Comments on: Larry Summers for Treasury Secretary?

By: The Problem With Larry Summers | Market Addicts

The Problem With Larry Summers | Market Addicts — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:12:20 +0000

[...] at the Huffington Post, Feministe and many other blogs have argued that Summers’ appointment would send a dispiriting sign to the [...]

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:16:50 +0000

I hope that he picks DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan for transportation secretary! She’s done amazing work here in NYC and she’s very progressive– it would be a great sign of things to come if he picked her.

As for Summers? No… he’s not the sort of person I want in leadership positions.

By: What if you were Obama? What cabinet would you build? « Professor, What If…?

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:10:20 +0000

[...] than the populace, Hummer drivers, and those of white penis privilege. As Jill over at Feministe notes, “I can’t help looking at his list of advisors, and his growing list of White House [...]

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:33:20 +0000

Olympia for EPA head??? You’re kidding, right? She’s my Senator, and she’s a good senator, but her environmental voting record — particularly ESA listings — is distinctly unimpressive, and she seems unclear on the Act itself, and what may legally be considered in making listing decisions. Surely we can think of someone better, and a position for her where Olympia’s strengths will be utilized.

By: Waiting to be disappointed « Recycled Contents

Waiting to be disappointed « Recycled Contents — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:18:49 +0000

[...] dear god, pick someone else. The feminist blogs are going to go nuts if this guy gets a seat at the table for the next four [...]

By: Cara

Cara — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:59:19 +0000

Right. His excellent record on women’s rights was just an inconvenience that we all ignored. Next…

But, but Jill, don’t you remember that time when a supporter called Hillary Clinton a bitch and he laughed and said the accompanying question was a good one? Or when he put women’s “health” in air quotes on national television? Or when he called his wife a cunt and trollop all in the same sentence in front of reporters? And the time he made that rape joke, and the other one about Chelsea Clinton being ugly and Janet Reno being a man?

Oh wait, my bad. Wrong presidential candidate. You know, the two of them and their woman-hating is just so alike, it’s easy to get confused . . .

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:48:35 +0000

Claire MacKaskill is a great senator and I really like her. But, doesn’t Missouri have a Republican governor? If so, he/she would replace MacKaskill with a republican senator.

Samantha Powers clearly deserves a top job in national security and foreign policy.

Tammy Duckworth for Secretary of the Veterans Administration. I can’t imagine a more appropriate choice.

And for God’s sake, can’t Obama appoint somebody pro-labor at the Labor Department.

Al Gore would be great at EPA, but I doubt he wants the job.

Elizabeth Edwards would be great in the administration, but I don’t know if she wants the job.

By: Jill

Jill — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:32:34 +0000

Then stop complaining about him. Obama is no friend to women but no one paid any attention to that during the election.

Right. His excellent record on women’s rights was just an inconvenience that we all ignored. Next…

By: RB

RB — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:37:52 +0000

OK, may I please direct your attention to this site: menarebetterthanwomen.com.Look at the articles there about Sarah Palin.

That said, I personally believe that Obama will do nothing at all that is contradictory to former U.S foreign policy.He’s just going to send out the right signals.Now, it’s going to be, ‘Don’t hurt me, I’m your friend’ instead of ‘If you hurt me, you’re dead.’

About his cut on outsourcing, it will do some good, but not enough.All in all, his policies will do more good to other countries than the U.S itself.As an Indian, I’m quite happy with that.But I don’t know about you Americans.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:36:59 +0000

“Heck, even Summers, with all his rather disquieting flaws, is a better pick than just about any Bush pick.”

Then stop complaining about him. Obama is no friend to women but no one paid any attention to that during the election.