty rotten corrupt SOB at a time...

;)

[rooboy]

20. Let's hope sanity prevails and Henry Kissinger accepts the job.n/t

[H2O Man]

26. Oh my God!

My face hurts from laughing!

[goforit]

105. LOL!!!!.........We'll have to call this "Spanky and the Gang, Part II"

[BrklynLiberal]

22. He knew the feces was going to hit the rotating blades!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[johnfunk]

24. I heard rumors of TWO insider trading scandals...

from a NY media friend today. One was Taser -- wonder what the other was? Were federal securities laws broken maybe?

Good riddance to bad rubbish -- let him ply his whoredom for Giuliani and Famil... er, Associates.

[Skink]

29. Can we send him back to Iraq...?

Make him drive around in a 73 Pinto for awhile.

[maddezmom]

35. Medaire, Purdue Pharma, Entergy Nuclear NE and more:::

Maybe one of these??? :shrug:

Since May this year, Kerik has served on the board of MedAire, a Tempe, Ariz., company that provides a global medical network for travelers needing assistance and consultations for Americans living abroad who face an immediate security crisis.


~snip~

Kerik has played a key security consultant's role for a number of Kerik and Giuliani clients. Among them:

_Purdue Pharma, the company that makes the narcotic painkiller OxyContin. Kerik helped the company improve security at two manufacturing plants after it experienced employee theft and found that additional security measurers were needed for the highly regulated drug. Kerik worked to improve the capacity of safes to secure the product, upgrade camera surveillance and install other security measures.

_The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the drug industry association that opposes importation of medicine from Canada and elsewhere. Kerik visited ports, reviewed prescription drug Internet sites and helped prepare a report for the industry on dangers of importation. He told a government task force in April that allowing imports could invite terrorists to purchase drugs legally and use them in a biological attack

_Entergy Nuclear Northeast, operator of five nuclear power plants. Kerik and others helped ensure the plants were operated with state-of-the-art security.

___


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=542&ncid=542&e=13&u=/ap/20041209/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/kerik_s_stock_options

[ebayfool]

87. What? Rush was moonlighting at a 2nd job?

"_Purdue Pharma, the company that makes the narcotic painkiller OxyContin. Kerik helped the company improve security at two manufacturing plants after it experienced employee theft ..."

[DoYouEverWonder]

44. Gee, maybe he can have Martha Stewart's cell

after she gets out. I heard she did a great job redecorating it.

[goforit]

107. Scandals ain't holding this schmuck back....somethings cooking.

[bunny planet]

125. Add this to Benito Guliani's chances of running for Prez in 2008.

He recommended Bernie the Taser Kerrick for the job. That plus his lovely on air quote blaming the troops for the 380 tons of missing explosives should resurface nicely in four years. Way to go Rudolf.

[Jose Diablo]

148. Wouldn't it be interesting if

he was involved with the options trading on American and United Airlines in the run-up to 9-11.

Not saying he was, just wondering who it was that was doing the trading.

[wicket]

Newsday link:

http://www.newsday.com/ny-kerik1211,0,4607364.story?coll=ny-top-span-headlines

[johnfunk]

45. ... go to Newsday and VOTE -- they have a poll!

You know you want to DU it!

[sonicx]

27. did he say he wants to spend time with his family?

[H2O Man]

31. Good, very good!

The more people laugh at this administration, the better.

[BrklynLiberal]

76. Excellent point! To make a laughing stock out of these idiots would be

the perfect way to toss them out......

[AlCzervik]

30. YEAH!!!!!!!!

i am so happy to hear this!!!!! You just made my weekend!!!!

[H2O Man]

36. This on top

of Rumsfeld being exposed as a total shithead. The administration looks bad.

There are certain groups in our midst that have experience in destabilizing governments. Sit back and watch the show.

[LSdemocrat]

32. Can you hear the Joementum?

I think I can.

[Politicub]

33. Caligula's horse gallops away!

I love it! Good riddance.

:kick:

[Pachamama]

63. More like Caligula's Mule.....

This guy wasn't just scary, he was a joke....they knew it too...but I think there is something else in the works....Pachamama thinks there is more to the story, why else would they use the Friday evening news dump to break the "news"?

