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MzNov

(18,531 posts)

23. Is this a joke?

Reply to KoKo (Original post)

Thu Feb 7, 2013, 04:49 PM

Feb 2013

from Crooks and Liars.com

http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/billionaire-tax-avoider-penny-pritzke

"Penny Pritzker, union buster.
Penny Pritzker, sub-prime lender who drove Superior Bank into the ground.
Penny Pritzker, Chicago Board of Ed members who thinks your children only deserve enough education to make them a member of the workforce.
Penny Pritzker, billionaire tax dodger.
Penny Pritzker, potential Secretary of Commerce nominee? Is this a joke? . . . . "

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Obama close to nominating Penny Pritzker for Commerce [View all] KoKo Feb 2013 OP

oh yuck... DURHAM D Feb 2013 #1

Good grief. This really sucks. proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 #2

"Pritzker, who made her fortune building Hyatt Hotels" BVictor1 Feb 2013 #3

the family had a big dust up several years ago madrchsod Feb 2013 #9

I remember. BVictor1 Feb 2013 #15

Another member of the lucky sperm club. blueclown Feb 2013 #4

Can someone tell me why she's a bad choice? Besides the fact she inherited her wealth? nyy1998 Feb 2013 #5

From an interview with Greg Palast mojowork_n Feb 2013 #7

Throw Palast under the bus. Octafish Feb 2013 #21

Thanks. Not a bad analysis. JDPriestly Feb 2013 #22

anti union oligarch madrchsod Feb 2013 #8

Ditto. Its the billionaire class that needs to join the party. appacom Feb 2013 #14

Ditto? ...Except it could be the other way around. mojowork_n Feb 2013 #17

You May Want to Look At This erpowers Feb 2013 #20

Obama's Cult of Personality masks empire we are Feb 2013 #6

Obama is a modern day Judas Iscariot. Fuddnik Feb 2013 #10

Penny Pritzker is one of the few honorary female members of the Chicago Old Boy's Club slackmaster Feb 2013 #11

A billionnaire named 'Penny' Cal Carpenter Feb 2013 #12

She's a woman, so of course McConnell will filibuster TomCADem Feb 2013 #13

Eh, it's Commerce. It's not like he put her at Treasury. Arkana Feb 2013 #16

He Should Not Nominate Her erpowers Feb 2013 #18

Check out the post on her from Crooks and Liars FreeBC Feb 2013 #19

ah, great minds. You got there before I could MzNov Feb 2013 #24

Is this a joke? MzNov Feb 2013 #23

Just like he was "close to nominating" Susan Rice as Secretary of State. GoCubsGo Feb 2013 #25

Never believe anything until it hits you upside the head. Fuddnik Feb 2013 #28

I believe in facts, not speculation. GoCubsGo Feb 2013 #29

Rice Withdrew From Nomination Process erpowers Feb 2013 #31

John Kerry said he got the appointment before that. GoCubsGo Feb 2013 #33

Cloak and Dagger erpowers Feb 2013 #34

LOL! GoCubsGo Feb 2013 #35

why not a consumer advocate for commerce? robinlynne Feb 2013 #26

I don't think "advocates" is what Obama's been looking for. KoKo Feb 2013 #27

lol see Senator Warren who was the strongest consumer advocate on public policy. grantcart Feb 2013 #32

The commerce department is sort of useless anyways fujiyama Feb 2013 #30