Senator Gregg Withdraws Citing Obama Policies Too Much to Stomach
For Immediate Release: | Thursday, February 12, 2009
Senator Gregg Statement on His Withdrawal for Consideration of U.S. Commerce Secretary
Sen. Gregg stated, I want to thank the President for nominating me to serve in his Cabinet as Secretary of Commerce. This was a great honor, and I had felt that I could bring some views and ideas that would assist him in governing during this difficult time. I especially admire his willingness to reach across the aisle.
However, it has become apparent during this process that this will not work for me as I have found that on issues such as the stimulus package and the Census there are irresolvable conflicts for me. Prior to accepting this post, we had discussed these and other potential differences, but unfortunately we did not adequately focus on these concerns. We are functioning from a different set of views on many critical items of policy.
Obviously the President requires a team that is fully supportive of all his initiatives.
I greatly admire President Obama and know our country will benefit from his leadership, but at this time I must withdraw my name from consideration for this position.
As we move forward, I expect there will be many issues and initiatives where I can and will work to assure the success of the Presidents proposals. This will certainly be a goal of mine.
Kathy and I also want to specifically thank Governor Lynch and Bonnie Newman for their friendship and assistance during this period. In addition we wish to thank all the people, especially in New Hampshire, who have been so kind and generous in their supportive comments.
As a further matter of clarification, nothing about the vetting process played any role in this decision. I will continue to represent the people of New Hampshire in the United States Senate.
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Sounds like the good Senator followed his own conscience.
We are all dying to know just what it was exactly that 'disturbed' him so much that he would actually let go of the position??? mmmmmmm would have loved to be a fly on that wall...
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Hot Air is not my favorite site, but I must admit, it was really fun reading their take after I googled who else was reporting the Drudge story. Read whole article, but here are some examples:
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/02/12/breaking-gregg-withdra...
Wow. This is an embarrassment for Obama, and might imperil the stimulus package, if Gregg has any influence over the waverers. The decision to strip him of authority over the census looks like the last straw, however — as it should have been.
Update: Barack Obama will take another big hit to his transition, but the man who really deserves the obloquy this time is Rahm Emanuel. The census ploy was a transparent attempt to hijack the data for political purposes, and pulling that stunt after Gregg’s appointment made Gregg look like a political eunuch. It was classic overreach, and it’s classic Emanuel.
Now he’s embarrassed himself, made his boss look impotent, and managed at the same time to damage Obama’s most critical piece of domestic policy legislation. If Gregg hits the media circuit to criticize Porkulus, his credibility as an Obama appointee will create a lot of heat on other Republicans and even a few Democrats to stop the runaway train of this bill and force it back into debate...
Update IV: no one in the Obama administration saw this coming: ...They heard about it from reporters? Wow again...
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/02/12/breaking-gregg-withdra...
Lots of skeptical comments
I tend to agree - so why the withdrawal? Do you think something was just too big to swallow? Maybe the census power grab was the last straw, or Gregg just got worried about being on board when the ship of state capsizes.
What? No BailOut $$$ For Chap Stick?
I figured they'd put at least 20Million in there for that with all the ass kissing their doing.
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Transparent.
The only transparency in this presidency is to shout out I AM THE KING, AND I DON'T CARE WHO KNOWS! Now someone get me my grapes...Oh, that's right, I didn't assign that job yet.
I guess Senator Gregg is (sticking to his principals? Ah, probably not) that you can't serve in the cabinet, if your state is planning to secede.
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. Thomas Jefferson
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. Thomas Jefferson
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rally round the families with a pocket full of shells
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their music makes a lot more sense to me these days
Judas Gregg
Did he finally grow a pair? I think not.
This is simply more posturing for Gregg. Perhaps he finally got around to reading the scathing letters from NH voters (D, R and IND) sent to his office before the FIRST Bailout? He certainly didn't listen to us at the time!
Judas Gregg is an ass who is playing the nation now, as he has played NH for the past several years. He's a McCain brown-noser, and fancies himself one of the "elite." I have a barrel of tar and a sackful of feathers waiting for him in Concord.
