Political Hackery

Commentary By Ron Beasley

Oregon's only Republican congressman, Greg Walden, has said that he thinks Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner should resign.

Walden says he first called for a new Treasury secretary earlier this week. Here he is on Fox News, talking about Geithner.

Rep. Greg Walden: “I’ve lost confidence in him, I think America has lost confidence in him, and many in the Congress have. And you’re hearing more and more members of Congress, House and Senate, coming forward and joining in this call for him to go.”

As Karla at Blue Oregon points out coming from Walden this is pure political hackery. Never once in eight years did he call for the resignation of any Bush official in spite of the fact that 42 Bush Administration officials were forced to resign in disgrace.