Obama Nominates Orthodox Jew To Run OMB

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Jewish Daily Forward

By JTA

President Obama nominated Jacob Lew, an Orthodox Jew, as director of the Office of Management and Budget.

Lew, who held the top OMB post under President Clinton, is a deputy secretary of state for management and resources. He would succeed Peter Orszag, who also is Jewish.

His current position parallels within the State Department the OMB mission of prioritizing government spending.

“As the budget director who left the next administration a $237 billion surplus when he worked for President Clinton, I have no doubt that Jack has proven himself equal to this extraordinary task,” Obama said Tuesday in announcing the nomination, which as a Cabinet-level position must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

Read more: http://www.forward.com/articles/129319/

[name not needed]

1. Why the hell does it matter if he's Jewish?

[MadMaddie]

2. To us it doesn't matter

we want the most qualified person in a positon. But to the right they will make a huge deal out of.....

Just a matter of time...............

[name not needed]

4. By thursday Glenn Beck will use his chalkboard to demonstrate how he killed Jesus

[Sebastian Doyle]

6. Check the source of the article

It's from "The Forward" which is a Jewish newspaper. That's probably why they thought it was worth a mention.

[izquierdista]

7. Archie Bunker criteria

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LEbQye_AMQ

[DesertFlower]

11. the link is from a jewish

publication.

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. Never mind the facts. They're such a nuisance.

:rofl:

[Alcibiades]

20. Apparently, it matters to the Forward

In much more interesting news, it seems Orszag's fiancee is rather attractive, though I think she could stand to eat more, as she's a little on the thin side.



""She's smoking," a Bush administration official was heard saying in 2008."

Plus, she apparently had a DUI in 2000.

[JackRiddler]

25. LBN rules say the original headline is also the thread title.

[Omaha Steve]

34. Thank you Jack for pointing that out

After Kagan is confirmed we will have three Jews on the Supreme Court. And Jews are a solid block in our party. I don't mind that the The Jewish Forward takes pride in this nomination with it's headline. It was the first source that flashed the news that I saw btw.

[mike_c]

3. what does his religion have to do with anything?

:wtf:

[Ikonoklast]

10. He won't work on Saturdays?

He knows where to find a good corned beef sandwich?


I don't care if the guy is a Rastafarian Scientologist Presbyterian, as long as he's competent and does a good job.

[Critters2]

5. This part seems WAAAY more relevant than his religion:

..."the budget director who left the next administration a $237 billion surplus when he worked for President Clinton"...

[davidinalameda]

8. did anyone pay attention to the source of this story?

it's from a JEWISH news source

of course they would emphasis the fact that he's Jewish

it would really help some people if they read before they post



:banghead:

[rpannier]

15. But it takes away from the fuss and whine if they bothered to read beyond the subject line

[davidinalameda]

22. I guess so

sad

[mike_c]

37. well, beat your head against the wall all you want...

...but I still don't know what his being Jewish has to do with anything. So it's a publication produced for Jewish readers. What about his Jewishness is relevant to his being given this particular job?

[msanthrope]

9. So does that mean the Friday Afternoon Bacon Meet&Greet is done?

I KID!!!! I KID!!!!!!

[Techn0Girl]

13. I Understand Why His Being Jewish is news to the Jewish Journal....

but why the frack is that supposed to be news here?

Unrecced for improper focus

[11 Bravo]

24. Please post a rubric delineating what constitutes "proper focus".

Perhaps the mods will pin it to the top of GD, and then we can all use it as a reference prior posting anything else you might deem to be "improper".

[Techn0Girl]

26. Don't have to - I voted on it....

... and from the rec count, I'm not alone in my feelings.

[11 Bravo]

38. And now it's on the Greatest Page.

[Hardrada]

31. I will rec it for the benefit of those who keep track of such things

for future reference.

[Itchinjim]

14. OY VEY!

nt

[MineralMan]

16. What on earth would his Judaism have to do with it?

Seriously.

[theoldman]

17. I don't give a crap if he is Muslim as long as he does a good job.

[MineralMan]

18. And here's the Washington Post headline for the story:

"Obama taps Jacob Lew to replace Peter Orszag as OMB chief"

Now, isn't that much better? Who reads the Daily Forward for news, when there are better sources?

[Betsy Ross]

21. We are subscribers

We read it for Jewish news, that which the publisher deems of particular interest to Jews.

[MineralMan]

23. That's fine. I read it occasionally myself.

But, it is not the Jewishness that makes this a generally interesting story.

[elleng]

19. We really need this headline

NOT. Tells us NOTHING relevant. The Forward may think its 'important' for some reason.

[Tx4obama]

27. An article from CNN, HuffPo, AP, or many other places would have had a better title!

This has been news all day all over the place.
Could have found a better titled article!

[Omaha Steve]

39. "This has been news all day all over the place"

Then why didn't somebody post it? That would have saved me the trouble of posting the first article I just happened to see in the Forward!

[Behind the Aegis]

28. The comments in this thread are a hoot.

Instead of focusing on the actual article it becomes about the title. Typical.

[obxhead]

29. If he we're Christian we would have seen a name in the title.

This religious importance shit is growing tiresome.

[CBGLuthier]

35. If he WERE christian, the Jewish Daily Forward would not be reporting this.

Bunch of knees hitting tables in this thread. Some folks should try reading what they are commenting upon.

[obxhead]

40. hmmm

You are correct.

Stupid spelling error and my comment added nothing useful.

Agreed.

[provis99]

30. what if the headline and first two sentences were from Stormfront?

identical same headline, same first two sentences. We'd have a different take on it then, wouldn't we? The source of the story is extremely relevant to the content. Let the complainers think about that.

[Name removed]

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[ProudDad]

33. One last try:

Rules for posting in Latest Breaking News...

"4. When posting articles, always use the published title of the article as the title of the discussion thread. Additional information may be included in a thread title (in parentheses) if it helps to make the title more clear."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x87249

Blame DU, don't blame the OP...

[TomClash]

36. Cool

He's qualified.