:eyes:

[wicket]

38. ABC News link:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=320415

[BeHereNow]

39. Mike Malloy is running it down right NOW.

Tune in Truthseekers!
bhn

[H2O Man]

42. Keep us updated.

FOX is having it on an "alert" now.

[BeHereNow]

59. The guy is a SWINE.

Malloy said he was contracted with Dyncorp.
That tells me all I need to know about him.
He was probably connected to a child sex slave ring.
Careful George, the fundies won't like that one bit
and might start to question your moral majority card
carrying privleges...
BHN

[Stevendsmith]

41. What a tragic joke these people are

too bad there will be no real consequence. The fuckers have four more years. They can fuck up all they want.

[H2O Man]

47. You may be right.

But I don't think that if the president is still in office, that he'll be in power.

[MichiganVote]

46. Not dirty enough for the Bush cabinet eh. I can understand his humility

[PurityOfEssence]

49. Dark, dark, dark...

That which allows the proletarian opportunist to rise so far and so fast is not that which generally bears scrutiny. Great ability does, of course, but that's not the stuff of this guy. Currying favor from the ruling class pays well, but it's generally because of the ugly services rendered.

Junior thinks he can make pronouncements and they shall be, but the world is much more unruly with the advent of that danged internet...

DAMN that Al Gore!

[goforit]

109. Yes ...the abyss of the black hole.

[peacetalksforall]

50. Wonderful! Thanks for the good things that happen.

[medeak]

51. love DU!

thanks for such great news!

[medeak]

58. didn't pay taxes for nanny?

msnbc just reporting... give me a break!

[goodboy]

53. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA fucker.....(nt)

[Stevendsmith]

57. My sentiments exactly (NT)

[BamaBecky]

99. Mine too !!!!!!!!! Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

[Pachamama]

54. There must be something even juicier about this guy coming out than just

the mere fact that he is not only incompetent, under-qualified and the son of a drug-addicted prostitute....

Stay tuned...something is up....

:eyes:

[americanstranger]

120. Here ya go...

From the NYT story:

A former New York City official who knows the circumstances of the withdrawal said the housekeeper had left for her home country two weeks ago. Her name and nationality were not disclosed.

Can you say 'pregnant illegal immigrant?' Thought you could...

Wonder how old she was?

-as

[Pachamama]

123. Great DU minds think alike...check out my comment below re. "nannygate"

I suggested that maybe he was fucking her....

Unreal....I swear, these people are the scum of this earth...

And they wonder why the muslim extremists hate us - its because of scum bags like this guy and the rest of the hypocritical evil pieces of crap....

It's one thing if this woman had worked for him years ago and left years ago...but to have left for her home country within the last few weeks?

Like I said, stay tuned....there is something big here....

:eyes:

[hippiechick]

160. Maybe she hasa hookup with Rush's housekeeper ...

The international housekeeper's drug supply cartel ?

:shrug:


:hippie:

[Stinky The Clown]

55. I am very pleased to see this near felon have to slink away

He would have been a total embarrassment to the country.

[Leilani]

56. Not good for Rudy!

Rudy asked Bush for the Kerik pick.

[H2O Man]

62. I think that

Bush asked Rudy to take the position; when Rudy turned it down, he recommended Kerik.

[Bake]

77. Rudy whored HARD for Kerik.

Yuk yuk yuk.

Bake

[Mist]

122. Will this put a big dent in Rudy's relationship with * ?

A twofer!

[snippy]

133. I would say Rudy PIMPED hard for Kerik.

As head of DHS Kerik would have been in position to steer big bucks Rudy's way.

[JoFerret]

164. The sleaze promotes the sleaze

...too much to hope that both go away and soon.

[TacticalPeek]

60. Buchanan says that Kerick's attorney will be on after the break.

Kerick has "just now" discovered he has a nanny problem.

If all these fat cats would pay their employees' FICA share, there would be less of a trust fund problem.

Plus, immigration probs.

[AlCzervik]

66. Thats the least of his crimes

maybe they cued that one up so we won't keep looking at all of his other assholery.

[snippy]

134. Agreed. Rove pulled the plug because of a long list of typical

republican corrupt behavior by Kerik.

