November 10, 2008 NOTE: PLEASE say if you DON'T want your name and/or email address published when sending VDARE email. 11/09/08 - An Alaska Reader Explains How Sarah Palin Can “Exact Her Revenge” On The GOP A Pennsylvania Reader Urges Mitt Romney For Treasury SecretaryFrom:
J. J. McDonnell (e-mail
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Re: Steve Sailer’s Blog:
Obama Considers Larry Summers For Treasury Secretary
After appointing
Rahm Israel Emanuel White House Chief of Staff,
Barack Obama cannot possibly follow up with Emanuel and
Summers as the first two choices from the “change
you can believe in” candidate?
It smacks of
too much insider stuff. Obama needs to get creative especially
in the crucial
Treasury Secretary position. What’s wrong with
Mitt Romney? Among his other achievements, he
saved from their massive deficits the 2002 Winter
Olympics and, after he was elected its governor, the
state of Earlier in his career, Romney spent
many years managing a successful venture capital and
consulting company. His educational curriculum vitae
are impeccable: BA from From Obama’s perspective, Romney is
of
Wall Street but not from it—big difference. A Romney appointment would add
credibility to Obama’s bi-partisan babble. And it may
give the stock market a much-needed boost. But if the economy should go
further south, Obama could blame the Republican Romney
for failing to save the nation. And from our perspective, having
an immigration realist like Romney in Obama’s
cabinet would be a huge plus. Maybe he could talk a
little common sense into the President-elect about the
folly of amnesty. McDonnell is retired from what he
describes as “a very high level” position in
municipal government at a major American city. |