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Bias-Hunting Rove Pal: I Want Out
Remember the Bush appointee who ran a racehorse operation from his office? The guy who was forced off the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for secretly hiring consultants to hunt for liberal bias in public media programming? Ken Tomlinson, that's the guy.
Despite his hijinks, the White House put him up for a reappointment to the Broadcasting Board of Governors -- the perch from which he oversaw his equine endeavor.
He's had his fill of this rotten town, it seems. Tomlinson "[has] asked the White House to withdraw his nomination for another term as chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors," the New York Times reports this morning. No reason was cited; we assume it's so he can spend more time with his horses. Er, family.
Update: Tomlinson's decision was reported yesterday by Human Events, as well as the news that Tomlinson hopes to write a tell-all book about his experiences.
Late Update: Here's a copy of Tomlinson's letter to President Bush asking to be un-nominated.
Comments (14)
dataguy wrote on January 10, 2007 10:52 AM:This guy is Scumbag Numero Uno. Of all the corrupt Repukeliscum in Washington, he is right up there. He is also forthrightedly partisan, doing things not because they are right but because they help his side.
Hopefully, he has committed fraud or some felony. He needs to be in the hoosegow.
Steven Olson wrote on January 10, 2007 11:20 AM:What gets me about these guys is that they constantly scream and scream about liberal bias, but when it looks like the going might get a bit tough, the screaming changes into that of the 'little-girl' variety.
Steven Olson wrote on January 10, 2007 11:21 AM:What gets me about these guys is that they constantly scream and scream about liberal bias, but when it looks like the going might get a bit tough, the screaming changes into that of the 'little-girl' variety.
Porco Rosso wrote on January 10, 2007 1:19 PM:Somewhere amidst their plans for a 1000 year K Street Project there must have been a proposal to replace Bob Edwards with Michael Medved.
milton wiltmellow wrote on January 10, 2007 1:58 PM:Thrown overboard or deserting the ship?
His resignation letter implies the former rather than the latter. (Hint: "It has been an honor to serve your Presidency ... in this extraordinary time ...") No irony. No generic statement. No remorse. Only a hint that he can 'contribute' more (to the Revolution) by writing a book than by overseeing policy.
This is part of the purge.
Sinomania! wrote on January 10, 2007 2:23 PM:The guy is under investigation for giving six figure contracts to his friends. Now that the Dems are in control of Congress, he probably figured it's time to go. So, does this mean we're going to ramp up or down our dated propaganda campaigns? The Broadcasting Board was given almost $1 billion to fund front groups such as "Radio Free Asia" and "Radio Marti". We can't have national health care but we can pollute the airwaves in China and Cuba?
ohiomeister wrote on January 10, 2007 4:16 PM:I think cooler heads may have prevailed at the White House, for perhaps the first time ever.
Both William J. Haynes II (torture memo author/fed judge nominee) and Tomlinson have withdrawn at the same time -- can't be a coincidence. Plus recognizing Bolton as DOA.
Rich wrote on January 10, 2007 4:27 PM:Just remember. In this administration, the follow-up to a withdrawn nomination often is someone even worse.
macklin wrote on January 10, 2007 4:46 PM:What a little putz. Glad he couldn't screw up NPR anymore. Seems to have found a job that will pay better relative to the amount of work actually done. Obvious that the rats are finding other ships to jump onto. I'll just have to rush out and buy the book on his compelling story. Well, maybe not.
etaoin shrdlu wrote on January 10, 2007 6:25 PM:This is good news, but let's wait until we see who the Bushies nominate. I doubt that it will be someone with both a moral compass and intelligence. Hannity & Colmes, in a show of bi-partisanship? Michelle Malkin, to play the ethic card? The prospects boggle.
Patience wrote on January 10, 2007 8:55 PM:Working title for Tomlinson's book: "Win, Place, or Sesame Street."
greensmile wrote on January 11, 2007 1:51 PM:Kenneth Tomlinson, Michael Brown...Only a cowboy president would insist on appointing people to sensitive offices even though their only significant accomplishments involved their horse sense.
We may be donkeys but our president is a horses a**.
catarina@gmail.com wrote on April 30, 2007 7:40 PM:hello
rick@gmail.com wrote on May 1, 2007 8:06 AM:hello