Daschle: I’m Sorry
posted at 12:00 pm on February 2, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Tom Daschle has sent a letter of apology to the Senate Finance Committee for his multiple tax failures, proclaiming himself “embarrassed and disappointed” now that they’ve come to light. He needs to convince them that he’s repentant enough to give them cover to confirm him as HHS Secretary. However, that misses the point entirely:
Thomas A. Daschle, fighting to defend his nomination to be secretary of health and human services, released a letter early today apologizing to the top lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee for mistakes on his personal income tax returns that resulted in $146,000 in back payments.
“I am deeply embarrassed and disappointed by the errors that required me to amend my tax returns,” he wrote to Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa). “I apologize for the errors and profoundly regret that you have had to devote time to them.”
Well, no one doubted that Daschle regretted the errors … now. It just seemed that neither Daschle nor Timothy Geithner bothered to feel remorse until after their appointments, and after their tax failures came to light. Criminals often feel remorse at about the same point in their lives, and their remorse means little to their victims.
And Daschle made it clear eleven years ago that tax evasion is not a victimless crime (page S4507). They “cheat us all”. That includes people who want us to believe that they never thought a limousine service provided by an employer could be considered taxable compensation — until the possibility of a high-profile government appointment suddenly appeared with Obama’s success in the Democratic primaries.
Still, Daschle has a lot of friends on Capitol Hill, and the Senate almost never refuses to confirm one of its own. The last time I recall that happening was when John Tower got rejected for his appointment as Secretary of Defense under George H. W. Bush in 1989. Interestingly, the Democratic-controlled Senate rejected Tower for his closeness to the defense industry, as well as unsubstantiated allegations of womanizing and drinking. (Dick Cheney instead got appointed and confirmed as SecDef, in one of life’s little ironies.) Considering Daschle’s close ties to health-care contractors and the myriad tax failures surrounding that relationship, Daschle’s apology should not keep the Senate from giving him the Tower treatment.
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We need a tax code that:
The Treasury Secretary
The HHS Secretary
The Ways and Means Chairman
Can all understand. And one of these guys actually writes the tax code.
lorien1973 on February 2, 2009 at 12:02 PM
Great! Now crooks can run our government finances, druggies can represent us in the Olympics, & Springsteen can be a full-fledged leftie again, all thanks to the magic word, “Sorry!”
jgapinoy on February 2, 2009 at 12:03 PM
Culture of Corruption…..encore une fois!
LimeyGeek on February 2, 2009 at 12:04 PM
I too apologize for my failure to pay income tax last year, I am deeply embarrassed and disappointed by the errors that required me to amend my tax returns.
Whup, the guard says my time is up, gotta go back to the cell now.
Bishop on February 2, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Maybe the IOC will forgive him?
misslizzi on February 2, 2009 at 12:06 PM
“I am sorry I was caught”…that is basically what I hear when one of these thieves are caught while being vetted…and they are thieves, these guys have accountants, and CPA’s that work for them, they are experts at “dodging the law” since they are the ones who write it.
right2bright on February 2, 2009 at 12:06 PM
Is there a School of Corruption I can send my kids to so they will be able to get a job in the future?
izoneguy on February 2, 2009 at 12:07 PM
John Edwards is starting to look better every day. He only cheated on a dying wife.
HawaiiLwyr on February 2, 2009 at 12:08 PM
Is there a School of Corruption I can send my kids to so they will be able to get a job in the future?
Have ‘em join the demorat party, they will get all the OJT they need.
Bishop on February 2, 2009 at 12:09 PM
Yea he’s sorry cause he got caught. Loser Ahole
Brat4life on February 2, 2009 at 12:10 PM
I question Tom Daschle’s patriotism.
rbj on February 2, 2009 at 12:10 PM
I would like very much to provide his email address so that we can all write to him and tell him what a fuctard we all think he is, douschbag works just as well.
tom.daschle@alston.com
UNREPENTANT CONSERVATIVE CAPITOLIST on February 2, 2009 at 12:11 PM
There are 2 americas. Those who pay their taxes; and the obama administration :P
lorien1973 on February 2, 2009 at 12:11 PM
keep reading the site, this corporation seems to be full of douschbags that try to influence policy….tax policy among others…..
