Which is sleazier? Kate O'Beirne or her husband?

[CatWoman]

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/02/06/waxman-wheres-the-money/

Henry Waxman just started questioning Paul Bremer and the CPA this morning about the billions of dollars that were shipped to Iraq…Use an an Open thread if you're watching the hearing…

I just got going this morning, even though I'm still on light duty, but is Kate O'Beirne's husband around? You remember this article in the Washington Post?

O'Beirne's staff posed blunt questions to some candidates about domestic politics: Did you vote for George W. Bush in 2000? Do you support the way the president is fighting the war on terror? Two people who sought jobs with the U.S. occupation authority said they were even asked their views on Roe v. Wade .

Many of those chosen by O'Beirne's office to work for the Coalition Provisional Authority, which ran Iraq's government from April 2003 to June 2004, lacked vital skills and experience. A 24-year-old who had never worked in finance — but had applied for a White House job — was sent to reopen Baghdad's stock exchange….

I wonder if this gives us an inking of a reason why Iraq became a nightmare?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/16/AR2006091600193.html

I hope to hell Waxman subpoenas his ass.....

[peace frog]

1. TWO... TWO

TWO SLIMEBALLS IN ONE!!!!!

[CatWoman]

2. yes!!!

Waxman just brought this up!!!!

[Greeby]

3. Waxman is speaking of O'Beirne right now nt

[TahitiNut]

4. Let's put it this way ...

... if either one of them stepped off the curb in front of my car as I was traveling 35-40 mph, I doubt that my foot would reach the brake in time to prevent damage to my car - which would be my greatest concern.

:evilgrin:

[CatWoman]

5. is that the late, great Barbara Jordan in your avatar?

[TahitiNut]

6. Ubetcha.

She's my hero. I couldn't possibly describe how much I loved and respected her. She was a person, not ony of awesome skills and intelligence, but of heart and conscience - and a great deal of humor. IMHO, she was one of the GREATS of the 20th Century - and a full-fledged human being, too. (I figured that this month is a good time for me to especially honor her memory, even though I'll do so at all times.)

[CatWoman]

8. The first time that I voted was for Bill Clinton

I watched in awe as she gave the keynote speech at the Democratic Convention.

The theme was "Change"

[TahitiNut]

9. "Who Then Will Speak for the Common Good?" - one of the top 20 greatest speeches of the 20th century

It's ranked #5 on the American Rhetoric site, ironically just above Nixon's "Checkers" speech. One thing's for certain: she didn't have a speech writer! She was brilliant!


http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/barbarajordan1976dnc.html

[KoKo]

7. "Daddy, Have Harvard MBA, Send Job! (Good Read re this)

more from both the WaPo article and the book "Imperial Life in the Emerald City" with more about
Here's a good read from TPM talking about Kate, her hubby and Kate's Heritage Foundation kids like Ledeen's daughter and their boondoggle in Iraq. Enjoy :D

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Mark Raven's Blog
Daddy: Have Harvard MBA, Send Job
By Mark Raven | bio

I had been shocked, absolutely shocked that National Review, as of 11 p.m. Sept. 17, had remained silent on this piece in The Washington Post. Kate O'Beirne, wife of Jim O'Beirne, the Bush Administration's hiring czar for the Coalition Provisional Authority, may well be National Review's most visible property aside from William F. Buckley. (Yes, I know. I know. John P. Normanson believes that he holds the title of Bill Buckley's favorite. Normanson clung to that foolish "me-second" myth at the Washington Times and Weekly Standard, and he still hangs on to it at Father Rupert's newspaper. Some things cannot be helped.)

Back to Mrs. O'Beirne: National Review had not posted a single word on National Review Online to counter the WaPo excerpt from Rajiv Chandrasekaran's book, "Imperial Life in the Emerald City."

Clifford May and Byron York, the two National Review scribes most often sent out on such an assignment, had remained silent on this story. Stephen Spruiell, the head of NRO's Media Blog, had typed not one word on the issue.

National Review and/or NRO had not even rebuked the Washington Post piece and/or Chandrasekaran's book under one of its anonymous editorials, which, I'm told, are often the products of Kathryn Jean Lopez, Richard Lowry, and Jack Fowler. However, Mr. Fowler took time on NRO Sept. 17 to praise the efforts of New York Post sports columnist Phil Mushnick, but typed nary a word to denounce the Post and/or Chandrasekaran.

Even Mark Steyn, David Frum, and Michael Ledeen had declined, it appears, to write an item in support of Mrs. O'Beirne and her husband. Ledeen's silence, in particular, brings me to my second point.

The Washington Post had reported a story along these lines before. On Sunday, May 23, 2004, the Post ran a front-page story entitled, "In Iraq, the Job Opportunity of a Lifetime." The story, which was written by Ariana Eunjung Cha, carried the subheadline, "Managing a $13 Billion Budget With No Experience."

[Beelzebud]

10. 3rd option: People who put Kate O'Beirne on TV.