Part Timers
Sep 27th, 2005 at 5:59 pm by Susie
Jo Fish points out that compassionate conservatism is something that only seems to kick into gear when a Bush family friend needs a job. Never mind whether the person can do the job - if he’s in the inner circle, he’s in.
And not just Michael “Drownie” Brown, either. How about the new part-time head of the FDA?
So out of the thousands of physicians who might be qualified to run FDA, med school professors, professors at schools of public health, practicioners of research, you know those kind of folks. But who gets chosen? A family friend.
Dr. Eschenbach is undoubtedly a qualified physician, but WTF, over? Are there no other qualified men or women who could the job of FDA boss, or is Dr. Eschenbach going to go all Porter Goss on the FDA and start hacking away at the disloyal FDA staffers on behalf of Preznit Nappy Time?
Even Chuck Grassely is starting to break from the party line and is opposing this guy for all the right reasons. FDA is not a part-time job, and running both large organizations is not fair to either of them, however easy it is for Preznit Shrunken Brain to make that decision.
