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Here’s our main man, “Bob” Gibbs, responding to the lady’s question about Tom Daschle’s *sudden* withdrawal. Gibbs is hilariously evil, usually — you can tell sometimes that he wants to find a nosy reporter’s children, throw them over a cliff, and then chuck firecrackers at their bodies — but he just doesn’t seem to enjoy this job very much. Who can blame him! “Are there other nominees with tax problems?” these people ask! Jesus. Besides, the problem ultimately wasn’t that Daschle had forgotten to pay $128,000 in taxes; it was more that his life was so vulgar that he had to pay $128,000 in taxes for a private driver. [YouTube, Washington Post]
Ari Fleischer would totally have made that lady reporter cry. Why can’t we have our own Ari Fleischer?
Daschle, Richardson, Nancy Killefer, Geithner…and don’t forget Caroline Kennedy and Joe the Plumber….is someone keeping a list?
Plenty more tax cheats where Tom came from.
Please, Please do not pick Howard Dean!!!!!
Not to be stating the obvious, but it would have been nice if the White House pool reporters had cared as much about going to war for erroneous purposes & bad WMD intelligence as they seem to be about a bunch of fools not paying taxes on the help. (I’m looking right at you David Gregory!)
Daschle was a douche but I blame Barry for this one. And yes, I’m keeping score.
“Are there other nominees with tax problems?” she asks. The answer is, apparently, all nominees have tax problems. Their strategy appears to be “cheat on the taxes until nominated”, and I must admit, that usually works in politics.
H. D. is a physician he will be entrenched in special interests in the medical, pharmaceutical, and health insurance industries. Also, he does not strike me as a compassionate person.
On the bright side, Barry is helping with the deficit by these nominations.
Nerdalicious: Why, because it would suck to have someone at HHS who actually wants universal health insurance (as opposed an insurance lobby buttboy like Daschle?)
Move along. Move along. Nothing to snark about here. Sigh.
You heard it here first- Dr. Mae Jemison- grew up on south side of Chicago (check) went to Stanford undergrad (”elite school” check) Cornell Med School, first woman of color to got into space (pioneer, check) currently teaching medicine at Princeton (still working and smart, check check) non-lobbyist (check) super duper smart and would make anybody on a Senate Committee feel like a moron by comparison
Dems withdraw.
Republicans keep pumping away, and then have to get abortions.
Texan Bulldoggette: Win
If the Obamas would hurry up and pick a damn puppy, they could easily divert the press’ attention from the tax cheatin’ cabinet picks.
If only he knew his credit score, he wouldn’t have had all of these problems over all these years.
Ron Paul ‘08!
jagorev:
I am worried that H.D. is a Dr. & is entrenched in special interests in the medical field. I think Prez should pick an outsider who is a fighter for sick & disinfranchised people in this country who have no voice. I didn’t like Daschle either.
Let me step back and give an answer in a broader context. After the big bang, matter cooled and coalesced, and some of it turned in to tax-cheating slimeballs who owe $128K in taxes on the money under the cushions of their sofas. Now go fornicate with yourself, you pedantic little witch, next question.
1st question: 26 Uhs
2nd question: 10 Uhs
That’s some effective communicating, Mr. Press Secretary.
BigDupa: Good looking black lady astronaut, how awesome is that? Barry shoulda picked her first! Daschle must have called in favors or something to be first up.
BigDupa: inspired to become an astronaut by Lt. Uhura of Star Trek (nerd/geek, check)
Your boy Chuck Todd was trying to pick a winner for Barry.
jagorev: Well just look at the little face-picture-thing. Obviously this is either Blaggy or a Blaggy partisan who is very dedicated to scoring him the HHS job. His schedule’s open for the next few months, isn’t it?
BigDupa: Holy cow. Mae Jemison is awesome. She’s the Hopey of Science and Space.
actor212: I saw this bumber sticker last summer.
Pres. Bush withdraw now.
Like your father should have.
Let’s do the math: if Daschle paid $128k in limo-ride taxes, and we assume he’s in the 35% federal income tax bracket, we can infer that he got $365,714.28 in limo rides. Assuming limo rides go for $50/hour, that’s 7,314 hours and 15 minutes in the limo. What’d he fucking live in that Town Car?
For few shining days I was proud of being a libtard but now I am feeling miserable again. Just think about it – the liberals in congress and the WH are beaten by a party that takes advice from Joe the fake Plummer. The GOP actually invited that ignoramus to their strategic meeting.
He should have resigned for those eyeglasses alone. The last time I saw those, Aunt Bea was wearing them on Andy Griffith.
