Report: Between 70-75% of nearly 3000 ex-Bush officials looking for jobs are unemployed

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Nearly 75% of ex-Bush officials looking for jobs are unemployed



http://rawstory.com/news/2008/For_exBush_officials_nearly_75_percent_0221.html

While the market for job-seekers in the United States might be sour, for most it isn't as impenetrable as it is for the nearly 3,000 former members of the Bush administration.

Between 70-75 percent who are looking for full-time work still haven't found new jobs, according to a Saturday report by the Wall St. Journal.

"That 'is much, much worse' than when Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton left the White House," Carlos M. Gutierrez, who served as Bush's commerce secretary, told the paper.

For many, the traditional refuge of conservative think tanks in Washington, D.C. has become a Fort Knox, with almost no positions available, and certainly not for lower-rung Bush officials.

[BlooInBloo]

1. Who are the fools who hired the 25%?

:rofl:

[Jim Lane]

23. I guess Wal-Mart needed greeters (n/t)

[pleah]

2. Oh, boo hoo for them.

:nopity:

[barbtries]

25. my precise reaction

boo hoo.

[SmileyRose]

3. I feel bad for their kids

on more than one count........

[Ocracoker16]

4. I would argue that most are probably otherwise unemployable

That was true before they got their jobs in the Bush administration.

[rrneck]

5. Hey, my car needs washing.

Of course I won't offer health care, overtime, 401k or any hope for employment security. And if I need them to work off the clock, they better have their ass here to do that as well.

But they should only show up if they plan to do a "heckuva job" and take the fall if I fuck up.

Now snap to it.

[Bosso 63]

15. My knob needs washing,

and I would bet that they have experience.

[earth mom]

6. Cry me a river. They're all set for life.

:nopity:

[treestar]

7. Hopefully they will all write books

It will be very interesting to find out about what went on from the inside.

[lunatica]

8. How are they feeling about their bank pals foreclosing on THEM now?

So, do they now believe in unemployment benefits? How do they feel about health care? Are they beginning to feel the government should help them now?

Hey! They can always join the military.

[Octafish]

9. They shouldn't be in the job market. They should all be in prison.

For most of us, crime doesn't pay.
For the big shots, though, it does, big time.

[bobthedrummer]

10. You beat me to it, Octafish-using criminal conspiracy laws that's where they belong eom.

[Ernesto]

11. let them join the army........

Heard that Afghanistan is hiring.

[progressoid]

12. Ya lie down with dogs...

:nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity:

[Arugula Latte]

13. Under the skills section of their resume it says: Lying. Sucking Up. Killing Brown People.

Bankrupting the country
Letting people drown
Polluting
Paper shredding (Constitution a specialty)
Pandering to rightwing freaks

[leftofthedial]

14. a. they hired the least competent as a matter of principle.

b. scum, unless obscenely wealthy, reap what they sow.

[Lugnut]

16. What a pity.

:nopity:

[Enrique]

17. but in 100 years they'll be doing great

once history judges Bush to be a great president, the offers will come rolling in.

[SeattleGirl]

18. Bet they're not too happy about being among the great unwashed.

I'm not going to wish poverty on them, but maybe some of them will grow a bit of compassion now for people who didn't get to ride the coattails of BushCo.

[Canuckistanian]

19. Now there's corporate gratitude for you right there

Bush and his minions presided over the largest government giveaway of tax cuts, no-bid contracts, regulation slashing and influence over government departments.

And do they show their gratitude by hiring former "Bushies"? Of course not.

The only "qualifications" these officials possessed were rigid ideology and sycophancy to the most idiotic person to ever hold high office.

Even greedy corporate entities have higher standards and know better than to hire these losers.

[diane in sf]

20. If their finances get bad enough they may become Dems...

[RagAss]

21. Hungry? Eat your Bush/Cheney bumper stickers ...motherfuckers !

[FVZA_Colonel]

22. Just try to hold back your tears.

I know I am.

[ThoughtCriminal]

24. I think the terms that best describes them

Radioactive and Toxic.