Should Obama fire "Turtlehead" Salazar as Interior Secretary?

[Pryderi]

[hlthe2b]

1. I noted Robert Redford defending Salazar on Olbermann

a few nights back. I found it interesting...

[polichick]

4. Yeah, because back when the admin. first took over there was a land issue...

...Redford was involved in - drilling near National parks I think - and Salazar stopped it.

[MadMaddie]

2. Salazar had potential but he has blown it

time to go..

[LakeSamish706]

3. Yep, one of many he should fire in his Administration! I'm not sure if Obama is listening

to people like this, but he has a number of people like this in his Administration and they need to go.

[bigwillq]

5. Sure, along with Napolitano, Holder and Duncan.

The cabinet has been very disappointing, imo.

[LakeSamish706]

6. Absolutely.. Along with Rahm Emanuel, Geithner and others. n/t

[Bobbieo]

7. Interior is still riddled with last minute political appointees from the Bush Admin.

[harkadog]

33. Any political appointees can be fired at any time by the new President

If they are still there it is because someone wants them there.

[NYC_SKP]

8. No, because whomever took his job would be equally despised by the many of the same...

...people who think Salazar should go.

Unless someone can suggest a better replacement that would have a remote possibility of being appointed, dumping Salazar is just a gesture.

Putting a new person in there could even set us back.

I vote no.

:patriot:

[ThatPoetGuy]

11. Some interesting assumptions you've got going on there.

The notion that any new secretary of the interior would be "equally despised by many of the same people" suggests that those who despise Salazar are ignorant of the issues. You imply they're not aware of his stances on environmental and wildlife issues, for instance, wild horses, wolves, and polar bears. On issue after issue, his actions have been more destructive than those of his predecessor, a Bush-appointed ideologue.

Who could replace him? The homeless guy on the corner would be a better choice, or my 12-year-old niece. They, at least, are not owned by the industries that aim to exploit wildlife and the environment.

[Lorien]

37. +1. nt

[jefferson_dem]

17. +1.

:hi:

[Sebastian Doyle]

20. How about this guy?

[villager]

9. Cattle ranchers should never be Interior Secretaries...

It's Republican-style thinking...

[ThatPoetGuy]

10. Yep.

Foxes running the henhouse.

[Robb]

14. Salazar's not exactly a cattle rancher.

Hat notwithstanding, his "ranch," El Rancho Salazar, is more of an orchard and potato farm. His brother Leroy raises some cattle.

But don't let that get in the way of a good story.

[freddie mertz]

12. I think he just has to go.

The response has been inadequate, and the failure to clean house and investigate conditions in the extant oil-rigs before deciding to permit new ones was criminally negligent.

[vaberella]

13. What did Salazar do? n/t

[jefferson_dem]

16. Doesn't matter what he did or did not do.

The serial malcontents love a good online lynch mob. Whatever. Let 'em vent.

[Lorien]

38. it matters quite a bit. He's the enemy of the environment and friend to Big Corporate

interests. Only an anti-environmentalist would support a corporate crony like Salazar.

[vaberella]

39. That's what I'm seeing.

It's the same kind of mob that was after Geightner and Robertson and sorry to say those two guys came through big time for us.

[neildan]

15. Yes, also take Eric Holder, Jarret, and Axelrod, with him.

They have blown an historic opportunity.

[jefferson_dem]

18. Hey! Welcome to DU!

Thanks for your inuput. :hi:

[bigwillq]

30. Hello

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[TheKentuckian]

19. Sure, and at this point the whole cabinet could be shit canned at this point

Yes, even the good ones like Solis who either has no influence to speak of, lacks aggression, or riding street cred but doing nothing but facilitating business as usual.

When Ray LaHood is at about center of the ideological spectrum on a cabinet then I expect to see a Republican Administration. This whole crew is nothing but lackeys, actual Republicans, shills, patsies, suckas, and establishment true believers.

What we have here is pretty much a pre-shrub Republican cabinet.

[neildan]

21. Solis and Hillary are the only two who impress me.

[Phx_Dem]

22. Turtlehead? Sounds like a Rassmussen push poll. n/t

[Pryderi]

25. I'm not a professional poller. He looks he has a turtle head to me. Obviously I'm for firing the

corporate whore.

[ShortnFiery]

23. Salazar should have been fired weeks ago.

& IMO, with extreme prejudice. :grr:

[treestar]

24. Why does someone have to be fired just because something happened

Something bad happens; it's hard to control; what is it about our culture that we have to spend so much time on blame and punishment?

[Pryderi]

26. Salazar is pro-oil and pro-war. see info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Salazar
In 2005, Salazar voted against increasing fuel-efficiency standards (CAFE) for cars and trucks, a vote that the League of Conservation Voters notes is anti-environment. In the same year, Salazar voted against an amendment to repeal tax breaks for ExxonMobil and other major petroleum companies.<6>

In August 2006, Ken Salazar supported fellow Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman in his primary race against Ned Lamont in Connecticut

[treestar]

27. Supporting Lieberman is enough for me. Fire him!

[johnaries]

43. His full voting record would seem to contradict your statement.

Voting record on Environmental issues:

http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=1541&type=category&category=30&go.x=8&go.y=4

Voting record on Energy issues:

http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=1541&type=category&category=29&go.x=10&go.y=8

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[DavidDvorkin]

32. It's offensive even without the factor of it being an ancestral trait

I agree that it's offensive, and I think it would be just as offensive if he were an Anglo-Saxon whose skull happened to be that shape.

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[spiritual_gunfighter]

29. If he doesn't fire him

he should ban him from wearing that ridiculous cowboy getup.

[Radical Activist]

31. I don't know. Would that accomplish anything?

I haven't followed him closely. I get the impression that it's more important to fire the mid-level bureaucrats at Interior who were placed by Bush and are way too cozy with industry.

[GoCubsGo]

40. Exactly right.

DOI needs a major purging. If Salazar is to be faulted for anything here, it's not removing all of the toadies Bush burrowed into his department before he left office. Bush and Cheney left one big-ass mess throughout Interior. BLM, Fish and Wildlife, USGS, Park Service, Indian Affairs, Reclamation...all fucked up nearly beyond repair. It's going to take decades to clean them up and get them working right. Scapegoating Salazar isn't going to fix anything.

[HughMoran]

35. If that'll stop the leak faster, then yes

If it's just time for a human sacrifice, not sure what that accomplishes.

[Lorien]

36. He never should have hired that corporate water boy! nt

[otohara]

41. Was It Necessary to Call SOI Salazar A Turtlehead?

really?

What are we, freeptards, or 12 year olds?

[Yeahyeah]

42. Cut him loose.

He needs to be flushed.