The Dashcle and Killfer withdrawals don’t surprise me much.
I voted for Barack, but I don’t know how he makes policy decisions but I’m not trusting his judgment lately. Everything with him seems to be a “Popularity Contest.”
What I especially fear is Obama’s handling of what’s going on in the middle east right now with Mumar Ghadafi being made President of the African Union. I’m reading a really great book on my Kindle right now by Osama Bin Laden’s former mistress/sex slave Kola Boof that shows just how dangerous of a mess we’re in with these guys and President Obama’s doing nothing in the White House but trying to be POPULAR.
I hate to see how he’s going to handle the middle east and until I read Bin Laden’s mistress, I had no idea how sadistic and fanatical the very top world leaders of the middle east are. She shows Ghadafi and Mubarak and all of them for what they are. What if Obama’s about to give them a free pass? That’s my question.
I don’t even want to contemplate the whole SALLY JESSY RAPHEAL THING.
I can’t wait till we can put ‘em all against the wall just for fuck’s sake alone!
V572625694: I enjoyed doing the math on NY governor’s hooker expenditures better.
When in doubt, drag in another bum from the Senate.
Sherrod Brown, come on down! You’re the next contestant on “Taxed or Axed!”
Fire Goddess: The writing on Ms Boof’s Website kinda puts the lie to her claim to being a “writer” in the sense of “someone who knows how to use words well.” She’s a hottie, though, so it’s okay.
V572625694: I did the same math. I had to throw in a well stocked bar, a four-diamond hooker and a few lines of coke per ride to make the numbers work.
Boy, Dana Perino sure was pretty.
Texan Bulldoggette: Total WIN. David Gregory is such a tool. I’d like to kick him in the teeth. With a horse. This press conference is a circus and the reporters are the clowns.
Anyway, we can’t have an HHS secretary who fellates corpses for cheeseburgers. It just will not do. Throw this health & insurance industry whore to the lions and move on.
What a shitty answer. Here’s how a Ms. Dana Perino would field that one, Gibbsy:
“If a nominee wishes to withdraw we allow them to do so.”
Tommy could have stayed and fought, but the Obama demanded two things:
1. Pay the tax bill
2. Give the glasses back to Sally Jess Raphael.
No. 2 was the deal breaker.
May I suggest Fire Goddess for the ban? I’m not in the mood to read concern trolling. I’m actually not in the mood to read anything, like, ever, and stuff, but those are my own issues. Also.
who cares if he’s a little crappy at his job; gibbs’ southern accent doesn’t make him sound like he’s married to his sister, that has to be worth some kind of prize.
suchsweetthunder: seconded. she’s tedious, and uses “”!!1!”"‘”asshole quotes”"”"‘”"”””"!”.
My favorite bit is at 1:55 when Chucky uses his pencil to erotically slather his facial hair with saliva while watching her ask the question.
And I also like at the end when the ewoks dance.
also
Washington DC, February 3, 2009 (UPYAWS) - White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs announced this evening that effective immediately all future Presidential nominees would be first vetted by the
JK Harris Company (www.backtaxes.com) and will be accompanied to all Congressional hearings by the law firm of Ronnie Deutsch.
suchsweetthunder: Also. Also.
Hurry up with this health care stuff.
My daughter finishes graduate school in May.
I’ve been reading her wikipage and I am in love with Mae Jemison. My first girl crush in ages.
BigDupa: And will she accept Barry’s nomination: Nope.
Look, the good, unknown candidates are not touching this presidency with a 10foot pole for some reason. Heck, intelligent, smart people recognize Scrooge McDuck’s motto: ‘work smart, NOT HARD’. And these jobs coming from a mess of the last 8 years look, well, hard.
Well, accept for Chu, which was an excellent, but risky decision.
Fire Goddess: doing p.r. for a book on Wonkette, tsk tsk — you don’t live with CussingNews, do you?
I wish we could pull out of Iraq as easily as Tom withdrew.
Fire Goddess: Oh yeah, that Killfer is so popular. I saw her on American Idol.
getoffmylawn: Funny.
Well isn’t Daschle “spaschle”. Or could it be… Satan?
It wasn’t just more car sex hours than work hours. He was studying STD’s to cram for his Senate hearings.
This is all part of Obama’s economic plan. Find tax evaders, nominate them and shame them into paying up. Genius!!!
http://bearmancartoons.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/bearman-cartoon-obamas-economic-recovery-plan/
Ah but, the story continued - with an apology? From an American President? Wha? Did we just elect Zack Morris President? It’s true! I seen it for my own eyes - http://tinyurl.com/bm8vfd