Forget Kansas, What Is Wrong With Virginia? Now VA Governor Hires Former Nixon "Jew Counter"

[babylonsister]

Forget Kansas, What Is Wrong With Virginia? Now VA Governor Hires Former Nixon "Jew Counter"
By Nicole Belle Monday May 10, 2010 10:00am


You know, if these Republicans really resent Godwin references (at least, in reference to themselves), it might be easier to avoid them if they didn't open themselves up by hiring someone like Fred Malek:

Bob McDonnell's choice for Chairman of {the Governor's Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring}, Fred Malek, is kind of scary on the topic of government restructuring:

"Malek is best known in political circles for resigning in 1988 as George Bush's hand-picked deputy chairman for the Republican National Committee after the Post's Walter Pincus and Bob Woodward reported that 17 years earlier, Malek had, at Richard Nixon's request, counted the number of Jews then working for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (Thirteen, if you must know, though Malek only looked at 35 of the bureau's 50 top employees.) "

Some people might ask- what is the statute of limitations on a mistake someone made like this 40 years ago? I don't think such a thing exists when you are talking about identifying and counting the number of Jews in government positions less than 30 years after the Holocaust. It's petrifying that this could have happened in this country.

If you're interested in delving into this nasty business of Nixon's anti-Semitic paranoia, Slate has the full story. Of course, the man who thinks we should have a Confederate History Month and that working women are a threat to the family and contraception should be illegal cannot be accused of having the sensitivity to realize what a disgusting man Malek is. Because Republicans forgive all sins except not being conservative enough in their perception or being willing to work with Democrats (Sorry, Bob Bennett), it should come as no surprise that Malek also worked on McCain's campaign, and by the looks of his personal blog, has worked up a nice career as a TV talking head.

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http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/forget-kansas-what-wrong-virginia-now

[Captain Hilts]

1. Fred Malek's a creep. I've dealt with him. '08 voters didn't show up in VA in '09. nt

[Blue_Tires]

2. i tried to warn folks...

[Captain Hilts]

4. Folks didn't think the Republican ticket was worth voting against. Deeds was boring and not cool. nt

[NeedleCast]

7. Sucks, huh?

Cucinelli is probably the most dangerous of the dipshits that swept into VA in 2009 and I was sorely disappointed by the Democratic turnout.

I feel like Deeds did run a fairly poor campaign though, and his debate gaff on taxes was the final nail in that particular coffin.

[Captain Hilts]

8. I voted in VA until very recently. In Nov. it was always about voting against someone. nt

[roguevalley]

10. Virginia has lost its mind. I love her and wish she would get it straight

eventually. And I say this as someone who had falin as gov.

[williesgirl]

3. We have that selfish asshole McAuliffe to thank for this. If he'd have stayed

out of the race, instead of starting his government elective career at the Governor level, we would have have another Dem governor. Instead we ended up with good ole body Creigh Deeds from the Southern part of the state. No one in NVA would vote for him and that's where our Dem base is. Hope McAuliffe is proud of himself. Probably not, sure we'll hear from him again in 3-1/2 yrs. What an egomaniac.

[Captain Hilts]

5. Dem voters sat on their hands in November. nt

[foxfeet]

6. West Virginia was smart to secede when they did.

Not that WV doen't have its share of nutjobs, but nothing on Virginia's truly titanic scale.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. Meet the rest of the Commission,

including one from the Mercatus Center, though not Enron director Wendy Gramm. That really would be over the top

Governor's Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring

[depakid]

11. Virginia's chock full of fundies- and they often get the upper hand

Next question.