Does the President know what excuse means?
"Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter." --then-Sen. Tom Daschle on 7 May 1998
"As you can well imagine, I am deeply embarrassed and disappointed by the errors that required me to amend my tax returns. I apologize for the errors and profoundly regret that you have had to devote time to them." --Tom Daschle in a letter to Sens. Max Baucus (D-MT) and Charles Grassley (R-IA)
"I disclosed this information to the committee voluntarily and paid the taxes and any interest owed promptly. My mistakes were unintentional." –Daschle
"Tom made a mistake, which he has openly acknowledged. He has not excused it, nor do I. But that mistake and this decision cannot diminish the many contributions Tom has made to this country." --President Barack Obama
By calling it a "mistake" (cough, yeah right, cough), Tom Daschle IS excusing his failure to pay taxes. To not excuse it would be to say, 'I failed to pay my taxes in accordance with the law. I am sorry.'
Instead, one of the many liberal hypocrites attempts to "make up" for his "mistake" by hiding behind the idea that he disclosed it "voluntarily" (read: I realized that this would be a problem when the Obama vetting team uncovered my "mistake" so it was decided that I'd better come clean).
I wonder if he paid the penalties as well as the interest owed. After all, he is a tax cheat and the IRS should enforce the laws to the letter.
"As you can well imagine, I am deeply embarrassed and disappointed by the errors that required me to amend my tax returns. I apologize for the errors and profoundly regret that you have had to devote time to them." --Tom Daschle in a letter to Sens. Max Baucus (D-MT) and Charles Grassley (R-IA)
"I disclosed this information to the committee voluntarily and paid the taxes and any interest owed promptly. My mistakes were unintentional." –Daschle
"Tom made a mistake, which he has openly acknowledged. He has not excused it, nor do I. But that mistake and this decision cannot diminish the many contributions Tom has made to this country." --President Barack Obama
By calling it a "mistake" (cough, yeah right, cough), Tom Daschle IS excusing his failure to pay taxes. To not excuse it would be to say, 'I failed to pay my taxes in accordance with the law. I am sorry.'
Instead, one of the many liberal hypocrites attempts to "make up" for his "mistake" by hiding behind the idea that he disclosed it "voluntarily" (read: I realized that this would be a problem when the Obama vetting team uncovered my "mistake" so it was decided that I'd better come clean).
I wonder if he paid the penalties as well as the interest owed. After all, he is a tax cheat and the IRS should enforce the laws to the letter.
posted by Micah Bruner at 4:07 PM
8 Comments:
Does Micah Bruner know what honeymoon means?
Two weeks and you are already ripping him to shreds!
A.W.,
Is that better?
Micah
Micah,
Tom Daschle is someone I have tended to respect. Calling him names does not seem like the right -- nor the civil -- thing to do, Micah. Can't you make your point without resorting to such base and vulgar behavior?
Oh, sure, it's perfectly okay for me to call you "wack" and a "spud." (Because, it's true!) But, for you to call him a "hypocrite" is just too much. Please repent, my friend, and please don't make me coerce you into being civil again!
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Seriously, as a person of good will, I kind of feel sorry for President Obama and former Senator Daschle. I like them both. But, as a conservative, I feel like Daschle's withdrawing actually may be a blessing for the country.
I think this way because I agree with the president that Daschle may have been the best person to move forward his health care agenda, and I suspect that I would not agree with that agenda. Now, maybe, with a less effective advocate, we may be spared what I fear would have been a very aggressive package -- something you and I would call socialized medicine.
Hopefully health care will be reformed in a manner that protects the freedoms we cherish.
Love,
A.W.
A.W.,
I just call them as I see them. In one sentence he states that tax cheaters cheat us all. When he is found out to be a tax cheat, he merely says it was a mistake and apologizes...to the committee tasked with his confirmation - not to those of us who actually pay taxes, you know, the ones he cheated.
I have very little respect for Daschle. President Obama now has three strikes against him. This is the third tax cheat he has appointed to his cabinet. Unfortunately, one of these tax cheats now runs the treasury (this doesn't bode well for the next four years). Fortunately, the other two were put in a position to withdraw their names from nomination.
As you stated, for those who respect Daschle, this hurts, but for our pocket books, our freedoms and the Constitution, Daschle's withdrawal is a boon.
Micah
Micah,
Have you ever considered calling them as I see them? (I think you will actually have better luck with that approach, my friend.)
Love,
A.W.
A.W.,
Better luck with what? Besides, the only thing worse than someone who hides behind a cartoon face is someone who hides behind someone who is hiding behind a cartoon face.
Micah
Now you're just being mean.
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