http://www.alston.com/lpp_tax/
UNREPENTANT CONSERVATIVE CAPITOLIST on February 2, 2009 at 12:13 PM
fogw on February 2, 2009 at 12:15 PM
Obama seems intent on surrounding himself with a variety of crooks–not just tax cheats. What is becoming more and more apparent is that he has become so hardened to this sort of thing after his years connected with Chicago(or maybe always?), that he sees it as the norm and quite acceptable. Witness his cavalier and indifferent response to a what is a terrible stimulus bill. He took the stance of ‘well, if no one notices it we’ll just move right on ‘ and never took his own Party in the house to task for it right up front as he should have done. Little or no self honesty or self imposed integrity I’m afraid.
jeanie on February 2, 2009 at 12:16 PM
Teh most ethical administration evah!
So, if I don’t pay my taxes, I can just apologize and be forgiven.
Riiiiight!
Kini on February 2, 2009 at 12:17 PM
The King of Beta Males, Victimhood, Damn-my-luck, and Quick-Lock-the-Door-To-Hell-With-Everyone-Else.
Limerick on February 2, 2009 at 12:17 PM
I only found out within the past month or so that “serfs” as a class only came into existence in Czarist Russia under “Peter the Great”. With a swipe of the pen he bolstered his coffers and gained the loyalty of his powerful dissidents. All he had to do was decree that if you weren’t currently one of the wealthy – as defined at the time by owning land – then you automatically owned by the landowner you rented from. With no way for you, your children, your grand-children ad infinitum to purchase your freedom. Of course, he is “The Great” because he brought Russia, kicking and screaming, into the mold of European society. Scary, huh?
TubbyHubby on February 2, 2009 at 12:19 PM
Belly “freaking” laugh!
hawkdriver on February 2, 2009 at 12:19 PM
Where is the shame? I would feel an obligation to withdraw my name from nomination if I had Daschle’s tax problem (and was nominated as Sec of HHS – or even City Council).
These people should be rejected for lack of ethics. Tax fraud is just a symptom. How can anyone trust what these people say?
huckleberryfriend on February 2, 2009 at 12:20 PM
Rangel Rule or the Geithner Exemption. Pick your poison.
Plus, no penalties or interest right?
danking70 on February 2, 2009 at 12:20 PM
I often want to add musical accompaniment to such headlines. How does that song go?…’Sorry, so sorry…’ sung by Patsy Kline(?). It was just a bit before my time. ;-)
Well, I can’t think a more deserving recipient of the ‘sorriest jackass in America’ award. Actually, he’s tied with too many ‘mules’ to count.
Christine on February 2, 2009 at 12:22 PM
Yea, and Hillary didn’t really get shot at by snipers in Bosnia, and what’s his face can’t navigate Turbo Tax, and this guy withheld the truth from the POTUS for months. A bunch of elite, self-righteous liars and cheats running our country. I’m impressed. I’ll bet the rest of the world is too.
scalleywag on February 2, 2009 at 12:23 PM
I kind of find it funny that part of his tax problems apparently involve Medicare taxes… which of course impacts HHS.
Seriously, they’re not even trying to hide it anymore, are they?
cs89 on February 2, 2009 at 12:23 PM
What would the IRS do if the entire Conservative blogosphere sent in their 1020 with a note written at the bottom that said, “I’ve taken the Geithner/Daschle Option and will not be participating this year, or next.”
hawkdriver on February 2, 2009 at 12:23 PM
please call your Senator, esp if theya re on the Finance Cmte and tell them to say NO to Dachsle..
MM has the list
SENATE: 202-224-3121.
ginaswo on February 2, 2009 at 12:24 PM
That doesn’t seem to be a requirement in government anymore.
scalleywag on February 2, 2009 at 12:25 PM
Oops I did it again.
Now let me distract you!
Mr. Joe on February 2, 2009 at 12:25 PM
Call Al Sharpton and ask why Wesley Snipes did time for his mistake…..
ginaswo on February 2, 2009 at 12:26 PM
Biden in some future meeting of the Obama team…
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“Remember, keep telling people it’s patriotic to pay ta…”
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The laughter and table slapping that ensues will set off the earthquake alarms in the DC area and surrounding areas.
