OH MAN I'M GETTING ANGRY!

[Subdivisions]

WTF? Geithner, Dashle, Kelleher!

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME???

What next?!?

This is beginning to look like "new bosses same as the old bosses"!

Talk me down! Tell me why I should chill out!

[ananda]

1. Can't do it.

Your anger is justified!

[KittyWampus]

17. Why? Because three nominees made mistakes on their taxes? Really?

[elocs]

25. Would we here at DU be as forgiving of a Republican who did exactly the same? n/t

[Subdivisions]

27. Mistakes?

BULLSHIT!

[closeupready]

31. Yep. Sho is.

$125,000 is not an 'oversight'. :puke:

[Subdivisions]

33. It's elitist 'the law doesn't apply to me' BULLSHIT! n/t

[closeupready]

38. Right, we Democrats have to support tax cheats for the sake of the party.

:crazy: No, I don't have to do that. :mad:

[cynatnite]

2. I say get good and pissed...

Get it out of your system. I'm very unhappy, too.

[tekisui]

3. "new bosses same as the old bosses"? hardly.

Daschle and Killeher stepped out for the picture for one.


And, secondly, the old bosses were war criminals. Errant taxers are a far cry from that.

[orleans]

4. well, this should take you down a notch. dashle is out. he dropped out.

according to ed schultz

[Subdivisions]

11. Dashle can go take a fucking leap! Fuck him!

Did he think he didn't have to pay taxes like you and me? Who the FUCK does he think he is? And not to mention the black eye he's giving us as Democrats but he's also not only providing ammo for assholes like limpnuts, HE'S LOADING THE GODDAMNED GUN! Shootin' us in the goddamned foot!

Edited to add: And that goes for the rest of them too and the ones to come!

[orleans]

47. ok--but did the news lessen your anger? n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Dashle's gone....how did you do that?

[rurallib]

6. I am looking at these as errors of enthusiasm and lack of experience

The reason it seems like such a big deal is because the 24X7 M$M makes it aound like that is all that is happening.
Mitchell is on his way to the Mid-east. Barney Frank is taking on the banks. Ledbetter was signed. Holder has been sworn in and Bushco is collectively shitting their drawers.
Remember how every time Bushco fucked one up and a white girl went missing? Diversions, diversions.

[Subdivisions]

19. That's why you don't give the fucking 24X7 M$M

anything to work with! They fuck us as it is without any help by no-tax paying elitist assholes like the three I've mentioned already and then some.

[mmonk]

7. Just a bump in the road.

[BobRossi]

9. More like wheels in the ditch.

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[mmonk]

16. I see it as politics as usual.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

8. The old boss lied the country into a war that resulted in thousands of deaths.

I don't see how nominating a tax cheat is comparable.

[earth mom]

36. Bullshit. There is NO fucking excuse for the rich or for politicians to NOT pay taxes!

They need to follow the fucking laws just like we peons do or get the fuck out or be fired! :grr:

[SemiCharmedQuark]

41. My issue was with the comparison.

To compare the nomination to what Bush did minimizes Bush's deeds.

Robbing a bank and committing murder are both wrong, but they are not equivalent.

[earth mom]

43. Corruption is corruption. nt

[SemiCharmedQuark]

44. That's like saying "crime is crime" or "lying is lying".

There are various degrees of everything. One lie is not equivalent to another solely because they both are lies.

[earth mom]

45. Bullshit. A lie is a lie. It's all equal.

Obama ran on hope and change and if he doesn't hold everyone in his administration to the highest standards, then he's no different that * and his band of criminals.

[Lex]

10. The insanely complicated tax code should be revamped.

nt

[w4rma]

13. Yes! (nt)

[Stinky The Clown]

18. Wow ... that's what the Repubics are saying, too.

(I don't argue with you, by the way)

[Lex]

21. I'm guessing their motives are different, however.

nt

[Stinky The Clown]

46. Without a doubt.

[tosh]

26. Yep.

[Still Sensible]

12. I'll bet you the President is really pissed, too

as well. I think these are examples where the vetting that was set up was obviously inadequate and clearly there has been a lack of honesty from certain nominated individuals.

Of course, the President will downplay it as best he can and try to put these things in the rear view mirror, but he can't be pleased.

[Subdivisions]

30. I should hope not. n/t

[EFerrari]

42. No kidding. The Republics are trying to sabotage the stimulus package

tooth and nail. This is the last thing he needed. But, whatever. He knew the job was dangerous.

[book_worm]

14. Right Obama is just the same as Bush.

[Subdivisions]

Did I say that? NO! I'm referring to the corruption and criminality

of the previous party that was in power.

[Renew Deal]

15. Only 1 of those three is still around.

So things are looking up.

[4 t 4]

22. I'll try and talk you down

this is a chess game, have faith hang in there I know we are so suspicious after the last 8 years but just hang in there Obama knows what he is doing don't you think?

[Subdivisions]

23. Does he? Does he...

really? I would like to think so but how the hell do you let these assholes get far enough to be nominated and get the confirmation hearing having not found that these assholes are tax-dodging criminals?

[Renew Deal]

24. I don't have an issue

Though I think Kelleher's situation didn't seem that bad.

[Spike89]

20. Old bosses stonewalled

The new bosses actually have to live up to some standards to get into the job.

[Life Long Dem]

28. I'm starting to go crazy

[EFerrari]

29. Calm down. DC is a bipartisan sewer. Consider that these people

are being filtered out, not given medals like they were under the torture president. There's really no comparison.

[Subdivisions]

32. I pay my taxes. I presume you do too. Who the HELL do these

tax cheats think they are? Do they think they don't have to pay taxes like the rest of us?

[EFerrari]

34. Truthfully? No, I don't think people at that level think rules apply to them.

Do I like it? Nope.

It's going to take a while to muck out all the corruption.

[Subdivisions]

35. Then they are no better than the old bosses, that being the republics. n/t

[EFerrari]

37. Well, in some ways, no, they're not. But, the Obama admin

seems to be culling them out not recruiting them as Bush did -- so, in that respect, there is a big difference.

[closeupready]

39. On this I disagree, only in terms of the larger mission of the Democratic Party is light years bette

better than anything the pukes have put forward as far back as I can remember. We just need to find people who can serve Obama who possess his integrity and honesty. These were not good choices.

[Coyote_Bandit]

40. Somebody needs

to make an example out of one of these asshats.

I don't give a damn what their party affiliation is - these crooks need to be reminded that nobody is above the law. They should not be permitted to play by different rules.