Daschle’s Gone

Filed in National by on February 3, 2009

Good riddance. (h/t Tyler)

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  1. anon says:
    February 3, 2009 at 1:08 pm

    Agreed… Obama’s supposed to be about change, not baggage. Bad enough he has Hillary.

  2. nemski says:
    February 3, 2009 at 1:08 pm

    Zing.

  3. nemski says:
    February 3, 2009 at 1:09 pm

    Hey liberalgeek, notice I didn’t right the headline in Spanish again. 😉

  4. Miscreant says:
    February 3, 2009 at 1:12 pm

    Like rats off a sinking ship (USS Change):

    http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9646DBG0&show_article=1

  5. jason330 says:
    February 3, 2009 at 1:15 pm

    When the Republicans get Dean they’ll wish they had Daschle.

  6. nemski says:
    February 3, 2009 at 1:17 pm

    Miscreant go back to kicking puppies, will ya?

  7. anonone says:
    February 3, 2009 at 1:18 pm

    Good.

  8. cassandra_m says:
    February 3, 2009 at 1:24 pm

    notice I didn’t right the headline in Spanish again

    Well, what language is this?

    So now maybe everyone who has tax issues will leave now so we can move on.

    And I’d bet alot of money that Howard won’t be the replacement. I hope I’m wrong, though.

  9. TPN says:
    February 3, 2009 at 1:25 pm

    So now maybe everyone who has tax issues will leave now so we can move on.

    Like Nancy Killefer…

    http://delawarelibertarian.blogspot.com/2009/02/another-one-bites-dust.html

  10. cassandra_m says:
    February 3, 2009 at 1:27 pm

    That was in miscreant’s link.

  11. Von Cracker says:
    February 3, 2009 at 1:36 pm

    Eff you all with Howard Dean, bitches!

    What a kick to the wingnutz would that be?!?

  12. Rebecca says:
    February 3, 2009 at 1:40 pm

    Howard Dean for HHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  13. Von Cracker says:
    February 3, 2009 at 1:41 pm

    Taxes? If taxes is the barometer of a political appointment and/or career….shit, we should take the Kagans out back and mail the casings to the next of kin…

  14. Truth Teller says:
    February 3, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    Let’s do an indepth investigation of all those that are now in the congress an senate to see how many of them owe back taxes.

  15. G Rex says:
    February 3, 2009 at 2:48 pm

    Just saw the picture of Daschle’s presser – why is he wearing Sally Jesse Raphael’s glasses? Douche.

  16. nemski says:
    February 3, 2009 at 2:55 pm

    Let’s do an indepth investigation of all those that are now in the congress an senate to see how many of them owe back taxes.

    The only problem is while Democrats pay their taxes late; Republicans, who have better accountants, never pay taxes. 😉

  17. liberalgeek says:
    February 3, 2009 at 2:57 pm

    That explains why they are up in arms about cutting taxes for people that pay no taxes. Wait… No, that can’t be right…

  18. Unstable Isotope says:
    February 3, 2009 at 3:04 pm

    I hope we get Dean, if not Dean than someone really progressive.

  19. vyllyness says:
    February 3, 2009 at 3:20 pm

    And the people spoke… AMEN (oh, I’m sorry, that wasn’t a right-wing southern christian AMEN)

  20. anon says:
    February 3, 2009 at 3:25 pm

    I hope we get Dean, if not Dean than someone really progressive.

    The bright line will be – do we get someone who supports single payer health care (Dean fits the bill). Failing that, we at least need a good corporate watchdog who will look out for the little guy.

  21. Shoe Throwing Instructor says:
    February 3, 2009 at 4:25 pm

    Daschle as health secretary, An insurance company lobbiest. How about One of the bentonville Waltons labor secretary, What was Obama thinking on that one?

  22. Sharon says:
    February 3, 2009 at 4:30 pm

    The only problem is while Democrats pay their taxes late; Republicans, who have better accountants, never pay taxes.

    Um, no, Republicans pay the taxes for the people who work for them. Democrats don’t pay the taxes on the people who work for them. Until they’re up for appointment in a Democrat administration.

  23. liz says:
    February 3, 2009 at 4:35 pm

    Dean fits the bill? Think you better check that little non fact. Neither did Daschle. Glad Daschle gone! All we need is another “on the corporate dole, trying to make public policy on such an issue as health care.

    Daschle received $5 million in two years…think he was going to go against the corporatates…the insurance companies, phamaceuticals who has being paying his way…filling his pockets with millions. He had been bought off from the gitgo.

