Neal Boortz had a Clintonite guest on this morning predicting a nomination controversy for the administration’s pick for the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Mention immigration and enforcement and controversy and you’ve got my attention. Googling brought me this WAPO article. Nominee Julie Myer’s “uncle is Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, the departing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.” Ok, that doesn’t look good, but what else? “She married Chertoff’s current chief of staff, John F. Wood, on Saturday.” Sheesh.
Myers has a barely adequate resume, has some supporters who are involved with ICE and seems to be able to convert doubters to possible supporters. According to the Post, “The most pointed questioning came from Sen. George V. Voinovich (R-Ohio), who said during the hearing that he wanted to meet with Chertoff to discuss Myers’s qualifications. Voinovich went so far as to tell Myers that her résumé indicates she is not qualified for the job. But Voinovich has since met with Myers and is now likely to support her, his spokeswoman said yesterday.” Jim Pasco, executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police, representing several thousand ICE employees, lauded Myers’s government experience. “That organization . . . is on some days almost dysfunctional,” Pasco said. “I think Julie may be just the person to pull people and functions together to get them working right for a change.”
What I’m Thinking – Will this government be more or less likely to enforce immigration laws? Back to WAPO – “It appears she’s got a tremendous amount of experience in money laundering, in banking and the financial areas,” said Charles Showalter, president of the National Homeland Security Council, a union that represents 7,800 ICE agents, officers and support staff. “My question is: Who the hell is going to enforce the immigration laws?”
And that turned me to my trusted expert on these matters. Malkin’s subtle reaction to her “qualifications – “Oh, give me a ^*&%$# break and a half!” Michelle goes on to refer readers to her previous pick for Department of Homeland Security chief and says, “He’d make a worthy pick now for ICE.” She also quotes a recent e-mail she received, “. . unfortunately the majority of DHS is being run by hacks, snot nose youngsters who couldn’t find an illegal alien in Tijuana, and other “connected†people with no knowledge, experience, or business being in the Homeland Security sector. . . the next time some illegal aliens commit a terrorist act on U.S. soil, people are going to be scrutinizing her resume.” This is year five – the administration should be getting these things right. Nominees should not be adequate or even good, they need to be the absolute best available.
