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1. #2
   On February 2nd, 2009 at 2:18 pm, rfjjulie said:

   Is this crap going to be going on for the next four years? Less that 2 weeks and it soooo out of control!

2. #3
   On February 2nd, 2009 at 2:21 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

   Ethics are only for Republicans. Democrats can skirt or change the rules as they see fit. When all else fails, they sue, sue, and sue more until they get the results they’re looking for.

   I think in this entire nation of almost 300 million people, there is certainly someone better suited for the job than Daschle.

3. #4
   On February 2nd, 2009 at 2:22 pm, taylork said:

   Gibbs was glib: “Nobody’s perfect.”

   I’m speechless. Absolutely speechless. And that rarely happens.

4. #5
   On February 2nd, 2009 at 2:23 pm, coffee260 said:

   Gibbs just said there are no earmarks in the stimulus bill. WHAT!

5. #6
   On February 2nd, 2009 at 2:23 pm, taylork said:

   Arlen Spectar would investigate, but he’s too busy looking in to the Patriots (still).

6. #7
   On February 2nd, 2009 at 2:24 pm, rplatt said:

   In that administration, nobody even comes close to perfect . . . what a bunch of dolts.

7. #8
   On February 2nd, 2009 at 2:25 pm, walterc said:

   Keep these quotes handy in case you get audited. You’ll ave to pay tax and probably interest, but ever there was a precedent for waiver of penalties. . .

8. #9
   On February 2nd, 2009 at 2:25 pm, The Master said:

   And evidently, some are less perfect than others. Suffice to say that Daschle’s level of imperfection would normally land someone in jail for tax fraud. But there are different rules for Friends of Obama.

9. #10
   On February 2nd, 2009 at 2:27 pm, taylork said:

   –Steroids in baseball: Congressional investigation
   –The Patriots possibly cheating: Congressional investigation
   – The BCS: Congressional bills submitted.
   –$42,000 in unpaid taxes by the SEx. of Treasury nominee-: no big deal.
   AG nominee Holder doesn’t know squat about pardons?: No big whoop.
   –Tom Daschles “mistake”: Pobody’s Nerfect.

   It’s good that Congress has it’s priorities straight and that we keep electing the same boobs.

10. #11
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 2:34 pm, BayStateRepublican said:

    Bobby Gibbs, Barry’s glib gibberer, jibbed jokingly, I’m sure.

11. #12
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 2:35 pm, pueblo1032 said:

    We are soooooo SCREWED!!!! If I owed 145,000 in taxes, I would have nothing left… No furniture, no DVDs, nothing… Not even my SOCIAL SECURITY… Soooooo SCREWED…

12. #13
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 2:37 pm, NotaSlickFan said:

    Saddam Hussein had his “Bagdad Bob”, now BHO has his own “DC Bob”. This guy eludes questions, and reality, as good as any running back eludes a tackler in the NFL.

13. #14
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 2:37 pm, tbear44 said:

    Imagine the hollering, screaming, and wringing of hands if Bush was now president and Daschle had an (R) after his name!

14. #15
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 2:37 pm, MNUSMCDavid said:

    Oh no one’s perfect unless you’re a Conservative being appointed… hypocritical pieces of slime

15. #16
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 2:37 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    Hey, W2s just went out so I’m guessing a lot of people are just starting to do their taxes.

    Let’s see how things work if we take the “nobody’s perfect” approach to filing our returns…

16. #17
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 2:38 pm, kthomas8268 said:

    –Steroids in baseball: Congressional investigation
    –The Patriots possibly cheating: Congressional investigation
    – The BCS: Congressional bills submitted.
    –$42,000 in unpaid taxes by the SEx. of Treasury nominee-: no big deal.
    AG nominee Holder doesn’t know squat about pardons?: No big whoop.
    –Tom Daschles “mistake”: Pobody’s Nerfect.

    It’s good that Congress has it’s priorities straight and that we keep electing the same boobs.

