Showing posts with label Chief of Staff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chief of Staff. Show all posts

Thursday, November 12, 2009

So, why is it that Tim "The Liar" Leavitt is demanding a Chief of Staff....

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.... since he doesn't have the time to do the job of mayor?

Wasn't that part of his scam?

Well, it turns out he's a worker bee at his job, and so he wants his campaign manager to keep an eye on things while he's out of city hall.

Of course, he ain't GETTING a chief of staff; that's the city manager's job.

But that seems to differ somewhat from The Liar's campaign pledges about his ability to be available to actually DO the job the more ignorant voted him into... isn't it?

I mean.... if this clown doesn't have TIME to be the mayor, maybe he ought to do us all a job and just quit, instead of attempting to force another, say , $80,000 a year or so out of the taxpayer's pockets to pay for a full time campaign manger using tax payer dollars.

Oooopppsss..... sorry. I meant a full time chief of staff for a staff that doesn't exist.

Combine that with his completely moronic pitch to jam the taxpayers for Portland's baseball team, and you get to figure out what I've been trying to tell you for months: hope and change to this idiot means the same thing it does to his empty-suited hero, Obama.

Good God. What a scumbag. How you Republicans who voted for a clown where the chair of the Clark County DEMOCRATS, a SITTING DEMOCRAT Clark County Commissioner AND a DEMOCRAT FORMER Clark County Commissioner were running his campaign..... huh?
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Saturday, December 20, 2008

The buzz increases: the buses are circling Rahm

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As I mentioned here on the 17th, I believed that Rahm Emanual, President-Elect Obama's Chief of Staff, would be thrown under a bus in an effort to deflect scrutiny from his own actions in the Blago mess.

Well, it looks like Obama may be circling the buses. Expect Rahm to be gone... and soon.

Senate-for-sale case threatens new chief of staff

By BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE and TAMMY WEBBER, Associated Press Writers Brett J. Blackledge And Tammy Webber, Associated Press Writers – Sat Dec 20, 6:41 pm ET AP – In this Dec. 1, 2008 file photo, White House Chief of Staff designate Rahm Emanuel listens to President-elect … CHICAGO – Gov. Rod Blagojevich is legendary in Illinois political circles for not picking up the phone or returning calls, even from important figures like the state's senior senator, Dick Durbin.

But there was always one call Blagojevich regularly took, say his aides, and that was from Rahm Emanuel — his congressman, his one-time campaign adviser and, more recently — and troubling for Emanuel — one of his contacts with President-elect Barack Obama's transition staff.

The friendly rapport Blagojevich and Emanuel shared over the years has suddenly become a troubling liability for Emanuel and the new president he will serve as chief of staff.

Emanuel and Obama have remained silent about what, if anything, Emanuel knew of the governor's alleged efforts to peddle Obama's vacant Senate seat to the highest bidder.

Emanuel did contact the governor's office about the appointment and left Blagojevich with the impression that he was pushing Valerie Jarrett, a close Obama friend, so he wouldn't have to compete with her in the White House for Obama's attention, said a person close to Blagojevich. The person was not authorized to talk about the governor's discussions regarding the vacancy and requested anonymity.

AP – In this Dec. 1, 2008 file photo, White House Chief of Staff designate Rahm Emanuel listens to President-elect …

It was not clear whether Blagojevich inferred Emanuel's motive for advocating Jarrett, or whether Emanuel discussed the appointment with Blagojevich directly or with John Harris, the governor's then-chief of staff who also is charged in the case, according to the source.

Emanuel's refusal to discuss the matter publicly, and the few comments offered by Obama to date, have prompted questions about Emanuel's ties to Blagojevich and what fallout he'll face as the criminal case unfolds, although sources have said he is not a target of prosecutors. Even so, any hint of scandal for Emanuel threatens to tarnish Obama's promise of new political leadership free of scandal and corruption.

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