[H2O Man]

152. Yep.

Announcing it in the early evening Friday. It also takes some attention off Rumsfeld's blunder.

[H2O Man]

67. His attorney

Imus refers to this fellow as a "mob lawyer" .....

[Bouncy Ball]

113. I gaurantee you that's not the REAL reason

hell, there's been far worse in the bush administration than THAT.

No, there's more to the story. And I have a gut feeling he was asked to withdraw his name. Just a gut feeling, nothing more.

[snippy]

135. He wasn't asked to withdraw. He was ordered to.

No nominee for any position tells any president to forget about it after having accepted a nomination. No nominee for any position blindsinds any president by withdrawing out of the blue. If a nominee discovers or remembers something in his or her background which may be a problem for the administration, the nominee contacts someone in the White House to discuss it and make a decision on how to proceed. If withdrawal is the decision, the White House determines the timing. Rove pulled the plug on Kerik.

[Bouncy Ball]

151. Yep.

I totally agree. It's completely unbelieveable that Kerik himself would just ring up the White House and say "Um, yeah, nevermind!"

[steely]

61. One less cretin in charge.

[goforit]

110. Don't count your chickens...He will be working behind close doors....

which may be even scarier.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

65. so seriously think three moves ahead

between tonight FRIDAY and 3 nights from Now MONDAY this really
WON"T be in the NEWS much. This is released tonight?????

How do we keep this flowing through the recount, or is this a distraction to the recount?

NO GLOATING!!
The temptation is soooooooooo tempting

Comeon guys plan C, D and E

Keep hammering!

[Osamasux]

143. GREAT POINT!!!! We need to get Mileage out of this.

This story has to 'get legs'. If on Monday, they're still talking Kerik-gate, that would be great. There is apparently a lot more substance and story there. How can we get the media to keep digging into this? We need to express moral outrage. The Chimp can get two weeks worth of bad press out of this, or it can die by Monday. Let's do our part.

You know Rove is picking through his bag of tricks for some Big Announcement to distract attention away from this story. Plus Christmas is coming, which tends to quash any political talk (except for people like us, who live and breath the stuff.) :shrug:


You won't see much of Tom Ridge now, because that will just redirect attention back to the Kerik sidebar story. Some subtle reassurance that we are safe because Tom's still on the job, but no big story.

[donheld]

183. Welcome PuraVidaDreamin

[Pithy Cherub]

68. KeriK doesn't get a place on *'s potemkin village row!

No loss- just hope that what comes after isn't worse!

[MADem]

69. It was only a matter of time

Aside from the Taser business (he had the NYPD buy them, then he was appointed to the board and got six mil for his trouble), his dealings with a pharmaceutical company, his illegitimate child that he ABANDONED in Korea to be raised by another soldier, his declaring bankruptcy in his past....then there's the confirmation hearings:

Q: Mr. Kerik, why is it that when you were assigned by the president to train the new Iraqi police force, that you went on vacation in the middle of the effort? How many did you say you would train, how many did you train, how many are now trained, how many killed on the job, how many deserted their posts?

The guy is a walking TIME BOMB. And this is just the shit that is a matter of public record...

And, yeah, Rudy has got to be pissed. It all comes down to guilt by association.

A bright spot on a bleak day.

[Sideways]

150. That Pharmaceutical Co Is Named Pharma Now Think Rush Limpballs

Kerik was hired for security at Pharma because they were experiencing rampant theft. Guess what they make? Right boys and girls oxycontin.

I think Kerik stole mass quantities of the drug himself and that he might be Rush's supplier. The homeland security gig would have given him perfect cover but he was greedy on other fronts (he is a pig after all) and he got tripped up.

Thats my HO YMMV. :evilgrin:

[MADem]

155. I thought they hired him

...to work on "enforcement issues" relative to the import of drugs from Canada. In short, Bernie was the thug who would prevent gramma and grampa from getting their Canadian drugs, and would ensure they would be treated like criminals if caught.

But hey, if sample packs come with the job, who knows??

[Gman]

70. Caught in bed...

with a live boy or a dead woman or something?

Good Republican morals.