    EXACTLY! They are all living in a bubble and we are just peasants!

17. #18
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 2:41 pm, jencab said:

    The MSM, Obama, Mitch McConnell, senate RINOS, and the liberal-socialists are a joke.

    No watchdogs, no responsibility, no nothing.

18. #19
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 2:44 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    These folks must be suffering from the Helmsley Syndrome:

    Remember her famous quote?

    “We don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes …”

    Yeah, and the difference here is that she spent time in jail.

    Now, can someone please tell me why we have a guy in charge of the Treasury (who failed to acknowledge his problem until he was asked to join the Obama team) and a guy who’s been nominated as the HHS Secretary who’s even a bigger tax cheat, that they’re not held up to the same standards?

    Oh, yeah, I forgot. They’re Democrats. They’re allowed.

19. #20
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 2:45 pm, ThatSamIAm said:

    Tax evasion: Nobody’s perfect
    Sweetheart deals: Nobody’s perfect
    Pardons for criminals: Nobody’s perfect

    Let’s apply Democrat logic to everything…

    The Holocaust: Nobody’s perfect
    Watergate: Nobody’s perfect
    Lincoln’s assasination: Nobody’s perfect
    Slavery: Nobody’s pefect

    DEMOCRATS ARE NOTHING BUT BILE AND A WASTE OF SPACE. THOSE THAT FOLLOW THEM AND PROMOTE THEM ARE WORSE.

20. #21
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 2:45 pm, Paul Revere said:

    This will be their excuse when That One’s presidency is the epic failure it’s destined to be.

21. #22
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 2:45 pm, letget said:

    Do you have any idea how long the IRS would take to get our behinds in for an audit if ‘we forgot’, ‘I’m not perfect’, ‘I used turbotax and they didn’t give me the right info.’, etc. these crooks use? Sending in taxes in April is not looking warm and fuzzy.
    L

22. #23
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 2:52 pm, Cosmo said:

    I wonder if the “prosecute Bush for war crimes” posse will be so magnanimous when it comes down to it…

    /holding breath

23. #24
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 2:52 pm, nail49 said:

    Wasn’t it Steve Martin who did the routine on how not to pay taxes on a cool million dollars?

    He said don’t pay them and when asked why you didn’t just answer, “I forgot!”

    SNL needs to do a skit with Obama, Daschle, Geithner, and any other slimebucket who comes out from under a rock in the near future…

24. #26
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 2:59 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    SNL needs to do a skit with Obama, Daschle, Geithner, and any other slimebucket who comes out from under a rock in the near future…

    Why? So it can be edited so as not to offend the guilty parties???

25. #27
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 3:00 pm, taylork said:

    The guy who can’t do his taxes correctly will be in charge of ‘fixing’ the health care system (supposing we believe it was an honest mistake). Fan-frakin’tastic!!!

26. #28
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 3:01 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    SNL needs to do a skit with Obama, Daschle, Geithner, and any other slimebucket who comes out from under a rock in the near future…

    Why? So it can be edited so as not to offend the guilty parties???

    I think tax cheats are fair game. It’s just Bawney Fwank and his fwiends that are off limits.

27. #29
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 3:02 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    We aren’t asking for perfect! All we’re asking for is honesty, decency and statesmanship! If you can’t deal with that, please abdicate the throne immediately!

28. #30
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 3:02 pm, corona said:

    The BCS actually is a taxpayer-ripoff.

29. #31
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 3:08 pm, granite said:

    “Nobody’s perfect.”

    One of the stupidest, most juvenile, immature & arrogant utterances I’ve ever heard issue from politicians and their minions.

30. #32
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 3:10 pm, James Felix said:

    In April of 2004 I changed jobs. When my CPA did my taxes that year he only reported the income from my new job. This was, truly, an honest mistake. Either I forgot to give him the second W2 or he didn’t see it in the folder.

    In the summer of 2006 I got a letter from the IRS. The letter was very threatening in tone, and detailed for me how if I didn’t pay what I owed they’d garnish my wages, put a lien on my home and, if all else fails, file criminal charges.

