# Fourth in a series: can Bush pick 'em or what? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 12, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-in-a-series-can-bush-pick-em-or-what/407644 "2007-06-12T01:11:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-in-a-series-can-bush-pick-em-or-what/407644/1 "2007-06-12T01:11:07Z")
[The late Sen. Craig Thomas is merely pining for the fjords. Or so says HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt](http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2007/06/secretary_leavitt_missed_the_o.html): > [@](#): > > Maybe Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt and his staff are just in denial. Or maybe they don’t read the papers, thus missing the sad news that Sen. Craig Thomas (R-Wyo.) died Monday, seven months after he was diagnosed with leukemia. > > Whatever the case, Leavitt’s office called Thomas’s office late Thursday afternoon to request a meeting with the late senator. Every time I think this Administration can’t get any more clownish… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-in-a-series-can-bush-pick-em-or-what/407644/2 "2007-06-12T02:07:00Z")
I’m getting in there early; nothing to do with Bush. Yes, I know, the title’s recycled. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-in-a-series-can-bush-pick-em-or-what/407644/3 "2007-06-12T15:19:47Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] I’m getting in there early; nothing to do with Bush. Yes, I know, the title’s recycled. [/QUOTE] It’s about someone that Bush picked, who demonstrated that he wasn’t exactly the sharpest tool in the shed. Seems to fit the title perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-in-a-series-can-bush-pick-em-or-what/407644/4 "2007-06-12T15:38:07Z")
Eh. We have no idea who made the mistake, whether it was Leavitt or someone on his staff. Maybe Leavitt is a complete idiot or maybe he told someone to set up meeting with all the Senators on “X” committee, and the staffer just went off a canned list. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-in-a-series-can-bush-pick-em-or-what/407644/5 "2007-06-12T15:40:25Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] Eh. We have no idea who made the mistake, whether it was Leavitt or someone on his staff. Maybe Leavitt is a complete idiot or maybe he told someone to set up meeting with all the Senators on “X” committee, and the staffer just went off a canned list. [/QUOTE] Whatever. It was still very, very, very stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-in-a-series-can-bush-pick-em-or-what/407644/6 "2007-06-12T16:37:04Z")
Hey! Flincher! Doesn’t fit the mode of the series, which is counterproductive, ill-suited and just plain moronic Bush nominees. This guy could be a good administrator, just not up-to-date on his obituary reading. Although the Health and Human Services guy should be able to tell the dead from the living. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-in-a-series-can-bush-pick-em-or-what/407644/7 "2007-06-12T17:23:29Z")
I hope they replied, "The secretary wants to meet with Senator Thomas? Over his dead body!) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-in-a-series-can-bush-pick-em-or-what/407644/8 "2007-06-12T20:24:58Z")
They’re simply protecting him, as he is not good interpersonally. A bit stiff. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-in-a-series-can-bush-pick-em-or-what/407644/9 "2007-06-12T20:32:22Z")
You’ll get your appointment with the Senator when you pry his Day-Timer out of his cold, dead, wait what again? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-in-a-series-can-bush-pick-em-or-what/407644/10 "2007-06-12T22:12:47Z")
We had a co-worker die over Christmas and not that pay period but the next, Payroll calls wondering where his timesheet is. Now, I know they are working off some report showing “missing” timesheets, but damn, how many times does an active employee kick off and could they possibly spread the word? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-in-a-series-can-bush-pick-em-or-what/407644/11 "2007-06-12T22:51:40Z")
You’re doin’ a heckuva job, Leavie! ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-in-a-series-can-bush-pick-em-or-what/407644/12 "2007-06-13T00:28:21Z")
It was actually a solicitation for Cheney. Sen Thomas’ heart is warmer than Dick’s.