Jan 30, 2009

So Much for Ethic Cleansing

Roddy Blago of Illinois had it right, a U.S. Senate seat IS  "a (effing) valuable thing."

Just ask St. Hoppen Change's man to oversee your personal health. He's Tom Daschle, former senator from South Dakota and apparent tax evader to the tune of about $125,000. Like new Treasury Boss Ted Geithner,  he's also pleading that he really didn't understand all those tax laws he wrote and as soon as the light bulb clicked on, why, he forked over. 

Also like Ted, his forkover came only after he learned for sure Obama was about to offer him a super job with about the coolest office around and a really nice limo. Plus the authority to toss around a few billion dollars contributed by people who do pay their taxes. 

Tom and Ted each decided they better fess up because those annoying reporters might start checking little details like that.

"Daschle filed amended tax returns for 2005, 2006 and 2007 to reflect additional income for consulting work, the use of a car service and reduced deductions for charitable contributions. He filed the returns after Obama announced he intended to nominate Daschle to head the Health and Human Services Department."  (AP)

Politico did a little digging

"...Daschle pulled down a total of more than $500,000 from the speaking circuit in the last two years, and $5.3 million in overall income. That includes more than $2 million in consulting fees from InterMedia Advisors, a private equity firm."

Daschle didn't report cash income, didn't report something like a quarter-million for a personal car and driver, and decided that he didn't really give $15,000 to charity after all. 

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So Right On,  Brother Blago.  A guy can turn a senate seat into a really nice buck or two.  

St. Hoppen Change, Himself,  says all this is piddly stuff and should be ignored because former Senator Daschle is the right man to handle your health care.  "All that stuff about lilly white ethics, well, y'know, I said it in, like, I mean, when I was running, y'know, and...".

A lot of folks seem to be collecting guns and ammo and MREs against the chance of governmental disaster. 

Under uberhealthfuerher Daschle, a reserve case of KY Jelly might also be useful, speaking of forkovers.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Uh, Gee, why is anybody surprised?
Obama is a Democrap. Tell the fools what they want to hear to get elected and, then, do whatever you want. No matter how bad it is or gets the Newspeak Media will tell everyone it was worse before and/or it would be so much worse if the selfless Dems weren't saving us.
America WILL get the government she deserves.

Anonymous said...

And to think, just a few years ago we tossed some perfectly good candidates for federal judghships because they committed the cardinal sin of hiring undocumented housekeepers and nannies. Methinks we have inherited the Chicago political system. JAGSC

Anonymous said...

Whoa, dude! A trackback from Tam? Yer hittin' the big time!

Jim said...

John: I sit here blushing and simpering -- not to mention thanking Tamara.

JAG: And one who didn't cheat at all, far as we know. Bork was borked for the offense of publicly demonstrating that he was smarter than any senator in the hearing room.

Anon: "Newspeak Media" -- stick with the idea partner, proclaim it from the high hills. First we learn respect for language. Then, just maybe, we can fix some other things.

Zendo Deb said...

Hey, not only is Obama a Democrat, he is a Chicago Democrat.

It isn't hard to believe that a few misdemeanors don't grab his attention. Probably a few felonies would be ignored.

Chicago is just that kind of place.

Ethics Reform? That is exactly the platform Blagojevich ran on to get elected Governor of Illinois - where "reform" means that I get paid instead of some other bastard getting paid.