The Rittenhouse Review

A Philadelphia Journal of Politics, Finance, Ethics, and Culture


Saturday, December 11, 2004  

BREAKING THE LAW
It’s Just That Simple

Incredible. Right-wing bloggers are going nuts because Bernard B. Kerik, the Bush administration’s choice for Secretary of Primary & Some Secondary Colors, pulled a Linda Chavez.

In the words of the New York Times, Kerik “abruptly withdrew his name from consideration to be President Bush’s secretary of homeland security late Friday night, citing questions related to the immigration status of a former household employee.”

Guess what, people? Kerik wasn’t “targeted,” or “harassed,” or “subject to unfair treatment.”

Kerik, like Chavez, broke the law, a law even someone like me, who hasn’t employed household help in three years, knows is the law of the land.

I know President I Wanna’ Be a Dictator has debased standards right and left, but really, lawbreakers in the Cabinet? Surely we can do better.

[Post-publication addendum: SLZoll, a/k/a Sheri, comments here. And here from the Talking Dog. And Avedon Carol. And Lambert of Corrente.]

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