[artemisia1]

103. Great Picture!

Where did you get the picture of the girl praying before the Christ Bush? Is it for real? I have a co-worker who has a G.W. Portrait as Wallpaper. I would put my own but I'm afraid of getting in trouble...O8) O8)

[la la]

72. Bernie's Lawyer------- eccchhhh

right now- trying to make Bernie look like he REALLY got tripped up by nannygate. Joe Tacopina is Karl Rove in disguise.

[medeak]

79. how much hair gel does he use?

looks like the Gotti kids....

[donheld]

184. Welcome la la

[Leilani]

73. Ha!! They are using the Nanny Defense...

& unpaid taxes, while he was struggling in Iraq for our country!

LOL!

[PuraVidaDreamin]

80. How 'bout collected pay while stateside and injured

Recouperating at Walter Reed after loosing an arm
and then receiving a bill for 2 grand cuz you really
weren't overseas.

[johnfunk]

82. As silly as the Nanny prosecution:

Marcia Clark: "Nanny nanny nanny and neener neener" -- boy, that sure worked against OJ!

What is it about Republicans and nannies anyway?

[Catherine Vincent]

74. Good!

Don't know anything about him, never heard of him, don't care about him. I just know he's a damn republican. Heh!

[UTUSN]

81. Kick for Typical Wingnut/Asshole n/t

[Stevendsmith]

83. MSGOP whore Brian Williams attempting instant damage control!

Talking about how Dems supported this guy AND were trying to smear him! How the fuck does that work?! Impressive logical gymnastics, Brian!

[Leilani]

98. I think you mean Pete Williams

their Justice Dept reporter.

[Osamasux]

141. ...who was the Defense Dept Spokesman during Daddy's war.

[goforit]

111. Oh my God!!!.....Williams is looking for trouble!!!!

[Beetwasher]

84. This Is BAAAAAAD!!! Think About It For A Second!

He got in, took a look around and wanted no part of it. It's so bad and so fucked up, this lickspittle, Nazi brownshirt turned down his wet dream position. He didn't want any responsibility for what's coming down the pike. This bad news people. It must be really, really bad and he wants no part of taking the heat for what's coming. This is frightening.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

89. Another good perspective

[goforit]

112. Yah......another Wag the Dog on the Way!!...Ohio recount getting on

their nerves.
Or....better yet, They want a reason to attack Iran.
I'm sure.

I wonder how happy the US military will be now.

Hope they will figure this all out by then.

[Catchawave]

85. One down....next? n/t

[Stevendsmith]

88. No disruptions to president to occur "on his [Kerick's] watch"

This is what Kerik's slime attorney said! Hey, scumbag, his "watch" never even began. On his watch. Please!

[Columbia]

90. Don't celebrate yet

His replacement may turn out to be even worse...

[vixengrl]

91. Alas, poor Kerick, we hardly knew him--

and yet, the little we knew was enough, no?

[maddezmom]

92. bet he got Bremmer to place contracts with one of his consulting co's

while he was in Iraq

[Pachamama]

94. Bwahahahaha! It's a Nannygate!

Yeah right!

There's more....

Maybe its because he was raping the illegal immigrant Nanny who watched his kid....

:grr:

[Tight_rope]

95. Amen....Thank the Lawd

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

96. maybe he wasn't paying his nanny a salary

let alone taxes on it. wonder what country she's from.

[BeHereNow]

97. Do ya suppose GAWD told Bush to nominate Kerik?

I thought GAWD was talking to little Georgie
and telling him what to do...
This does not look to good.
So much for GAWD's advice to George, eh?
Wonder what the Fundies think about this
turn of events...
Did GAWD lie to his chosen one?
BWAHAHAHAH!
The wheels are coming off the burning
wagon as it careens towards the edge of the cliff!
YES!
BHN

[snippy]

136. It is a sad and frightening commentary on our country that your question

is a perfectly appropriate and logical one to ask of this administration. In fact, it is the most appropriate and logical one to ask. And if God misled Bush about Kerik, what else might God have lied to Bush about? Iraq? Tax cuts? Pretzels?

[UTUSN]

100. & You Heard It Here FIRST-----------Praise the LORD!!!!!!

