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September 20, 2005
Ridiculous
As much as I sometimes like President Bush, he and his administration are capable of rubbing our collective nose in it, aren't they? His latest is his appointment of the unqualified Julie Myers to head Immigration and Customs Enforcement, under DHS. Her nomination is, as Michelle Malkin puts it, "a joke." True, true.
This is textbook political cronyism. Myers is unqualified... (writes Malkin):
She may be perfectly capable of writing briefs and I'm sure her knowledge of export controls is second to none. But as long as the borders are broken and al Qaeda continues to exploit lax immigration enforcement, I don't want her in charge of ICE. Why hire someone who needs to "seek out" those "who know more than I do" in order to her job? Why wait until the next mass terrorist attack to put those more knowledgeable people in leadership positions now and leave the paper-pushers in their cubicles?
...but this doesn't matter because:
Myers also was an associate under independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr for about 16 months and has most recently served as a special assistant to President Bush handling personnel issues.
Her uncle is Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, the departing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. She married [DHS Head Michael] Chertoff's current chief of staff, John F. Wood, on Saturday.
I would like to believe conservatives, or at least Republicans, would expect better from one of their own, but maybe this is foolishness.
Posted by bill at September 20, 2005 09:58 AM
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