Comments on: Obama’s Cabinet

By: LaterSkater

LaterSkater — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:15:28 +0000

This has happened several times in the past as well. It has been worked around by the individual voluntarily taking a pay cut and refusing to accept the raise when they enter their new position. I doubt it will prevent her from taking office. It hasn’t in the past. I wish I could find the reference, but CNN had an article listing previous individuals that served by taking a pay cut to work around this issue.

By: jeff

jeff — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:39:24 +0000

huh… i hadn’t heard of this in the Constituion before but here it is: http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html#A1Sec6

Assuming the secretary of state’s office had a salary increase since she was elected as senator

By: enaede

enaede — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:55:03 +0000

For Clinton, its not that she’s unqualified in political experience but she may not be able to take the position because according to the Constitution, she can’t assume a cabinet position that she voted to give a salary increase to. I really liked Bill, but I think there were far better choices for Secretary of State unless Obama knows something specific that he’s not mentioning.

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By: LaterSkater

LaterSkater — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:33:54 +0000

Ohhh… you’re just trying to trick a bunch of conservatives into catching the gay by using a GayWired reference for your Rush Limbaugh citation. Tricky Tricky. I bet a few even clicked it.

By: ep

ep — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:53:29 +0000

I didn’t mean to say that Clinton was the Yoko Ono of politics, just that her claiming White House experience is similar to Yoko Ono being called one of The Beatles. I alluded to what criteria do you even use to judge if somebody is qualified for that position. Clinton certainly knows all the players, has plenty of cred and is smart and tough minded. Does her resume look as impressive as Madeline Albright’s before her appointment? I don’t think so.

Even Rush Limbaugh has praised the Clinton appointment http://www.gaywired.com/Article.cfm?ID=21042. The article mentions the only people who seem to be disappointment with his appointments are the far left.

By: Hyperboles

Hyperboles — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:31:18 +0000

Though I’m hesitant to say that I’m a huge Hillary Clinton fan, I have to admit that I’m a little surprised at your dismissal of her potential qualifications for secretary of state. To say that she is the Yoko Ono of political figures seems to be generally wrong, given her long legal and political career. While I think it’s totally appropriate to talk about her skimpy international experience (though it’s more than Obama’s), I find it interesting that instead you went with a button pushing, pop culture-ish and inaccurate analogy.