RalphyBoy on February 2, 2009 at 12:26 PM
Change you can believe in! Yeah all the accusations they made about the Bush administration, are actually facts when it comes to the Obama Administration. I guess that is the change, we are getting real criminals instead of the fake ones the left made up about the Bush admin.
MDWNJ on February 2, 2009 at 12:27 PM
At least Klenuis “tried” to hide the corruption cabinet. Obama is just rubbing America’s face in the sh!t.
PappaMac on February 2, 2009 at 12:28 PM
Why bother, there are no consequences aside from writing the check years later.
scalleywag on February 2, 2009 at 12:28 PM
She will get her chance now as SOS.
izoneguy on February 2, 2009 at 12:30 PM
Huckleberryfriend sez: “Where is the shame?”
That was signed off during the Clinton era. You can’t have political power without brazen shamelessness. There’s no healthy shame in DC; on the west coast you have Hollyweird and San Fransicko as the Meccas for narcisists.
Christine on February 2, 2009 at 12:30 PM
I wouldn’t mind seeing him confirmed. People will remember and it will cling to Barry like a bad smell. If he isn’t confirmed, it gives them a high road fig leaf to hide behind, while the rest of the debacle continues.
FREE TOM DASCHLE!
a capella on February 2, 2009 at 12:31 PM
To think that my wife and I really worry about taking to many “LEGAL” deductions. Maybe that’s the problem. We should start taking every “ILLEGAL” deduction we can, we’d fit right in.
PappaMac on February 2, 2009 at 12:31 PM
Just as a reminder:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/16/AR2008101603614_pf.html
Jim Treacher on February 2, 2009 at 12:32 PM
“I am deeply embarrassed and disappointed by the errors that required me to amend my tax returns, I apologize for the errors and profoundly regret that you have had to devote time to them.”
Melodrama
franksalterego on February 2, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Most ETHICAL administration evah!!!!
saltydogg14 on February 2, 2009 at 12:33 PM
Just how many tax cheats were in the GW administration? Dick Cheney? Don Rumsfeld? Condi Rice? RINO Powell? Alberto Gonzoles? Did any appointee have “tax problems?” Nope. No “nanny” problems, either.
Most ethical administration ever…my 10-year old daughter is more honest than our current class of clowns in Washington. And she is a bigger prima-donna than those jerks.
hbinva on February 2, 2009 at 12:33 PM
I often want to add musical accompaniment to such headlines.
I was thinking more along the lines of the ‘Benny Hill Show’ theme.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDO0afWNH5E
Bishop on February 2, 2009 at 12:35 PM
Run an independent audit(because we cant trust the IRS to do its job) on ALL of them-We may find enough tax evaders to fund a portion of the stimulous…
No wonder this country is bankrupt.These guys are sorry alright-the whole lot of them are crooks.
We have all these tax cheaters running the government and the people from California are getting shafted with IOU’s for overpaying their taxes to the government. WTH is wrong here?
canditaylor68 on February 2, 2009 at 12:38 PM
Though he is always difficult to stomach,especially when describing American soldiers as Nazis, I found DICK Durbin’s assessment of Daschle’s selfless career profoundly enlightening in its contempt for the voter and normal citizen.
Get this; after serving in Congress for over 20 years, Poor Tom’s net worth was under a million dollars. Can you feel his pain? Let me repeat, after serving his country, not himself, his ambition, his family or his despicable political party mind you, this mensch, this altruist, was not even worth a million dollars.
Now there are a few things one might infer from this statement: (1)DICK is indeed one. 2)DICK thinks he and his fellow tax cheaters are terribly underpaid. (3) DICK believes that Daschle (and he, DICK) sacrificed his enormous talents for the public good and that had his humongous intellect been applied to something like, oh, radio broadcasting (oops, bad example) he would have made tens of millions just like all the other incredible intellects sitting in the House and Senate. (4) Daschle (and DICK), because he gave up his life for us, the ungrateful lower lights, should be given credit for not having been corrupt while in office (this asks us to believe he was not corrupt)and piling up millions while a sitting Senator. (Is he intimating there are others doing just this? Hey, DIANE, is he talking about you and hubby, Richard, the other DICK?)