***********QUOTE***********
KERIK as thug: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/media/columns/medi... /

.... Then Judith and Rupert found each other -- and ReganBooks was born. Not only did their commercial instincts mesh, but Judy's what's-the-world-ever-done-for-me politics were highly compatible with the Murdoch view.

And then the sex part. It's a one-woman show.

I have never heard anyone talk about sex the way Judy does. I have never heard anyone talk about their sexual partners the way Judy does. I have never heard anyone analyze individual motivations, the workings of the marketplace, and politics, too, in such precisely sexual terms. The other day, on her show, she kept interrupting her tempered guests on the subject of why women like Bill Clinton, and, voice rising, saying: "They want to have sex with him -- that's why they like him!"

Early in her career at Simon & Schuster, she published a book called The Rogue Warrior and fought tooth and nail for a full-face cover photo of the author. "Don't they understand?" she stormed to me. "Women will buy this because they want to fuck him!" She got the full face and a best-seller.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0880010.html

Born: 1953
Birthplace: Massachusetts?

Growing up on Long Island, Regan earned a BA in English from Vassar College. In the late 1970s, she studied voice and worked as a secretary before becoming a reporter for the National Enquirer. In 1987 Regan proposed a book on American families and their role models to Simon & Schuster. The editors were impressed, and she joined Simon & Schuster, developing a string of best-selling celebrity “tell-all” books, including those by talk show host Rush Limbaugh and radio personality Howard Stern. Her aggressive, sales-oriented approach was highly successful, but critics charged she was undermining publishing by manufacturing personality-driven books. In 1994 Rupert Murdoch gave Regan her own imprint at HarperCollins, ReganBooks, and a TV show on Fox News. A Manhattan resident, Regan is divorced and has two children.

http://www.amiannoying.com/2002/view.aspx?ID=4537

Published Howard Stern's 'Private Parts' and 'Miss America,' 'Monica Lewinsky's Untold Story: An Amorality Tale,' 'Quivers a Life' and Rush Limbaugh's 'See I Told You So' and 'The Way it Ought to Be'
Hosts Fox News interview show

Why she might be annoying:
Her son was born out of wedlock and she never married the father.
She divorced Robert Kleinschmidt, the father of her daughter, in a very angry divorce. The divorce battle went for over five years and went through dozens of lawyers and many judges, costing more than a million dollars.
When she published rival Rush Limbaugh's book, Howard Stern called her 'Judas Limbaugh.'
She wrote for the National Enquirer for three years.

Why she might not be annoying:
She looks like Isabella Rossellini.
She graduated Vassar College on a scholarship.
She has edited books from the left and right political viewpoint with out censoring ideas.
She ranked #94 in Entertainment Week Power List of 1993.

http://www.zianet.com/insightanalytical/newlow.htm

Regan looked straight into the camera and for almost 10 minutes, delivered a pseudo stream-of-consciousness poetry riff mocking Clinton. Referring to his sad boyhood, she mocked his loneliness, then proclaimed that he built himself up and called himself KING, because "I am rich and I can do what I want!" She likened him to the cast out Socks, and envisioned him an old man meeting up with Socks at 125th street, both holding tin cups. ....

It was incredibly vicious. What was especially appalling was how she took the most painful aspects of Bill's background--his truly grievous childhood--and twisted them, using them to mock him. If this wasn't the "politics of personal destruction" I don't know how else you could describe this horrific display. ....

***********UNQUOTE*********

[uppityperson]

106. wooohoooo!

[tuvor]

115. It must be Friday.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

116. Bush: "Note to self...ask God to revise mandate and smite my enemies"

Poor, poor Dubya. God's little chosen Prince, ruler of the land, so strong, so moral, so filled with religion, so SCREWED. Payback is a bitch, isn't it, Junior?

:evilgrin:

[mmiixx]

118. no ! around the rim again

maybe he failed "kiss arse" training

[Swamp Rat]

119. One thug down... the rest of PNAC to go.

[Florida_Geek]

126. kick so more ppl do not dupe

Like Me.. :)

[Traction]

127. Why is everyone so happy?

Honestly, he seems a lot better then Gonzalez or Rice.

