Kerry to Put Hold on Bush Pick for Post

[wicket]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060315/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/kerry_highway_nomination_1

Former presidential candidate John Kerry said Tuesday he will prevent the former head of Boston's $14.6 billion Big Dig, Richard Capka, from becoming head of the Federal Highway Administration.

"I'm afraid Richard Capka could be the Brownie of highways," Kerry said, referring to former Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Michael Brown, who became the scapegoat for the inept federal response to Hurricane Katrina.

Capka, nominated earlier this month by President Bush for the top highway job, was chief executive officer of the Boston highway project from January 2001 to June 2002 until his position was terminated. Though costs rose slightly during his 1 1/2-year tenure, Capka was mostly criticized for his failure to handle the political controversies surrounding the massive project. For example, he approved lucrative severance packages for several Big Dig lawyers.

Sen. Kerry, D-Mass., said he will place a hold on Capka's nomination, which would prevent the Senate from considering his nomination.

"Why on earth would he get a promotion?" Kerry said. "It looks like the administration is going to repeat a stunning pattern of rewarding people who screw up."



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[texpatriot2004]

1. Sen. Kerry, you're right about their pattern of rewarding screw-ups

[Judi Lynn]

2. Love Kerry's quote!".....Richard Capka could be the Brownie of highways,"

just as _Bush is the Brownie of pResidents!

I hope he gets somewhere with this, and that it starts a trend.

[wicket]

4. I certainly hope so too!

Everyone should come out with guns blazing at this point.

[meti57b]

5. that's pretty neat ......

how you wrote _bush!! Maybe I'll start doing that.

[wordpix2]

12. Love it: "just as Bush is the Brownie of pResidents!" Go, Kerry!

[Vektor]

3. Kerry is becoming more and more cynical and sarcastic every day...

...and it is sexy as hell.

[wicket]

6. Amen to that!

:D

[IA_Seth]

10. LOL, i don't know about the sexy...

But I do like it.

If only he had been swinging for the fences like this in Sept-Oct-04. I would rather he came out and went down in a fiery blaze than hem and haw and try to please the middle the way he did.

But he still has my respect.

[Vektor]

11. Hahaha...

I think that any future campaigns from Kerry will be a lot more fiery. I believe he learned a lot about what not to do and who not to trust last time around. He needs to stay away from those national "career strategist" people who care less about the candidates, and more about their own advancement, and stick with more grassroots, local talent. And I think he will in the future.

Live and learn.

And yeah, try as I might, I cannot resist the "sexy."

"I WISH I KNEW HOW TO QUIT YOU, JOHN!!!"

:rofl:

[progressoid]

7. Great, but Capka is alreadty acting head.

So what's to prevent him from continuing to be "acting" head for the next 1-3 years

[wicket]

8. kick

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[donkeyotay]

9. Why, you ask? Because that's what crime families do

"Why on earth would he get a promotion?" Kerry said. "It looks like the administration is going to repeat a stunning pattern of rewarding people who screw up."

Let's see, his position was terminated but he approved lucrative severance packages for several Big Dig lawyers.

Transferring the stupid public's money to George's Base is called "loyalty," and is the highest family value.

[wicket]

13. kick

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