Thankfully, for Tommy, he was able to make up the Great Deficit, after the voters of SD, (sensing perhaps they had a tax cheat as a Senator) sent him off to lobbying school.
Folks, the Bolsheviks had it right. They just had their pistols pointed in the wrong direction.
mr1216 on February 2, 2009 at 12:38 PM
No probs bro, the Wonderful One supports you, he has to, Daschle is one of the Plantation owners.
Only something really, really bad will put Tommie under the bus, something like, hey, we shouldn’t spend so much, liberals cheating on taxes is the new, my bad, so whaassup?
Speakup on February 2, 2009 at 12:39 PM
The more of these cretins that keep popping up with their corrupt politics, the worse the Democrat Voters look…but of course, they’re all idiots too, so they’ll keep voting for them, and the MSM will keep defending them.
The frustration is not unlike the frustration the Captain Von Trapp felt when Austria was taken over by the Nazi’s in The Sound of Music.
kirkill on February 2, 2009 at 12:41 PM
The first 100 days of Ogabe’s administration would fit in perfectly will Benny’s chase theme.
Christine, that was “Little Miss Dynamite” Brenda Lee who sang “I’m Sorry, So Sorry, please accept my a-pol-o-gy”.
kingsjester on February 2, 2009 at 12:41 PM
will=with
oops.
kingsjester on February 2, 2009 at 12:42 PM
Tom Daschle sez:
gryphon202 on February 2, 2009 at 12:42 PM
Great! Now crooks can run our government finances, druggies can represent us in the Olympics, & Springsteen can be a full-fledged leftie again, all thanks to the magic word, “Sorry!”
jgapinoy on February 2, 2009 at 12:03 PM
When was Springsteen not a full fledged leftie?
max1 on February 2, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Every day the Obama administration makes me more frustated.
I knew he was a far leftwinger and a hypocrite, but a cabinent full of crooks?!?
And Smoot-Hawley II as one of his first legislative goals?
What I would give for a fair and balanced media.
18-1 on February 2, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Makes you wonder about Daschle’s parenting.
My dad always told us that even if we said we’re sorry, and even if we were really, really, sorry for what we did or even just for getting caught, we still did wrong and had to face the consequences. And the “consequences were never just some wimpy “take a time out and think hard about it.” We didn’t get beat, mind you, but something we really, really wanted was suddenly GONE.
We were held completely accountable and learned it early.
marybel on February 2, 2009 at 12:45 PM
My e-mail to Daschle’s office:
I’d communicate this more harshly if you were a conservative because I’d expect more in that case.
You’ve demonstrated yourself to be dishonest when no one was looking. You feign sorrow and regret now that you’re under public scrutiny. But character is what you do when no one is looking, and you have no character.
This is a great country, and it deserves honest people in leadership–people other than you.
FWIW: Daschle’s e-mail address relates to an office has at a DC law firm styled Alston Baird. It’s a megafirm that, I believe, is based in Atlanta, and Daschle must be associated somehow with its DC office. Virtually, all megafirms have DC offices–and the DC offices consist of not much more than lobbyists. Sure, there are other areas of practice, but lobbying is usually the raison d’etre.
BuckeyeSam on February 2, 2009 at 12:45 PM
For F**Ks Sakes Republicans don’t confirm this a$$ Hole Tax cheating self-indulging righteous pontificating “I feel your Pain” bul$hi$$ting obstructionist Piece of $hit.
When he had power Daschle stood in the way of tons of Bush Administration appointees for absolutely no reason at all. Time to pay the piper son.
Dritanian on February 2, 2009 at 12:46 PM
Where is Brenda Lee when you need her?
Johan Klaus on February 2, 2009 at 12:46 PM
God
The people of DC vex me! They read not the Tax Code and do resort to Cheating. I shall turn them all into Frogs or something!
Prophet
Dear God, hear my plea! If I find but 50 honest tax payers on the other Messiah’s team, wilt thou not spare the city?
God
Oh all right!
Prophet
I am but a mote of dust, but 50 payers would make it a megapolis of honest politician activity. What if I find but 40?
God
I suppose.
Prophet
Strike not your humble servant down, but do I hear thirty?
God
Thirty.
Prophet
Dare I ask for twenty?
