The More Appointees Like Kenneth Tomlinson Cheat, Fuck Up And Over, Mistreat And Steal The American Public, The More Bush Lavishes Praise Upon Them

Many places are writing about this story of the head of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (overseer of public TV and radio) but Vermonter at What's the Point puts it best, IMHO:

Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?
I mean, really…

If you were the President of the United States and one of your appointees had been forced to resign as a result of the agency-in-question’s inspector general’s report...

And then the same person was cited in a State Department inspector general report for the following offenses at a different agency……

– used resources to support his personal horse racing operation;
– requested the hiring of a personal friend as a contractor without the knowledge of other board members or staff, and signed invoices providing almost $250,000 in compensation even though the contractor provided no written reports or other supporting documentation required by the contract;
– requested and received compensation that exceeded the maximum allowed by law;

Would you…

A) Publicly distance yourself from obvious corruption?
B) Quietly distance yourself from obvious corruption? or
C) Reappoint the two-time loser?

Well, if you were George W. Bush, of course the answer is C.

And, in case you forget who Kenneth Tomlinson is, well, he’s the political appointee who used to head the CPB and, among quite a few other things, conducted a poll that was supposed to demonstrate liberal bias in public broadcasting. But, when the results showed that the vast majority of Americans disagree that PBS and NPR are overly biased, he refused to make public the taxpayer funded study.