Uneasy Rhetoric

Kerik loses his place in history because, like so many others, he “forgot” to pay social security taxes. Which begs the question, why does this practice continue? Why do the fortunate continue to deny their servants a little bit of the social security pie?

But I digress. From a Washington Post wire story, grabbed from here:

The White House defended its vetting process, which failed to uncover the fact that Kerik, a former New York police commissioner, had employed an illegal Mexican immigrant as a nanny without paying employment taxes. White House officials said they knew in advance about other disclosures now emerging about Kerik’s background, including alleged extramarital affairs and reported ties to a construction company with supposed mob connections, but had concluded that they were not disqualifying.

The White House has a funny idea of what is and isn’t disqualifying.