Meg Whitman - You Said What?

[lame54]

http://www.pensitoreview.com/2010/10/01/verbatim-388/

Meg Before Scandal: ‘You Know What Drives Me Crazy about Career Politicians? They Refuse to Accept Accountability’
Jon Ponder | Oct. 1, 2010

“But you know what drives me crazy about career politicians? They refuse to accept accountability … If I am governor of California, you can hold me accountable for the things that I say, the things I do, and i think that’s going to be one of the most important changes we have to make in politics. Politicians have got to be accountable…”

“…So I wouldn’t support a path to legalization. We have got to get our arms around what is a very pressing problem … We do have to hold employers accountable for hiring only documented workers, and we do have to enforce that law…”

“…Guess what? The cost of illegal immigration is significant in our budget, and if we can hold employers accountable for hiring documented workers, I think ultimately that will be a budget positive. We’re going to have to work with our federal law enforcement, as well as local law enforcement to enforce this. Illegal immigration is just that. It is illegal. And we have to stop the magnet. Most illegal immigrants come here for the jobs, so we have to go to the source and make it — and you know enforce the laws on the books. We are a rule of law and I think it’s very important to enforce it.”

– Statements made by billionaire Republican candidate for governor of California Meg Whitman during her debate with Democrat Jerry Brown on Tuesday, Sept. 28. The next day it was revealed that Whitman had employed an undocumented worker as a maid for nine years. As the scandal has unfolded, Whitman has behaved like the worst stereotype of a politician. She has blamed everyone — the employment agency from whom she hired the maid, the maid herself and even the Brown campaign — but herself. And she has been caught red-handed misstating facts. Her claim that she and her husband did not know the maid was undocumented was disproved with documentation by the maid’s lawyer.

[Stuart G]

1. great post...thanks

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. So.........they refuse to accept accountability???

Gee Meg...

Can you say hypocrite?

:eyes:

:rofl:

[csziggy]

7. But you see, her promise was conditional so not binding unless she is elected

"If I am governor of California, you can hold me accountable for the things that I say, the things I do..."

[lame54]

13. Oooooh - ok

[jmowreader]

22. Well now, that sounds interesting

What you mean is if you get elected, we can send Sheriff Joe around to throw you in tent jail for employing an illegal alien for nine years. I am correct in assuming this.

[gateley]

3. I'm curious if Meg paid this woman the same wage as if she'd been white with

a Texas accent? I'm guessing no.

[robinlynne]

17. good guess.... good quesiton for a reporter to ask her. and did she pay

the taxes an employer is supposed to pay (not sure what they are called, but worker's comp, etc.....)

[mopinko]

21. fica is the biggie.

the maid is responsible for the income taxes, but the employer is supposed to pay 6.5%, and deduct same from pay checks. workers comp is another one that should have been paid.
i doubt she did.

[robinlynne]

26. so there aint no "I didn't know" possible. or in Condaleeza's words "who could have foreseen?"

[Swamp Rat]

4. k&r

[K8-EEE]

5. ha, she's been in "My Dog Ate My Homework" mode BIG TIME

with maid-gate! :rofl:

[Forkboy]

6. Threads like this make Baby Jesus cry.

So I really like it! :D

[lame54]

8. .

[pruple]

9. K&R

[Dulcinea]

10. Meg Whitman is one of the ugliest people I have ever seen.

Inside & out. Sorry, but she's just plain unattractive. Flame away.

[Hepburn]

12. I am glad you said this because...

...when I look at her, she seems to appear bloated and puffy ~~ like too many 3 martini lunches and too much self indulgence. She looks like the typical fat cat Pubbie who does not give a shit about anyone but herself.

JMHO

[glitch]

16. Pink and puffy isn't limited to the male of the species. nt

[lame54]

14. no flame here

[stevedeshazer]

11. +1

[treestar]

15. What a hypocrite!

the nerve - if she felt that strongly about it, she should have been scrupulous over following the law herself.

[The Green Manalishi]

18. Good job for the Brown campaign. Held their fire until Nutmeg put herself way out there

This wouldn't have been quite the issue if it had bubbled to the surface three months ago; keep your powder dry until your opposition does something nice and stupid :-)

Ol' Jerry's been around the block a few times.

[Alameda]

19. What did she pay her?

[PSzymeczek]

20. $25 an hour, but only for

15 hours a week, no matter how many over that she actually worked.

[Iggo]

23. Meg knows you can't treat a documented worker that way.

This ain't Vanilla from Wasilla we're dealing with here. This is a person who should (and I think did) know better.

Let her keep flapping her gums around that lie. It'll bury her.

[JDPriestly]

24. Republicans want to make the rules, not follow the rules.

[spanone]

25. the 119 million dollar mistake