[liberalcanuck]

130. You've got to be kidding. This guy has wingnut written all over

him. I couldn't stand the sight of his face constantly shamelessly shilling for BFEE on every major 'news' channel. I've never heard this asshole say anything remotely critical of shrub and the gang. To hear him talk one would think that everything is just going swimmingly in Iraq. What a fuckwad.

This guy is the WORST!

This looks good on 'em and I hope he gets Cheneyed.

[H2O Man]

153. Another reason

people are happy is because George W. has been acting like he just kicked Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, and George Foreman's butts and has a mandate as the toughest man on earth. Every appointment that he attempts to make, which results in a humiliating withdrawal or defeat, is a good thing.

[Traction]

172. Well, what has he done that makes him right-wing?

I didn't say I approve, it just seems to me Bush's other picks have been worse, but prove me wrong.

[liberalcanuck]

175. This guy rose to prominence by enforcing Giuliani's police-state

management style when Guiliani was mayor of New York.

(snip)

With the nomination of Bernard Kerik, former head of the New York City Police Department (NYPD), as Homeland Security secretary, George W. Bush has added another unconditional loyalist to his administration. He has also ensured that this vast umbrella agency stays in the hands of a right-wing proponent of police-state measures.

(snip)

Indeed, Kerik embodies the cynical exploitation of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He has parlayed his eyewitness account of the collapse of the Twin Towers—and his dog-like loyalty to his boss, former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani—into a sizeable personal fortune.

It was this personal connection to Giuliani that paved the way to Kerik’s wealth and fame. A martial arts expert, he had served in the military, worked as the warden of a county jail in New Jersey, and later as a security contractor for the Saudi monarchy. He then joined the New York City Police Department, working on drug busts as an undercover agent.

(snip)

In 1993, he attached himself to Giuliani, who, as a former federal prosecutor, ran a right-wing, law-and-order campaign for mayor. Kerik, then an NYPD detective, became the Republican candidate’s bodyguard and chauffeur.

After Giuliani’s election, he was rewarded for these personal services with a series of increasingly senior posts in the city hierarchy—first as a deputy commissioner, then as head of the Correction Department, and finally as commissioner of the NYPD. He left in his wake a series of corruption scandals, and a residue of bitterness over the subjective and vindictive way in which he rewarded his supporters and punished anyone who challenged him.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/dec2004/keri-d04.shtml

Take a look at that whole article. It's an interesting read.

[Traction]

181. Attaching himself to Giuliani doesn't make him right-wing?

So, that article says Giuliani "ran a right-wing, law-and-order campaign for mayor." Sorry, but Rudy is the furthest thing from right-wing. He's not even a moderate Republican. Anyone who thinks Rudy's "right-wing" must be a Communist or a moron, take your pick. Trust me, this NYC Democrat voted for him twice. If he could have run again in 2001, I'd have voted for him again. Instead, I voted for Mark Green.

[Ms_Mary]

176. All indications are that he's a crook with mercenary tendencies

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6700947/site/newsweek/

"Kerik's somewhat cavalier attitude is best captured by his time in Iraq. After the invasion in the spring of 2003, Kerik was sent to Baghdad to organize the Iraqi police. But Kerik didn't seem to show much interest in Iraqis, said a senior U.S. official who worked with him. He appeared to enjoy going on night raids against "bad guys" with some South African mercenaries who were serving as bodyguards to U.S."

[Cooley Hurd]

128. TPM: Did Newsweek query bring Kerik down?

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_12_05.php#004203

(December 11, 2004 -- 01:26 AM EDT)
Newsweek's Mark Hosenball suggests that his investigation may have been what scotched the Kerik nomination. And he may be right. According to this story on the Newsweek website, early this evening Newsweek reporters faxed the White House documents detailing an arrest warrant that was issued for Kerik in 1998, stemming from a dispute over unpaid bills for a condo he owned in New Jersey.

