What I DON'T want to hear anyone bitching about is who didn't get picked for some stupid-ass demographic reason...
NOT BLACK ENOUGH
The Congressional Black Caucus is bent out of shape because apparently Obama's Cabinet doesn't closely resemble the S1Ws enough...
Black lawmakers irked by Obama’s diverse Cabinet
Some members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) are disappointed President-elect Obama did not appoint more African-Americans to his Cabinet.
Obama tapped four blacks for Cabinet posts, including Eric Holder. If confirmed, Holder will be the first African-American attorney general.
But Obama passed over black candidates in selecting Cabinet nominees for positions central to setting policy for urban America, such as the departments of Education, Labor, and Housing and Urban Development.
[...]“On balance, I’d say a great deal of thought went into the shaping of this Cabinet,” Davis told The Hill. “And he ended up with a real rainbow. But some people, sure, thought there should be a bit more color in it.”
Another senior member of the CBC who requested anonymity said more pointedly that Obama “isn’t doing enough for the black folks.”
As dumb as that is, THIS one is even worse...
NOT SOUTHERN ENOUGH
Yeah. Twenty straight years of Southern Presidents surrounded by other Southerners and these fucking rednecks are bitching about what?
Southerners are the missing group in Obama's Cabinet
By Jim Morrill | Charlotte Observer
There are Democrats and Republicans, liberals and moderates, Hispanics and Asians, whites and blacks, Northerners and Westerners.
But one group arguably was missing when President-elect Barack Obama rounded out his 15-member Cabinet Friday — Southerners.
[...] "Obama scored a tremendous advance for Democrats in winning the three large Southern states and ignored them," says Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. "I'm just stunned. It was the one grouping completely ignored."
[...] "There really ought to be one (cabinet post) from each state," says Sabato. "These are three really big prizes, and they're tenuous. None of these states is guaranteed for a Democrat in the future."
There's more:
The disparity isn't an accident -- critics already are calling it a snub -- and that perception could slow the pace of recent electoral gains Democrats have made below the Mason-Dixon line.
"Southerners need not apply," said Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga. "It's hard to believe that there wasn't anybody qualified for something from the South." [...]
Dan Carter, a political historian at the University of South Carolina, said the shortage of Southerners among top White House aides is highly unusual and could invite criticism.
Um...Fuck You? Seriously. Perhaps the fact that Obama is picking qualified, knowledgable people to man the posts eliminated all the yokels at the door? But that's not really even true. Obama's got people from Texas, North Carolina, D.C., Florida plus Arizona and New Mexico. I guess not all of them are the "right kind" of Southerner...
Go read the whole AP piece, it's filled to the rim with stupid.
The best thing I saw on this? From the comments at Benen's:
Fine, fine, three new cabinet posts for the south then. Here are my suggestions;
Secretary of Tobacco
Secretary of NASCAR
Secretary of Obnoxious Whiners
Will that make them happy?
For the record, Obama’s Cabinet has 11 whites, four blacks, three Hispanics and two Asian Americans. Several are women, and one is the first openly gay cabinet-level appointee. It's a diverse—yet extremely qualified—group by almost any measure, so haters can sit back and drink up...
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"But one group arguably was missing when President-elect Barack Obama rounded out his 15-member Cabinet Friday — Southerners."
If I had any doubts about this cabinet, I am now sold.
Excellent move Mr. President-Elect.
Now if we can find a way to just cut the traitorous old south loose and let it drift off into the Gulf of Mexico...
So far, every group I can think of who could bitch, has bitched. But this one takes the cake.
As you point out, there are Southerners.
As was pointed out on Cole's site, given Kingston's breathless comments, you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone qualified from the "real" South.
Good-fucking-grief, I expect Republicans to be harsh on Obama, but this guy can't hire anyone without some group being outraged. I still have some reservations about the guy, but lets give him a chance before we get too mad.
I'm with Bob. No Southerners is a feature, not a bug.
As if it were even true.
Obviously, they're bitching because the Southerners he DID nominate don't look enough like Colonel Sanders.
And to the CBC, I personally LIKE the fact that Obama picked the best person for each job rather than simply installing a black appointee at HUD and a few extra peripheral positions.
What would you rather have? And excellent (first) black Attorney General, or another token Secretary of Housing and Urban Development?
Morons.
He's certainly not Jewish enough for Rickey's tastes either.
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