BloggeRhythms

As time passes by, one has to wonder if the administration has some overriding, unintelligible, beneficial purpose in selecting unqualified people for critically important jobs, or are simply the dumbest bunch of incompetents ever amassed together.

 

Faced with the growing Ebola crisis, and needing substantial help in stemming the outbreak, when the decision was made to appoint a leader for the project, instead of searching for the most medically qualified individual they sought out a political hack instead.

 

Although the one they chose certainly has been personally successful within, and outside, the Democrat party, he doesn’t seem to posses a whit of knowledge or skill about anything having to do with healthcare whatsoever. 

 

The appointee, Ron Klain, however did serve as chief of staff to Al Gore and later Vice President Biden. And also, one attorney general, Janet Reno. Later he was a senior White House aide to President Obama. 

 

After leaving the White House for the private sector in 2011, Klain became a partner in the Washington lobbying firm of O'Melveny & Myers. However, as far as his new post is concerned, since he himself wasn’t a registered lobbyist, it means the White House ban on hiring lobbyists doesn't apply. 

 

Going through his background, though, some very interesting facts arise. Such as: As Joe Biden's chief of staff, Klain had a key role in implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and signed off on one of its most controversial projects: a $535 million loan guarantee to solar panel maker Solyndra.

 

He also supervised the allocation of funds in the stimulus act, which still haven’t done a single thing for the economy, as evidenced by a recap in an article by John F. Cogan, John B. Taylor And Volker Wieland in the Wall Street Journal on Sept. 17, 2009, titled “The Stimulus Didn't Work.”

 

The authors explain that, “The data show government transfers and rebates have not increased consumption at all.” And, “Direct evidence of an impact by government spending can be found in 1.8 of the 5.4 percentage-point improvement from the first to second quarter of this year. However, more than half of this contribution was due to defense spending that was not part of the stimulus package. Of the entire $787 billion stimulus package, only $4.5 billion went to federal purchases and $17.7 billion to state and local purchases in the second quarter. The growth improvement in the second quarter must have been largely due to factors other than the stimulus package.”

 

So, adding the Solyndra debacle to the extremely poor results of the stimulus fiasco, coupled with no medical experience whatsoever, one has to wonder why a loser like this guy Kalin was chosen to ever lead anything. But, then again, we really don’t have to worry because he isn’t reporting directly to the incumbent. His superior is none other than, Miss Benghazi, National Security Advisor, Susan Rice.

 

Which means that this White House team looks more and more like one of those tiny circus cars containing a long parade of clowns that keep climbing out and falling over each other in the spotlight.

 

That's it for today folks.

 

Adios