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Scalped

By lex, on February 3rd, 2009

Daschle’s out.

Good.

Update: Heh, as they say.

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February 3rd, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Politics and Culture

11 comments to Scalped

  • Laurie
    February 3, 2009 at 11:41 am

    The jerk. Glad to see him out, of course, if it were any of us, there’d be jail time.

  • daveg
    February 3, 2009 at 12:23 pm

    Frankly, I don’t understand why this should be the end of it. Why shouldn’t he now be prosecuted just like any of us would be?

  • Flatlander
    February 3, 2009 at 12:26 pm

    Looks like Rahm Emmanuel is falling down on the job.

  • SJBill
    February 3, 2009 at 12:34 pm

    Tiny Tom has made $5 million in the two years since losing his election. I was stunned he would give up that swag to become a cabinet member — unless — it was a better deal for him.

    More Hope & Change we don’t need. We do need political toilet paper.

    Wipe them out!

  • P-3W
    February 3, 2009 at 12:38 pm

    Daschle’s been on my sh–list since he had the nerve to go on his rant about Pres. Bush just before he was voted out of office. I was so glad he was denied a return to Washington!

    It’s fitting he’s a jerk and can’t be bothered like the little people to take care of his responsiblities and obligations. He really does deserve jail time, as does Geithner. Who else would be allowed to just pay the taxes and fines and then get the plum job?

    Not any of us, that’s for sure.

    Scum — the lot of them.

  • RetRsvMike
    February 3, 2009 at 1:46 pm

    Al Capone’s cell at Alcatraz is available to let.

  • RonF
    February 3, 2009 at 1:48 pm

    I believe that if you fail to pay your taxes but get out in front and pay the amount plus penalties before the IRS gets to court, the IRS won’t go to court.

    Having said that, I believe that I have found a new way for the IRS to collect millions of unpaid taxes. Simply pass a new regulation that requires an annual audit of the President, the Vice President, all Cabinet department heads and deputies (say, down 3 levels in management), the Supreme Court Justices and all Senators and Representatives.

    The people who make, adjudicate and enforce tax laws ought to be made damn sure to follow them.

  • Marianne Matthews
    February 3, 2009 at 1:50 pm

    Golleee … It’s getting crowded under that bus. What do we call those folks — strange busfellows?

    Marianne

  • OldT6Flyer
    February 3, 2009 at 4:42 pm

    The good news in all this is I suspect the Senators were hearing from their constituents on this and let him know it was time to go. Maybe they will hear the chorus on the Stimulus Bill nonsense as well….

  • MaxDamage
    February 3, 2009 at 11:31 pm

    Daschle heard from his constituents good and loud back in 2004, never achieving a solid lead over his Republican challenger.

    Consider South Dakota has under 900K people. We have one representative. Senators, particularly those that are Majority Leaders, can bring home a lot of pork. A lot of pet projects and Farm Bill additions. Instead we chose a new face starting at the bottom of the ladder vs. Daschle.

    Election laws prevented him from immediately becoming a lobbyist, so he instead became a “special policy adviser” for the firm Alston & Bird. Yet Joe the Plumber was raked over the coals in the popular media for not having a plumbing license.

    Daschle paid well over a hundred grand in back taxes. *Taxes!* That means at least three times that much was income he, who helped write and pass the tax laws, claims to have not known was taxable.

    Joe the Plumber gets vilified in the media for owing about $2K in taxes, which he’s paying off and has a lien against his house in case he can’t.

    I’m seeing a trend here. It’s not about the wealth, it’s about the double standards.

    And we’re getting sick of it.

    – Max

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    March 6, 2010 at 3:45 am

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