Gone Baby Gone
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday April 6, 2008
Another day, another cabinet resignation for the Bush Administration.
Last week, Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson resigned amid calls from both Republicans and Democrats alike due to the ongoing “distraction” of an F.B.I. investigation into cronyism involving lucrative housing contracts.
Mr. Jackson, who is a longtime friend of the Smirking POTUS, lived a rags-to-riches story, rising out of poverty as one of 12 children, working his way up the ranks of local municipal housing authorities to eventually heading the $37 billion government agency that is the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
But accusations of misconduct and wrongdoing dogged the secretary, with friends admitting that Mr. Jackson’s fervent loyalty to the president and as well as his famous short temper didn’t do him many favors, especially when it came to defending his questionable actions about preferential treatment given to some of his close associates.
Mr. Jackson’s last day on the job is April 18. I wonder if there will be a party?
HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson steps down — Los Angeles Times
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Podcast #117
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Tuesday April 15, 2008
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast, Episode 117, for Sunday, April 13, 2008
Penn hits the bricks, Iran in the spotlight again, the Obama money machine, al Qaeda’s rising star and more!