Thread: Bush's Choice For Immigration Bad As FEMA's Brown

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion
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_myers_edit_0927.html

http://www.rense.com/general67/bushchoiceforimm.htm

Bush's Choice For
Immigration As
Bad As FEMA's Brown
Palm Beach Post Editorial
9-27-5

The Bush administration should have learned enough from Mike Brown's downfall about the consequences of putting political hacks in critical positions. Yet, only days after Mr. Brown's forced departure as FEMA director, the administration was asking Congress to approve another unqualified candidate for an important job.

Julie Myers, 36, is the White House nominee to head Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but when she appeared before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, it quickly became clear that there's virtually nothing on her résumé that qualifies her - no significant experience in customs, immigration or hands-on law-enforcement work. Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, was so disturbed that he called on the administration and Ms. Myers to explain themselves. Her answer was that she would "seek to work with those who are knowledgeable in this area, who know more than I do." That list would include about everyone in the agency.

Ms. Myers has held a number of low- to mid-level management jobs in the departments of Commerce, Justice and Treasury, but nothing that adequately prepares her to manage 20,000 ICE employees and a $4 billion budget. The agency is central to Homeland Security's mission. ICE is responsible for preventing terrorists from getting into the country and also must intercept arms and drug smugglers. Ms. Myers currently works as a special assistant who deals with personnel matters for President Bush. Perhaps she can claim that the White House hired no terrorist on her watch.

What Ms. Myers definitely can claim is good connections. Her husband is chief of staff for Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, and she is the niece of Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. She also has worked for former special prosecutor Ken Starr and helped build the impeachment case against President Clinton and the prosecution of Susan McDougal, assignments that endear her to the conservative wing of the Republican Party. As far as credentials go, Ms. Myers' best offerings are nepotism and political subversion.

The top spot at ICE is no place for on-the-job training. Incompetence in directing the nation's anti-terrorist defenses could have disastrous consequences and put lives in jeopardy. The last thing Americans need is another Brownie.

Bush is not intrested in qualification, he's intrested in whether you will do what he wants you to do, no matter what the law states. He wants to play DICTATOR, rather than being a president. He himself isn't qualified, so why should he require anyone else to be qualified?

I heard on KFI radio that thier is something hanging her nomination to that position, something is going on and we need find out what it is.

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Originally Posted by Prometheus

I heard on KFI radio that thier is something hanging her nomination to that position, something is going on and we need find out what it is.

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These are the articles you want to read on her nomination getting held up. Her lack of qualification for the position was exposed by the media, which created a big political backlash against her.

https://www.alipac.us/ftopict-10130-julie.html+myers

Thank you Brian, i am a little behind! Oh my nice articles, is it just me or are the politicians realizing that it is thier mistake which have placed these people in thier positions? I am sure glad that they are taking notice and i hope that it conitnues because we dont need Bush Bots running important dept within the government, though i guess the politicians are notcing that those that they approve in the nomination process are being a liability to those that have place them thier? Hmmm i think so! I thought i would never agree with the media but thank god they are doing thier job this time.

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