Maybe Obama Could Sell the Eggs…
The Obama administration has suffered its first corruption casualty, even before it’s taken over. Bill Richardson, the P-E’s would-be Secretary of Commerce, has withdrawn his name from consideration due to a pending investigation into his company’s dealing with New Mexico. Richardson was Governor of that state, and also held two different positions within the Clinton administration.
Michelle Malkin says it’s a case of Richardson’s chickens coming home to roost. It’s not likely to be the last poultry flock to visit Washington. Carol Browner, and Eric Holder, an Rahm Emmanuel all have their own ethical problems that are likely to come up in their confirmation hearings. Other likely nominees such as Deval Patrick will have similar problems.
It seems there are a whole lot of chickens headed towards their roosting places in the Obama administration. It’s enough to make you wonder if he knows any clean politicians.
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Category: President Barack Obama
In 2001, in the landmark court case Coleman-Adebayo v. Browner, Carol M. Browner and the agency she administered, the EPA, were found guilty of race, color, and sex-based discrimination as well as tolerating a hostile work environment. The case provided the impetus for the passage (unanimous in both chambers) of the No FEAR Act (Notification of Federal Employees Anti-discrimination and Retaliation) that was signed into law by President George W. Bush. The law was heralded as the first civil rights law of the 21st century. Study of Coleman-Adebayo v. Browner is now mandated study for all new Federal employees within 90 days of their being hired, and every 2 years for all Federal employees. The extent of the racism and retaliation within Ms. Browner's EPA was so pervasive that Congress and the Executive required study of it as the penultimate example of what was WRONG with government. When asked in Congressional hearings whether she accepted the judgement of the jury, Ms. Browner said she did.
The question for Mr. Obama, is: Given her unrepentant position on the deplorable conditions she oversaw at EPA, how is Carol Browner qualified to hold administrative position again?