Another Obama pick for his administration goes by the wayside.
Erroll Southers is no loss to anyone except Obama and the far
left loons he represents.
TSA nominee withdraws amid 'political agenda'
By JULIE PACE
Washington Post
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Transportation Security Administration withdrew his name Wednesday, a blow to an administration trying to explain how a man could attempt to blow up a commercial airliner on Christmas Day.
Erroll Southers said he was pulling out because his nomination had become a lightning rod for those with a political agenda. Obama had tapped Southers, a former FBI agent, to lead the TSA in September but his confirmation has been blocked by Republican Sen. Jim DeMint, who says he was worried that Southers would allow TSA employees to have collective bargaining rights.
In an e-mail to friends and colleagues, Southers said, "It is unfortunate that we are residing in such contentious political times, that exceptional, 'apolitical' candidates have to seriously consider their willingness to participate in public service."
Questions have also been raised about a reprimand that Southers received for running background checks on his then-estranged wife's boyfriend two decades ago. Southers wrote a letter to lawmakers earlier this month acknowledging that he had given inconsistent answers to Congress on that issue.
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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Obama needs a new circle of friends to choose from, but I suspect that will not happen as his friends list is shrinking, and he is himself becoming the "Incrediable Shrinking Man".
Don't know if I already told you, but thanks for the link to Obama Cartoons, you are also linked to TOTUS.
Off topic. I saw you image of General Nathan Bedford Forrest. I finished at Univ. of Southern Miss. and at one time before political correctness set in he was the mascot "General Nat". You may already know this but after the war General Sherman remarked that General Forrest was the most outstanding leader produced by either side during the War. From an old history teacher.
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