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Re: Obama admits poor vetting, bounces Daschle
« Reply #25 on: February 04, 2009, 01:51:19 PM »
Its pathetic.You pick two interviews.

yeah,  2 out of the 5 total that she did?

lol... it's like the retarded family member you hide in the cellar.

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Re: Obama admits poor vetting, bounces Daschle
« Reply #26 on: February 04, 2009, 03:21:07 PM »
Where did he admit poor vetting?  I heard someone on one of the news shows say Obama knew about the tax problem before he selected Daschle, but underestimated how this would play out politically. 

Is this the "admission"? 

"I think I made a mistake," Obama told CNN's Anderson Cooper, adding, "I take responsibility for the appointees ... I think my mistake is not in selecting Tom originally" because Daschle was as well equipped as anyone to understand the details of health policy and the politics of getting reform legislation passed in Congress.

"Look," Obama said, "ultimately, I campaigned on changing Washington and bottom-up politics, and I don't want to send a message to the American people that there are two sets of standards, one for powerful people and one for ordinary folks who are working every day and paying their taxes." He added: "I screwed up."


http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/obama/2009/02/04/obamas-daschle-mistake-damages-the-president.html