More shenanigans at DHS

Stobey · 12-17-2013, 04:20

Just when we thought it couldn't get any worse at the DHS... Surprise! Look who becomes 2nd in command over at that... bureau:

Culture of corruption: The Dems’ dangerous DHS pick
by MICHELLE MALKIN
December 16, 2013

The "S" in President Obama's DHS doesn't stand for "security." It stands for "sleaze." In the wake of Dirty Harry Reid's sabotage of the filibuster, Democrats have rammed through the Senate nomination of a shady Chicago crony associated with dangerous Clinton corruption and at least two visas-for-sale schemes.

The White House wants Alejandro Mayorkas to helm the No. 2 position at the Department of Homeland Security. It speaks volumes about this ethics-challenged administration that the most qualified person it could find for this important post is a government DHS hack currently under investigation by other DHS hacks. More on that in a moment.

On Tuesday, Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced Mayorkas' nomination to the Senate floor by a 9-0 vote. All Republicans voted "present" in protest. Thanks to Reid's nuclear option on the filibuster, Obama's party water-carriers in the Senate only need a simple majority. The appointment (scheduled for a Wednesday vote) is all but assured.
What qualifies Mayorkas to serve as DHS deputy secretary? Well, there's his prodigious fundraising in 2008 as an Obama bundler, of course. There's his dutiful pro-open borders record in his current job as director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. And once again, the operational motto of the Beltway prevails: Screw up, foul up, move up.

During the Clinton years, then U.S. Attorney Mayorkas phoned the White House on behalf of convicted drug dealer Carlos Vignali. Mayorkas joined other high-profile California liberals in the dialing-for-pardons campaign. Vignali's father (also suspected of drug trafficking) had dumped $200,000 in the coffers of Hillary Clinton's brother, Hugh, to secure his son's commutation. Mayorkas pleaded ignorance of Vignali senior's suspected criminal activity and admitted failure to do his "due diligence." Like fellow Clinton corruptocrat and current Attorney General Eric Holder, Mayorkas' pardongate "mistake" cost him nothing. He was instead rewarded with plum government positions and access.

(read more at the link below...)

https://www.familysecuritymatters.or...erous-dhs-pick

Badger52 · 12-17-2013, 15:04

Just honoring the crew with payback.

Detonics · 12-17-2013, 15:07

If your post had been in regard to Bill Ayers becoming the FBI Director it wouldn't have surprised me. All of the olde tyme ideas about the rule of law and no one being above the law have been dispelled by this administration.

For the most part our "representatives" go along to get along, with a few die hard voices in the wilderness who've been shunned by their colleagues still speaking out.