Screw Gregg. Here are a
Screw Gregg. Here are a couple of problems with this maneuver...
1. Gregg was one of the biggest criminals behind Bailout 1.0 (tm), but Bailout 2.0 (tm) contains "irresolvable conflicts"?
2. "I greatly admire President Obama and know our country will benefit from his leadership" ... WTF?!?!?!
Seriously Senator?
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"... Group-think.
Groupthink is a type of thought exhibited by group members who try to minimize conflict and reach consensus without critically testing, analyzing, and evaluating ideas. Individual creativity, uniqueness, and independent thinking are lost in the pursuit of group cohesiveness, as are the advantages of reasonable balance in choice and thought that might normally be obtained by making decisions as a group.[1] During groupthink, members of the group avoid promoting viewpoints outside the comfort zone of consensus thinking. A variety of motives for this may exist such as a desire to avoid being seen as foolish, or a desire to avoid embarrassing or angering other members of the group. Groupthink may cause groups to make hasty, irrational decisions, where individual doubts are set aside, for fear of upsetting the group’s balance.
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Causes of group-think:
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Isolation of the group from outside sources of information and analysis.
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Symptoms of groupthink
In order to make groupthink testable, Irving Janis devised eight symptoms that are indicative of groupthink (1977).
1. Illusions of invulnerability creating excessive optimism and encouraging risk taking.
2. Rationalising warnings that might challenge the group's assumptions.
3. Unquestioned belief in the morality of the group, causing members to ignore the consequences of their actions.
4. Stereotyping those who are opposed to the group as weak, evil, disfigured, impotent, or stupid.
5. Direct pressure to conform placed on any member who questions the group, couched in terms of "disloyalty".
6. Self censorship of ideas that deviate from the apparent group consensus.
7. Illusions of unanimity among group members, silence is viewed as agreement.
8. Mindguards — self-appointed members who shield the group from dissenting information.
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Preventing groupthink:
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6. The group should invite outside experts into meetings. Group members should be allowed to discuss with and question the outside experts.
7. At least one group member should be assigned the role of Devil's advocate. This should be a different person for each meeting." Wikipedia
... Nah, that makes too much sense.
Sweet!
Sen. Gregg standing up to the O'
ya gotta love it!
New Hampshire - live free or die .....
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I need to write this guy a kudos email - anyone have his address ....
lets all join in and give him a "way to go"
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One staunch Dem backer told me today ...
... he's already had enough. He's pissed at Pelosi, O' and his administration :-) He asked me, Did you know almost all of them are lobbyists and crooks? I said yes and I told you that, but you said O' was brilliant and would do the right thing. He's upset about the consumer side of the stimulus package. I said I'm upset about the whole package ever happening and he said you're right.
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With Obama's election
With Obama's election Chicago's machine politics has gone national.
Chicago is "The City that Works" because the corruption is pervasive but also egalitarian. Anyone can play-for-pay. So anyone (who maintains a low enough profile that they aren't forced to make a show) can get the bureaucrats out of the way for a modest fee and get on with making a living.
Unfortunately for the Chicago politicians, much of the rest of the country's ordinary citizens actually believe, at some level, in the rule of law. Thus the culture shock.
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"Obama’s Economists: ‘Stimulus’ Has Cost $278,000 per Job."
That means: For each job "created or saved" about five were destroyed.
Perhaps the key with this is Sen Gregg is from New Hampshire!
There are more important issues to attend to, like State Sovereignty.
Veto the Stimulus Bill???
Will Obama see the light with this shock and realize that maybe we need to think things through a little better? Wire reports are saying that this came as a total surprise to the White House. Having Nancy Pelosi determine the fate of his preidency may not be so wise. Veto the bill and start again. Maybe even give Dr. Paul a say in things, all the networks seem to be doing so.
Re: Veto the Stimulus Bill???
Veto the bill ... and end up like JFK? Remember? Obama runs nothing.
This is perhaps the most
This is perhaps the most damning of resignations against Obama. Shocking!
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Wasn't this the same complaint from the left about the people Bush surrounded himself with in his cabinet? If people can't see the writing on the wall now, that this is just more of the same, I have no hope for this country.