ANOTHER of his picks has had a troubling legal, ethical lapse.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nancy Killefer, who failed for a year and a half to pay employment taxes on household help, has withdrawn her candidacy to be the first chief performance officer for the federal government, the White House said Tuesday.
Killefer was the second major Obama administration nominee to withdraw and the third to have tax problems complicate their nomination after President Barack Obama announced their selection.
"Nancy Killefer has decided to withdraw her nomination, and we accepted her withdrawal," Tommy Vietor, a White House spokesman, said Tuesday. The 55-year-old executive with consulting giant McKinsey & Co., was expected to explain her reasons for pulling out later in the day.
When her selection was announced by Obama on Jan. 7, The Associated Press disclosed that in 2005 the District of Columbia government had filed a $946.69 tax lien on her home for failure to pay unemployment compensation tax on household help.
Since then, administration officials refused to answer questions about the tax error, which she resolved five months after the lien was filed.
This doesn't make sense.
Why should Nancy Killefer withdraw her nomination?
Obama "absolutely" supports tax cheat, crook Tom Daschle.
Why must Killefer withdraw?
More disturbing, why did Obama accept her withdrawal? Why isn't he supporting her "absolutely"?
A tax cheat, Tim Geithner, managed to be confirmed as the Secretary of the Treasury. REPUBLICANS voted to confirm him.
Senate REPUBLICANS also voted to confirm the incompetent, crooked Eric Holder to be the Attorney General.
Surely, Killefer should be cut the same slack that Obama and REPUBLICANS gave to Geithner and Holder.
Is it a matter of bad timing?
Is it just getting to be too much?
Too many cooks spoil the broth. Are too many crooks spoiling the Obama stew?
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"Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter."
--Sen. Tom Daschle, Congressional Record, May 7, 1998, p. S4507.
If Killefer had to go, Daschle should withdraw his nomination now as well.
If he doesn't, REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS should vote against his confirmation.
Well its nice that she resigned. Not like bush administration had ethics issues...oh wait. never mind. they did. Mary the HYPOCRITE!!!!!
ReplyDeleteCan you liberal drones ever make a point without using the name 'Bush'? NO YOU CAN'T BECAUSE YOU'RE IGNORANT and you voted to change this country into a socialist dictatorship. Were you smart enough to catch onto that or did that blow by your single digit IQ brain as well?
ReplyDeleteThis travesty of an administration WILL blow up in your face, unfortunately, the people that tried to warn you about it will be your target for whining and crying about your own failure, but we will have more important issues to be dealing with, such as: HOW TO GET THIS COUNTRY OUT OF THE HELL YOU AND YOUR OTHER DRONE FRIENDS PUT IT IN.
God bless you, Mary.
Thank you, Lauren.
ReplyDelete"anonymous," you have serious lapses in logic.
Nowhere in my post did I say ANYTHING about the Bush administration.
Furthermore, I CRITICIZE Republicans for voting to confirm Geithner and Holder.