God
You just did.
Prophet
I am but a newbie and paint my figures with my fingers, but if I find ten honest payers, would you spare the city?
God
By me! You are annoying! All right, ten!
Prophet
Hear me out, if I but…
God
Five is my last offer. If you ask for four, then you can only run lists of those directly other Messiah chosen!
Prophet
…I looked, I can’t find five. What if…
God
They’re toast. You’d better get out of town fast.
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Amen
RalphyBoy on February 2, 2009 at 12:46 PM
Maybe he should first apologize for wearing them and then return those stupid red glasses to Sally Jesse Raphael and get a better pair so he can read his tax returns.
Brat on February 2, 2009 at 12:48 PM
Can you say, “Projection”?
Ace ODale on February 2, 2009 at 12:51 PM
Excellent.
canditaylor68 on February 2, 2009 at 12:54 PM
YES WE CAN!
the_nile on February 2, 2009 at 12:55 PM
I keep hearing Brenda Lee, who sang with more conviction.
Randy
williars on February 2, 2009 at 12:55 PM
Well, my brothers and I got beat. As my mother colorfully described it, “you are going to get beat within an inch of your life”.
Johan Klaus on February 2, 2009 at 12:56 PM
Apparently, he recently gave in to capitalistic impulses and made a deal with the eviiil Wal-Mart!!!! His apology was pretty quick.
I think he’s still cashing the checks, though….
cs89 on February 2, 2009 at 12:57 PM
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a clearer “Culture of Corruption” then we are seeing now;
Obama, H Clinton, Rangel, Pelosi, Frank, Geithner, Daschle, Richardson, Emanuel, etc etc etc.
Seriously, the Obama-Pelosi-Reid triumvirate is only a few weeks old, and yet easily the most corrupt government America has ever had…
18-1 on February 2, 2009 at 12:59 PM
Even more important than that, when Cheney became SecDef, Newt Gingrich won the election to replace him as House Minority Whip, and the rest is history.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on February 2, 2009 at 1:00 PM
You had one of those too?
RalphyBoy on February 2, 2009 at 1:02 PM
Do y’all think that Obama’s people protect him from the fact that people are beginning to see him as a crook or do you think he knows he’s a crook and things are going as planned? He isn’t even attemping to hide it–in fact, he’s endorsing it. Or….does his sheer arrogance keep him from ever backing down?
jeanie on February 2, 2009 at 1:03 PM
the_nile on February 2, 2009 at 1:08 PM
Yes.
the_nile on February 2, 2009 at 1:09 PM
Damn… Beat me to it! Ditto anyway.
RalphyBoy on February 2, 2009 at 1:11 PM
Sent to Daschle… even though it will do no good.
Romeo13 on February 2, 2009 at 1:14 PM
If you were really sorry and repentant…resign, then we will know you are sincere.
right2bright on February 2, 2009 at 1:16 PM
I’m more interested in what Big Mo has to say about all this.
Have they upped her Thorazine dose since the Inaugural Balls? I mean, geez…did she float away or something?
BobMbx on February 2, 2009 at 1:17 PM
I have dealt with the criminal mind throughout the centuries. It never changes. They do not feel remorse. They just feel set upon and like victims that they were found out. If they get away with a display of crocodile tears it only emboldens then to seek self redemption by attempting to commit even bigger crimes and not get caught next time.
Sigmund on February 2, 2009 at 1:17 PM
Again this is the same old song and dance
Im sorry
Cough
I got caught
With my fingers in the cash register
With cocain in my car
with those bags of cash in my back seat..
Ok Ok
I will just pay what i think i owe and we call it even ok
officer?
Why are you slapping the handcuffs on me?
jcila on February 2, 2009 at 1:24 PM
Then Daschle step down, with the Treasurer and crawl in a deep deep hole. You can bet that many of our Reps are not paying their taxes. We are paying their taxes. Maybe the show 24 is trying to tell us something? The Snakes keep coiling and are starting to strike!
sheebe on February 2, 2009 at 1:25 PM
The crooks are in charge and they get to set the rules… Right trolls?… Trolls?… Obamanuts?
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Oh well… Another troll-less thread I guess.
