Shame On Elaine Chao (BIG W crony gets unwanted attention)

[Omaha Steve]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20080212/cm_thenation/15284220

The Nation Tue Feb 12, 4:46 PM ET

The Nation -- This just in from Nation Washington Intern Te-Ping Chen:

There have been so many egregious dealings emerging out of Bush's cabinet -- the rancid workings of former Interior Secretary, allegations of Thomas White's insider trading -- that perhaps it's not surprising that the tracings of one cabinet member, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, have gone under-scrutinized.

But no longer, advocates say. With one year left of the beleaguered Bush Administration, American Rights at Work is hustling to shine light on Chao's record.

A former Bush Pioneer who served on thirteen corporate boards before assuming the role of Secretary of Labor, Chao has overseen some of the Department of Labor's more offensive hires, including Edwin Foulke, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health -- the former partner of Jackson Lewis, a law firm perhaps best known for its union-busting and trainings on How to Stay Union-Free.

She's also campaigned tirelessly along with her husband, Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) against the Employee Free Choice Act, worked to roll back mine provision safety, and hired several of her husband's former aides to her staff.

"Elaine Chao's family connections and corporate ties have transformed the Department of Labor into the 'Department of Business,'" said Mary Beth Maxwell, American Rights at Work's executive director.

FULL story at link.

[sjdnb]

1. She used to be my boss

Didn't trust her then, or, as Sec'y of Labor, or ever. She's used every place she's been as a way to promote her self-interests.

[AlCzervik]

2. how is it she came to be married to chinless dunder boy Mitch McConnell?

[sjdnb]

4. I wasn't privy to her private life, but it was obvious

to some of us, that she was like a 'fish out of water' while employed in the org I worked for. If I were cynical vs a skeptic, I might even think she went there to achieve her kind of 'change' from within. :sarcasm:

[Captain Hilts]

6. His 'beard'? nt

[Capt. America]

3. Saw her on C-Span at the CPAC convention...

...since when does a cabinet member get to speak at partisan event? Isn't she supposed to project a modicum of partisan neutrality as a cabinet head?

[Metta]

5. She should be in jail along with her husband and their cronies.

Be that as it may, she gets to inherent the fruits of her evil deeds, the immutable laws of karma, you know.