-- Josh Marshall
</snip>

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6697161/site/newsweek/

<snip>
But there may have been other issues at play. Kerik, who recently made millions in the private sector, once filed for personal bankruptcy as a New York cop. And just five years ago he was in financial trouble over a condominium he owned in New Jersey. More serious trouble than anyone realized: NEWSWEEK has discovered that a New Jersey judge in 1998 had issued an arrest warrant as part of a convoluted series of lawsuits relating to unpaid bills on his condo. The magazine faxed documents, including the arrest warrant, over to the White House around 6:00 p.m. Friday, asking for comment. Neither Kerik nor the White House had any immediate response. At 8:30 p.m., Kerik had submitted his letter to the president.

<snip>
The lawsuit relating to Kerik’s apartment stems from his failure to pay maintenance fees. A court found that Kerik owed about $5,000 on the unit. When Kerik failed to comply with a subpoena related to the unpaid bill, a judge on Aug. 24, 1998 issued a warrant for Kerik’s arrest. It is unclear whether the warrant was ever served or withdrawn. Court computer records indicate that the lawsuit remains open, but there was some confusion on Friday over the location of the full record.
</snip>

I just love when Karma actually works!!!!:thumbsup:

[shayes51]

131. But what is the problem.?

He seems typical of The-Rules-Don't-Apply-to-Me Bunch at the WH! If Bush thought he was the best person for the job, what loser will we finally get? Sad.

[fishnfla]

142. Reply: the new Bush cabinet is more like royal courtiers

No loose cannons. Complete and utter obedience to the king. No more O'neill's or Powell's, etc.

I cant wait to hear shrub answer the press questions on this. Kettle must be boiling already

[snippy]

138. I love it too, but Karma has a lot more work to do with this bunch. n/t

[H2O Man]

154. Great post.

Kerik had also been fined a substantial amount for having two cops do research for his book while they were on duty. I think it was a $2500 fine.

Kerik resigned because he had been informed, as you detail for our reading pleasure, that he was going to be put on the hot seat next week.

Please compare this with what occured to Mr. Goss's choice for his right-hand man. It was leaked to the media the fellow had been arrested for stealing a pound of bacon years ago. Goss, Bush, and Cheney blamed a small group of CI operatives for leaking that information. Gosh, looks like a few more leaks will occure.

[Tight_rope]

157. See..."NO ONE IS ABOVE GOD'S LAW"....Karma is a bitch!

[DrZeeLit]

168. "confusion over the location" of records -- again?

Hey, they can't use that one again, can they?
I mean... been there, done that, have the AWOL t-shirt to prove it.
Can't find records?
These guys can't find their asses in full daylight.

I can't wait. It's the Keystone Cops Star In Bush Admin II.
Something realllllly bad is going to happen.
I hope it happens to THEM not US.

[Massachusetts]

140. The Bu$hco Circus Rolls On

Now that the impersonator's "Weekend With Bernie" is over the real fun begins. Condi taking the reins from Colin. Stay tuned.:nuke: :crazy:

[Rose Siding]

144. He's blaming it on a nanny scandal

And msnbc dutifully carries water...

Kerik is not the first prominent official to fall victim to the “nanny problem.” Similar issues killed the nomination hopes of three candidates for top administration posts in the Clinton administration.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6696551/

NO mention of the BUSH labor sec's "nanny problem".

It's as though the profiteering, child desertion, strong-arm tactics in SA and in NYC for his friends weren't significant problems, but that nanny thing? That's as bad as CLINTON stuff. What a joke.

[havocmom]

147. 'G. Gordon Liddy Impersonator hides behind Nanny's Skirts'

That's what the headline should be! With all the shit this con man has pulled, a "nanny problem" is what makes him un-con-firm-able?!?!

They must have a hard time finding neocon clones who haven't hired illegals (and probably failed to pay various employment taxes).

Pretending to be a top cop is OK?

Pretending to be an administrator is OK?

Pretending to be a tough guy who will 'stay til the job is done' in Iraq, screwing up cuz he is way over his head then turning tail and running out is OK?

The guy was a body guard and driver, like the thugs mob bosses have. He got in with a morally bankrupt NYC mayor and started thinking he was a player. Found out he couldn't match wits with real cops and he didn't do so well with his tough guy routine where there is real danger.

Would have been fun to see what else turned up in his closet. :evilgrin:
Nanny problem, indeed!