RalphyBoy on February 2, 2009 at 1:35 PM
Awwwww…. folks he said he was sorry.
Badger40 on February 2, 2009 at 1:39 PM
Zero credibility. Zero trust. Every last minute he spends as Commerce secretary will be geared to lining his and his friends’ pockets.
Dusty on February 2, 2009 at 1:42 PM
Did you all forget about the (D) Committee chairman with 95k in his freezer? The Senate Majority Leader (D) involved in more than one major multimillion dollar land deal? How about a (D) House Majority leader guilty of campaign finance law violations? Or The (D) Congressman found guilty by the House of raping a House page, but served no jail time and remained in the seat??
Yeah they’re a great bunch. The law doesnt apply to them, does it?
dogsoldier on February 2, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Dusty on February 2, 2009 at 1:42 PM
Health and Human Services.
cs89 on February 2, 2009 at 1:55 PM
He is meeting with terrorist leaders without pre-conditions…why would he have pre-conditions for his appointees?
right2bright on February 2, 2009 at 2:30 PM
Most succinct summary so far, quoted from TaxProf Blog:
Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Tom Daschle has an even bigger tax problem than Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner: Daschle paid more than $140,000 in taxes and interest on January 2, 2009 for three tax mistakes he made on his 2005-2007 tax returns comprising over $350,000 of omitted income and overstated deductions that were uncovered in the vetting process:
* Failing to report over $255,000 of income from the free use of a car and chauffer provided to him in 2005-2007 by InterMedia Partners, a private equity fund and its managing partner, Leo Hindery, Jr., a prominent Democratic fund-raiser.
* Failing to report over $80,000 of consulting income from the same source in 2007.
* Failing to properly substantiate $15,000 of charitable deductions in 2005-2007.
The Senate Finance Committee staff also notes that there are two unresolved tax issues:
* Free travel and entertainment services provided to the Daschles by EduCap, Inc., Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation, Academy Achievement, and Loan to Learn.
* Additional unsubstantiated charitable contributions for 2005-2007.
petefrt on February 2, 2009 at 2:32 PM
Is there somesort of Michael Richards / David Duchovney rehab program for these folks?
Laura in Maryland on February 2, 2009 at 2:35 PM
The fix is in. Dasche will be the sacrificial lamb… Obama now considers the tax issue “serious”..
Give this 48 hours and Tom will be a good soldier.
gatorboy on February 2, 2009 at 2:44 PM
I don’t see what the issue is. He said he was sorry. I am hopeful that if the day should ever come and I make a little $128,000.00 mistake on my taxes all I need to do is say I’m sorry. It’s good for me and good for the government. Think if the money that would be saved by me and by the US Government.
I hope they get Tom Daschle on the
takefederal payroll soon. He is Obama’s kind of guy.kanda on February 2, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Why is he not getting the Wesley Snipes treatment? I’m I to understand the way the U.S. Tax Code works is that you are required to pay your taxes at the end of a shotgun or face jail time for the regular citizenry but if I’m a lawmaker I have the get of jail card free safe word, “Sorry…”? Then I don’t have to pay or I can just pay some of the back taxes and be done with it?
Where do I get one of these lawmaker jobs?
Sultry Beauty on February 2, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Now I understand where Harry Reid got the idea income taxes are “voluntary.”
cs89 on February 2, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Daschle: I’m Sorry I got caught.
Kevin M on February 2, 2009 at 5:20 PM
We understand the feeling, you were once part of this country’s leadership. You still should go to prison though.
Hog Wild on February 2, 2009 at 6:00 PM
No, he regretted being caught.
uncivilized on February 2, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Absolutely – at the very least, turn down the Cabinet appointment…
uncivilized on February 2, 2009 at 6:49 PM
He doesn’t feel ‘remorse’ for having cheated the government, he feels remorse that the committee has to turn over all his rocks and see the slime there. He’s worse than Blago.
eaglewingz08 on February 2, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Daschle’s sorry performance filled with sorry excuses makes him one sorry limosine liberal.
Buy Danish on February 2, 2009 at 9:06 PM
Actually, you are way off in this analysis. Politicians do not get special status in committing tax fraud. DEMOCRAT politicians do, but not just any old politician.
18-1 on February 2, 2009 at 9:24 PM
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