    The grand total I owed in taxes, interest and penalties? $2,700.

    This country is not supposed to have one set of laws for the royalty and a different one for us peasants. This is total BS, and it’s what we’re going to get until we hold these sacks of crap accountable.

31. #33
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 3:10 pm, Flyoverman said:

    Gibbs was glib: “Nobody’s perfect.”

    He should keep that one on-hand in case we lose another Space Shuttle.

    What an idiot!

32. #34
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 3:11 pm, rightisright said:

    The guy who can’t do his taxes correctly will be in charge of ‘fixing’ the health care system (supposing we believe it was an honest mistake).

    He wasn’t going to pay the taxes until he was nominated for the Dept. Secretary, then he had an epiphany. “Let’s see, I owe taxes, if I don’t pay I won’t be appointed, If I pay, I’ll steal enough to get that tax money back and then some, be the Sec. of H.H.S., ok, I’ll pay the taxes, it was an honest mistake and I’m not perfect. I thank the perfect one for thinking of me.”

33. #35
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 3:19 pm, cngerms said:

    Paying taxes is for suckers, not for Obama’s Cabinet of Crooks.

    For Cabinet Members: Not a problem, my imperfect buddy, have a job promotion!
    For all of us: jail, fines, loss of job, forfeiture of home and other assets, stripped of voting and 2nd Amendment rights, lifelong stain of a criminal record

34. #36
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 3:21 pm, almeehan said:

    I just phoned Bob Corker (TN) who bent over for Tim G and his tax problems. Dodd is skating on thin ice and needs to be called on his sweetheart deals, but who is there to do it? I told Corkers office he better not let Daschle get through…but we all know he will. Crooks, thieves all. Tyranny! Let’s move against it!

35. #37
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 3:24 pm, GraniteMan said:

    Gibbs had better get with the program!
    We have heard nothing else from the MSM etc. that the Big O is perfect. Now as for everyone else……..

36. #39
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 3:29 pm, USN RET said:

    Apparently the Number 2 guy at HUD will be Ron Simms, maybe now we can get someone competent to run King County
    

37. #40
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 3:48 pm, ErinF said:

    Things like tax evasion are, as Rush eloquently puts it, a resume enhancement for a lib.

    Just imagine if someone like Rush committed these tax “glitches”…

38. #41
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 3:51 pm, bjc said:

    *Through Gibbs, would P-BO and his fuzzy standards feel the same way about Usama Bin Laden?; Would he utter “Absolutely”, “Nobody’s perfect”; Based on his gutter standards, it’s a yes.
    *We all remember Rev. Wright and how he feels about America, “G.. D… America” he said, and now P-BO is telling us the same thing through his actions, by saying to us “Geithner/Daschle America”, and he is saying it to all Americans no less.

39. #42
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 3:51 pm, Scobie said:

    And I thought Scott McClellan was the southbound end of a northbound horse.

    This press secretary seems to know the MSM will dutifully accept that answer and think it was brilliant.

40. #43
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 3:51 pm, bradley said:

    Anyone noticed yet that the Obama mouthpiece Gibb has EXACTLY the same problem forming two sentences in a row without saying “uh” in between them? He drives me nuts to even try to listen to him. Uh. Uh. Umm. Uh. Well, uh, uh, uh.

41. #44
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 3:52 pm, bradley said:

    The same problem Obama has, I meant to say. Uh. Umm. Uh.

42. #45
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 4:07 pm, JDinTX said:

    And what would Obama do if 10 or 15 million Americans just didn’t send their taxes in this year and said they were sorry? Could we then go to a flat tax or sales tax across the board? Obviously the tax code is too complicated if these genuises can’t figure out the right thing to do.

43. #46
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 4:15 pm, regularguy said:

    This is FOOBAR — Friends of Obama But About Regular. The dolt electorate of our country elected a complete package criminal enterprise.

