Hypocrisy II

[unixronin]

Is there ANYONE among Obama’s cabinet, staff and appointees who doesn’t have skeletons in the closet?

Quoting writerspleasure,

Before its portfolio of bad loans helped trigger the current housing crisis, mortgage giant Freddie Mac was the focus of a major accounting scandal that led to a management shake-up, huge fines and scalding condemnation of passive directors by a top federal regulator.

One of those allegedly asleep-at-the-switch board members was Chicago’s Rahm Emanuel - now chief of staff to President Barack Obama - who made at least $320,000 for a 14-month stint at Freddie Mac that required little effort.

(In case you missed it, Obama’s pick for deputy EPA administrator stepped down the other day, after learning that a nonprofit he served on was “under scrutiny” for some kind of financial shenanigans.)

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[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I suspect you're right, which is a rather sad commentary on US politics. It's almost impossible to succeed in national politics if you're honest and unwilling to compromise on principles.