[Tight_rope]

158. They want to only pay for cheap labor!

[Algorem]

145. hope all the mediawhores who put all those fluff pieces on Kerik are prou

d,like Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes on Wednesday.Same old bootlicking,another 4 awful years? http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/12/08/60II/main659824.shtml Like Scott Pelley on same show oozing all this prissy disapproval on American soldiers who don't want to be intimidated into participating in Bush's criminal invasion.Reminded me of the worshipful interview he did with Bush on Air Force 1 after 911 where Pelley got all teary eyed to be in the presence of the great Bush.And just this morning on CBS morning show the bearded bozo CBS White House reporter whatshisname was saying how Bush is probably the most physically fit president we've ever had while showing him in his "Commander in Chief" dictator jacket.Someone should restart mediawhoresonline.com,because it's still the same.

[BlueEyedSon]

146. kick

[YDogg]

149. So long Bernie ...

... we hardly knew ya.

[JoFerret]

162. There is a goddess

...and sometimes she brings down the vainglorious bullies who profit from psycopathic fearmongering.

[rainbow4321]

165. Old arrest warrant faxed to WH Friday night...

at 6 pm. Hence the late night news of his refusing nomination???


http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6697161/site/newsweek/


Kerik, who recently made millions in the private sector, once filed
for personal bankruptcy as a New York cop. And just five years ago he was in financial trouble over a condominium he owned in New Jersey.


More serious trouble than anyone realized
NEWSWEEK has discovered that a New Jersey judge in 1998 had issued an
arrest warrant as part of a convoluted series of lawsuits relating to
unpaid bills on his condo.
The magazine faxed documents, including the arrest warrant, over to
the White House around 6:00 p.m. Friday, asking for comment.

Sources close to Kerik and the White House insist the arrest warrant
was not the reason Kerik withdrew.

[NYC]

166. Riker's Island & diverted money.

Excerpt from Newsday article:

"He couldn't run the Rikers commissary without getting greedy and making a mess, in a jam," one correction veteran said. "Now he's gonna be in charge of the Department of Homeland Security? Let's just hope the terrorists don't decide to come back."

This former subordinate was referring to just one of many petty scandals that have hung over Kerik's career. When he ran Correction, nearly $1 million of tobacco-company rebates were diverted into an obscure foundation Kerik was president of. This was for cigarettes bought with taxpayer money and then sold at inflated prices to jail inmates. But this rebate money - would kickbacks be a better word? - got spent entirely outside the normal rules for public funds.

No one was criminally charged. But a whole rash of IRS rules were seemingly violated. One board member quit in protest when the foundation treasurer refused to provide him with financial reports. And no one has ever explained where all the money went.

It was a typical Kerik deal. He behaved from start to finish like normal rules didn't apply to him.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/politics/ny-nyhen034063947dec03,0,2450252.column

Written by Ellis Henican, Dec. 3, 2004.

Nobody in this thread has mentioned Riker's Island. I see it as a likely reason for the withdrawal.

Also, someone called Tacopino a "mob" lawyer. I think he is regarded as a "cop" lawyer.

[liberalcanuck]

174. I think that's what probably killed his bid of head of DHS. Good find.

[robre]

170. Bernard Kerik withdraws... Laura Bush still gets pregnant.

Could this be the real reason he doesnt get to be Master of Homeland Security?

If only they didn't teach abstinence based sex ed in schools. Tsk tsk.

[Jehanatu]

171. Priceless.

Mudslinging in an attempt to support a moron: Gaining $500
Using an illegal housekeeper: Gaining an extra $1000 dollars or so
Being a Moron: Priceless

There are some things in life which money can't buy. For everything else, there's

:nuke:Bush:nuke:

:)

[aikido15]

173. Kerik Cartoon....

and a new website that needs support!

[CRK7376]

177. Why do I keep hearing

Paul Simon's "Slip Sliding Away"......Bush and his buddies always seem to Slip Slide Away from anything damaging....

[Guns Aximbo]

180. Just another Repugnant Crook

I'm laughing histerically... This is just another example of Republican crooks running the show. I'll guarantee that there is much much more to this than just a simple tax dodge.

Kerik is an embezzling tax cheat and a crook of the worst kind. Just a typical fascist pig.