Daschle withdraws

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Given the tax issue, I think this was the right thing to do. Kudos to the administration and Daschle for realizing it was too big a distraction.
 
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Hate to hijack but would it make sense to anyone else that if any politician has any "tax issues" they should be barred from holding public office until those taxes are paid?
 
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Kudos to the Admin that is now in charge of national security for not finding out if any of your nominees paid their taxes
 
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KB5252 said:
Hate to hijack but would it make sense to anyone else that if any politician has any "tax issues" they should be barred from holding public office until those taxes are paid?
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utvolpj said:
Kudos to the Admin that is now in charge of national security for not finding out if any of your nominees paid their taxes
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I don't think anybody realized it until he was nominated. Do you really think a guy in his position would ever have done this on purpose? Of course not! But, when he got nominated, it came up.

I agree with you it is a mistake to not have vetted and found this out beforehand. But its a mistake that has been rectified. Unlike a certain prior administration that simply refused to EVER admit it had made an error.

Nice to have some honesty up there for a change.
 
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lawgator1 said:
I don't think anybody realized it until he was nominated. Do you really think a guy in his position would ever have done this on purpose? Of course not! But, when he got nominated, it came up.

I agree with you it is a mistake to not have vetted and found this out beforehand. But its a mistake that has been rectified. Unlike a certain prior administration that simply refused to EVER admit it had made an error.

Nice to have some honesty up there for a change.
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How many candidates for positions who have tax problems before we admit there is a serious problem?

I give him credit for rectifying this situation, however I don't give credit for honesty when it isn't due.
 
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lawgator1 said:
I don't think anybody realized it until he was nominated. Do you really think a guy in his position would ever have done this on purpose? Of course not! But, when he got nominated, it came up.

I agree with you it is a mistake to not have vetted and found this out beforehand. But its a mistake that has been rectified. Unlike a certain prior administration that simply refused to EVER admit it had made an error.

Nice to have some honesty up there for a change.
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let me ask you this law, if he wasn't up for this position, do you think he would have paid those taxes this year?

i know what your saying, the last thing on those dude's minds are taxes, but they have more than enough money to hire accountants to go through all their donations.
 
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Don't buy the honesty angle one bit. How much time elapsed between his nomination and the date on the huge check he just cut to the IRS? I can maybe excuse Killefer for a $300 mistake but his was ridiculous.
 
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I think a guy of his stature should have someone to take care of this problem for him. Maybe an accountant? I also don't think that unless the general public knew of this and the amount, he wouldn't be resigning. Pretty easy to say the administration is being honest about an issue that has probably 90% of the public pissed off.
 
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eazyetheman said:
I think a guy of his stature should have someone to take care of this problem for him. Maybe an accountant? I also don't think that unless the general public knew of this and the amount, he wouldn't be resigning. Pretty easy to say the administration is being honest about an issue that has probably 90% of the public pissed off.
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This is a good thing. I would rather know and be pissed off than not know and be pissed off.
 
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joevol320 said:
let me ask you this law, if he wasn't up for this position, do you think he would have paid those taxes this year?

i know what your saying, the last thing on those dude's minds are taxes, but they have more than enough money to hire accountants to go through all their donations.
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Which is exactly why I think it was unintentional.

Does he still deserve to be criticized for making the mistake? Sure thing. Does the administration deserve some criticism for not having checked it out before nominating him? No question.

But given how it happened, the fact that they said, well, we can't move forward with this, its not the right signal, I say good for them.
 
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i thought i heard on the news yest. that Obama said he was behind Daschle 100%, and still wanted him
 
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Politicians are like whores and lawyers....... one on every corner waiting to screw you!

No offense law!

*Note, I trust a whore...
 
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he changed his mind due to what? the public opinion thinking Daschle should not take the job? that's what i'm thinking
 
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lawgator1 said:
He changed his mind. That's what smart people do sometimes.
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I wouldn't say dropping the guy because he was a liability was smart. Only politically expedient. He was going to take a hit on this one, too many questionable choices he's made so far.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Which is exactly why I think it was unintentional.

Does he still deserve to be criticized for making the mistake? Sure thing. Does the administration deserve some criticism for not having checked it out before nominating him? No question.

But given how it happened, the fact that they said, well, we can't move forward with this, its not the right signal, I say good for them.
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This is simply spin from the administration. They knew that this was going to get ugly and didn't want to take the fall out. This doesn't make them honest it is just what politicians do.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Given the tax issue, I think this was the right thing to do. Kudos to the administration and Daschle for realizing it was too big a distraction.
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That screams volumes about this joke of an administration. The first thing they receive kudos for? Their tax cheat withdrew his cabinet nomination. :eek:lol:
 
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I suppose Obama's next trick is to drag tricky Dick Gephardt out of obscurity.
 
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lawgator1 said:
He changed his mind. That's what smart people do sometimes.
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Obama changed his mind about the income level for his middle class tax cuts from 200,000 to 75,000. If he was smart wouldn't he have known what he was proposing to America was in fact not possible given the state of the economy? Oh, maybe it was just "campaign speak."
 
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