Wednesday, 12 December 2007
Beshear's Inaugural Address
I have read through the text of Beshear's address and I am completely flabbergasted. I started laughing while I was reading it. It had to be a joke. Let's start with his major theme, unity.
The whole speech was an utter sham. I still can't believe he had the gall to get up there and talk about unity while filling his administration almost wholly with Democratic cronies. All the while, the media just laps it up and gushes about how wonderful Beshear's administration is going to be.
I ask everyone in this great commonwealth of ours — Democrat, Republican and independent, white, black and brown, from Pikeville to Paducah, from our bustling cities to our small towns, to our farms both large and small — to join hands with me in meeting this challenge.
Give me a break. He cares so much for unity and bi-partisanship that he has appointed ZERO Republicans as Secretaries or even high ranking administration officials. Nothing screams bi-partisanship than excluding the other party completely from your administration. Where is the media to ask him about it? Heck 50% of Fletcher's administration was comprised of Democrats. Why hasn't the media written stories about how partisan Beshear's appointments so far have been?
This is a complete ruse anyway. Beshear only believes in unity as long as everyone agrees with him. This is nothing more than a ploy to bash Republicans for eschewing bi-partisanship whenever they question him or refuse to do his bidding.
The jokes don't end there. He also talked about how ethical his administration will be.
I expect to earn your trust, not to simply be given it. I expect my administration to be accountable — and it starts at the top, with me.Yeah, that is why one of his early nominations had a conflict of interest problem. Rather than doing the right thing and pulling the appointment, Beshear's team has decided to take their case to the ethics board. Of course nothing screams good government more than appointing a college buddy as secretary of a cabinet. Especially when has ZERO expertise in the field.
That’s why one of my first official acts as governor will be to require all my top appointees to take extensive training in laws relating to ethics and the merit system, and to pledge to follow them.
The whole speech was an utter sham. I still can't believe he had the gall to get up there and talk about unity while filling his administration almost wholly with Democratic cronies. All the while, the media just laps it up and gushes about how wonderful Beshear's administration is going to be.
Posted by at 4:47 PM in Kentucky Politics