    Why not a DOCTOR who actually knows health care inside out. What about someone from PNHP.org….the fastest growing doctors group in the nation.

    OOPs. that wouldnt work….since the democrats like the republicans dont want to go to single payer…they want to try to keep the for profit system, by tinkering around it….giving children health care, but not their sick parents.

    Sick of the Daschles, and people like him who believe they are above the law…and oh so powerful…alas, I am an elitist. Send them pink slips. If they wanted to go to single payer, then pull HR676 OUT OF THE DRAWER. ITS DONE.

  24. Sharon says:
    February 3, 2009 at 4:50 pm

    Liz, you’re wrong about the Democrat approach to healthcare. I don’t see how anybody would argue that they believe in private healthcare as opposed to socialized medicine. The plans in place are to simply expand all the government groups so that, eventually, everybody is covered. Because we all know it would be free then and wouldn’t cost anyone anything.

  25. Shoe Throwing Instructor says:
    February 3, 2009 at 5:15 pm

    Sharon; The way joblosses are soaring and incomes are falling, we will all wind up being covered by medicaid anyway, sad but true and our present health care system has had a hand in that by demanding a larger and larger slice of the disposable income pie.

  26. anon2700 says:
    February 3, 2009 at 5:59 pm

    G Rex – I was thinking the same thing. What’s up with those specs???

    One nominee with tax problems wouldn’t have been a big deal. But three? That indicates either a very sloppy vetting job or a we-don’t-care attitude on the part of Obama’s vetting team. Either way, it’s a perfect class warfare GOP talking point. Ouch.

  27. Truth Teller says:
    February 3, 2009 at 7:49 pm

    Flood the white house with e-mails in support of Dean
    Also Annon leave my gal out of this she got a standing ovation at State. also I noticed Eric also got one at Justice it appeares that the civil servants are happy to be free of the Bushies.
    I sent an e- mail to Obama and Joe supporting Dean

  28. Joanne Christian says:
    February 3, 2009 at 9:27 pm

    As a Republican, I would be fine w/ Dean being appointed, but would he really want it? I would trust him IF we went to universal healthcare to at least have the working knowledge of the landmines it presents–working thru America’s perception of healthcare vs. wealthcare, and to treat it as a resource that it is, and not a right with unattached pricetag. In good conscience we should be providing necessary healthcare to the vulnerable members of our population, namely children and the mentally, and/or physically incapacitated adults. To this end the US needs work–children have gained access, but the adults whose needs continue, remain chiefly ignored, not on all levels, but many. It is a parents’ or custodians’ nightmare, and financial
    encumbrance beyond most families’ budgets. That is the biggest shame of healthcare here, and needs to be addressed. The “universal” you all want, or think you want, must be defined. Some have visions of needs and wants being met, with one big checkwriter settling up the tab. Others, have ideation of defined benefits, but no middleman construction of “EOBs, fee schedules, and UCRs”, and one big checkwriter settling the tab. Regardless, something has got to change, and if it’s going to be the way health care is paid for, then America may need to re-evaluate what healthcare is. It is a resource for all, and a costly one. So prepare yourselves for stepping away from the banquet, and into a chow line. But you will be fed. Dean should be able to oversee this, so it won’t be so drastic–but I can’t imagine Americans happy or accepting. They just love their Viagra and dermatology appointments too much, to agree to a universal or national health plan. A hybrid is in order, of marrying public policy, with individual choice of perceived priority/necessity. At least Dean has the know how to tease those issues out. Bring him on!

  29. xstryker says:
    February 3, 2009 at 9:44 pm

    Why not a DOCTOR who actually knows health care inside out.

    You mean like Doctor Howard Dean, who passed the nation’s most comprehensive universal health insurance plan for children and pregnant women as Governor of Vermont?

    Get a clue, Liz.

  30. Joanne Christian says:
    February 3, 2009 at 10:07 pm

    Liz-Maybe Dean has seen the prudence in addressing our most vulnerable populations first, in the accessing of care; and not biting off the whole population at once with this policy shift. Incremental may be the way to go–remember Hawaii’s plan lasted 8 months!!!

  31. Frieda Berryhill says:
    February 4, 2009 at 8:30 am

    The United States has a system of taxation by confession. ~Hugo Black

  32. Joanne Christian says:
    February 4, 2009 at 8:46 am

    Maybe so, but it sure beats taxation by oppression!

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