Giuliani Pushed Kerik Bid Over Objections

A new story in the Washington Post documents the extent to which Rudy Giuliani and Alberto Gonzalez pushed to head the Department of Homeland Security over objections of those responsible for vetting him. John Solomon and Peter Baker of The Post document, “how Giuliani put forward a flawed candidate for high office, how Bush rushed the usual process in his eagerness to install a political ally and how Gonzales, as White House counsel, failed to stop the nomination despite the many warning signs.”

The Post article does far more to extend the responsibility for the poor vetting of Kerik to the White House than past investigations into the matter, though the article doesn’t diminish Giuliani’s repeated failures to properly assess Kerik. Kerik was pushed into repeatedly higher offices and responsibility by people who knew of his past ethical failures and ties to organized crime. The lack of due diligence done by Giuliani and the Bush administration is clearly a hallmark of this brand of Republican Party’s failures to properly administer government.

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Posted by Matt Browner Hamlin
Monday, April 9, 2007 at 8:30 am

8 Responses to “Giuliani Pushed Kerik Bid Over Objections”

because kerik did such a poor job? oh no wait, he did an outstanding job helping to cut crime and murders by record numbers. what a creep

Left by bill
April 9, 2007 at 11:05am

I guess you could say that cutting crime and getting kickbacks from the mob balance each other out.

The article in the Post about Kerik makes clear that he thought his good accomplishments would make people ignore his ethical transgressions. They didn’t.

Left by Matt Browner Hamlin
April 9, 2007 at 3:40pm

so since you browneye judge candidates based on who they appoint, they you will openly oppose the clintons upfront for their associations with a number of felons like mark rich, vince foster, and a circus of others and poor appointees like janet reno.

Left by matt
April 9, 2007 at 6:23pm

God you are more dumb than the lint at the bottom of my laundry bag:

1. Bill Clinton is not running for election.
2. I don’t cover the Democratic presidential primary on this site.
3. The only appointee you named, Janet Reno, was not connected to the mafia. Your argument does not hold.

Left by Matt Browner Hamlin
April 9, 2007 at 9:12pm

1. Bill Clinton is not running for election.

hillary clinton is and she shares all of their business and polticial associates, plus she claims her husband as an asset, meaning his record is just as important as her own.

2. I don’t cover the Democratic presidential primary on this site.

this site does not “cover” the primary, its aim is to smear and attack republican candidates, a clear agent of liberals who support the DNC.

3. The only appointee you named, Janet Reno

kerik, allegedly, accepted gifts from allegeded mafia members….janet reno orders the slaughter of 74 people…the glaring difference between a giuliani bad judgement and a clinton bad judgement.

beaten soundly again browneye, dont quit your day job

Left by matt
April 10, 2007 at 12:27am

Way to move the goal posts. You first said “judge candidates based on who they appoint.” When I countered that Bill wasn’t running, your response was “hillary clinton is and she shares all of their business and polticial [sic] associates.” Sharing associates is not the same thing as appointing people with mob ties.

Kerik, Giuliani, and the White House all agree that Kerik has connections to organized crime. Kerik is at the point where he has to turn down plea agreements that mean jail time.

“a clear agent of liberals who support the DNC.” I don’t even know what that is supposed to mean.

No one on this site hides the fact that we are liberal. We cover the Republican primary from a liberal perspective, just as you cover our site from a dumb-shit perspective. Ever story that you have ever labeled a “smear” has been published by mainstream media outlets first. We don’t make anything up, we just bring attention to the stories that we care about. Don’t expect it to be all chocolate and roses for your beau Giuliani, you Bridge and Tunnel dunce.

“dont quit your day job”
Declaring victory with losing arguments? That’s about as much class as I’d expect from you.

Left by Matt Browner Hamlin
April 10, 2007 at 8:40am

nice job avoiding the fact the clintons appointed an attorney general who slaughtered 74 people. but being the liberal lemming you are, im sure you think firing 8 attorneys is worse, dont you hammy.

and the pounding of hamlin continues…

Left by matt
April 10, 2007 at 11:57am

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