44. #47
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 4:18 pm, jsr said:

    Now I’m hearing that the storyline is that Tom Daschle has a long career of “public service” that should more than make up for this minor error. Makes perfect sense especially when one considers considers the low pay, lousy benefits, and unrecognized efforts of those selfess public servants in the senate.

45. #50
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 5:35 pm, RedDog said:

    Yeah. You all have said it all. Great comments. Where is the vaunted Fourth Estate? Truth to power? No? I am so dissapointed in our political leaders, the press, and the fact that our system of government has been so easily corrupted and even dismantled. We’re in Orwell’s 1984 for real.

    Why don’t the “Democrats” just abolish the democracy thingy and go to a pure totalitarian state ala the USSR/Venezuela?. It’s clear that’s what they prefer. Constitutions and rules of law are just so damned inconvenient. By the way, when do Bush, Rove and Cheney face the firing squad?

46. #51
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 5:46 pm, Ron said:

    Wonder if The One has a clean tax bill of health?

47. #53
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 7:12 pm, CJ said:

    Let’s see how things work if we take the “nobody’s perfect” approach to filing our returns…

    To rub salt into the wound created by this entire debacle, we were working on taxes yesterday and discovered a change in the tax code is going to cost a couple of thousand this year. I’m not sure how long we can remain ethical before we have a lapse in memory and make a mistake. In our favor, of course. (I mean, have you noticed that NONE of these Dems ever makes a mistake in the IRS’s favor???) What is the IRS going to do if millions of Americans start making “mistakes”? The precedence has been set. They can’t throw us into jail for anything less than 6 figures. (And how many of us have the means to cheat the IRS out of 6 figures?)

    I’ve been to Central America several times in the past year. I’ve seen first hand what happens when people do not expect their government to behave ethically. Bribery and cheating are expected — they are the only way to accomplish anything. (I joke that a corruption charge translates into English as didn’t-offer-big-enough-bribe.) We are heading there at warp speed.

48. #54
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 7:27 pm, reland1 said:

    A riddle for ya BOBOBO. Does anyone know when the Daschle vote will be on the Senate floor?

49. #55
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 7:29 pm, nuss said:

    The genius of Mark Levin!! I just heard his humorous rant which went something like this: “I am sick of all these crooks Obama is stacking in his cabinet. There should be a quota….one serial tax cheat per president.

50. #56
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 7:30 pm, reland1 said:

    We need an honest to goodness, bona fide tax revolt. Something has got to be done. We cannot just fume and foam over these issues, without some sort of civil disobedience!

51. #57
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 7:32 pm, reland1 said:

    The Twitter group TCOT is forming a Tea Party! Ya’ll check it out!

52. #58
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 8:06 pm, maisy said:

    Just read a piece that was in salon…he mentioned Matt Taibi..(.a lefty) “In Washington there are whores and there are whores, and then there is Tom Daschle. Tom Daschle would suck off a corpse for a cheeseburger.”
    Read The Daschles;feeding at the beltway trough”
    http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/02/01/daschle/index.html

53. #59
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 8:07 pm, maisy said:

    Who knew “change” meant they would change their underwear???

54. #60
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 8:31 pm, PKAmmoTroop said:

    Who’s with me on this: When our liberal acquaintances start in on a BDS frenzy, no matter how bizarre or daffy the accusation we respond with

    “It was just a mistake. You can’t hold a mistake against him.”

    We all know they’ll never get it one time in a thousand, but that ONE time will make it all worth while

55. #61
    On February 2nd, 2009 at 8:48 pm, Scobie said:

    It just occurred to me that oBama is actually setting up his 2012 campaign slogan.

    “Nobody’s Perfect”

56. #71
    On February 3rd, 2009 at 12:53 pm, redgrandma said:

    I was listening to some of the press conference in the car yesterday. Someone (I don’t recall who) asked…”exactly how much in unpaid taxes would disqualify someone for appointment to President Obama’s administration?”

    Rich!