Political appointments occur everyday. Just because President Obama wants to bring Republicans into his administration to continue to secure the nation and add an aire of bipartisanship; doesn't mean any other Democrat feels the same way ! 'Keeping it in the Family' is NOT an unusal occurence in politics.
The 'events' of obtaining a job and losing a house to foreclosure and having a tax lien on that house has nothing to do with each other, if anything it all makes sense. If you had a tax lien on your home and was facing foreclosure, what would you do? I would look for a job and I wouldn't be telling my new employer that I was facing financial hard times, either.continued...
...Blagojevich's administration hired Roland W. Burris II as a senior counsel for the state's housing authority Sept. 10 -- about six weeks after the Internal Revenue Service slapped a $34,163 tax lien on Burris II and three weeks after a mortgage company filed a foreclosure suit on his South Side house....
BURRIS' SON GOT STATE JOB FROM BLAGO (click title to entry - thank you)
SCANDAL MUSHROOMS
He serves as housing authority counsel despite facing foreclosure on his own home
...A spokeswoman for the Illinois Housing Development Authority indicated Wednesday there was nothing improper about Burris II's employment by the agency, whose mission includes overseeing mortgage programs for low-income home buyers and anti-foreclosure initiatives....
Democrats aren't 'the wealthy Americans.' This comes from a 2006 speech by Representative Jim McDermott (click here).
...Republicans in the White House and the Congress have wielded their political power like a club on America's low income and America's middle class. The single largest increase came in Medicaid, which added 15 million Americans on the President's watch from 2000-2005. Medicaid is the health care program for the poor. It speaks volumes about how the Republican Party has treated low and middle income Americans during this administration.
All but the wealthiest Americans have been left behind by the Republican Party and the Republican budget. This is a party of the 1 percent. The Republican Party deals with what is good for the 1 percent at the top, not what is good for everybody else....
Question One, "What will occur when Americans are put back to work?"
Answer :: When they go back to work they won't be on government subsidy programs anymore.
Next question: "What occurs when Americans aren't receiving subsidy programs anymore?"
Answer :: The budget to the USA shrinks 'EXPONENTIALLY.'
Next question: "What occurs when the Federal Budget shrinks exponentially?"
Answer :: The bills get paid, the deficit comes down and more monies are available to create jobs and return our economy back to a status of functioning and the 'cash flow' from enhanced consumer spending CREATES its own jobs both domestically and internationally.
Next question: "Any more questions?"
Answer :: NO !
Burris delivers speech, presides over Senate (click here)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Roland Burris is back at work, a day after being urged to resign.
Burris gave a two-minute speech from the Senate floor on Wednesday in support of a voting rights bill, then presided over the Senate for an hour, a tradition for freshmen lawmakers.
Burris also announced his chief of staff and a communications director.
A day earlier, Burris' Illinois colleague, Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin, told Burris he should resign due to questions about how he won appointment to the seat vacated by President Barack Obama.
Burris was appointed by former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was impeached and driven from office amid allegations that he tried to sell the Senate seat.
(This version CORRECTS that Burris presided over the Senate on Wednesday, not Tuesday.)
This is nothing more than a media circus and the Illinois Republicans and RNC are hoping to ride it to victory in 2004 or any other election in between. The Democrats that are 'going along' with this mess feel pressure from constituents to do so because of the 'unpopularity' of the Former Governor. There are no charges filed 'additionally' from the Fitzgerald Camp even weeks after the 'leg up' from Bush's Homeland Security and the COMPLAINT still has yet to make it to a Grand Jury. With this new disclosure about Burris' Son, it makes more and more sense that Senator Burris was the choice of the Former Governor. They obviously trusted each other enough to 'close ranks' around each other. Senator Roland Burris had enough 'Political Capital' to survive the day during very rough times with the Illinois legislature 'on the hunt.' The people of Illinois and the people of the USA, knowing that he is a strong supporter of President Obama, are lucky to have him in the Senate.
In DC, with the Obama Administration, we are witnessing 'first hand' the viciousness of the press and the RNC in regard to political appointments. I do believe at this point the Obama Administration is still missing two cabinet officers. I don't want to hear how people are appointed or hired into political positions to support an elected official. It happens all the time and there are strong reasons why that happens. The arrogance of Judd Gregg when refusing the Cabinet Post of Commerce Secretary spoke EONS as to why political appointments occur and why the current Republicans in the Seante DO NOT get along with the new administration. It isn't for the lack of 'trying' by the Obama Administration.
...“We are functioning from a different set of views on many critical items of policy (click here),” Gregg said in a statement citing “irresolvable conflicts.”
At issue for Gregg was a plan announced by the White House last week to strip the 2010 census from the commerce secretary’s control and have the U.S. Census Bureau report directly to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs noted in a statement that Gregg approached Obama about the commerce position and “offered his name.”
“He was very clear throughout the interviewing process that despite past disagreements about policies, he would support, embrace and move forward with the president’s agenda,” Gibbs said. “We regret that he has had a change of heart.”...
The Summit referred to in the article below concluded on Monday. At that Summit 'round table' that was viewed by the press and hence the American people; John McCain spoke in support of the Obama Initiatives and in turn Barak made a special note that Senator McCain was a 'special' voice to the conclusion of the meetings. The Republicans need to 'get over themselves.' Try talking to Governor Crist, he is a 'believer' and welcomes the 'stimulus' to his state with open arms. Governor Crist was also a once 'hopeful' for candidate in 2008 for President.
Despite about-face, Gregg gets White House invite (click here)
Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor
February 18, 2009 12:53 PM
..."I've been asked by the President, along with a number of other Members of Congress, to join him next Monday," Gregg said in a statement. "My goal for the summit will be to address the long-term fiscal tsunami that is headed our way as a result of the cost of making payments to the Baby Boom Generation through health and retirement entitlement programs."...
