My Scathing Rebukes Are Bi-Partisan

With regard to the appointment of Michael Steele as RNC chair, I say this:

Are you guys **** serious?

The former Lt. Governor may be highly qualified. But I find hard to believe that you would have appointed him had we not just elected a Democrat as the first African-American POTUS.

Honestly, I just about fell off my chair laughing when the announcement was made.

Now, in the interests of equal opportunity, I will lambaste the Dems.

Mr. President, you know you were my guy throughout the campaign. I'm not a Dem, but I rallied behind you and your various messages and platforms from the get-go. I was especially supportive of your promises of transparency and change. Heck, I was even ok with Hillary Beelzebub Clinton as SoS.

But again, I am forced to say:

Are you guys **** serious?

Let's start with Timothy Geithner, the new Secretary of the Treasury. This guy is now the top financial officer in all the land. The same guy who just had his dirty laundry aired.

Among other indiscretions, he failed to pay his taxes properly. When asked about the error, he said:

"These were careless mistakes, they were avoidable mistakes but they were unintentional. I should have been more careful."

Um...really? You were the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and that lame-ass pseudo apology is the best you can do?

I'm just a regular workaday schlub who has to pay his taxes or get in big trouble. I'm not an accountant, or a financial expert, or a bank officer, or a tax attorney, and yet somehow I've managed to avoid mistakes on my taxes.

But let's say I did make an error. Call me crazy, but in my opinion that would go a long way toward disqualifying me from ever holding an office such as Sec'y of the freaking Treasury.

Now we find out that DHHS appointee Tom Daschle also made "unintentional" mistakes by forgetting to properly pay HIS taxes. The prototypical Democrat has tax dollars running through his veins in lieu of blood, and you two really expect the American people to believe your excuses?

Even if we were to believe them, accepting that there may be reasons for your idiocy doesn't mean you should be absolved of any responsibility. Nor does it mean that such behavior shouldn't have consequences.

Governor Bill Richardson steps down from a potential appointment because of a semi-legitimate investigation that has produced no accusations and no proof of wrongdoing. And President Obama, you supported (if not required) his withdrawal.

However, two TOP officials admit to failing to pay taxes, and you're cool with that? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!

And so Mr. President I would like an honest, TRANSPARENT answer: How you can allow the confirmation of Timothy Geithner and Tom Daschle? Because from where I'm sitting, this does NOT represent CHANGE. This smacks of the same cronyism and lying that we've be subjected to for years.

**EDITOR'S NOTE: Immediately following this post, it was brought to my attention that Daschle withdrew from consideration. I respect that, though he's still a tax cheat. I hope he can manage to feed his family on his existing fat, fat perk-laden government salary.***